Dementia Community

🌟Only 4 Days To Go! 🌟

🪧 Supporting Children and Young People Affected by Dementia
🗓 Tue 10 March 2026 | ⏰ 2–3pm (UK) | 💷 Free

Presented by Hannah Gardner, Consultant Admiral Nurse for Children and Young People.

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🌟 Latest News - ‘What will social care look like in the next 10 years?’ Interview with Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock

View the interview here: buff.ly/8Q9fgeC

#socialcare

🌟 Latest News - Alzheimer Scotland propose new assessment process after latest Scottish Medicines Consortium rejection of donanemab

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#Alzheimers #scottishmedicines

🌟 Latest News – A University of Hertfordshire-led study shows how a minimum dataset (MDS) prototype can support planning, delivery and evaluation of care in care homes.

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#carehomes #study

🌟 Latest News – Researchers at Loughborough University analysed Sir Terry Pratchett’s novels to explore language changes linked to dementia, examining shifts in lexical density.

Learn more: buff.ly/MpcWR7a

#TerryPratchett #Research

📢 Join our Special Interest Group: Dementia in Prisons

Dementia Community, with Meeting Centres Scotland and Age UK Salford & Trafford, invite colleagues in GP, Psychiatry and criminal justice law to join our SIG.

Register your interest (QR on graphic): buff.ly/9IG81B4

🌟 Latest News - Alzheimer Europe publish dementia prevalence report

‘The Prevalence of Dementia in Europe 2025’, provides updated prevalence figures for the number of people living with dementia across Europe.

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#alzeimers #report

🌟 Latest News - @lewybodysociety.bsky.social 2026 Grant Round opens

Funding is available for all types of research into dementia with Lewy bodies, including health and social care, clinical and biomedical research, PhD studentships and Postdoctoral Fellowships.

👉 More Info: buff.ly/qIShk4M

🌟 Latest News - National Dignity Council launches Dignity Calendar

Aimed at care providers, it is intended to help services plan and promote dignity‑in‑care initiatives.

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#careproviders

🌟 Latest News – Jo Glanville shares how reading helped her ‘break through the fog’ of her parents’ dementia.

In The Guardian, she reflects on how engagement and conversation helped her father reconnect.

Read more here: buff.ly/MIDzfr2

#dementia #reading

🌟1 Week To Go! 🌟

🪧 Supporting Children and Young People Affected by Dementia
🗓 Tue 10 March 2026 | ⏰ 2–3pm (UK) | 💷 Free

Presented by Hannah Gardner, Consultant Admiral Nurse for Children and Young People.

👉 Register: buff.ly/SFSv9e5

🌟 Latest News – ‘Care Voices’ launches, bringing together care workers, people who draw on care and providers.

Led by The Care Workers’ Charity (The CWC) and @providersunite.bsky.social, the initiative aims to strengthen communication and collective advocacy.

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#carevoices

🌟 Latest News – Bournemouth University’s ‘Waiting Well’ project, with Help & Care, is being showcased through an exhibition and free resources.

Using art and photography, it captures carers’ pre-diagnosis experiences.

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#dementia #waitingwell

🌟 Latest News - Uni of Cambridge investigates if MRI scans detecting neuromelanin pigment can improve Lewy body dementia diagnosis

"If this specific MRI were available, people wouldn’t need further investigations."

Find out more: 👉 buff.ly/MzgoG9i

#LewyBody #Dementia #Research

🌟 Latest News – New NIHR report by Dr Catherine Alexander explores the challenges of supporting people who lack awareness of their dementia.

It highlights key issues and offers practical strategies for care.

👉 Read more: buff.ly/Ew2eo3n

@denpruexeter.bsky.social

#dementia #report #homecare

🌟 Latest News – The King’s Fund launches ‘Leveraging Innovation to Support Care Closer to Home’.

The project will explore innovations that reduce hospital reliance and improve patient outcomes and experience.

👉 Find out more here: buff.ly/fugyRHB

@thekingsfund.bsky.social

#hospitalcare

🌟 Latest News - Dementia Disco providing free discos in the North West of England

The discos aim to use music to inspire memories, conversations and friendships between people living with dementia and their relatives.

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#dementia #discos

We’re seeking sponsors for the 2026 UK Dementia Awards.

An excellent opportunity to align your organisation with excellence in dementia care and celebrate alongside leaders across the sector.

30th April, Warwickshire

🔗 journalofdementiacare.co.uk/awards/ukda2...

#UKDementiaAwards #DementiaCare

🌟 Latest News - Participants with young onset dementia wanted for study into employment

Chelsea Owens, Uni of Liverpool, is looking for participants with young onset dementia to interview about their experiences of navigating employment.

Learn more: buff.ly/3tLcQwC

#youngonsetdementia #study

🌟 Latest News - @alzheimereurope.bsky.social publish the Dementia in Europe Yearbook 2025

Providing an overview of programmes and resources relating to transport and access to cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport across Europe.

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#alzheimers

📢 Nominations Close Today at 5pm for the UK Dementia Awards 2026!

If you would like to nominate, the deadline to recieve your nomination is today, 27th February at 5pm!

Don't delay! Nominate today!

Find full details and how to nominate here 👉 buff.ly/cSGHfFo

#UKDA

🌟 Latest News - @skillsforcare.bsky.social has published a joint position statement on the contribution adult social care can make to the Neighbourhood Health Service in England. 

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@alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @age-uk.bsky.social

📢 Missed our latest webinar?

Watch Emily Pimm (Skills for Care), Emma Smith (Age UK Salford & Trafford) and Lisa Markey (Beacon) introduce new dementia resources to support anyone working with people living with dementia.

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📣 The February Dementia Community newsletter is out now for members!

Here’s what’s in this issue:

✨ UK Dementia Awards 2026, Join our Dementia in Prisons Special Interest Group, and March Webinars!

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🌟 Latest News - Study published by Cambridge University Press has shown that the menopause is linked to changes in the brain similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s disease.

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@cambridge.org

#menopause #alzheimers

🌟 Latest News - The Lewy Body Society has marked their 20th anniversary with the premiere of a new film entitled, ‘What is life with Lewy body dementia really like?’

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@lewybodysociety.bsky.social

#LewyBodyDementia

📢 Two Days Left to Nominate for the UK Dementia Awards 2026!

If you would like to nominate, the deadline to recieve your nomination is 27th February 2026 at 5pm!

Don't delay! Nominate today!

Find full details and how to nominate here 👉 buff.ly/cSGHfFo

#UKDA

🌟 Latest News – BBC Songs of Praise is seeking family carers of Christian faith in the North East to share their story in an episode honouring carers

👉 Full details are here: buff.ly/PiZVnmJ

#songsofpraise #carers

🌟 Latest News - Alzheimer’s Society publish data on delayed hospital discharges for people with dementia

Nearly a third of over-65s fit for discharge stay 3+ weeks, with almost 29,000 people with dementia affected in one year.

👉 Read more: buff.ly/lsLKvu7

#Dementia

🌟Don't Miss Our Next Webinar! 🌟

🪧 Supporting Children and Young People Affected by Dementia
🗓 Tue 10 March 2026 | ⏰ 2–3pm (UK) | 💷 Free

Presented by Hannah Gardner, Consultant Admiral Nurse for Children and Young People.

👉 Register: buff.ly/SFSv9e5