Scottish government pass ‘Anne’s Law’ to protect care home visits 

The Sam Beckman Choir, a dementia choir in North London, has written, composed and professionally recorded an original song that they’ve released as a single entitled ‘A new beginning’. The choir worked with music and healthcare practitioner Edmund Jeffrey for a year to create their song during their weekly music sessions. All of the choir…

Dementia UK has published a report entitled ‘A better death: fixing palliative and end of life care for dementia’. The report documents challenges around palliative and end of life care including: The improvements that are being recommended in this report include: Dr Hilda Hayo, Chief Admiral Nurse and Chief Executive of Dementia UK, says: “People…

Meeting Centres Scotland has secured £250,000 in funding from the Scottish Government’s Dementia Resilient Communities Fund to maintain and expand their work. Meeting Centres are community-based, relationship-led social clubs that combine shared activities and peer connection with practical support, information and signposting. They are shaped by their members, with people living with dementia and care…

The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) has launched an activity toolkit entitled ‘Celebrating Intergenerational Activities’. The toolkit, which compliments the work of Global Intergenerational Week, includes practical guidance, tips for planning intergenerational activities and ideas for adapting activities for social care settings. NAPA say: “Bringing people of different ages together creates opportunities for connection, shared…

Dementia UK’s Health Inequalities Team has published a leaflet and information to support the LGBT+ community. The new resources have been created by Admiral Nurses and include advice about finding support, dealing with stigma and discrimination and accessing health and social care services. You can find out more here: https://www.dementiauk.org/information-and-support/living-with-dementia/supporting-lgbtq-people-with-dementia/ Read/download the leaflet here: https://www.dementiauk.org/wp-content/uploads/demenita-uk-LGBT.pdf.