Training in creative health practice
Interested in workforce development for creative arts, health and wellbeing practice?
Interested in workforce development for creative arts, health and wellbeing practice?
A new documentary has premiered in Ireland. ‘Don’t forget to remember’ follows the artist, Asbestos, as he learns to cope with his mother’s fading memories. The production company say of ‘Don’t forget to remember’: “In collaboration with Asbestos, the film opens an honest conversation about the delicate nature of memory. Through the artist’s process, we…
A study published in BMJ Mental Health has shown that people with multiple mental health conditions face an increased risk of developing dementia. Researchers found that people with two psychiatric conditions were twice as likely to develop dementia, whilst those with three had over four times the risk and with four or more psychiatric disorders…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has reiterated its call for a Dementia Medicines Taskforce as part of the government’s forthcoming 10-year dementia strategy. ARUK says the taskforce would act as a “necessary catalyst” for the development of dementia treatments, especially given historic under-investment in dementia research and the government’s failure so far to honour its “dementia…
Are you a person diagnosed with memory problems who would like to get involved in a short dementia research study? Researchers want to develop a digital assessment tool that could help to reduce waiting times in Memory Clinics. They are looking for volunteers with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early Alzheimer’s disease who have access…
The Dementia Researcher Podcast is looking for guests. The Podcast aims to bring early career researchers and established experts working on all types of dementia together to discuss a variety of career and research-related topics. If you would like to join a panel or record a podcast on your own area of research, please email…
The website for Gen-All, England’s new intergenerational hub, has been launched. Gen-All describe themselves as, ‘The leading centre for intergenerational practice, research, and innovation in England’, and aims to be a hub for sharing knowledge, showcasing good practice, and fostering collaboration to strengthen the intergenerational movement. Ellie Robinson-Carter, Programme Director for the MSc Dementia at…