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Leaders from across social care have come together to discuss the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the benefits and risks of AI.  Following this, a position statement has been published by the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI, and it can be read here: https://www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/oxford-statement-responsible-use-generative-ai-adult-social-care.    

Reach by Nightingale Hammerson (that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/nightingale-hammerson-launch-free-digital-platform-to-support-people-living-at-home) has collaborated with Macrosad, a care provider in Spain, to publish a paper entitled ‘Relationship centred care in care homes: Concept and key steps to its implementation’.  The paper brings together practical experiences from Nightingale Hammerson and Macrosad. The authors say:   “Moving into a care…

A DEEP Group – Leeds Up & Go – has created a mural entitled ‘Keeping in touch’ to remind people of the importance of making connections and taking new opportunities after a dementia diagnosis.  The mural is on display on the ginnel between Kirkstall Lane and St Michael’s Lane at the Headingley Rugby Stadium, and…

An intergenerational space is to be opened as part of a Nottinghamshire care home to bring together residents and children from a neighbouring nursery (see photo). The initiative by Wren Hall, a dementia specialist nursing home, will see the opening of a “new collaborative building” with Little Wrens nursery, which is attached to the care…

Are you a person diagnosed with memory problems who would like to get involved in a short dementia research study?  Researchers want to develop a digital assessment tool that could help to reduce waiting times in Memory Clinics. They are looking for volunteers with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early Alzheimer’s disease who have access…

Marking Dementia Action Week a new injection of funding from Alzheimer’s Research UK will help an Oxford University team investigate the links between cholesterol and Alzheimer’s. “Cholesterol levels are normally tightly regulated in the brain, but there is mounting evidence that excess cholesterol contributes to the brain changes seen in the early stages of Alzheimer’s…