The BBC has shared a news item focusing on how Japan is responding to its ageing population and challenges around dementia care. The coverage features the Restaurant of Mistaken Orders in Tokyo, how robots are being developed and used to provide care, and how technology is supporting screening for dementia. You can watch the news…
The DYNAMIC research project has released two new resources to improve support for people with young onset dementia. They focus on raising social care workers’ awareness of young onset dementia and the financial impact of YOD. DYNAMIC (Dementia in Younger Ages Mapping Ideal Care) was funded by the NIHR Research for Social Care programme. It was led by researchers…
A report has been published entitled, ‘Childhood Dementia in Scotland 2025’. The report has been produced by Childhood Dementia Scotland, a collaborative network that spans Scotland and the wider UK and is hosted by Alzheimer Scotland, who originally set up Childhood Dementia Scotland in 2024. The network comprises family members, advocacy organisations, researchers and health, social care and education…
A short film about a woman navigating the challenges of young onset dementia is now available to stream, for free, on Amazon Prime. ‘If Not Now, When?’ was written and directed by Nick Tree. It stars Kate Dickie, Jamie Sives and David Carlyle, and offers a powerful, moving and emotional depiction of young onset dementia. The film, which has already…
Skills for Care has published ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England 2025’. In the report, under ‘Training categories within the group Specific conditions and disabilities (recorded in ASC-WDS local authority and independent sectors only) 2024/25’, it shows that 37% of adult social care workers have had dementia training (see…
CQC has published their annual State of Care report. Dementia is mentioned numerous times in relation to different settings that CQC inspect and has a specific section within the ‘Inequalities and concerns for specific groups of people’ chapter. CQC say of dementia care: “The number of people being diagnosed with dementia is increasing. However, staff…
Dementia UK and the Young Dementia Network has published a young onset dementia care framework. The framework has been developed to help integrated care boards (ICBs) meet the needs of people with young onset dementia. It is hoped the framework will help support care systems to deliver: The developers of the framework say: “The framework…
Alzheimer’s Society has shared ‘7 ways to support a person with dementia in cold weather’. Topics covered include heating, dressing, movement and the benefits of natural daylight. Read the tips here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/how-support-somebody-living-dementia-cold-weather
Applications are now open for the Care Innovation Challenge 2026. Hosted by the National Care Forum (NCF) and supported by Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) and partners, the Care Innovation Challenge unites entrepreneurs and innovators, university students and care sector colleagues to create solutions to key challenges facing the care sector. Entries are welcome from…
Following TIDE’s ‘Making Shared Care a Reality’ report (that we covered here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/tide-publish-making-shared-care-a-reality), TIDE are now launching the training materials that were promised as part of the ongoing ‘Shared Care’ work. TIDE say of their training resource: “As we move into the next phase of the ‘Shared Care’ initiative, we are proud to announce the…