Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Tell us what you are doing to make dementia care more inclusive The September/October 2023 Journal of Dementia Care, was a special issue on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in dementia care. It includes many examples of excellent initiatives which are helping to make dementia services more inclusive. We know there are…
Using hearing aids may significantly reduce the risk of dementia among people with hearing loss, research published in Lancet Public Health suggests. A study involving more than 400,000 participants, drawing on the UK Biobank cohort, found that people with hearing loss who do not use hearing aids may be at higher risk of dementia than…
Cambridgeshire police has launched a Dementia Safeguarding Scheme. The scheme will see the force issuing hundreds of people with dementia a yellow Herbert Protocol wristband that looks similar to a watch but has built-in smart technology. The technology, known as Near Field Communication (NFC), enables anyone with a smartphone to scan the wristband to help…
Expert training in reminiscence arts in dementia care is to be held at the University of Greenwich over two days later this month. Scheduled for 19 and 20 January, the experiential course will be led by experienced practitioners and trainers with input from volunteers and former carers. It will be certificated by the European Reminiscence…
“It’s not called getting old, it’s called getting ill” is the name of a new Alzheimer’s Society campaign launched in Dementia Action Week (May 15-21) to stress the benefits of a diagnosis. New research reveals “widespread confusion” over dementia symptoms as many people think they are merely signs of old age. And one in three…
The Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit at KCL, and Primary Care and Population Health at UCL, have joined forces to create a network and webinar series to address the poorer health and wellbeing in later life that the LGBTQ+ community experience. People from the LGBTQ+ community face inequalities throughout the life course, which…