Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has committed to 'making this a year of dementia awareness'. This year, as well as putting our weight behind the broader push to drive up dementia diagnosis rates, we will continue to spread the message that not all dementias are the same, in order to improve the accuracy of dementia diagnoses and ensure cases of DLB are correctly identified.

Shelley ran this race in memory of her Gran. Shelley says.." She was an amazing lady, and the best Gran in the world! She started with dementia many years ago and then eventually got diagnosed with dementia with lewy bodies. She ended up in a home and over time the condition got the better of her and she died peacefully in August surrounded by her family, including me. This day changed my life as I knew it and I decided to make the most of my time on this planet. I wanted to get more into running and decided to run the Great Manchester Run this year.

June 6 marked the 7th anniversary of the Lewy Body Society’s charter from the Charities Commission. Fortuitously, it was during this year’s Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June), an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. This year’s theme was “Thank you.” LBS has always been run by volunteers, both in admin and locally on the ground. We would like to thank you all for your support and hard work. and tell the world about it. A million thanks to you all!

[Source: Care Industry News]

The NHS has launched new online information profiles that will help people to choose, compare and comment on care homes and other care services.

The new profiles, part of the NHS Choices website, will create the most definitive online source of information on care services, including:

The health and social care system in England will be fully joined together by 2018, with CCGs urged to put aside 2% of their funding each year to encourage more integrated care, the Goverment has pledged. The bold plans aim to prevent patients ‘falling through the cracks’, with new ‘pioneer’ areas around the country - to be announced in September - to trial more integrated care for patients with local providers, including GPs.