The University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) have launched a new film to share low-cost dementia design principles that can enable people with dementia to maintain their independence and live at home for longer.
The short film is intended to provide accessible information for people with dementia, their families and carers and can be viewed here:
Advice for carers and people with dementia on the cost-of-living crisis comes from Admiral Nurse charity Dementia UK. Worries about household finances as energy bills rise can be compounded by loss of employment or caring responsibilities, Dementia UK points out, so the charity has compiled advice on how better to manage finances in the face…
A toolkit from Dimensions aims to help health centres adapt to the needs of people with dementia, among other conditions. The “Designing for Everyone” kit forms part of Dimensions’ #MyGPandMe health equality campaign and will help GP practices to improve the design and physical environment of their buildings. Commissioned by primary care building specialists Assura,…
Care workers could benefit from a £300 million recruitment and retention fund launched by the government, money which it said could be used to “pay for bonuses and bring forward planned pay rises” as well as for overtime payments. It is in addition to £162.5 million announced in October. But there are serious questions about…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has called for the forthcoming national dementia strategy to include action on the disproportionate impact of dementia on women. A new analysis shows that dementia has been the leading cause of death in women since 2011 with nearly twice as many women as men dying from dementia in 2020, when 46,000…
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline entitled, ‘Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk’. The guideline updates and replaces the 2013 NICE guideline on falls and includes recommendations on: Professor Jonathan Benger, Chief Medical Officer and Interim Director…
A study published in the journal Age and Ageing has shown that inappropriate polypharmacy – the excessive or unnecessary use of multiple medications – significantly contributes to emergency hospital admissions amongst adults aged 65 and over. The study was conducted by the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Bath, who say: “The study…