The Scottish Dementia Alumni, a group of campaigning friends in Scotland who each have a diagnosis of dementia, have published their latest booklet ‘Dementia and End of Life Choices’. The Scottish Dementia Alumni says of their new publication: “This booklet was an emotional creation, as we all needed to confront challenging concepts and our own…
Following the announcement in January that there will be an independent commission into adult social care chaired by Baroness Louise Casey (we reported on this here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/uk-government-announce-casey-commission-into-adult-social-care), the UK Government has now published the Terms of Reference for the Commission. You can read the Terms of Reference here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-commission-into-adult-social-care-terms-of-reference/independent-commission-into-adult-social-care-terms-of-reference Commenting on the Terms of Reference,…
Alzheimer’s Society has partnered with the British Deaf Association to improve dementia information, awareness and support for the deaf community. A SignVideo option is now available on the Alzheimer’s Society’s website to make the Society’s Dementia Support Line more accessible to deaf people. SignVideo links a deaf person with a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter who can live translate…
Innovations in Dementia, working with Bangor University, has launched two surveys to help them understand what impact the ‘Knowledge is Power’ resources have had for people with personal experience of dementia, professionals and practitioners. Knowledge is Power is written by and for people living with dementia. We reported on the launch of these resources in…
All the benefits of the arts in care are charted in a new report researched and written by Dr Hannah Zeilig and Millie van der Byl Williams. It looks in particular at the health and social impacts of “Our Day Out”, a programme of creative workshops run for older people in Norfolk over the past…
Adopt a Grandparent have launched a new series of webinars to share the impact they are making and encourage more care homes and volunteers to register with them. Adopt a Grandparent pair older, socially isolated care home residents (including people with dementia) with volunteers worldwide to combat loneliness and encourage intergenerational relationships. Established as a…