Training in creative health practice
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An initial “strategic framework” has been published by the government as a prelude to its forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy (MCS) for England, which will set out plans for tackling six health conditions including dementia over the next five years. In his foreword to the framework, which is the “interim report” he promised when announcing the…
Following the launch of ‘The Big Dementia Conversation’ in early 2025 (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/care-uk-share-dementia-advice-as-part-of-their-big-conversation), Care UK has relaunched this awareness-raising campaign and released a new guide entitled, ‘Staying connected: A guide to dementia-friendly conversations’. The guide features advice on communication when a loved one has dementia. Jo Crossland, Head of Dementia and…
Food for the Brain has launched a global research project to find the most effective dementia prevention interventions. The project is headed by Oxford University-trained neuroscientist Dr Tommy Wood, Associate Professor at the University of Washington, and aims to gather data from over 20 million people – a million each from the UK, Germany and…
Innovations in Dementia has launched a new project entitled ‘Dementia, Cancer and Us All’, funded by Macmillan Cancer Support. The project will explore the experiences of navigating cancer services for people with dementia. To begin the project, a short survey has been launched to gather first-hand experiences from patients, carers and health and social care…
The Local Dementia Action Alliance (LDAA) website, hosted by the Alzheimer’s Society, closed on 5 January 2024. Alzheimer’s Society now signpost to their own resources on the DAA website. You can find out more here: https://www.dementiaaction.org.uk. At Dementia Community, we are keen for all local Dementia Action Alliance members to join us to continue the…
A genetic alternative to the dominant current belief that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a build-up of toxic proteins known as amyloids has been put forward in research published in the journal Nature. A quarter of the population carries one copy of the gene known as APOE4 and this inheritance from one parent doubles the…