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Dementia UK and the Alzheimer’s Society have both produced information to support people with dementia to be able to vote in the upcoming General Election.  Read Dementia UK’s ‘A guide to voting in the General Election for people living with dementia’ here: https://www.dementiauk.org/news/voting-and-dementia/  Read Alzheimer’s Society’s ‘Can people with dementia vote?’ here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/can-people-with-dementia-vote 

Researchers from the University of Suffolk are looking for 25 people to trial Snapshot Boxes in social care settings.  Snapshot Boxes, created by Suffolk firm Chronicle, are photo frames that play voice recordings, enabling a person with dementia to view photos alongside the voices of loved ones.  The trial is part of a six-month research project,…

Music for Dementia has launched a new campaign urging people considering music for a person with dementia to ‘Give it a go!’  To support their campaign, a new film has been shared featuring five families talking about how music helps them in their lives with dementia.  You can view the film here:  Find out more…

TV celebrity Alan Titchmarsh gave residents of a Hampshire care home a lovely surprise when he called in on them in his capacity as Deputy Lieutenant of the County. Titchmarsh, gardening expert and novelist, also took the opportunity of his visit to the Lawn, in Alton, to congratulate staff for their hard work during the…

Musical memories: Former school teachers David Brown and Alison Eales (pictured) were reunited as part of a music therapy initiative at Foxholes Care Home in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.  David is a resident, while the home’s general manager Neil Gandecha was once his pupil at the local Kingshott School.  The emotive reunion involved a lunch trip allowing…

‘My Wonky Brain’, a children’s novel about dementia written and illustrated by ten+ people aged between 12 and 60, has been launched.  The book has been created from a collaboration between Bold (Bringing Out Leaders in Dementia) Scotland and Capital Theatres, as was inspired by Willy Gilder’s experiences of living with dementia. The project was…