Training in creative health practice
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Older people with dementia are missing out on vital talking therapies that could significantly improve their lives, according to the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Taking the opportunity of World Alzheimer’s Day (21 September) to highlight the problem, BACP warned that depression was often confused with dementia and that the depression was wrongly…
For the first time NHS England has released data revealing that 34,412 people in England have been diagnosed with young onset dementia (YOD). But the NHS estimates that an additional 19,194 people in this age group may be undiagnosed, putting the potential total population of people with YOD at 53,606. “Until now, NHS England didn’t…
A study, led by University College London (UCL) and published in Ageing Research Reviews, has shown that people with dementia are more likely to have suicidal thoughts than people without dementia. Researchers reviewed data from more than 3.7 million people with dementia between 1991 and 2023 and noted that suicidal thoughts were most common in…
The UK Government has announced, through Innovate UK (the UK’s national innovation agency), that £3.6 million will be invested in next-generation digital therapeutics for people living with moderate to severe mental health conditions. The funding will be shared by 17 businesses across the UK, all of whom will be developing and trialling technologies over the…
Deafinitely Theatre has created ‘The Promise’, a stage show that follows the story of a family navigating deafness and dementia. The creation of ‘The Promise’ has been in conjunction with deaf families experiencing dementia and scientists studying dementia and its impact on deaf people. It has been two years in the making, led by Paula…
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS), a company providing policies and toolkits to ensure care sector compliance with regulations, has refreshed and expanded its best practice guidance for supported living services. The content of existing policies has been updated with more inclusive language and new topics have been added such as positive behaviour support and communication. At…