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Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown the following:  “Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease continued to be the top leading cause of death in England and Wales in 2023, with 66,876 deaths registered (11.6% of all deaths).”  This is the second year in a row that dementia has been recorded as the…

Making It Real – a set of co-produced statements that describe what good care and support looks like – has a new website.   The new website includes all of the Making It Real themes and all of the statements within them, plus an explainer video that shows what Making it Real is all about. There…

The PROP study (Preventive Role of social care for Older People: triggers, judgement calls and processes) has published findings from their programme that looked at what in-home and out-of-home community services do to support older people’s health and wellbeing. The study, which focused on South London and was run by King’s College London and supported…

Scott Mitchell, husband of the late Dame Barbara Windsor, has been appointed People’s Champion of the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission.  The Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission was launched in 2022 by the UK government in memory of Dame Barbara who died of Alzheimer’s disease in 2020. The Mission aims to develop innovative research tools…

Scientists from the University of Cambridge Open Network for Frontotemporal dementia Inflammation Research (ON-FIRE) study are trialling blood tests across the UK with the aim of detecting early signs of dementia that could help identify treatments.  The new trial will focus on frontotemporal dementia but aims to help accelerate the development of treatments for other…

With ticket sales due to close on May 29th, it’s the last chance to book places for NAPA’s 11th annual conference on June 6th. The focus of the conference run by NAPA – the National Activity Providers Association – will be “connected communities”, with expert speakers sharing their knowledge and experience followed by an afternoon…