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Tag Archives: Dementia Friends Programme
Resources Relating to Dementia Action Week 2019 (Alzheimer’s Society / NIHR)
Summary The theme of the 2019 Dementia Action Week, falling between May 20th – 26th 2019, is “Inclusion”. Suggestions from the Alzheimer’s Society for workplaces: Full Text Link Reference Dementia Action Week 2019: 20–26 May. Make a difference in your … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Ask Us Anything: How to Start a Conversation With Someone Living With Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society), Awareness Campaigns, BBC Health News, Choice of Language: What Not to Say to Somebody With Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society), Communication and Information, Communication and Language, Communication Skills, Dementia Action Week, Dementia Action Week (2019), Dementia Awareness Campaigns, Dementia Cannula Sleeves, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Schools, Dementia-Inclusive Communities, Dementia-Inclusive Society, Dementia: assessment, Handmade for Dementia, Inclusion, Inclusive Schools, Inclusive Workplaces, Inclusiveness, Involving People Living with Dementia, Involving People Living With Dementia in Decisions About Their Care, Join Dementia Research, Join Dementia Research: NIHR’s LEARN Tool, Myths and Misconceptions About Dementia, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Non-Medicalisation and Social Acceptance of Dementia, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Preconceptions (Misconceptions), Reducing Stigma, Social Acceptance of Dementia, Social Inclusion, Stigma and Discrimination, Stigma of Dementia, Stigma Reduction, Stigma-Free Environments, Unite Against Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society), Valuing Older People (VOP)
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Plans for Meeting the Dementia Challenge by 2020 (DHSC)
Summary The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 (2015) involved over 50 commitments for making England the best place in the world for dementia care, research and public dementia awareness in general. Feedback was subsequently collected, during 2018, concerning developments … Continue reading →
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Tagged Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Alzheimer’s Society Connecting Communities Project, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Burden of Dementia, Care and Compassion, Care at Home, Care Plan Template for Dementia, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Challenge by 2020: National Partners and Stakeholders, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Citizen Participation, Civil Service Learning, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Research, Collaborative Working, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Community Participation, Compassionate Care, Connecting Communities, Connecting Communities Initiative, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Dementia 2020 Challenge: 2018 Review Phase 1 (DHSC), Dementia 2020 Challenge: 2019 Progress Review - Phase 1 (2019), Dementia 2020 Citizens’ Panel, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness and Social Action, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Dementia Data and Metrics, Dementia Friendly Charters, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Dementia Metrics, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Institute, Dementia Research Roadmap for Prevention Diagnosis Intervention and Care by 2025 (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementia State of the Nation, Dementia Treatment and Care Pathway, Dementia UK, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Sectors, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health Dementia Challenge (2020), Diagnosis and Referral, Dignity in Dementia, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Government Research Funding, GPs Taking Leading Role, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Improving Care for People with Dementia, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Information and Metrics, Integration of Health and Care, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Framework for Dementia Research, International Programmes, Involvement and Participation, Join Dementia Research, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Dementia Action Alliances, Meaningful Care, National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals), National Audit of Dementia (NAD), National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2016-2017 - Third Round of Audit Report: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2017), NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, Non-Treatment Research, One You Campaign (PHE), Participation in Research, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Participation, Referrals, Regional Targets (Metrics), Research and Innovation, Research Funding, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Management, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Support for Carers, Sustainable Care, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Well Pathway for Dementia
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Signs of Dementia or Depression Often First Detected at Christmas? (NHS England / BBC News)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older Peoples’ Mental Health, has again written briefly about the role of family and friends in identifying early signs of dementia or depression when meeting older people / … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, Depression, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), National, NHS England, Patient Information, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Online Information: Resource Archive For Dementia Care (NCCMH / RCP)
Summary The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health’s Dementia Care Pathway contains an under-stated appendix entitled “Other helpful web-based resources”. This undiscovered gem is worthy of mention by itself alone. It comprises links to documents, websites and resources grouped beneath … Continue reading →
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Step by Step Approach (NHS London Clinical Networks), Commissioners' Checklist for Dementia (London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network), Delirium: Prevention Diagnosis and Management: NICE Clinical Guideline (CG103), Dementia (London Memory Assessment Network), Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Action Alliance’s Carers' Call to Action, Dementia Awareness Training in Care Homes Using Barbara’s Story DiADeM Tool (Diagnosing Advanced Dementia Mandate for Care Home Settings), Dementia Care Pathway: Implementation Guide, Dementia Care Pathway: Resources, Dementia Connect Services Directory (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life; Midlife Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset: NICE Guideline (NG16), Dementia Evidence Toolkit (MODEM), Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Partnerships, Dementia Partnerships: Clinical Networks, Dementia Prevalence, Dementia Prevalence 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and Social Care Staff in London, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health Innovation Network (HIN), Healthcare Providers, Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard QS123, Improving the Experience of Care for People Using Adult NHS Mental Health Services: NICE Clinical Guideline (CG136), Joint Declaration on Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care and Support, Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Living Well with Dementia (Coventry and Warwickshire Dementia Portal), Local Authority Commissioners and Providers, Local Dementia Roadmaps, Local Service Providers, London Dementia Diagnosis Rate (London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network), London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network, Making Reasonable Adjustment to Dementia Services for People with Learning Disabilities, Memory Service National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), Mental Health Innovation Network, Mind, Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia 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Network), People With Learning Disabilities: Making Reasonable Adjustments (PHE Guides), Person-Centred Care: Core Skills Framework, Practical Mental Health Commissioning: Volume 2, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020: Implementation Plan, Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia: Delivering Major Improvements in Dementia Care and Research by 2015, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Dementia Roadmap, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health: NICE Clinical Guideline (CG136), Services for Younger People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias (Royal College of Psychiatrists / Alzheimer’s Society), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs), Tide (Together in Dementia Everyday), Toolkit for Dementia: Direct Enhanced Service and Quality Outcomes Framework (Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Clinical Network for Dementia), What Works in Dementia Education and Training, Yorkshire and Humberside Strategic Clinical Network, Young Dementia UK
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Research Towards a World Without Dementia: Marking World Alzheimer’s Day / World Alzheimer’s Month 2017 (Alzheimer’s Disease International / Department of Health)
Summary Information is available from Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) concerning World Alzheimer’s Month (September) and World Alzheimer’s Day 2017, which was on September 21st 2017. The theme for this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month campaign is again “Remember Me”. The UK … Continue reading →
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Dementia Awareness Week (2017): United Against Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary Dementia Awareness Week, this year, falls between May 14th – 20th 2016. Full Text Link Reference Dementia Awareness Week. [Online]: Alzheimer’s Society, May 2017.
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Mental Health, National, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alzheimer Scotland, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Leading Cause of Death in 2015, Dementia as Cause of Death, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Raising, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week (2017), Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Fair Access to Care Services, Financial Planning, Leading Causes of Death for Males (2015), Living Well with Dementia, Means Test, Meera Syal: Let's Unite Now Against Dementia (Dementia Awareness Week 2017), Modelling the Costs of Dementia, Myths and Misconceptions About Dementia, National Dementia Awareness Week, National Dementia Helpline, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, Paying for Long-Term Care, Personal Finances, Reducing Stigma
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Dementia-Friendly Housing Charter (Housing LIN / Housing and Care 21 / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary Research indicates that 85% of people wish to stay at home as long as possible after a dementia diagnosis. Currently a third of people would not know where to find information on making their homes more dementia-friendly. The Dementia-Friendly … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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United Against Dementia: Re-Branding For a New Age (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society has announced plans for an organisational self-rebranding. “Our ambition is to reach every person who has a diagnosis and wants our help; to change the conversation on dementia and mainstream the rights of those affected by … Continue reading →
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Tagged Brand Identity, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Raising, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Resources, Forget Me Not, Market Development, Marketing, Social Marketing, United Against Dementia (Re-Branding of Alzheimer’s Society), United Against Dementia: Branded Social Media Resources, United Against Dementia: Change the Lives of Others, United Against Dementia: Committed to Creating a World Without Dementia, United Against Dementia: Help Change the World, United Against Dementia: Our Vision is a World Without Dementia, United Against Dementia: Taking On Dementia Together, United Against Dementia: We Can All Make a Difference, Vivienne Francis: United Against Dementia - Director of Marketing and External Affairs
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Timely Reflections on Dementia Awareness (NHS England / UKMi)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, marks National Dementia Awareness Week. Full Text Link Reference Great strides are being made in dementia awareness – Professor Alistair Burns. London: NHS England, May 20th 2016. Further elaboration, … Continue reading →
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Confronting Reasons Behind Delays in Diagnosis of Dementia (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary There is a common self-fulfilling misconception that “Life ends when dementia begins”. A survey of GPs concerning patients suspecting / fearing that they could have dementia, conducted by the Alzheimer’s Society, reveals that more than half of such people … Continue reading →
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