The Young Dementia Network has made its June webinar about a young onset dementia nurse-led service available on catch-up. The webinar is presented by Jenny Kerti, community psychiatric nurse manager, alongside colleagues from the Younger Persons with Dementia Team in Northamptonshire. It reveals how the service offers continuity of support from GP referral for a diagnosis onwards.
Go to www.youngdementianetwork.org.
Vibrant Communities and Keychange have been awarded “Highly Commended” for their Praise, Prayer and Togetherness online community. They won this recognition as part of the Great British Care Awards (South West Region). The partnership between the two charities was nominated under the “Putting People First” category and scooped the award after competing with 12 other…
Specialist dementia care provider Belong has appointed Martin Rix as its new chief executive. Rix will lead the next phase of the care village operator’s expansion as it prepares to open three new villages over the next three years. Previously chief operating officer at Norfolk-based Norse Care, Rix was responsible for services in 36 care…
Following its success last year, the Care Innovation Challenge takes place again in July with a creative weekend of ideas generation and prototype trialling. Applications are now open for a place at the weekend from creative thinkers who want to try new ways of improving the lives of people receiving care. “We hope to receive…
Health Education England (HEE) has awarded funding worth £700,000 to 28 health and care organisations as part of its “Volunteer to Career” programme. The programme, set up by the charity Helpforce, helps volunteers who want to work in the NHS to progress into a health and care career. Under the initiative, the organisations will have…
Following being named the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/centre-of-excellence-for-music, Manchester Camerata has begun weekly Music Cafés for people living with dementia and their carers in community centres across ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. Under the banner of the ‘Music in Mind’ programme, Manchester Camerata describe the cafes as providing, “In…
Prescriptions for harmful antipsychotics leapt by 50% in dementia care during the pandemic, research led by Exeter University and King’s College London has found. The research, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in San Diego, showed that 28% of people with dementia in care homes had been prescribed antipsychotic medication compared with 18%…