CST International Conference

UCL and Tower Hamlets memory clinic psychiatrist Dr Nick Bass will lead Young Dementia Network’s November webinar. He and Jana Mikova, clinical nurse specialist in genomic medicine, will explain the North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Alliance transformation project to embed genomic investigation in mental health service-provided memory clinics. They will go on to discuss implications…

Exeter Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) has celebrated their 10-year anniversary with an event to mark this milestone and pay tribute to Alliance supporter and artist, Tony Husband.  The Alliance, which is a small foundation governed by GivingWorks, was founded by Gina Awad and has been led by her and her small team since 2014. The…

An initial “strategic framework” has been published by the government as a prelude to its forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy (MCS) for England, which will set out plans for tackling six health conditions including dementia over the next five years. In his foreword to the framework, which is the “interim report” he promised when announcing the…

A study published in the European Journal of Neuroscience has shown that cats develop Alzheimer’s disease in a similar way to humans.  Researchers at the University of Edinburgh carried out post-mortem brain examinations on twenty-five cats which had symptoms of dementia in life, including confusion, sleep disruption and an increase in vocalisation.   The post-mortems found…

A study published in Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy has pinpointed three medications that could be repurposed for people with Alzheimer’s disease. Repurposing existing medications is a quicker process than developing new drugs and is a topic we’ve reported on previously here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/?s=repurposing  The study, led by Professors Clive Ballard and Anne Corbett from the University of Exeter, found…

Care England has launched resources in partnership with Dementia Forward and Wellburn Care Homes to raise awareness and advocate for action to support individuals living with young onset dementia (YOD) across England.   The resources are in response to the current care pathway often failing to meet the needs of younger people with dementia, and Professor…