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.
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Dementia Diaries, a project run by Innovations in Dementia, has made a renewed call for people living with dementia to become Dementia Diarists. Wayne has made this film to promote Dementia Diaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTsfd1bDpek You can find out more about Dementia Diaries here: https://dementiadiaries.org
Dementia Carers Count (DCC) has published a briefing and recommendations that they’ve shared with the Casey Commission. The briefing and recommendations have been informed by what unpaid/family dementia carers have told DCC would make the most difference to their ability to cope and their capacity to care. Read the briefing and recommendations here: https://dementiacarers.org.uk/content/uploads/2025/07/What-if.-This-could-be-dementia-care-DCC-briefing-to-the-Casey-Commission.pdf The…
Recognition for leading figures in dementia care Kate Lee, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, has been honoured with an OBE for her services to charity. Alongside Kate, five more people have been recognised for their work with people who have dementia. They are: Karen Spiers – Senior Charge Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire. For services to…
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…
BBC’s One has featured Dementia UK’s partnership with Nationwide on The One Show. In the episode, the personal experiences of a family who’ve accessed dementia support within a Nationwide branch is explored, and there is an interview with an Admiral Nurse. Watch The One Show, which features this as the first item in the episode,…
Dementia Carers Count (DCC) has launched ‘We See You’, a campaign aimed at making dementia carers more visible in society. ‘We See You’ is DCC’s first big advertising campaign, and is being supported by JCDecaux Community Channel, who provide digital out-of-home advertising across the UK in shopping centres, transport hubs, roadside digital poster sites and…