Dementia UK publish LGBT+ resources

Alzheimer’s Society’s ‘Dementia Together’ magazine is looking for people living with dementia and unpaid carers to join a judging panel for their poetry competition.   The judging involves reading entries and helping to choose the winners.   For more information, please contact magazine@alzheimers.org.uk by 22nd January 2025.  

After a threat to their survival, TIDE (Together in Dementia Everyday) have announced that they’ve secured funding to continue their work supporting family carers of people with dementia until at least September 2024.  TIDE are expanding their Carer Development Programme, a co-produced course of online events that are designed to help unpaid carers by giving…

Better ways to integrate primary and community care will be explored by a House of Lords committee, which has issued a call for evidence on the challenges facing the sector and the barriers to integration. Chaired by Baroness Pitkeathley, the committee will look at existing models of integration, including the role of primary care networks…

The King’s Fund has undertaken a research project commissioned by the Alzheimer’s Society to look at the role Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) can play in dementia diagnosis and care.  They looked at the opportunities ICSs present to approach dementia differently and to improve diagnosis rates. They also identified barriers and enablers to improving dementia diagnosis…

elearning for Healthcare, in partnership with NHS England, has shared an updated learning resource to support knowledge and understanding of the management of dysphagia.  The Dysphagia Guide e-learning resource has been co-developed with care home staff but is also relevant to other health and social care staff, informal carers and people with dysphagia. The Guide…

Resonate Arts is recruiting for a director, at “an exciting time to join our small and ambitious charity”. The charity’s purpose is to eradicate social isolation for people living with dementia, bringing dementia friendly communities to life. It works in Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster collaborating with arts, health, social care and community organisations, and artists to…