NAPA launch Arts in Care Homes Involvement Pack 

UCL and Tower Hamlets memory clinic psychiatrist Dr Nick Bass will lead Young Dementia Network’s November webinar. He and Jana Mikova, clinical nurse specialist in genomic medicine, will explain the North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Alliance transformation project to embed genomic investigation in mental health service-provided memory clinics. They will go on to discuss implications…

Playtime in the garden: A new scheme to promote intergenerational interaction is being launched as part of a pioneering partnership between Hallmark Care Homes Foundation and the charity London Play.  Hallmark’s newest care home, Midford Manor in Bath, will host what is hoped will be the first of many “play gardens”, offering spaces in which…

Key features of effective dementia education for care staff are among the topics discussed in the World Alzheimer’s Report 2022, which comprises 119 essays across 24 chapters written by international experts. Based on research by Leeds Beckett University, which looked at dementia training in 10 provider organisations, the report considers how training can be designed,…

The Care Workers’ Charity has launched its Mental Wellbeing Survey.  The survey is designed to identify a range of issues faced by care workers. The results will be used by The Care Workers’ Charity to influence policy decisions.   The survey will take around 10-20 minutes to fill in and there is prize draw for everyone…

People affected by dementia are joining forces across the globe in a campaign for change called “Let’s Reimagine”, launched by the pressure group Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice. It aims to challenge the “biomedical and institutional approaches” to dementia policy and practice, which the international coalition says lead to fear, stigma and hopelessness….

Residential care homes have urged the government to protect them from massive rises in energy costs. The National Care Forum (NCF), which represents social care providers, said they were facing price rises of 400% for gas and electricity that were “totally unaffordable”.  Vic Rayner, NCF CEO, added: “This is causing immense pressure for social care…