In this issue, Sr Mary Threadgold reviews a practical guide to the spiritual care of the dying person, which was produced by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

We report on the launch of a major new research review of dementia care in Ireland and the international conference at which it was launched.

Marissa McCarthy reviews a recent article from the Journal of Dementia Care on the subject of palliative care of people with dementia.

We announce our forthcoming Annual International Dementia Care Conference, which takes place in the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney, Dublin on Wednesday 30th May, 2012.

The annual Spiritual Wellbeing in Later Life conference, which we co-host with GOLD, is also featured. It takes place on 29th March.

On the back page, we provide our workshop update and details of forthcoming events which may be of interest to our readers.