Listening to Lived Experiences of Dementia

A new report from the Alzheimer’s Society has captured the voices of people affected by dementia across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Lived Experiences of Dementia 2025 survey highlights the reality of life with dementia today, from the challenges of getting a timely diagnosis to the emotional and practical toll on families. The findings reveal a system under pressure where too many people still struggle to access the care and understanding they deserve.

By listening to lived experience, the report calls for greater awareness, stronger community support and more compassionate, joined up services.

You can read the full report here: Survey report: Lived experiences of dementia 2025 | Alzheimer’s Society

Dementia Bulletin

The latest dementia bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service has now been published.

In this issue:

  • Evaluating care pathways in Alzheimer’s disease: a qualitative interview study with GPs in England
  • Dementia-related volumetric assessments in neuroradiology reports: a natural language processing-based study
  • The State of Health and Care of Older People in England 2025
  • New Board Game Helps Children Understand Dementia
  • Young Onset Dementia Group, Liverpool

If you are unable to access any of the included items please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

The current bulletin for Depression & Anxiety, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download. 

In this edition:

  • Ketamine, depression and childhood trauma: new evidence from a community study
  • The genetic link behind sleep problems, cognitive dysfunction, and neuroticism in ‘treatment-resistant depression’
  • Mind responds to annual mental health act statistics
  • More research needed into psychedelics as potential treatments for mental disorders, calls RCPsych

For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Community Health Bulletin

The latest Community health Bulletin produced by the Evidently Better team at Mersey Care NHS FT is now available.

In this edition:

  • Follow-up care for people discharged from mental health inpatient care
  • Lived experience: informing inclusive health protection
  • Why I’m championing enhanced therapeutic observations and care (ETOC)
  • Experts come together to discuss social media use in children and young people
  • Supporting new community-led approaches to health and wellbeing
  • Junk food advertising ban takes positive step forward but ambitious measures needed to tackle childhood obesity

If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin

With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation trust the latest Forensic Psychiatry bulletin is now available to view and download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account.

Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin

With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation trust the latest Perinatal Mental Health bulletin is now available to view and download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account.

Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Making Every Contact Count

The most recent Make Every Contact count public heath bulletin looking at latest evidence around smoking cessation, alcohol, healthy weight, healthy eating and physical exercise is now available. The bulletin is produced by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT Library staff. If you cannot access any of the articles included in the bulletin please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Smoking Cessation

Alcohol

Healthy Weight

Healthy Eating

Physical Activity