Dementia UK share advice on Christmas gifts and activities for people with dementia

Admiral Nursing charity Dementia UK is highlighting LGBT+ History Month by listing services for LGBT+ people with dementia.  Some services are specifically for LGBT+ people, like Opening Doors which supports those aged 50 or more across the UK and has online support groups for people with dementia, while others like DEEP are generic but has…

Applications are now open for The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) Social Prescribing Innovation Network.  The Network has over 150 members already and is looking to expand to incorporate more organisations who are committed to delivering social prescribing. Membership is free, offers a range of benefits and operates on a yearly basis.  Find out…

A book documenting the life of human rights campaigner Professor Peter Mittler CBE has been published by the My Voice project, run by Manchester Jewish social care charity The Fed. Professor Mittler, who has dementia and has been active in the field, left Nazi-occupied Austria as an eight-year-old and came to England on the Kindertransport….

Dr Penny Dash’s review into patient safety in health and care has been published by the Department of Health and Social Care.  Entitled ‘Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape’ the report is broken down into ten main findings, five main conclusions and nine recommendations.  Relating to dementia, the report notes:  “In…

September is World Alzheimer’s Month and the campaign theme this year will be “Never too early, never too late,” underscoring the importance of identifying risk factors and reducing risk in order to delay or prevent the onset of dementia.  Organisers Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) said, with the global numbers of people with dementia expected to…

Poor heart health is a better predictor of dementia risk for individuals than their genetic profile, researchers led by Oxford and Exeter Universities have discovered.  Someone with multiple health conditions affecting the heart was three times more likely to develop dementia than someone with a high genetic risk, they found.  The study, published by the…