Position statement published on adult social care’s contribution to the Neighbourhood Health Service

Join Dementia Research (JDR) has celebrated its 10th anniversary.  JDR is a nationwide online and telephone service that makes it easier for people to register their interest in volunteering for dementia research studies. Anyone, with or without dementia, can register as a volunteer. Find out more about Join Dementia Research here: https://www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk.  To mark their…

A boost for Alzheimer’s Research UK’s (ARUK) fundraising efforts has come with the recruitment of Iceland Foods managing director Richard Walker as an ambassador. Walker, whose own mother was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s in 2011 and died last year, said it was a “privilege to do this in memory of her”.  Through its charitable…

The University of Kent is conducting a survey as part of research into personalising domiciliary dementia care.  The aim of the research is to develop technology that matches the care preferences and needs of people living with dementia and their care partners with the services on offer from care providers. Researchers are also aiming to…

A study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that a new dementia risk score “calculator” could identify people most at risk of developing dementia in the next 14 years.  Based on two long-term studies, the risk score draws on a list of 11 predictive factors: age, education, history of diabetes, history of or current…

The UK Government has launched a 12 week call for evidence to inform England’s first ever Men’s Health Strategy.  Men of all ages and backgrounds are being urged to contribute their insights, along with health and social care professionals, academics, employers and stakeholder organisations.  The call for evidence asks for participants views on what is…

Care Talk has published a dementia care white paper following a roundtable event they held in London in April 2025.  Entitled, ‘Collaborating for Change: Shaping the Future of Dementia Care (Championing change, reimaging dementia care together), the white paper includes sections on:  It also includes key takeaway and recommendations.   Dementia Community was represented at the…