Pathways Through Dementia Blog

The first year the helpline was open we received 3 enquiries - in the last year we have heard from hundreds of people and spoken to groups from Wandsworth to York which is very exciting. As we reach new audiences I too am learning about the current priorities for the people I am speaking to, Read More

Many thanks to our author, Holly Clark, the community manager for FirstCare.ie who provide a range of high quality care services. Holly is passionate about improving the quality of care that elderly people receive around the world. For more information please follow this link: https://www.firstcare.ie/ Better Heart Health May Mean Lower Dementia Risk In Older Read More

There has been a lot in the media about research on sleep and dementia. I recently heard a talk from Rachel McGuiness at my Athena network who is a sleep expert. Everyone was engaged with and thoroughly enjoyed her fascinating presentation because, honestly, who hasn't had periods in their life when sleep was hard to Read More

At the Westminster Health Forum in January the topic was "Next steps for improving dementia care: funding, reducing variations  and implementing the 2020 Challenge" . Carer and Research Network volunteer from the Alzheimer's Society, Andrew Cornwall, spoke eloquently about the cuts and in particular short term contracts staff in the voluntary sector seem to be increasingly Read More

In 2016 Pathways went from strength to strength in terms of reaching people with dementia and their carers. We have given more talks than ever before and received a large number of enquiries to our helpline service. However, we are, like many small charities, struggling for funding. I have done much soul searching since we Read More

There has been a great deal of coverage in the media this past week about care home fees. Whilst I understand the frustration people feel about their inheritance being eaten up whilst others have their care home fees fully paid by the local authority, there is a lot of misinformation floating around. For example, in Read More

For anyone not familiar with Bo-Selecta, this hilarious Blog post title* will be lost on them, but bear with me: during November I toured the country extolling the virtues of Pathways Through Dementia wherever I went, from Brighton to Manchester. The UK Dementia Congress is always a privilege - hearing first hand accounts of how Read More

Last week I was thrilled to be presenting to around 70 members of the Merseyside Police at their HQ near the Albert Docks in Liverpool - a HR manager had seen my interview with People Management magazine and had called me earlier in the year to arrange the talk. I gave the audience an overview Read More

I recently started working at the Alzheimer's Society 2 days a week as their Dementia Action Alliance Co-Ordinator for Ealing - a great opportunity to support a fantastic team who are working to make Ealing a dementia friendly community. As part of DAW we visited the Southall Town Hall and spoke to the women at Read More

It is International Women’s Day and therefore pertinent to recognise the enormous contribution that women make to the lives of people living with dementia. At the UK Dementia Congress last year, Worcester University presented the research paper ‘Women and Dementia’ which demonstrated that ‘Dementia has not only become the leading cause of death among British Read More