On International Women's Day, we celebrate the women who form the backbone of dementia care in the UK — the professionals, the family carers, and the researchers who hold the world together, often without the recognition they deserve.
If you have landed here, there is a good chance you are a care home manager, a registered provider, a deputy, or someone knee-deep in the day-to-day reality of dementia care. That is exactly why this site exists.
Some people are energised by company and bustle. Others prefer quiet and solitude. These preferences do not evaporate when someone moves into a care home—and the right to rest, to be still, to decline the aqua aerobics, is just as valid as the right to participate.
A person born in 1923 and a person born in 1958 sitting in the same care home lounge are not the same. They have different music, different food, different politics, different expectations—and treating them as the same is a systematic failure to see either of them clearly.
Dementia Pocket Expert is a voice-activated AI assistant designed specifically for dementia care professionals, providing instant access to evidence-based guidance when you need it most.
Starting each day with good news is not frivolous. It is a deliberate, evidence-based intervention that improves mood, reduces anxiety, and creates a culture of positivity.
The Listening Pod is a simple, powerful tool for recording and preserving the life stories of people with dementia—creating a lasting legacy for families and invaluable context for care staff.
The evidence on meaningful activity in dementia care is unambiguous. Research consistently identifies meaningful activity and social engagement as among the most persistently and critically unmet needs in residential care settings.
Place is not just geography. It is memory, identity, and connection. For people with dementia, returning to the places that shaped them can unlock stories, emotions, and a sense of self that daily life in a care home rarely reaches.
For people with dementia, familiarity is not a limitation. It is a lifeline. It is the difference between a day that feels safe and a day that feels chaotic.
Mealtimes in care homes are often treated as logistical events. They should be social, sensory, and deeply personal experiences that honour who each person is.
The Care Documentation Audit app helps care homes systematically review and improve their care documentation, ensuring compliance with CQC standards and best practice.
The Care Home Survey Dashboard provides a simple, powerful way to collect and analyse feedback from residents, families, and staff—turning insights into action.
Baby boomers are entering care homes in serious numbers, and the model of care designed around the Silent Generation is going to need to change. Significantly. Here's why, and what to do about it.
Genealogy and ancestry research offers a remarkable, largely untapped way of deepening knowledge about residents with dementia. For someone whose sense of self is increasingly rooted in the distant past, discovering family history can be genuinely therapeutic.
Moving into a care home does not mean the world stops mattering. Virtual travel can bring the outside world in, providing connection, stimulation, and therapeutic reminiscence for people with dementia.
A simple, creative idea for filling the gap between family visits: monthly highlight reels that capture the joy, connection, and meaningful moments happening in your care home every day.
Discover how bringing letters back into the lives of people living with dementia through Love Letter Tales can be a powerful therapeutic tool for reminiscence, engagement, and person-centred care.
Understanding Tom Kitwood's revolutionary approach to dementia care and why his theory of personhood still matters today.
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