At Dementia Community we join with people across the UK in the Day of Reflection.
2024 marks the fourth annual Marie Curie Day of Reflection, an event to remember everyone who died during the pandemic. We especially hold in our thoughts everyone living with dementia, their families and our health and care colleagues who will be reflecting on lives lost today.
Find out more about the Day of Reflection here: https://dayofreflection.org.uk
Napping once a day or for more than an hour a day are indicators for older adults that they have a 40 per cent greater chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to research published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. The researchers also found that Alzheimer’s doubled nap duration and frequency…
The British Red Cross are running free ‘Supporting Connections’ workshops to explore and discuss how to spot the signs of loneliness and help participants to develop skills to support people experiencing loneliness. The workshops are aimed at organisations, professionals and volunteers who work with people who might be experiencing loneliness. They are delivered online or…
Bath-based ReMind UK, a dementia research charity, is looking for volunteers. Volunteers should be aged 50+ and may or may not be living with dementia. ReMind UK are currently running eight clinical trials and plan to start another five in 2025. Find out more about ReMind UK’s current research here: https://www.reminduk.org/research-institute-for-brain-health/current-research/ To enquire about joining…
Professor Dawn Brooker received her MBE, awarded in the 2021 New Year’s Honours, at Windsor Castle last week. Princess Anne took charge of the MBE investiture, where Dawn reports that the princess was “very happy talking about dementia”. Dawn is director of the Association of Dementia Studies, University of Worcester, and a long-standing member of…
Tracker Tiles are being trialled by West Yorkshire Police to help locate people living with dementia who go out and become lost or need help. The trial, involving handing out over 500 free trackers, is being funded by the National Lottery through the Shipley Memories Dementia Support Group. The Group was founded by PCSO Ben…
My Home Life England (part of City St George’s, University of London), in conjunction with the Hallmark Foundation, has published ‘Thriving in residential care: The voices of older people, families and care teams’. This report follows a qualitative research study on older people’s experiences of living in residential care. Researchers spoke to older people living…