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Tag Archives: Dementia Awareness Campaign
Signs of Dementia Often First Detected at Christmas? (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older Peoples’ Mental Health, has written briefly about the role of family and friends in identifying early signs of dementia when meeting older people / relatives over Christmas. … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Advice and Information, Advice and Support, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Alzheimer’s Society Helpline, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Community Involvement, Community Participation, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Campaign, Dementia Friendly Christmas, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Difficult Conversations in Dementia, Disorientation, Early Diagnosis, Erika Aldridge: Head of Advice at Alzheimer’s Society, Family Involvement, Family Meetings, Festive Season, Fiona Phillips, Identification and Referral, Information and Advice, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, National Dementia Helpline, Professor Alistair Burns, Reducing Delays in Dementia Diagnosis, Repeatedly Forgetting Names of Family Members or Everyday Objects, Social Networks, Spatial Disorientation, Spotting the Signs of Dementia, Supportive Social Networks, Timely Diagnosis
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Dementia Friends Campaign Refreshed (BBC News / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / Dementia Friends / Public Health England)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) and the Alzheimer’s Society have launched a joint campaign to encourage people to become Dementia Friends. Employers are encouraged to make it easier for people with early dementia to remain in employment and to support … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Respite Care and Breaks, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden, Awareness, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Campaigning, Caregivers, Carers, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers’ Benefits, Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Costs to Business of Dementia, Dementia Awareness Campaign, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Workplaces, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Eamonn Holmes, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Fiona Phillips, Flexible Hours for Carers, Flexible Working Arrangements, Gina Shaw: Former Nurse, Impact of Caring on Carers, Leighton Baines, Lily Allen, Little Book of Friendship, Meera Syal, Michael Vaughan, Paul O’Grady, PHE: Public Health England, Preventing Loneliness, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Public Health England (PHE), Ray Winstone, Respite Care, Ruth Jones, Ruth Langsford, Simon Pegg, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Terry Pratchett, Staff Awareness, Supporting Caregivers, Supporting Working Carers, User Involvement, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Volunteering, Volunteers, Working Carers, Working for Longer
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Government Policy: Improving Care for People with Dementia (Department of Health)
Summary From late March 2013 the Department of Health’s website is being archived and will no longer be updated. It should still be possible to access old content on their previous site using the existing links supplied throughout this information … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Department of Health, Diagnosis, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment, Assessment and Diagnosis, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Call to Action on Antipsychotic Drugs (Dementia Action Alliance), Care Homes, Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Dementia Action Alliance), Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Awareness Campaign, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Toolkit for GP Commissioners, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Pledge, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Diagnosis Rates, GPs' Dementia Toolkit, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information for Carers, Information for Patients, Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia, National Dementia Declaration, National Dementia Strategy, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Health Check Programme, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Raising Awareness, Staff Pledges
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Dementia Awareness Campaign Launched (Department of Health / Alzheimer’s Society)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary On September 21st 2012 (World Alzheimer’s Day) a three-month awareness-raising campaign commenced in England, with the intention … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A Day to Remember (Campaign), Awareness, Awareness Raising, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Dementia Awareness Campaign, Dementia Awareness Campaign: UK, Diagnosis, Diagnosis Rates (Regional UK), Difficult Coversations, Difficult Situations, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Fiona Phillips, Gordon Banks, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, September 21st: World Alzheimer's Day, Sir Michael Parkinson, UK Government Dementia Awareness Campaign, World Alzheimer's Day
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