Covid blog #11 vaccination: what to do with people with dementia in nursing homes?
Now the first vaccinations are up for approval, countries are starting to roll this out with the United Kingdom as the first...
Posted 14/12/2020
Impression INTERDEM Meeting virtual Alzheimer Europe Conference
We were very fortunate that the Alzheimer Europe Conference was still taking place despite the huge amount of changes we have to deal with in the...
Posted 09/12/2020
Dealing with Dementia – 2nd Krems Dementia Conference
Like all conferences since March this year this conference went virtual. Very pity as many attendees were looking forward to visiting the...
Posted 29/11/2020
Article of the month – October 2020
“Development of best practice recommendations to enhance access to and use of formal community care services for people with dementia in...
Posted 23/11/2020
Book “Wandering the Wards” now launched and freely available
On Tuesday 17thNovember 2020, the book “Wandering the Wards” has been launched in which Featherstone and Northcott provide a detailed and...
Posted 19/11/2020
Alzheimer Europe Conference 2020: COVID19, technological solutions, and attendee’s houseplants
Initially, I worried that a 3-day online conference might lead to ‘Zoom-fatigue’ and that the virtual format would negatively impact the special...
Posted 18/11/2020
COVID BLOG #10: Impact of SARS-COV-2 pandemic on mental health of Long-term Care Facility Personnel in Poland – recommendations
Extraordinary concerns and considerable challenges for public health due to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic aroused interest of researchers around the world...
Posted 12/11/2020
Best Practice Guidance for Technology in Dementia – recommendations by INDUCT network Updated
At the 30th Virtual Conference of Alzheimer Europe an updated version of the Best Practice Guidance on Human Interaction with Technology in...
Posted 09/11/2020
Love, Loss and Laughter photo exhibition re-launched in Amsterdam
World Alzheimer’s Day was created in 1994 by Alzheimer’s Disease International and the World Health Organization to raise more awareness about...
Posted 27/10/2020
Article of the month – September 2020
The website committee selected as publication of the month September: Giebel, Clarissa, Kathryn Lord, Claudia Cooper, Justine Shenton, Jacqueline...
Posted 06/10/2020
Article of the month – August 2020
The website committee selected for publication of the month August: Clarke, C., B. Woods, E. Moniz-Cook, G. Mountain, L. Øksnebjerg, R. Chattat...
Posted 01/10/2020
COVID blog #9 – How do COVID-19 public health restrictions affect the lives of people with dementia and carers in the UK?
In the UK, we were faced with a nationwide lockdown for over 12 weeks, starting on the 23rd of March. A few days before that, people aged 70+ and...
Posted 28/09/2020