Cameron wants dementia training for NHS staff : what about social care staff, then?

David Cameron announces dementia training for all NHS staff http://gu.com/p/46xjf

Dementia friends - a new type of volunteer service

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31557377

One step towards preventing #Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's researchers find molecule that delays onset http://gu.com/p/45pam

There are too many older people in prison: many could be freed

An interesting article on how many ageing people there are in prisons -and a poem on setting them 'free'. The author of an academic study of how older people cope in prison, Tina Maschi, among other things a social worker, wrote a song 'We are all ageing prisoners' to raise issues about the situation, including the lack of public awareness how many older people are in prisons around the world. The website asks you to respond to the song, which you can listen to on the site.

there is also a list of publications from the study (and others the author was involved in) that you can download.

Link to blog article from Fordham University

Link to downloadable publications from the study