You can follow Bianca's and Jo's work on social media:

@BiancaBrijnath

@JoAntoniades

To find out more, have a listen!

To find out more about Dementia Action Week and the latest Society's TV advert, take a look here.

To find out more about Tony's work, and his many other books and cartoons, take a look at his webpage and follow him on twitter (@tonyhusband1).

Both Cindy (@cindyaweinstein) and Jeff (@jeffseneviratne) are also active on twitter.

After the podcast recording ended, Jeff shared with us a beautiful poem his sister wrote for his late wife Teresa:

For Teresa

Because I can't be at her funeral, I make an altar

in my living room: an oak table with indigo shawl,

a lit candle on a birch holder with a heart in its bark.

I gather camellias - the petals fall, the way she fell

quietly away after all the sorrow of the incremental

losing of her, all the living with her present absence.

I send my love out to their broken heartache, a circle

of held hands around the space she has left.

Seni Seneviratne

In this episode, I am joined by Prof Adam Gordon from the University of Nottingham. Adam is Professor of the Care of Older People, and has been leading research in care homes for over a decade now, mainly looking at models of healthcare and how to prevent avoidable harm in care homes.   

In this episode, I am joined by two active members from Rights for Residents (@rightsforresid2), Diane and Kate, and Dr Alys Griffiths from the University of Liverpool, discussing the value of family carers, from pandemic to beyond.

To follow updates about De Port Green Care Farm, follow Maud on instagram: ma.o.uderenzorg

Human rights have been badly affected during the pandemic, but there are wider issues surrounding the human rights of care home residents, and their families, which we need to put a spotlight on.

In this special #DAW2022 episode, I am talking to the Alzheimer's Society (Malayka Rahman and Hayley Hogan) and Hilary Tetlow, former carer and host of the peer support groups SURF Liverpool, about what DAW means and what we can all do to address dementia.

Follow Sahdia on twitter: @SahdiaParveen

Chris Roberts is from Wales. He is living with emphysema and with mixed dementia, Vascular and Alzheimers. He spends a lot of time raising awareness of dementia, its symptoms, promoting better services and support to dispel the stigma that it is associated with together with his wife Jayne Goodrick. He is a Board Member of Alzheimer Europe as well as the Chair of the European Working Group of People With Dementia, and an Ambassador for Alzheimer’s Society UK/Cymru. 

Monica Cations is a psychologist and epidemiologist who has worked in clinical and research roles with people with young onset dementia and their care partners for over a decade. Monica’s research currently focusses on post-diagnosis service delivery for young people with dementia, aiming to improve access to high quality, person-driven care.

To follow Chris, Jayne, and Monica on twitter, here are their handles: @Chris Roberts, @Jayne Goodrick, @monicacations

Dr Anna Volkmer is a clinical academic speech and language therapist at UCL. Anna works as a senior speech and language therapist in the Cognitive Disorders Service at the National Hospital for Neurology where she diagnoses and treats people with dementia. 

Jacqui Cannon is CEO of The Lewy Body Society and a former carer for her dad who lived with Lewy body dementia.

Dr Ríona Mc Ardle is a NIHR Advanced Fellow at Newcastle University. Her research ambition is to improve how we diagnose and care for people with dementia through novel applications of digital healthcare. She has led the largest study to date to examine patterns of gait in Lewy body disease and Alzheimer's disease using wearable technology in clinical and real-world environments. 

Follow this episode's panellists on twitter: @lbsorg, @volkmer_anna, @RionaMcArdle

Leah is an Admiral Nurse for the Royal British Legion. Admiral Nurses originate from Dementia UK, and if you need support, have a look at their website for more info. Leah is also active on twitter: @ericrickards

Robert is a Geriatric Psychiatrist and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Madan is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Deputy Chief of Staff at Baycrest, and is involved clinically in long-term care consultation, and outpatient psychiatry. His academic interests are in the areas of medical education and dementia. Robert is also the Chair of the Products and Services Committee for the International Psychogeriatrics Association.

If you want to find out more about the International Psychogeriatrics Association, and how you can join, have a look at their website here.

Selina is a Professor of Molecular Neuroscience and Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Neurodegenerative Disease at UCL. Selina’s work is focussed on the use of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to model dementia, working closely with clinical colleagues to obtain samples from participants with rare, genetic forms of dementia and using these to understand the molecular basis of Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia. 

Follow Selina on twitter for more updates about her research and her public engagement work, and her cat: @SelinaWray

Robyn is a postdoctoral research associate and has a specialism in the ways in which engaging with arts and culture can impact on our health and wellbeing, and her PhD focussed on understanding the benefits of music for people living with dementia.

Helena is a project manager with Camerata’s Community team, working alongside musicians and various partners to coordinate a range of creative music making projects.

For more insights into her research, take a look at her webpage here or follow Catherine on Twitter @CatherineTalb

With each having a different focus on care homes, we are discussing the many angles in which residents, staff, and family carers have been affected.

In this episode, we talk about the challenges faced in providing support for dementia during the pandemic, and how smaller and larger charities had to adapt.