Don't miss us at this years #NottsPride 💗 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 Visit our stall, chat to our research team, find out more about our study and how you can get involved, and grab one of our DETERMIND stickers! ✨ 📅 25/07/26 ⏰ 12pm-6pm 📍 Sneinton Market, Nottingham City Centre #Pride2026 #Dementia #Inclusion

Join us next week at Healthwatch Nottingham & Nottinghamshire's Annual Showcase event. 🎉 Find our stall to meet our researchers and learn more about how you can get involved in our research study. determind.org.uk 📅 21/07/26 ⏰ 10:30-1:30 📍 Rushcliffe Arena, Nottingham #HWNN #Dementia

DETERMIND | Finding a fairer path to dementia care

Discover how the DETERMIND project is working to make dementia care more equitable in the UK through research and community engagement.

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This Deafblind Awareness Week, we're reflecting on how sensory loss and dementia can overlap in ways that affect diagnosis, communication, and support. Listening to people's individual experiences is essential if we want care and research to be truly inclusive. #DeafBlindAwareness#DementiaResearch

Join us on the 14th of July 1-2pm for Research on Research Chatter Session 'Can dementia researchers use standardised measures in a person-centred way?' Find out more and register for this free webinar here: shorturl.at/Xmfrj

@kategridley.bsky.social shared DETERMIND findings at a webinar last week on navigating social care after a dementia diagnosis. A key theme was "navigation capital", how social networks and knowledge can shape access to support. Learn more about the Care Confidence tool: www.careconfidence.org.uk

This #CarersWeek focuses on building communities that work for carers. Hearing lived experiences is an essential part of this. The DETERMIND study is looking to hear from people with dementia from minoritised ethnic groups or the LGBTQIA+ community, alongside their carers: determind.org.uk/take-part

Take Part | Get involved today — DETERMIND

Join the DETERMIND study to share your experience with recent dementia diagnosis and help improve care, treatment, and quality of life for individuals and families. Participate today.

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June is Pride month! This annual celebration honours LGBTQIA+ identity, history and the fight for equality. Sending love to all our LGBTQIA+ community members, we stand with you always.🌈🫶 #Pridemonth #celebration #LGBTQIA+ #solidarity #inclusion #equality #diversity #Pride2026 #illustration

Dementia Action Week (18-24th May) @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social aims to raise awareness & encourage support for people living with dementia. Across Sussex, a DETERMIND location, Sussex Housing & Care are running free sessions on dementia and support services. www.sussexhousing.org.uk/news/join-us...

Introducing our newest Research Assistant, Anushka! 😊🎉 With a background in cognitive neuroscience and sociology, she is passionate about making dementia research more inclusive and amplifying frequently overlooked voices. Outside of work, she loves music and watching Anthony Bourdain shows!

Our research participation opportunity for people with dementia from minoritised ethnic backgrounds is still open. 🎉 It involves a chat with one of our researchers regarding your experiences since being diagnosed with dementia. Click here to find out more: determind.org.uk/seldom-heard...

DETERMIND - Marginalised Ethnic Seldom Heard Groups Study | Discover — DETERMIND

Explore the DETERMIND-Seldom Heard Groups focusing on experiences after a dementia diagnosis for people from marginalised and minority ethnic backgrounds. Learn about impacts on quality of life, suppo...

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An important paper by Nottingham-based researchers highlights the current limited research into transgender experiences of dementia: doi.org/10.1080/2689... To find out more about how you can help us to address such gaps in research, visit determind.org.uk/seldom-heard...

Transgender and gender diverse older people: Health, aging and dementia

262,000 people in the UK identify as transgender and gender diverse (TGD), and this population is believed to be growing. As the population is aging, an increase in older TGD people accessing healt...

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Trans+ History Week has us thinking about whose voices we actually hear in research; and who’s still missing. Research only works if it reflects real lived experiences. And that means making space for voices that need to be heard and understood. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 #TransHistoryWeek #LGBTQIA #DementiaResearch

Research participation opportunity for LGBTQIA+ people living with dementia🌈 Taking part involves chatting about care and wellbeing following a diagnosis. We will use this information to identify key changes for improving fairness and justice for the community. determind.org.uk/seldom-heard...

Ben was invited to present at Alzheimer’s Disease International in Lyon, sharing DETERMIND findings on the 2-year benefits of early vs late dementia diagnosis for people with dementia and carers. Well received with great discussion. Publications coming soon! #ADI2026 #EarlyDiagnosis #TimelyDiagnosis

Yesterday our Nottingham team presented at RDAN’s (rdan.org.uk) Annual General Meeting 🎉 We shared our Seldom Heard Voices study, learnt about RDAN’s work, and connected with local organisations supporting people with dementia and their families. Learn more here: determind.org.uk/seldom-heard...

Do you know someone living with dementia who is from an ethnic minority background, and/or part of the LGBTQIA+ community? Over the past few months, we have been busy recruiting for our new 'DETERMIND - Seldom Heard Groups' study. Read more and get in touch here: determind.org.uk/seldom-heard...

Our website has had a makeover! 🌟 Interested in finding out more about the DETERMIND study? Head over to determind.org.uk to see how you can get involved, read our publications and meet our team. We will be adding more exciting DETERMIND updates and news to our website soon, so keep an eye out!

DETERMIND | Finding a fairer path to dementia care

Discover how the DETERMIND project is working to make dementia care more equitable in the UK through research and community engagement.

determind.org.uk

Transgender rights = human rights. In many countries around the world, the rights of trans people are under attack. This International Transgender Day of Visibility, we continue to work for a world where all people can enjoy their rights fully.

Today we joined Eastbourne Rainbow at Age Concern Eastbourne to share our DETERMIND Seldom Heard Voices study. Thanks for the warm welcome and great conversations! 🌈 Learn more or get involved: determind.org.uk/seldom-heard... #DementiaResearcg #LGBTQIA #SeldomHeardVoices

On behalf of DETERMIND, we want to wish a Happy Eid to all who celebrate!

We are pleased to share a short film capturing key moments, insights, and reflections from our recent in-person event exploring the connections between LGBTQIA+ experiences and dementia. youtu.be/Oav6fIASO44

Spotlight on LGBTQIA+ and Dementia - SPIN-D Network Plus Event

YouTube video by SPIN-D Network Plus

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Are you from an underserved ethnic or religious community and have you or someone you know recently received a dementia diagnosis? Join our study aiming to understand how we can address inequalities, improve care and wellbeing, following a dementia diagnosis! Find out more: lnkd.in/ee8VEf-5

🏳️‍🌈 We're recruiting the largest UK cohort of LGBTQIA+ people living with dementia! 🏳️‍🌈 In interviews about quality of life, service use and memory, we will: 🌈 Amplify LGBTQIA+ voices 🌈 Identify priorities for improving care 🌈 Address inequities Please do get in touch if the study is of interest!

Some photos from our LGBTQ+ and dementia engagement event last Wednesday! It was great to present on research approaches from the DETERMIND study's perspective. Thank you to @spindnetworkplus.bsky.social for giving us the platform, and for bringing the community together to make change possible!

Our in-person event exploring connections between LGBTQIA+ and Dementia, with a particular focus on brain health and addressing inequities, is next week! 🎊 📅Wednesday 25th, 10:45am-4:30pm, St Lukes Community Centre, EC1V 8AJ Don't forget to register here: lnkd.in/eP8iZGiN

#AromanticSpectrumAwarenessWeek highlights people who identify on the aromantic spectrum. In dementia care, assumptions about partners and family can mean important friendships and chosen family are overlooked. This week reminds us to recognise different ways people build meaningful relationships. 💚

Three weeks to go! Join us for a day of exploring connections between LGBTQIA+ and Dementia, with a particular focus on brain health and addressing inequities. Register via this link: spindementianet.org/spotlight-on...

SPIN-D Network Plus Spotlight on LGBTQIA+ and dementia

Spotlight on LGBTQIA+ and dementia: Exploring brain healthand addressing inequities Date: Wednesday, 25th February 2026 Location: St Lukes Community Centre, London SPIN-Dementia Network, DETERMIND,…

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Register for our in-person engagement event on LGBTQIA+ and dementia! 🌈 At this knowledge exchange event we will come together to explore how we can address inequalities through research and practice. More information and registration link here: spindementianet.org/spotlight-on...

The DYNAMIC project at @dementiaatbradford.bsky.social has shared some excellent co-produced resources for managing the financial challenges of living with young onset dementia. You can download their leaflet here: www.youngdementianetwork.org/wp-content/u... #YoungOnsetDementia

Introducing Research Assistant, Kat! Kat works on the DETERMIND project at the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, having previously worked in Children and Adolescent mental health services. She holds a Psychology MSc and has a strong professional and personal interest in dementia.

Today is often known as 'Blue Monday'. But, it is also #BrewMonday. An opportunity to turn not just today, but every day, into a reason to slow down, take note of your emotions, and to share and listen to others about how you're feeling. To find out more, visit www.samaritans.org/support-us/c...

Brew Monday 2026

Brew Monday 2026

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