Sanctuary Care has published ‘A Lifetime of Flavours: Celebrating Food, Family and the Lives Behind Beloved Recipes’. The cookbook features 42 recipes from residents aged 70 to 105 and is described as celebrating, ‘The joy of cooking, memory, and continuity in later life’. Sanctuary Care Cookbook: A Lifetime of Flavours The cookbook is free to download or can be ordered…
Jo Glanville has shared her experiences of reading to her parents with dementia, describing it as ‘the key to breaking through the fog’. Jo’s article was published in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/01/reading-key-breaking-through-fog-parents-dementia and in it she says of her father’s dementia: “There appears to be some kind of motor in the brain that enables us to…
Care England, in partnership with Be Great Fitness, has shared its second publication in the ‘From Inactivity to Independence’ series, with this latest report being supported by Lincoln Healthcare Partnership Primary Care Network. ‘From Inactivity to Independence: Measuring the impact of movement in adult social care’ shares new evidence showing that structured, personalised movement can…
The Local Government Association (LGA) has launched an online conversation to encourage the public to share their thoughts and ideas about the reform of adult social care. The findings from this conversation initiative will be used by the LGA to inform their work with the Casey Commission. Find out more and sign up here: https://lga.clevertogether.com/welcome
Following the launch of ‘The Big Dementia Conversation’ in early 2025 (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/care-uk-share-dementia-advice-as-part-of-their-big-conversation), Care UK has relaunched this awareness-raising campaign and released a new guide entitled, ‘Staying connected: A guide to dementia-friendly conversations’. The guide features advice on communication when a loved one has dementia. Jo Crossland, Head of Dementia and…
Dementia Disco are providing free discos in the North West of England. Currently operating in Cheadle Hulme, Heaton Mersey, Merton, Poynton and Seahouses, the free discos are held at weekends and are for people living with dementia, carers, family and friends. The discos aim to use music to inspire memories, conversations and friendships between people…
A report has been published by NIHR Policy Research Unit Dementia and Neurodegeneration University of Exeter entitled ‘Managing care challenges related to lack of awareness in the person with dementia: Report of a stakeholder consultation’. Written by Dr Catherine Alexander, the report examines challenges when a person with dementia is being cared for at home…