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The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data are now available. April 2019 highlights: April continued the spike seen last month with 713 new volunteers registering, including 55 people with a dementia diagnosis – bringing the total number of Join Dementia Volunteers up to 40,979 NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG remain as […]

The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data are now available. March 2019 highlights: There was a spike in new registrations last month with 722 new volunteers registering in March 2019, including 123 people with a dementia diagnosis – bringing the total number of Join Dementia Volunteers up to 40, 286 NHS Bristol, North Somerset […]

The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data has been published today. February 2019 highlights: 524 new volunteers registered, including 80 people with a dementia diagnosis NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG also has the most people with dementia registered on JDR with 114, closely followed by NHS Vale of York CCG (95 […]

The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data has been published today. November 2018 highlights: 530 (438 in October 2018) new volunteers registered, including 76 (was 70 in October) people with a dementia diagnosis NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG remains at the top with the most JDR volunteers (1934 volunteers). This has […]

The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data has been published today. October 2018 highlights: 438 (-2 on September 2018) new volunteers registered, including 70 (was 83 in September) people with a dementia diagnosis NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG has the most JDR volunteers with 1918 (significantly higher than the nearest with […]

The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data has been published today. September 2018 highlights: 440 (+80 on August 2018) new volunteers registered, including 83 (was 51 in August) people with a dementia diagnosis Referrals from charity partners significantly contributed to this months volunteers, and increased traffic from internet searches. However for people with dementia, […]

The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data has been published today. August 2018 highlights: 360 (-192 on July 2018) new volunteers registered, including 51 (was 97 in July) people with a dementia diagnosis No single source of referral stands out amongst people without dementia, however for people with dementia, Memory Clinics and GP Surgeries […]

The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data has been published today. July 2018 highlights: 552 (-40 on June 2018) new volunteers registered, including 97 (was 83 in June) people with a dementia diagnosis Over 50% of people with dementia registering this month, list GP / Memory Clinic as their source, however ‘other’ stands out […]

The latest Join Dementia Research volunteer registration data has been published today. June 2018 highlights: 592 (-360 on May 2018) new volunteers registered, including 83 people with a dementia diagnosis No single source of referral stands out this month, however sign-ups from the Alzheimer’s Show and referral from GP surgery / memory clinic mailings rate […]

This month the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published updated guidance for NHS and Healthcare providers on the assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers, following a consultation earlier this year. The new guidance excitingly includes supporting for talking to patients about research, specifically: 1.1.11 Tell people […]