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Younger People with Dementia (YPWD), a charity based in Berkshire, are looking for people with a different cultural background to White British and who’ve been diagnosed with young onset dementia, and their care partners, to participate in a research study.  The study is aiming to obtain first-hand experience of the support received following a diagnosis…

A new film depicting dementia is coming to UK screens in February. It stars Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain and Venice Film Festival Best Actor winner Peter Sarsgaard, who portrays a man living with young onset dementia.   Described as an unconventional love story, the film shows Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) as a social worker who leads a simple and structured life until…

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…

Dementia UK has launched their ‘My life with dementia’ podcast.   Presented by actor and Dementia UK ambassador Jim Broadbent, the podcast features people with lived experience of dementia sharing their stories from multiple perspectives, alongside practical advice from Admiral Nurses.  Jim Broadbent says of the podcast:  “It is a privilege to present this new podcast…

The SPLENDID (Social prescribing for people to live enjoyably with dementia in daily life) Research Programme is looking for people living with dementia, or caring for a relative or close friend with dementia, to join their involvement group to help shape their research into social prescribing.  The SPLENDID research is aiming to develop a way…