Dementia Congress conversation
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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 »
Category Archives: Awareness
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 »
UK drives international research on dementia
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As part of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, the government recently held an event to showcase the UK’s research facilities and explore how to drive forward international research on dementia. Read more »
Growing support for dementia compact
The English Community Care Association recently announced many more providers have signed up to the Dementia Care and Support Compactand and improving services to people who have dementia.
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Agnes and Nancy in conversation
As part of BBC Radio 4′s ‘The Listening Project’, best friends Agnes and Nancy confront attitudes towards dementia head-on in a fascinating conversation about their experiences with dementia. Read more »
Brain Waves, issue 54
The September 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, features: Memory aware mid Devon; Dementia-friendly services and GeniUS York. Read more »
Overcoming the stigma of dementia
The report ‘Overcoming the stigma of dementia’, recently published by Alzheimer’s Disease International, shares results from a worldwide survey, revealing that nearly one in four people with dementia conceal their diagnosis, citing stigma as the main reason. Read more »
Alistair Burns talks about the dementia campaign
In this audio clip, Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for dementia in England, talks about the campaign launched by the Department of Health to increase early diagnosis rates for dementia. Read more »
New campaign to drive awareness of dementia
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A new campaign which aims to increase early diagnosis rates for dementia in the South of England by tackling the public’s fears of talking about the condition, has been launched on 21 September 2012 by the Department of Health with support from the Alzheimer’s Society. Read more »
How to have difficult conversations
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To help family members and others to start talking about the condition with their loved ones, the Alzheimer’s Society have issued advice on how to have difficult conversations. Read more »
‘A Day to Remember’ campaign film
In this film Sir Michael Parkinson, Fiona Phillips and Gordon Banks talk about the importance of memory, the most memorable moments of their lives and their experience of having a loved one with dementia. Read more »
Sheffield dementia information pack
This pack provides a guide to the medical, care, support and advice services in Sheffield and to living well for those worried about their worsening memory problems and those with a diagnosis of dementia. Read more »
Raising awareness of dementia amongst NHS staff
Details of a campaign to raise awareness of dementia amongst NHS staff, a forerunner to the public facing awareness-raising campaign. Read more »
Brain Waves, issue 53
The August 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, features: Dementia Without Walls; User testing of technology for people with dementia; Your opportunity to influence the NICE draft quality standard on dementia. Read more »
Brain Waves, issue 52
The July 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, features: Memory Aware Mid Devon event; Hogeway Dementia Village; Brain in Hand; New involvement projects and the EVA radioshow. Read more »