NAPA launch FIFA World Cup Activity Toolkit

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in collaboration with the University of York has published a reablement resource.  The resource provides evidence-informed guidance on addressing the barriers to securing, maintaining and maximising older people’s engagement with reablement, as well as family member’s support for their relative’s reablement programme.  Kathryn Smith, SCIE Chief Executive, says: …

Cadbury’s has partnered with Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) to provide thousands of free boxes of six, limited-edition retro Diary Milk bars to help stimulate conversations and support memory activities for people living with dementia.  Cadbury’s have launched ‘Memory Bars’ in response to requests from families and care homes for nostalgic Cadbury packaging.  You can find…

Following MSNAP’s webinar for Dementia Community https://youtu.be/Hj1QhYyFGLM?si=zHW1Md6zMdqfOchP, MSNAP have announced their own webinar series for 2024.  Topics include the DETERMIND Study, Dentistry and Dementia, Pre and Post Diagnostic Pathway, and Supporting people and families living with young onset dementia.    You can find out more and book HERE Please note there is a charge to attend…

New research supports the view that healthy living increases life expectancy, but also suggests that longer lives may not mean more years living with Alzheimer’s. Volunteers aged 65-plus for a US study reported what they ate and drank, how much exercise they did and how often they did activities like reading and crosswords. While healthier…

A new total-body Positron emission tomography (PET) scanner is now operational, co-managed by King’s College London and Imperial College London at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.  PET scanning is an effective, non-invasive imaging technique that can detect diseases earlier in their development, supporting faster diagnosis which can be particularly helpful in complex presentations of dementia.  The Department for Health…

The Dementia Explorer Game has been launched by The Lewy Body Society.  Created by a team led by Dr Clarissa Giebel, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Population Health – in collaboration with The Lewy Body Society – it follows on from Dr Giebel’s work developing the Dementia Inequalities Game (that…