Training in creative health practice
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A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has linked higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) to dementia risk-reduction. The research, undertaken by a Swedish team led by Prof Weili Xu of the Ageing Research Centre at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, analysed the health of 61,214 people who were aged between 39…
Care England has collaborated with Oak House Kitchen to produce a white paper on dysphagia. The paper looks at best practice for supporting people with dysphagia, a condition that is estimated to affect four million people and often develops as a person lives with dementia. You can read the white paper here: https://www.careengland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Care-England-x-OHK-White-Paper-_-Nov24_-digital.pdf
Many GPs believe that assistive technologies could bring substantial benefits to their patients with dementia, particularly devices like an intuitive app to help them navigate their community, gadgets reminding them to take medications, and smart glasses to tell them who they are looking at. According to an Alzheimer’s Society survey, 76% of GPs worry that…
A free resource titled “Be inspired – The role of music in dementia care” has been produced by the charity Music as Therapy International. It is designed to explore the role music can play in care and includes ideas, questions and inspiration for choosing the right music. The resource is part of a new online…
Dementia blood tests could be available on the NHS in five years, Alzheimer’s Society claims, after launching the next phase of its Blood Biomarker Challenge, a £5 million award for the research team judged most likely to deliver. Applications for the challenge, a collaboration with Alzheimer’s Research UK and the National Institute for Health and…
Charity Parkinson’s UK has launched a campaign for better training of social care staff on Parkinson’s-related dementia. Carers of people with the condition signed more than 1,200 postcards delivered to Whitehall as part of the charity’s “Nobody Really Knows Us” campaign. It urges the government to allocate some of the £500 million it has earmarked…