At a House of Lords event hosted by Lord Best, three new resources on Extra Care housing and dementia have been published as part of the DemECH project, run by the University of Worcester’s Association for Dementia Studies. Lord Best, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) “Housing for people with dementia” inquiry, oversaw the…
More than half of family carers of a person with dementia say that they have reached crisis point in the last year and one in five carers report that they have had to admit loved ones to A&E due to a lack of support. A survey of 1,000 people by Alzheimer’s Society heard that 54%…
elearning for Healthcare, in partnership with NHS England, has shared an updated learning resource to support knowledge and understanding of the management of dysphagia. The Dysphagia Guide e-learning resource has been co-developed with care home staff but is also relevant to other health and social care staff, informal carers and people with dysphagia. The Guide…
Reporting on its 25th anniversary year, the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) describes 2022 as a year of “remarkable achievements, significant milestones and profound impact.” It was marked by the first in-person conference for three years and the launch of the NAPA Year of Creativity national campaign, which Executive Director, Hilary Woodhead says in her…
Care Talk and the Palliative and End of Life Care Awards have published a report, following a roundtable discussion they held in February 2024, entitled: ‘Living a Good Life at Every Stage – The Role of Palliative and End of Life Care in Enabling a Good Death’. The report documents knowledge shared by 15 sector…
Following our coverage (https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/adult-social-care-providers-wanted-for-dementia-training-survey) of Leeds Beckett University’s call for adult social care providers to complete a survey to inform work being done in partnership with IFF Research, the team headed by Professor Sarah Smith and Professor Claire Surr are now seeing participation from the adult social care workforce. Academics are interested in dementia specific…