Training in creative health practice
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Interested in workforce development for creative arts, health and wellbeing practice?
A study published in the European Journal of Neuroscience has shown that cats develop Alzheimer’s disease in a similar way to humans. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh carried out post-mortem brain examinations on twenty-five cats which had symptoms of dementia in life, including confusion, sleep disruption and an increase in vocalisation. The post-mortems found…
Age UK has secured funding from the LTA Tennis Foundation to run a 2-year walking tennis initiative for older people in eight locations across England. Walking Tennis sessions will start being delivered through local Age UKs in Shropshire Telford and Wrekin, Lincoln and South Lincolnshire, Devon, Sutton, Calderdale and Kirklees, Waltham Forest, Blackburn with Darwen…
A new e-learning programme called “Care As You Are” is designed as a new approach to skills and practice development for staff in care and health organisations. The aim is to develop reflective practice as a way to provide emotional support to family carers of people living with dementia. The programme endeavours to go beyond…
Brain Health Scotland, an Alzheimer Scotland initiative, has created a free brain health activity pack for children. The pack includes a quiz, brain hat activity and a colouring sheet. It has a football theme for anyone missing the World Cup or looking forward to the new season. A perfect activity for the school summer holidays….
Innovations in Dementia have launched a new guide to writing accessibly for people with dementia, co-produced with the Dementia Diarists DEEP group and aimed at anyone who wants to make their written information easier for people to read. Informing this work – which was supported by an Awards for All grant from the National Lottery Community Fund and…
The Young Dementia Network (YDN) has developed a resource to support implementation of the NICE guideline for young onset dementia. Intended for commissioners and frontline health and care professionals, it provides guidance on how to meet the needs of working age people living with dementia. YDN said that young onset dementia had significant differences from…