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Dip your toes into a live stream of the tweets emerging from the 7th UK Dementia Congress in Brighton, 30 October-1 November 2012. Read more »
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GPs champion the role of primary care at Dementia Congress
Two local GP dementia leads, Dr Nick Cartmell and Dr Martin Freeman, spoke at the UK Dementia Congress today to champion the valuable contribution of primary care in diagnosis and early support to people living with dementia. Read more »
Tackling the diagnosis challenge at Dementia Congress
In this presentation, given at the UK Dementia Congress, Kate Mitchell, Joint Dementia Programme Manager NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, discusses the forthcoming Dementia Prevalence Calculator and how it can support GPs and primary care teams to improve the screening, diagnosis and effective management of dementia. Read more »
Transforming models of care at Dementia Congress
In this poster presentation, given at the UK Dementia Congress, Edana Minghella, proposes a new understanding of the dementia journey and a revised model of care for dementia, aimed at improving experiences and outcomes, and informing service redesign and commissioning. Read more »
Brain Waves, issue 55
The October 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, features: York Dementia Without Walls project; accessible writing; commentary from Peter Jones and an obituary to James Douglas. Read more »
Hospital 2 Home discharge pack
This recently published resource is designed to make it easier for professionals involved in hospital discharge to support older patients in returning home safely after a hospital stay and reduce the risk of readmission to hospital. Read more »
Funding for dementia friendly environments
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The Department of Health has announced dedicated funding of up to £50 million available to NHS trusts and local authorities, working in partnership with care providers, to help tailor hospitals and care homes to the needs of people with dementia. Read more »
Dying well with dementia
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New research published by Alzheimer’s Society, ‘My Life Until The End: Dying Well With Dementia’, calls for greater awareness of the importance of talking about death and dying.
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People with dementia speak out
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This film produced by the Mental Health Foundation shows people with dementia from across the UK talking about their involvement in activities and groups that are influencing services and policies affecting the lives of people with dementia. Read more »
Find me good care
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Social Care Institute for Excellence has launched a new service called ‘Find Me Good Care’, to help people find good care in response to research that reveals many people are mystified by the care system. Read more »
Advance care planning toolkit
A team at the National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP) has developed an advance care planning toolkit to help care providers approach the planning process with confidence and knowledge. Read more »
Understanding patterns of care at the end of life
A recently published report by the Nuffield Trust explores social care’s significant contribution to end of life care and how closely it links with healthcare. Read more »
Commissioning person-centred end of life care
This recently published toolkit identifies the main elements involved in the commissioning process, explains the commissioning cycle in practical terms and offers a four-stage approach across all sectors. Read more »
End of life care strategy: fourth annual report
The Department of Health has published the fourth annual report on progress in delivering the End of Life Care Strategy. Read more »
Involve Me
Involve Me is a new web based tool which helps organisations to record, reflect and report on the way that they involve people with personal experience. Read more »