The Long Goodbye – Alzheimer’s Society film 

The children of parents with young onset dementia will be sharing their experiences in workshops that will be part of the 2025 Youth Summit from Lorenzo’s House.  The Youth Summit is a free, virtual, worldwide event that unites children who have a parent affected by young onset dementia. In 2025 it will take place from…

A technology innovator called Music Health has launched “Vera”, a music app designed for people with dementia.  Users of the Vera app can access the catalogue of the Universal Music Group (UMG), a leading music entertainment company, to create their own personalised music stations.  The charity Music for Dementia has welcomed the launch.  According to…

The Filo Project, a Community Interest Company who provide day care for people with dementia, have launched a campaign called ‘End the Dementia Tax’ to ask for a change in VAT rules.  Currently, The Filo Project have to charge the families who access their support the extra 20% VAT charge because they aren’t a regulated…

The Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP) has published their Review Highlights report.  The report celebrates areas of memory service practice that review teams have found particularly impressive, showcasing examples of good practice from MSNAP members. It also identifies standards that memory services often struggle to meet, with these commonly unmet standards being accompanied by…

Better ways to integrate primary and community care will be explored by a House of Lords committee, which has issued a call for evidence on the challenges facing the sector and the barriers to integration. Chaired by Baroness Pitkeathley, the committee will look at existing models of integration, including the role of primary care networks…

The Filo Project, which provides a special form of dementia day care for 350 clients across Devon, Somerset and East Lancashire, is up for an Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Hero Award today.  The Dementia Hero Awards on 28 April honour organisations and individuals who do life-changing work in dementia care.  In the Filo Project, “hosts” provide…