DCC launch ‘I didn’t sign up for this’ 

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia is investigating what people affected by dementia want from the social care workforce so that they can live well.  MPs and Peers on the APPG are particularly keen to explore specialist needs of people with dementia and what the barriers are to accessing care tailored to these needs….

Charity Parkinson’s UK has launched a campaign for better training of social care staff on Parkinson’s-related dementia.  Carers of people with the condition signed more than 1,200 postcards delivered to Whitehall as part of the charity’s “Nobody Really Knows Us” campaign.  It urges the government to allocate some of the £500 million it has earmarked…

Royal Star & Garter’s senior marketing and communications manager Michelle Danks (left) is pictured at the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance Sunday, with resident Vera and wellbeing coordinators Leslie and Suzie from the charity’s Surbiton care home for armed forces veterans. “It made me think of the many veterans I have met over the years…

Dementia diagnosis rates have “stagnated” since the pandemic, Alzheimer’s Society has said, calling on people to contribute to a new parliamentary inquiry that seeks to find out what the barriers are to a diagnosis. The inquiry, by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, will consider how diagnosis rates slumped to 62.5% in December, compared…

Dementia Diaries has launched ‘Ask a Dementia Diarist’ to encourage people to ask questions of the dementia diarists, all of whom are living with dementia.  Email your question to DementiaDiaries@outlook.com and the question will be shared with the Dementia Diaries community.  Find out more about Dementia Diaries here: https://dementiadiaries.org

Dementia UK embroidered “Love” cushions are available on Next’s online shop.  They are just £22 each and there are images of the cushions on the Next website. www.next.co.uk/style/st462615/d84777