MSNAP publish Review Highlights report 

Last year Dementia UK launched a competition inviting children to submit artwork that described their experiences of dementia https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/childrens-dementia-art-competition.  Some of the entries are now on display in a pop-up exhibition in London’s Paternoster Square, City of London, EC4M 7DX.  The exhibition runs from Monday 11 March to Sunday 17 March 2024, and is being staffed during working…

The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) has shared their Year of Musical Expression Toolkit.  The toolkit, which is freely available, features resources, ideas and inspiration for incorporating music into activities in a meaningful and engaging way.  You can view and/or download the toolkit here: https://digital.napa-activities.co.uk/view/435010468/ 

Thrive, the gardening for health charity, have launched a Winter Wellbeing Calendar.  The four-week calendar features a mix of practical, passive, active and creative activities. Some can be done indoors, others outdoors, most need little to no equipment, and you can take part if you have a huge garden or no garden at all.  The…

Professor Tom Dening, former director of the Nottingham University Centre for Dementia, has won an award for lifetime achievement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.  Accepting the Lifetime Achievement Ward in Older People’s Mental Health, Professor Dening said it was a “great honour”.  He added: “I have been a doctor for nearly 43 years, psychiatrist…

A new documentary, The Memory Boom, has premiered at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.  The film is by Antosh Wojcik and Xenia Glenn from Sleepwalker Studios in Dorset and is described as:  “An experimental feature that recreates the experiences of dementia through an immersive blend of spoken word, documentary, dramatic reconstruction, and never-before-seen decayed archive…

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…