Alzheimer’s Society and Dementia Carers Count have provided tips and advice to help carers and families navigate the festive period.
Read ‘How to support a person with dementia at Christmas’ from Alzheimer’s Society: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/how-support-dementia-christmas
Read ‘Common Christmas worries and ways to cope’ from Dementia Carers Count: https://dementiacarers.org.uk/news/coping-at-christmas/
A dementia strategy has been developed for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in collaboration with Cornwall Council, the Council of the Isles of Scilly and the NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board. The strategy promotes the ‘well pathway’ for dementia: preventing well, diagnosing well, treating well, supporting well, living well and…
Singer and actress Anita Harris has released ‘Never lose hope’, a poignant song in memory of her late husband. Anita, who wrote the song herself, recorded ‘Never lose hope’ to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Her husband Mike died only a few days after their golden wedding anniversary in May 2023, and Anita has…
The Lewy Body Society has used World Lewy Body Day https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/second-annual-world-lewy-body-day-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-lbd to ask people to sign their Lewy List petition. Jacqui Cannon, CEO of The Lewy Body Society, says: “Lewy body dementia is the most common form of dementia in older people after Alzheimer’s disease. Despite the vast number of people living with the condition,…
A reminiscence smartphone app is helping people with dementia in hospital cope with what can be a disorientating, frightening and confusing experience. The Ad-Memoire app, featuring TV ads from the 1950s – 1970s, is designed to stimulate fond memories when patients are shown them on a tablet or iPad. Funding from the Alan Boswell Group…
Age UK has published ‘Continuing healthcare?’, a report that Age UK say, “Points to the growing divergence between how NHS Continuing Healthcare funding is supposed to work, and how it actually works.” The report is based on new Age UK analysis of the latest official data about trends in the award of CHC funding, and…
Health secretary Sajid Javid has held out the prospect of a 10-year plan to prevent dementia and boost funding for research. Speaking at Alzheimer’s Society’s annual conference, Javid pledged that the plan – the government’s long awaited dementia strategy now expected later this year – would focus on how medicines, science and technology can be…