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National Academy for Social Prescribing launches second round of Learning Together programme
Participants in the programme will be offered a learning package tailored to their areas’ needs. Accessed over 2 hours a month in a flexible way, so people can learn at their own pace, participants will be able to take part in a series of online workshops and virtual...
Alzheimer’s Disease International invites you to get involved virtually this World Alzheimer’s Month
With disruption to dementia diagnosis due to the covid-19 pandemic, ADI is focusing on the importance of a timely diagnosis and the warning signs of dementia. This September they are asking people to get involved virtually to help spread the word. Whether it be...
Music for Dementia marks World Alzheimer’s month with #powerof30 campaign
The campaign aims to get people living with dementia benefitting from the power that music has to promote and support wellbeing. Christopher Eccleston, who’s memoir focused on the actor’s late father Ronnie’s living with dementia says: “Music has the power to...
New programme aims to boost innovation in social prescribing
The programme is designed to bring together national organisations to share resources, skills and experience between themselves and local organisations, aiming to increase opportunities for people impacted by health inequalities and COVID-19 to access social...
Arts for Dementia social prescribing report launch, 21st September
A.R.T.S. (*Activities to Revitalise The Soul) for Brain Health: Social prescribing as diagnostic practice for dementia – from despair to desire, the product of a two-year national campaign, aims to transform diagnostic practice, establishing a pathway to refer...
New funding allows more people living with dementia to benefit from music
Through this partnership between NASP and Music for Dementia the organisations will receive grants of up to £50,000, supporting social prescribing activities to promote health and wellbeing at a national and local level. This new funding will allow more people with...
Derbyshire project focuses on the way GP’s of the future interact with patients and carers of people living with Dementia
As the Older Adult Senior Educator (dementia specific) for Nottingham Undergraduate Medical Students, Tracey recruits and supports ‘Patient & Carer Experts’ who have lived experience in dementia. The aim of this group is to assist in developing the medical...
Social prescribing within cultural spaces: report and end of study event
Funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, a team of researchers has been working on a study investigating Cultural institutions as social prescribing venues to improve older people’s well-being in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: What works, for...
Toolkit for dementia-friendly initiatives launched by WHO
The toolkit aims to help countries raise public awareness and understanding of dementia to support people living with dementia to remain in, and be a significant part of, their communities. It assists people working in communities to plan, implement and evaluate...
Share your experience: post-diagnostic dementia support for the South Asian community
As Dementia Lead at the University of Wolverhampton, Dr Karan Jutlla is responsible for providing leadership in dementia care curricula and research, and promoting a culturally competent workforce in healthcare. This current research project follows up on a recent,...
Art by Post exhibition launches in September
During recent lockdowns many turned to arts activities as a way to boost spirits and improve general wellbeing. The Art by Post programme, which began in May 2020, is part of the Southbank Centre’s Arts and Wellbeing programme and has provided over 4,500 people at...
The Dementia Fiction Festival, 15-16th September 2021
The festival is organised by the Dementia Fiction project at Queen’s University Belfast, a project which investigates how the language of contemporary fiction represents the minds of characters with dementia. Events will include keynotes, panels, workshops and...
Loneliness and dementia study: invite to interviews
A project exploring loneliness in people living with dementia is being undertaken by Coventry University and The University of Warwick. At the heart of the research is the desire to represent the perspective of people living with dementia. Project researchers are now...
Next Steps website launched
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted on waiting times for memory assessments, with many memory service staff being redeployed and some services closing temporarily. Many people experiencing memory problems are now waiting longer for their appointments, prolonging the...
Think Local Act Personal would like to hear from you
This directory, known as Innovations in Community Centred-Support, showcases types of support that are innovative in their approach to improving people’s health and wellbeing. It aims to inspire development that shifts these initiatives from the margins to the...
The Personalised Care Institute launches podcast series for healthcare professionals
Each episode of The Personalised Care Podcast will discuss how a personalised care approach – which requires health and care professionals to reframe their focus from ‘what’s the matter’ with them to ‘what matters’ to someone – can be applied in different scenarios,...
Crowded Isolation and Loneliness: report launched by Tide
This new report launched by tide (together in dementia) follows up on a survey which came about from conversations during tide carer connection sessions, about their roles as carers and how the isolation and loneliness of being a carer affects them. A number of themes...
Dementia UK launches ‘Going Out’ series of articles
With restrictions on social and leisure activities lifting, many people are now making plans to return to their favourite gallery or museum. The first in this new series of articles from Dementia UK, Consultant Admiral Nurse, Jules Knight provides guidance on how...
#AskHowIAm report and campaign launched
The report, which details the mental health needs of people living with physical ill health, was co produced by National Voices and the Centre for Mental Health, and with support from a range of long-term conditions charities. It shows the impact long-term conditions...
‘Whose Social Care is it Anyway?’ Inquiry group first findings
The Whose Social Care is it Anyway? inquiry, an initiative of the Social Care Future movement, received input from over 500 people about their experience with social care. The inquiry report, which is now available online, details five key changes that are required...
The 3 R’s of Social Care Reform: What can the Covid-19 pandemic teach us about social care reform?
The report,The 3 R's of Social Care Reform, is based on learning from the response to Covid-19, and it identified three key ingredients for reform. These are constructive risk taking, respectful relationships and a sense of reciprocity. These behaviours and attitudes...