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Revised landscape design factsheet
ByJDCteamLandscaped gardens can be created in line with the latest research on sensory and cognitive impairment, a newly revised factsheet suggests. “Landscape Design Principles for Dementia Care (2nd edition)” is an updated Housing LIN Factsheet (no 35), which shows how well-designed gardens can enhance residents’ quality of life in housing with care developments. It highlights…
The benefits of animal therapy in care homes
ByJDCteamAnimals in Hands, a mobile zoo, are one of many organisations bringing unusual visitors into care homes for residents to enjoy the physical and mental health benefits of animal therapy. Animals in Hands was set up by former zookeeper Mo Safeer, who is known as the ‘Animal Man’. His care home visits include Royal Star…
Study links sleep disorders to developing dementia
ByJDCteamA study published in npj dementia has linked sleep disorders with a doubling of the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease such as dementia. Researchers from UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias, analysed data from electronic health records to…
Toolkit about dementia created for children aged 9+
ByJDCteamA toolkit has been created for children aged nine and above who have a family member with dementia or who are curious about dementia and interested in how they can help. Entitled ‘Youth in Action – A Toolkit for Young Dementia Supporters’, the resource was co-designed by a team including people living with dementia, care…
Free book is plea for informal carers
ByJDCteamRetired university professor Rex Last is offering a free download of his book “The informal Dementia Carer – who cares?” which is described as a “hard-hitting defence” of the informal carer. Professor Last’s wife, who died in July, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s which developed into dementia. He says the book is a plea from a…
Alive Activities secure three-year grant from The National Lottery Community Fund
ByJDCteamAlive Activities, who are practitioners of meaningful activity for older people in care settings alongside providing community activities and support through Meeting Centres and community gardening, has announced they’ve been awarded a three-year grant from The National Lottery Community Fund. Alive plan to use the funding to launch a new intergenerational project – Strength Together…