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Dementia Action Week – 16-22 May 2022
This year’s campaign focuses on diagnosis, encouraging people to reach out for support and advice if they (or their loved ones) are experiencing memory loss. Alzheimer’s Society research shows that the misconception around memory loss being a sign of normal ageing is...
Guide to the Living with Dementia Toolkit
The IDEAL research programme, based at the University of Exeter, looks at ways of improving the experience of living with dementia. This toolkit, produced with Innovations in Dementia, is the result of co-production work with an involvement group of people with...
I live with dementia: new Dementia UK campaign
“Dementia doesn’t just impact the person with the diagnosis – everyone around them, from family members to friends, is affected in some way. Because if you love someone living with dementia, you’re living with it too.” explains the Dementia UK website. The campaign,...
National Academy for Social Prescribing announces new funding for musical activities
The National Academy for Social Prescribing will be running this funding project in partnership with The Utley Foundation, which funds the Music for Dementia campaign and is donating £1 million to get the ball rolling. NASP aims to secure up to £10 million in funding...
Music for Dementia and UK Music launch Power of Music report
Campaign organisation Music for Dementia together with industry body UK Music have launched the report following a one year study which consulted charities, government and the health and social care sectors as well as the wider creative sector along with people living...
Alzheimer Europe 32nd Annual Conference: call for abstracts and early bird registration
Alzheimer Europe invites abstract submissions covering a wide range of topics. The deadline for submissions is 15th May 2022. See below for the list of topics – (Inter)National dementia strategies; Arts and culture; Brain health and dementia prevention; Carer...
Financial guides and factsheets from Independent Age
At a time when many are faced with increasing living expenses, these useful guides are available for download from the Independent Age website, audio versions can also be streamed, or you can order a printed copy to be sent out to you. The guides provide tips on...
Tune in for dementia related podcasts from The Ageing Scientist
The lastest mini-series from The Ageing Scientist focuses on dementia, each episode with a different focus: What happens in the brain in dementia, Care after a diagnosis, Rare dementias, Young on-set dementia, and Ethnicity and dementia. The Ageing Scientist is made...
Alzheimer’s Research UK seeks volunteers living with dementia for music therapy research
Alzheimer’s Research UK is encouraging volunteers to sign up to the Join Dementia Research platform. Prof Keith McAdam is looking for 1000 volunteers to help investigate the effects that personalised music listening could have on behaviour and psychological symptoms....
Arts 4 Dementia launches new workshops
Arts 4 Dementia is a UK charity working to develop arts programmes for people affected by dementia, along with training for people who work with people affected by dementia. Having provided a range of arts related webinars and online events throughout the pandemic,...
Last chance to take part in Shared Decision Making survey
The Professional Record Standards Body develops and helps implement standards for the structure and content of health and social care records to ensure that the right information is recorded correctly and can be accessed easily. Shared decision making is a...
Short film about older adults and technology is short-listed for the Osprey Short Film Award
The short film is a collaboration between researcher Dr Sarah Wallcook, artist and musician Jilly Jarman, and musician and record producer Ronald Amanze, who lives with dementia. The aim of the film is to express the findings of research conducted by Dr Sarah Wallcook...
The power of music to support care workers
The benefits of music for someone living with dementia are well recognised, but the use of music to support care workers with the pressures of work is not often spoken about. Music for Dementia, the cross-sector campaign to make music a standard part of dementia...
LGBTQ+ dementia services guide
The Dementia UK guide signposts readers to a selection of services that maybe be of use to someone living with dementia as an LGBTQ+ person, and that could provide support in the particular challenges faced by both the person with the diagnosis and their loved ones. ...
Cultural sites and wellbeing: call for case studies
GEM is keen to hear from museums, galleries and heritage sites that have taken a strategic approach to health and wellbeing, considering positive wellbeing impact for all visitors. Engagement with museums, heritage sites and other arts and culture organisations has...
Dementia UK Blog: Meaningful activities
Head of Research and Publications at Dementia UK, Dr. Karen Harrison Dening, introduced the blog series, each one with a different focus; physical activities, arts and creativity, and reminiscence. Dr Harrison wrote: ‘Dementia can cause people to withdraw from...
New grant announced by Small Good Stuff
Small Good Stuff, part of the Community Catalysts family, is a directory website that links people who need care or support with local people who might help, it also helps small organisations that offer care or support, providing them with information, publicity and...
tide launches ‘Front of Mind’ campaign
Marking the launch of the 'Front of Mind' campaign, tide has released a report titled ‘Creating a fairer future for people living with Alzheimer’s disease’. The report outlines the challenges in the dementia pathway and advocates for the changes needed to fix them....
Get ready for Social Prescribing Day 2022
Whatever your connection with social prescribing, NASP would like to hear your story, and encourage you to get involved with Social Prescribing Day, 10th March 2022. Whether you are a voluntary organisation or community group delivering invaluable social prescribing...
Race Equality Foundation survey: accessibility of services
This survey is part of a project by the Race Equality Foundation funded by the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, looking at the accessibility and acceptability of services which support Black, Asian and minority ethnic people with dementia coming out of hospital and...
NASP invites link workers to collaborate on new resources
NASP is working on portfolio resources for Social Prescribing Link Workers. The aim of the portfolio is to equip SPLWs with accessible and practical resources, and enable them to evidence and demonstrate capabilities as set in the competency framework to evidence...