Coalition of UK charities launch ‘Dementia: a manifesto’ 

The NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) School for Social Care Research (SSCR) has secured fourth phase funding.  The new funding, up to £31million over 5 years, will enable the NIHR SSCR to continue working to improve adult social care practice by support the School’s core vision to provide better evidence for what…

The Ageing and Dementia Research Centre at Bournemouth University are looking for care home managers, staff and volunteers to share their experiences of using digital technology to interact with people who have dementia and are living in care homes.   The definition list of technology for this survey is quite broad and includes using tablets, smartphones,…

Highlighting key achievements in 2021-22, NAPA’s new Annual Impact Report shows that membership grew as the activities charity focused on a digital approach during the pandemic. The report details how this digital approach enabled 3,200 members – up 6% on the previous year – to introduce new ways of working, gain access to practice development…

A study published in Nature Medicine has suggested that people who receive the shingles vaccine Shingrixmay have a lower risk of developing dementia compared to those who received the older shingles vaccine Zostavax.  Health records of more than 200,000 US citizens – half of whom were vaccinated with Zostavax and half of whom were vaccinated…

Care England has published a new report entitled ‘The Current State of Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England’.  The report includes information from a national survey that Care England conducted in partnership with Dementia Forward and care providers earlier this year to capture the experiences of people living with dementia, their families, and care staff.  …

A threefold increase in delayed discharges and 855,000 emergency admissions to hospital for older people (in 2019/20) that might have been avoided are just two of the headline figures from a new report by Age UK. According to the report, one in six emergency admissions of people over 75 occur within 30 days of last…