Housing LIN launch fifth intake of Future Leaders Programme

DRAGON (Dementia Research Action Group – Our Network) has launched at an event jointly hosted by Dementia United and the University of Manchester.  The network has been co-developed by people with lived experience of dementia and researchers. It is funded by the University of Manchester ‘Teams Build Dreams’ research programme and the NIHR and Alzheimer’s…

New figures released by Dementia UK, based on findings in an article published by JDC, suggest that there may be a “hidden population” of 70,800 people with young onset dementia (YOD), representing a 69% increase since 2014.  Previous estimates have put the number of people in the UK with YOD at 42,000. Dementia UK derived…

A timely dementia diagnosis should be a fundamental right, argues a new “Consensus Statement” signed by a group of 27 dementia experts. In the statement, the experts call for better funded and evidence-based dementia care pathways to make timely diagnosis a reality and say that health services must commit to returning diagnosis rates to pre-pandemic…

Recognition for leading figures in dementia care  Kate Lee, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, has been honoured with an OBE for her services to charity. Alongside Kate, five more people have been recognised for their work with people who have dementia. They are:  Karen Spiers – Senior Charge Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire. For services to…

A genetic alternative to the dominant current belief that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a build-up of toxic proteins known as amyloids has been put forward in research published in the journal Nature. A quarter of the population carries one copy of the gene known as APOE4 and this inheritance from one parent doubles the…

Around 390,000 people left their social care jobs in 2022/23 and around a third of them left the sector altogether, says Skills for Care in its annual State of Social Care report. In spite of the numbers leaving the sector, vacancy rates fell to 9.9% from 10.6% the previous year, although the reduced figure still…