Addressing inequalities round healthcare and dementia
A report we commissioned final 12 months discovered that there are 110 inequalities skilled by folks residing with dementia in relation to their entry to and expertise of well being and social care.
Following on from this work we can be launching a analysis name to assist higher perceive and fight inequalities confronted by folks residing with dementia.
Funding new know-how with the Longitude Prize on Dementia
The Longitude Prize on Dementia is a £4 million prize to drive the creation of personalised, technology-based instruments for people who find themselves residing with the early levels of dementia.
These instruments are aimed toward enabling folks to reside extra independently and proceed to have interaction in significant actions. We spearheaded the creation of the prize together with Innovate UK and it’s being delivered by Problem Works.
In August 2024, the 24 semi-finalists, every of whom has obtained £80k and non-financial assist within the first section of the prize, can be whittled down to simply 5.
These 5 finalists will progress with a further £300,000 funding every, to check their real-world prototypes. In complete, greater than £3 million can be awarded in seed funding and growth grants with a further ultimate £1 million first prize to be awarded in 2026.
Supporting innovation that helps folks residing with dementia
Our Accelerator Programme is designed to assist innovators to spice up their new dementia merchandise and produce them to market, delivering assist and hope to folks residing with dementia.
The 12-month programme affords as much as £100,000 of funding together with enterprise assist and entry to members of our Innovation Collective – a group of consultants by expertise and consultants by occupation throughout the dementia and innovation worlds.
Annually, after a aggressive choice course of, we select a handful of companions to assist carry their improvements and merchandise to life.
Earlier successes embrace Sibstar, a debit card and app to assist households residing with dementia to securely handle their on a regular basis spending, and Jelly Drops, a sugar-free deal with, made from 95% water and added electrolytes to extend fluid consumption.
Our present companions, who we’ve got been supporting in 2023/2024, have began to launch their implausible merchandise. The primary being Recreo VR, a digital actuality headset that gives memory actions to folks residing with dementia in care properties.
Later within the 12 months, we may also be asserting the brand new companions we can be supporting in 2024/2025 and the thrilling improvements we’ll assist them carry to market. Lastly, within the late summer time or early autumn, we can be launching the appliance course of for the companions of 2025.
