Report: Dementia and homecare – driving quality and innovation
A new report serves as a call to action to help people with dementia live well at home for longer. ‘Dementia and homecare: driving quality and innovation’, part of the
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Tag: Dementia
Ground-breaking Alzheimer’s disease drug trial opens across Scotland
People with Alzheimer’s disease who live in Scotland are being asked to consider taking part in a ground-breaking government-funded trial. The trial is investigating if a drug normally used to
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Welsh dementia project returns to Inner Hebrides for innovative event
Cardiff Metropolitan University recently teamed up with Alzheimer’s Scotland and the University of Dundee to run a creative community event on the Scottish island of Tiree. Prof Cathy Treadaway and
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New Research: Dementia – Through the eyes of women
This project was conducted by Nada Savitch and Emily Abbott (Innovations in Dementia CIC), and Professor Gillian Parker (Social Policy Research Unit, University of York) and funded by the Joseph
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Western Trust Memory Service recognised for innovation at Dementia Awards
The Western Trust Memory Service is celebrating after being announced winners in the first ever University of Stirling International Dementia Awards, recently held in Birmingham. The Memory Service won the
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Winners announced from the inaugural International Dementia Awards 2015
The winners have now been announced for the first University of Stirling International Dementia Awards, which was held at The Vox in Birmingham earlier this month. The Awards, which were
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A&E department staff across Wales undergo Dementia friendly training
Emergency departments in Wales are becoming dementia friendly as staff undergo vital training. Members of unscheduled care teams from every health board area in Wales have undergone Royal College of
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New Pilotlight pathways to explore opportunities offered by Self-directed Support
Over the past three years, Pilotlight has brought together commissioners, deliverers and users of services to research and design some of the different pathways to self-directed support. With its new
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Communities Secretary calls on more councils to support Dementia Friends
Communities Secretary Greg Clark has urged more councils to contact their local branch of the Alzheimer’s Society and offer training to their staff to help the society reach 4 million
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Bradford experts update range of online Dementia courses
Experts in dementia studies from the University of Bradford have modernised Health Education England online dementia courses – ensuring the perspective and experience of people living with dementia and their
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