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“We can diagnose and start to manage dementia earlier than we do currently,” the Chief Medical Officer’s Report on Health in an Ageing Society has admitted. Professor Chris Whitty’s annual report touches on dementia in several places, including in a chapter on secondary prevention and early diagnosis in older age. “An early diagnosis and access…
The Scottish Government has announced up to £9.2m of funding over three years to augment the Support in the Right Direction (SiRD) programme, which aims to promote choice and control for people who access social care services and their families/carers. The funding will enable 33 third-sector organisations in Scotland to provide independent advice, advocacy, information and support…
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…
Vacancy rates in social care have almost doubled in a year, data from Skills for Care show. In May vacancy rates were 10.3%, compared with 5.8% in May 2021. “Following the peak of the pandemic, vacancy rates have been rising and are now higher than they were pre-covid,” Skills for Care said. “An increase in…
Expert training in reminiscence arts in dementia care is being offered in the New Year. Taking place on 9 and 10 January, in Halesworth, Suffolk, the two-day course for “Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today” will be run by Pam Schweitzer, a renowned reminiscence arts practitioner and founder of the European Reminscence Network. There will also be…
Innovations in Dementia has launched a film showing the work they’ve been doing with Lenovo to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool powered by the experiences of people living with dementia. ‘Alzheimer’s Intelligence’ is a photorealistic 3D avatar named ‘Liv’ with custom AI. The avatar was created from a composite of images of 10 people…