Dementia Community

We’re pleased to announce Sensio as a Headline Sponsor of the 19th UK Dementia Congress, taking place 17–18 November 2025, Manchester.

Sensio uses AI & real-time data to support better care in nursing homes.

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📚 Editor’s Pick – Free Article from the Journal of Dementia Care
Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy: Should it be provided for people diagnosed with dementia?

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The Together Project and Creative Engagement Services has successfully completed a grassroots intergenerational pilot project entitled ‘Haringey Intergenerational Podcast’.

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‘Taking Care’, a documentary with Hollywood stars Seth and Lauren Rogen sharing their personal experiences of dementia, has been released.   

Lauren’s mother, Adele, was diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer’s disease aged 55. She died in 2020.

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Dr Penny Dash’s review into patient safety in health and care has been published by the Department of Health and Social Care.

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The Together Project are looking for nominations of care homes in London who could host Songs and Smiles sessions. 

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Researchers from the University of Bristol and people living with dementia and mild cognitive impairment have co-produced communication guidance videos for patients, family members and clinicians who are involved in dementia diagnosis feedback meetings.

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The King’s Fund has announced that applications are open for the 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards and the GSK Community Health Programme.  

The IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development to charities whose income is between £150,000 and £3m.

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The Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has published a framework for population health. 

It is intended to improve health and reduce health inequalities in Scotland over the next ten years, including in relation to dementia.

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Please consider using EasyFundraising when you shop online, with Dementia Publishing Community Benefit Society as your chosen organisation to fundraise for. Participating shops include John Lewis & Partners, Expedia, Argos, Just Eat and many more.

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📰 The July Members Newsletter is out!
Updates, ideas & inspiration for those supporting people with dementia.

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ITV News Scotland has had access to HMP Glenochil to report on the challenges the prison is facing in caring for their ageing population. 

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Very sweet poem — leaning into that kind of whimsical fantasy that reminds me of how captivated Arthur Conan Doyle became with fairies. Thank you for sharing!

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The July/August Journal of Dementia Care is out!

This issue:
🔹 Creating change for Young Onset Dementia support
🔹 GREAT Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy
🔹 Adapting CST for a Gujarati population

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Rose Vincent, a PHD student from the University of Edinburgh, has shared co-production resources that have been created from research she’s done with The Smarties. 

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Lovely to see people taking time to reflect on how we talk, listen, and show up for people with dementia.

Care Rights UK, a charity promoting the rights of older people in care, has published a report entitled ‘Reform of Adult Social Care: Our Vision’.

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New resources to support person-centred care planning for older adults in care homes are now available. 

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Skills for Care are looking for people with lived experience of dementia and health and adult social provision to participate in a review of the Dementia Core Skills Education and Training framework. 

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Skills for Care are looking for 90 adult social care employers to pioneer the Care Workforce Pathway as part of a new support programme building towards a national rollout.

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The UK Government has launched ‘Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England’. 

The Plan has been created following the Change NHS initiative (which we reported on here: buff.ly/NJsP94C) that was launched in autumn 2024 to gather views and opinions on the NHS.

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The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) has opened nominations for their National Activity Awards, which will take place in Liverpool on Friday 23rd January 2026.

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Care England – supported by Ally Cares - has published a white paper entitled: ‘The Sleep Gap: The Overlooked Factor Costing Lives, Time and Trust in Care’. 

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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has launched a UK-wide recruitment drive for clinical trials. 

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A gene therapy has been hailed as potentially ‘transformative’ in stopping the progression of a genetic type of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) known as FTD-GRN.

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🎥 Did you miss our free live webinar?
You can now watch Alleviating Social Isolation Through Intergenerational Connections with David Annand on YouTube! 👇
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A study, published in the British Journal of General Practice, has shown that the rollout of Social Prescribing Link Workers has led to improved patient outcomes and experiences. 

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in America.

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Sleep absolutely protects the brain — so we’d recommend it urgently to all world leaders. 😅