Thank you to Kim Robinson and her family for sharing their experience of caring during the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of Carers Week, Kim attended an event at the Houses of Parliment and spoke to MPs and Peers about her …
Case study – Heather’s story
Thank you to Heather Ritchie for sharing her story as part of the Carers Week report. Read the report and recommendations here. Carers Week charities are calling for an urgent 12-month plan of targeted support for unpaid carers, as many …
Carers Week 2022: Rising pressures on unpaid carers as public backing for greater support grows
68 million unpaid carers concerned for physical and mental health 2:2 million carers worried about ability to cope financially More care is being provided than ever before – even more than during the height of the pandemic Overwhelming public support …
Carers Week 2022 – add your voice to the campaign!
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as …
More celebrity support for A Scarf for Lewy
Following the fantastic support from Dame Prue Leith, additional celebrity backing for our campaign has come from actress Paula Wilcox and presenter Anne Robinson. Both have kindly knitted a scarf to help us raise awareness of Lewy body dementia. The …
Dementia Action Week 2022
This week (16-22 May) is Dementia Action Week, organised by Alzheimer’s Society, and the key message of this year’s campaign is: It’s not called getting old, it’s called getting ill. Every three minutes someone develops dementia, but right now, there …
Dotty Days 2022 – Save the date
Our Lewy Body Dementia Awareness Week ‘Dotty Days’ will this year take place from 27th June to 3rd July. If you have an idea for an event to raise awareness or fundraise, then please get in touch. We can provide …
Dame Prue Leith backs A Scarf for Lewy
Join Dame Prue Leith DBL and knit ‘A Scarf for Lewy’ to wrap around the Royal Albert Hall A Scarf for Lewy, the campaign by The Lewy Body Society to wrap the Royal Albert Hall in a huge scarf to …
New leaflet to help manage delusions, misidentification and Capgras syndrome in Lewy body dementia
The Lewy Body Society and Dementia UK have today published a new leaflet to support people living with the disease, their families and carers, to manage a common and at times distressing symptom. People with Lewy body dementia are more …