National Playlist Day Campaign launched 

The mental health challenges facing over 50’s are the focus of Age UK’s newly released ‘I just feel that no one cares’ report.   Encompassing results from Age UK’s polling and survey work, the report focuses on the following topics:  ‘I just feel that no one cares’ highlights how mental health challenges for specific sub-groups such…

Re-engage has launched their new Research Service that aims to support interventions that can reduce loneliness and isolation for older people.  Jess Doyle, Lead for the Research Accelerator Programme at Re-engage, says:  “We have to recognise the experience, knowledge and fantastic life stories older people have and make sure they are not ignored and forgotten….

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced plans to provide new accredited qualifications, digital training and funded apprenticeships to support careers in social care under the umbrella of a new Care Workforce Pathway. Alongside this, the DHSC has also relaunched its ‘Made with Care’ recruitment campaign for social care.  You can find…

BBC Radio 4’s ‘Rethink’ programme, which looks at current issues and how they can be approached differently, has focused on care.  In the episode, Rethink considers some of the ideas that could change social care in the UK, and asks:  ‘How can we reform the care system so it works better for everyone involved? And…

Dementia Australia has launched ‘Hold the Moment’, a new podcast featuring stories of life after a diagnosis of dementia.  Hosted by Jim Rogers, who lives with young onset dementia, and journalist Hamish Macdonald, whose father has dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s, the podcast is a mix of personal experiences and expert advice.  You can…

Just a few months after the announcement of lecanemab as a drug for slowing Alzheimer’s progression, a second new drug has been announced by pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly.  Called donanemab, it is also a monoclonal antibody drug for removing amyloid protein that builds up in the brain as Alzheimer’s disease progresses.  In people with mild…