Green Letter Days are back for 2025 

NHS England has announced Dr Jeremy Isaacs is the new National Clinical Director for Dementia, succeeding Professor Alistair Burns CBE who took up the role in 2010.  You can read more here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2024/04/nhs-announces-first-ever-national-clinical-director-for-womens-health/  At Dementia Community we send our congratulations to Dr Isaacs and look forward to working together to further our mission to support…

Alzheimer’s Society has partnered with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support investment in four research projects under the umbrella of Dementia Network Plus.  The Projects/Networks who’ve been awarded funding are:  EMPOWER Network Plus EQUADEM Network Plus SPINNET Network Plus Working with dementia Network Plus  Each…

A freedom of information (FOI) request by a national newspaper has revealed an alarming growth in the number of care home and home care providers ditching contracts to provide care for local authority-funded individuals. In just 10 months last year, 1,939 contracts with local authorities to provide care were handed back, compared with 731 contracts…

Dementia Diaries, a project run by Innovations in Dementia, has made a renewed call for people living with dementia to become Dementia Diarists.  Wayne has made this film to promote Dementia Diaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTsfd1bDpek  You can find out more about Dementia Diaries here: https://dementiadiaries.org

The National Activity Provides Association (NAPA) has launched its Standards of Practice for Activity Providers and Quality Indicators for Activity Provision.   NAPA’s Standards of Practice for Activity Providers outlines best practices and expectations for professionals working in the field of activities, while NAPA’s Quality Indicators for Activity Provision provide measurable benchmarks for assessing the effectiveness…

Christmas treat: Team members dressed up for a Christmas play at Edenmore Nursing Home, run by Evolve Care Group in Ilfracombe, Devon.  Home manager Gayle Copper said: “When we asked some of the family members what show they would like the team to put on for them this year a few of them suggested a nativity. The script…