Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson has presented the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service to Dementia-friendly Alton.
The ceremony took place at Alton Community Centre, the home of the Memory Lane Club, earlier in December. It was rescheduled from September following the death of the Queen.
Tony Jameson-Allen and Chris Wilkins, co-founders of the dementia reminiscence charity Sporting Memories, have been awarded MBEs in the New Year Honours. They started the charity in 2011 and there are now more than 100 Sporting Memories clubs supporting older people across England, Scotland and Wales. Wilkins, CEO of Sporting Memories, said the clubs used…
UCL and Tower Hamlets memory clinic psychiatrist Dr Nick Bass will lead Young Dementia Network’s November webinar. He and Jana Mikova, clinical nurse specialist in genomic medicine, will explain the North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Alliance transformation project to embed genomic investigation in mental health service-provided memory clinics. They will go on to discuss implications…
Outstanding contribution: Sue Ashcroft, who has a leading role at care home group Care UK, has received the 2021 Hennell Award for Innovation and Excellence in Dementia Care. Sue is Care UK’s lead for dementia and lifestyle services as part of its Approach to Care initiative, which supports care home staff to develop their dementia…
Permanent support schemes for people affected by dementia have been set up by Alzheimer’s Society as part of its partnership with the Football Association (FA). So far 20 County FAs have established referral pathways into Society services providing advice and practical and emotional support. The schemes are intended for past and present players, managers, referees,…
A study by researchers from the University of Queensland has found that amyloid plaque in the brain – which is associated with Alzheimer’s disease – doesn’t need to be specifically targeted prior to ultrasound therapy for ultrasound to be effective in providing cognitive improvements in neurodegenerative disorders. Previously amyloid has been targeted with microbubbles, which open…
Care association National Care Forum (NCF) has welcomed plans by the government to discharge more people from hospital by buying up places in care homes. Thousands of placements will be purchased for people who are medically fit to be discharged, as part of a £250 million initiative to free up more beds on hospital wards….