Dementia Australia has launched ‘Hold the Moment’, a new podcast featuring stories of life after a diagnosis of dementia.
Hosted by Jim Rogers, who lives with young onset dementia, and journalist Hamish Macdonald, whose father has dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s, the podcast is a mix of personal experiences and expert advice.
You can find out more and listen here: https://www.dementia.org.au/hold-the-moment
A pioneering gift card scheme rewarded 1,000 family carers across Scotland during Carers Week this month. The gift cards are part of the Scotland Loves Local campaign to support local economies and can only be spent in the areas where they are issued. Scotland’s Towns Partnership interim chief office Kimberley Guthrie, who manages the scheme…
The Filo Project, which provides an innovative model of day care for people with dementia, has been announced as one of just four global winners of a prestigious award recognising its work. It won 100,000 euros and the international prize in recognition of community impact. Run by the Fit for Life Foundation, the awards are…
Top Christmas gifts for people with dementia include a Relish Radio and Music Player and A Doro 780X mobile phone, says Alzheimer’s Society in a blog guide for online shoppers. Among the top stocking fillers, costing less than £10, are a 2022 diary, “cheesy jokes” served up in a brie box “matured in the UK”,…
Artist Willy Gilder’s Self Portrait with Alzheimer’s has won a prize in an art competition run by The Edinburgh Practice together with Alzheimer Scotland. Willy says: “It was painted shortly after diagnosis and represents an amount of confusion”.
Future vaccines against Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia will be the topic of discussion in Alzheimer’s Disease International’s (ADI) second “fireside chat”, which takes place online on 28 June. Titled “From research to reality: The future of vaccines for Alzheimer’s and dementia,” the chat will feature experts Wendy Weidner, head of research and…
The NHS in Scotland has introduced an innovative service to deliver healthy walks to people living with dementia to enable them to live as long as possible in their local community. Charity Pilgrim Care has employed nurse Cath Carter to deliver person-centred Healthy Walks in St Andrews one of which – Botanic Gardens group –…