Unpaid carers of people with a rarer dementia wanted for research study

Baroness Casey, who chairs the Casey Commission into Adult Social Care in England (which we have reported on here https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/?s=Casey+Commission), has given a speech to the Nuffield Trust Summit 2026 where she called on the government to take urgent action to reform dementia care. The speech, which set out Baroness Casey’s early assessment of the…

BBC 2 has aired: The Jennings v Alzheimer’s.  The promotion for the documentary says:  “When a mutant gene causing Alzheimer’s is discovered in the Jennings family, it leads scientists on a journey to develop a cure and leaves family members with a terrible dilemma.  The Jennings are the first family in the world to be diagnosed…

Keeping active: Residents in care homes across the country have been getting physical as part of a project involving the “Green Goddess”, a breakfast TV fitness star from the 1980s. Care UK’s Let’s Get Physical initiative encourages residents to “try something new,” including seated ballet classes and disco yoga.  Salisbury Manor residents Deanna Barnett and…

The Power of Music Fund, a scheme to promote social prescribing for people with dementia and their families, opened on 22nd November for new grant applications. Musical initiatives for carers and people with dementia, such as dementia choirs, can apply for multi-year grants of either £1,000 or £2,000 annually, depending on the size and scope…

People with two or more chronic health issues in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, according to research from University College London published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The more severe the illnesses, the stronger the link seems to be, and for those with more than two conditions the risk…

The Lewy Body Society has shone a light on Capgras syndrome, a condition in which someone believes that their loved ones, or others they know, have been replaced with a double or imposter.  To illustrate how Capgras syndrome affects families, The Lewy Body Society has shared the story of Rob and his partner Jayne. Jayne…