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There have been mixed reactions across health and care to the government’s decision to scrap plans for individual conditions like dementia and replace them with a combined Major Conditions Strategy (see JDC Newsletter, 2 February). Last year the government promised 10-year plans for various individual conditions, including dementia, cancer and mental health, but in January…

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has published a new briefing entitled ‘The future of care needs: a whole systems approach’.  The briefing predicts the changing care landscape across the next decade, suggesting that an extra 400,000 people in the UK could be providing care for more than 10 hours a week by 2035.   JRF also…

The deadline for abstract submissions for Alzheimer’s Disease International conference 2024 in Krakow is Tuesday 10 October. Details at: https://adiconference.org/abstracts 

The Ageing and Dementia Research Centre at Bournemouth University are looking for care home managers, staff and volunteers to share their experiences of using digital technology to interact with people who have dementia and are living in care homes.   The definition list of technology for this survey is quite broad and includes using tablets, smartphones,…

More should be done to offer homeshare arrangements as an option when people leave hospital, says the Homeshare Association in a new report, which identifies dementia and poor mobility as the primary drivers for seeking these arrangements.  Homeshare matches older people who need some help to live independently in their own homes with younger people…

Research published by Dementia Carers Count (DCC), who surveyed 1,300 unpaid dementia carers, has shown that unpaid female carers are less likely than unpaid male carers to access support from local authorities (advice and information, Carer’s Assessments and funded support).  Frances Lawrence, CEO of Dementia Carers Count said:   “Our research shows that over half of…