MRI scans often play a key role in an accurate dementia diagnosis, including ruling out other causes of symptoms and assisting in diagnosing the type of dementia. Reducing the time for diagnostic MRI scans for dementia has been described as a step towards ending ‘the...
The community was commissioned by the national partners in the programme (DEFRA, DHSC, Sport England, Natural England and NASP), aiming to support the spread and scale of green social prescribing nationally. Building on learnings from the cross-Government Green...
Conversations with 67 people living with dementia, and family and friend carers across London, the southeast, Yorkshire, and Lancashire informed this report, along with people working for the NHS, academic institutions, and local and voluntary groups. The...
This project aims to work together with people with dementia to understand people's experience, and to influence the future strategic direction of dementia care and support in England. Conversations will be taking place around the country and online. For more...
Part of the Power of Music Fund, the new centre will operate alongside the first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia, announced in May, which is led by Manchester Camerata, sharing learning and helping generate a national step-change in how healthcare utilises...
The survey is open to everyone, and the aim is to gather as many voices as possible from around the world. ADI hopes to collect thoughts from people with dementia, their caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the general public. It is currently available in...
Tide (Together in Dementia Everyday) has the mission to “connect, enable and mobilise carers and former carers of people with dementia to use their experience to influence change.” Carer members of the organisation have access to free online events, information and...
The NCCH Creative Health Associates would like to hear your thoughts on creative health to help shape their work with Integrated Care Boards and Systems. They will use the information to better understand what work is happening and where, and what support...
The conference is designed for healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, community leaders, commissioners, link workers and students - and anyone with an interest in social prescribing. Featuring a diverse range of speakers from across the world, the...
The cross-party Health and Social Care Committee has the responsibility to scrutinise the work of the Department of Health and Social Care and its associated public bodies, examining government policy, spending and administration on behalf of the electorate and the...
Your personal experience will help the NIHR research unit understand these conditions better and your input will improve research which will directly help people living with these diseases. There are currently two types of opportunity: Join the lived experience group...
Social Care Future believes that, “Together we can change how people think about social care, why it’s so important and how it needs to change so that everyone can look forward to an equal life.” As part of their #IWouldLoveTo campaign, they are asking the question,...
The aim of the group is to develop a platform where people with or at risk of dementia, anyone with cognitive difficulties, dementia carers and members of the public interested in or concerned about dementia can share their opinions, perspectives and experiences....
The projects, launched on 8th November at the offices of Universal Music UK, are linked to recommendations of last year’s Power of Music report which among its recommendations called for investment in music programmes for the health and wellbeing of people living...
Conducted by the Longitude Prize on Dementia, which is funded by Alzheimer’s Society and Innovate UK, and delivered by Challenge Works, the poll set out to understand the appetite amongst primary care doctors for the use of technology in helping people and families...
This year’s Alzheimer’s Disease International campaign ‘Never too early, never too late’ focuses on risk factors and risk reduction. It highlights the importance of identifying risk factors and putting in place proactive risk reduction measures to delay the onset of...
Alongside Ageing Without Children and Community Catalysts, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) will hold the free online event on Thursday, 28th September, 11.30am - 2pm. The event aims to challenge assumptions, ignite meaningful discussions, and pave the way for a more...
I recall with fondness my Dad’s favourite phrase ‘it’s all going to plan.’ He was a man with a plan. It was a principle I adopted in my career in business, as a father in the care and support of my son, Thomas, and as a son myself in organising my Mam and Dad’s care....
Designed for people with early-stage dementia or mild cognitive impairment, these free workshops cover a range of art activities and require no previous experience. Art at the Treehouse kicks off a 10-week programme of creative mixed media on 16th May. Workshops take...
Launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, the first Art by Post project reached almost 4,500 people aged 18-103 across the UK, providing free creative activities to people at risk of social isolation, loneliness and digital exclusion. More than 600 poems, drawings,...
Over the past two years Thank You events have seen 15 million people involved in community events - saying thank you for their community, and taking the opportunity to make new local connections. This year’s Thank You Day aims to bring the nation together to show...