Better ways to integrate primary and community care will be explored by a House of Lords committee, which has issued a call for evidence on the challenges facing the sector and the barriers to integration. Chaired by Baroness Pitkeathley, the committee will look at existing models of integration, including the role of primary care networks…
Home from home: A Cambridgeshire care community marked International Women’s Day (March 8) by celebrating the contribution of Iryna Blyzniuk, aged 28, who moved to the UK last year after escaping the war in Ukraine. As an HR administrator Iryna has settled down well in the second generation family-run Askham Care Community, which is a…
A new framework for “creative health” approaches in health care is to be developed by NHS England working in partnership with integrated care systems locally. Creative activities such as music, art, gardening and singing can, for example contribute to the management of stress and anxiety as well as improve the lives of people with dementia….
Dreams come true: When resident Nalini Bhagwat (left) asked staff at St Catherine’s View dementia care home in Winchester whether they could turn her New Year wish into reality, that’s exactly what they did. Nalini wanted to revisit some of her old Bollywood-inspired dance moves, so companionship team Laura Sheldrake took to social media and…
Charity Lorenzo’s House, which supports the children of adults with young onset dementia (YOD) has announced that its Third Annual Virtual Youth Summit will take place on 17 June. The summit is designed for people in the 8-30 age group who have a parent with YOD. It is expected to take forward the charity’s mission…
Providing end of life care requires specific skills and knowledge, so Skills for Care has partnered with Health Education England to create two learning pathways to help care workers learn what they need to know. The aim is to ensure the workforce can deliver end of life care confidently and competently and the learning pathways…
Admiral Nurse charity Dementia UK has published “Seven tips for handling difficult conversations” on its website, focusing on how to respond to differences of opinion among family members about how a loved with dementia should be cared for. Assembled with the help of Admiral Nurse Vic Lyons, the tips cover topics like preparing for the…
Registration is now open for the Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference, which returns for 2023 during Dementia Action Week. The conference will put a spotlight on making dementia a priority locally, bringing together local leaders in dementia from across the UK to share best practice and challenges, and progress towards aims and ambitions in diagnosis and…
Music charity Purple Angel as now notched up more than 3,250 personalised musical compilations, chosen by people with dementia themselves and sent out to them in care homes, hospitals and in their own homes. Purple Angel founder Norrms McNamara said free MP3 players could be ordered through norrms@gmail.com and would include a customised selection of…
Dementia diagnosis rates have “stagnated” since the pandemic, Alzheimer’s Society has said, calling on people to contribute to a new parliamentary inquiry that seeks to find out what the barriers are to a diagnosis. The inquiry, by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, will consider how diagnosis rates slumped to 62.5% in December, compared…