CST International Conference

A two-day workshop to talk about the Montessori approach for dementia and ageing will take place in London on 20 and 21 November.  It will be led by Anne Kelly, a nurse and expert in the care of older people, who has been a major proponent of the approach in her native Australia. “Dementia and…

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…

Together in Dementia Everyday (TIDE) has launched a survey to understand the experiences of unpaid carers when the person they care for moves into a care home.  They will use the data collected to write a report for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) about how care homes can ensure that carers continue to feel involved…

Talking therapies available on the NHS could improve the mental health of people with dementia if they suffer from anxiety or depression, researchers at UCL have found. Studies suggest that 38% of people with dementia are affected by anxiety or depression, but the new research found that completing a course of IAPT treatment – the…

A new BBC Radio 4 series is exploring the personal stories of people living with rare forms of dementia, including frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies.  In the five-part series, Dementia: Unexpected Stories of the Mind, which starts on Monday April 10 and airs at 1.45pm every day next week, neurologist Dr Jules Montague…

EMBED-Care (Empowering Better End of Life Dementia Care programme) has published a Policy Brief entitled, ‘Reforming end of life dementia care for those needing greater support – Policy priorities from the EMBED-Care Programme’.  The recommendations follow a six-year research programme that considered current and future needs for integrated palliative dementia care across the UK population….