Christians in Care has launched a new website to provide an online home to support Christians working in the UK care sector.
Christians in Care is a network that provides safe spaces for Christian carers to share the highs and lows of working in social care.
You can find out more here: http://www.christiansincare.org/
The Together Project, a national charity that aims to boost wellbeing, reduce loneliness and foster community engagement through intergenerational experiences, has published updates on its impact and work in 2023. The Together Project encompasses different work-streams, which often include involvement from people with dementia. It has published the following documents: You can read all the…
Alzheimer’s disease research on new treatments is too focused on amyloid build-up in the brain and doesn’t pay adequate attention to other promising research paths, according to a new book. “Alzheimer’s Disease Research: What has guided research so far and why it is high time for a paradigm shift”, by Professor Christian Behl, was published…
Novel therapies for the “treatment of agitation” and disease-modifying therapies will help drive up the annual growth rate in Alzheimer’s disease drugs to 20% over a period of 10 years from 2020, according to an analysis by GlobalData. The market in eight of the world’s major economies, including the US and UK, was worth $2.2…
Charity Music for Dementia has launched a campaign video to highlight the value of music in dementia care. In the video campaign director Grace Meadows aims to promote awareness of the power of music and encourage more people to join Music for Dementia’s campaign. Readers are invited by the charity to take a minute to…
The forthcoming national dementia strategy will include a major focus on prevention and research, health secretary Sajid Javid told delegates at the annual conference of the Alzheimer’s Society this week (17 May), announcing a 10-year plan he said would be visionary, properly funded and “more ambitious than anything we’ve done before”. Data suggests as much…
A University of Bath study entitled ‘Working lives with dementia: A digital futures perspective’ has outlined how people with dementia can enjoy productive and rewarding working lives in the digital era, contrary to the widespread stereotype that dementia is incompatible with the use of modern technology. The study argues that the digital revolution risks exacerbating…