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Tag Archives: Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy
Who and What is the Dementia Envoy? (WDC / Department of Health)
Summary The Prime Minister has appointed David Mayhew as the latest Dementia Envoy. Dennis Gillings was the former World Dementia Envoy. “The envoy works with countries, corporations and leaders from around the world, sharing expertise and promoting research and support … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), British Prime Minister's Office, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Data Sharing, David Cameron, David Mayhew CBE: Former Chairman of JP Morgan Cazenove, David Mayhew CBE: Vice Chairman of JP Morgan’s Global Investment Bank, David Mayhew CBE: Wellcome Trust Investment Committee, David Mayhew: Chairman of Alzheimer’s Research UK, David Mayhew: Dementia Envoy (2016-), Dementia Challenge, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Discovery Fund, Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), Dementia Friends, Dementia Innovation, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Research: UK Impact, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, GAAD: Global Action Against Dementia, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Action Against Dementia (GAAD), Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Government Research Funding, International Collaborations, International Programmes, JP Morgan, Knowledge Translation, Leadership, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Research and Innovation, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Alzheimer Report 2014, World Dementia Council, World Dementia Envoy
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Significant Changes at the World Dementia Council? (WDC)
Summary There has been reform within the World Dementia Council (WDC). The changes are intended to make this body “more representative” in global terms (if such were possible) and fully independent. The Council now includes a wider range of international … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Academia-Industry Partnerships, Academic Research, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Argentina, ARUK: Alzheimer’s Research UK, Assistive Technology, Associate Members (WDC), Awareness, Awareness Raising, Behavioural Risk Factors, Big Data, Big Data Partnership, Big Pharma, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Biopharmaceutical Companies, Biotechnology, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Charitable Funding, Clinical Trial Efficiencies, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Data Sharing, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Discovery Fund, Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Research: UK Impact, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health’s Integrated Development Initiative, Digital Technology, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Dr Yves Joanette: Scientific Director of Canadian Institute of Health Research (Institute of Aging), Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, Future Long-Term Care Costs, GAAD: Global Action Against Dementia, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Action Against Dementia (GAAD), Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Government Research Funding, Hilary Doxford: World Dementia Council Member, Indonesia, Information Technology, Innovative Technology, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Programmes, Interventions for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Men, Investment in Technology, Join Dementia Research, Leveraging Big Data, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institute of Ageing (NIA), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurological Research, Nigeria, Open Data and Big Data, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Philanthropic Funding, Pipeline Databases, Prevention, Prevention of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Raj Long: Vice Chair of World Dementia Council, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Regulatory Agencies, Regulatory Experts, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Research Funding, Resource and Incentives, Restraint and Restrictions, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Risk Factors, Risk Reduction, Risk Reduction (Formerly Termed Prevention by WDC), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Social Isolation, Stigma, Taiwan, Treatment and Prevention of Dementia, US National Institute on Aging, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council, World Health Organisation (WHO), Yves Joanette: Chair of World Dementia Council
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New World Dementia Council Website (WDC)
Summary An announcement has been released from the pre-existing World Dementia Council (WDC) site that a fresh World Dementia Council website (on the WordPress platform) has been launched. The older site will no longer be updated. The benefits of this … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Daisy Acosta: World Dementia Council Member, Dementia Awareness, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Dr Kiyoshi Kurokawa: Professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Science Advisor to the Cabinet of Japan, Dr Yves Joanette: Scientific Director of Canadian Institute of Health Research (Institute of Aging), Franz Humer: Chairman of Diageo plc, G7 Global Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit, George Vradenburg: President and Chairman of the Vradenburg Foundation and US Against Alzheimer’s, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Harry Johns: World Dementia Council Member, Hilary Doxford: Vice Chairperson of Alzheimer’s Europe, Hilary Doxford: World Dementia Council Member, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Programmes, Joël Ménard: Professor of Public Health Faculty of Medicine Paris-Descartes, Joel Menard: World Dementia Council Member, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Martin Knapp: London School of Economics, Meera Pattabiraman: Chairperson of Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Meera Pattabiraman: World Dementia Council Member, Open Science and Data, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Paul Stoffels: Worldwide Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, Philippe Amouyel: World Dementia Council Member, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Professor Philippe Amouyel: General Director of Fondation Plan Alzheimer, Professor Pierluigi Nicotera: Scientific Director and Chairman of the Executive Board at the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Professor Ronald Petersen: Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Reduction (Formerly Termed Prevention by WDC), Sir William Castell: Chairman of the Wellcome Trust, Tim Evans: Director for Health Nutrition and Population at the World Bank, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council Members, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO)
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Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020: £300m Government Funding Planned For Dementia Research (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary In the wake of the three-year Prime Minister’s “Dementia Challenge” (2012), David Cameron has announced the follow-up Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020. The plan is to further transform dementia research, dementia care and support. It is anticipated that … Continue reading →
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World Dementia Envoy’s Christmas Message: Resolutions on Modifiable Risk Factors (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council / NHS England)
Summary The World Dementia Envoy’s Christmas message offers brief personal insights from contact with dementia in the family. One significant highlight of progress during 2014 has been recognition of the “Blackfriars Consensus Statement”; involving the agreement to focus seriously on … Continue reading →
Posted in Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Dementia Care, Patient Experience and Risk Reduction Are Priorities for World Dementia Council (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / WDC)
Summary It has been agreed at the World Dementia Council‘s third meeting in London (held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Friday October 17th 2014) that dementia care (i.e. health and social care) and risk reduction should be added … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Collaborative Projects, Community Rehabilitation, Continuity Plans (WDC and GAAD Agenda), Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Danish Health and Medicines Authority, Dementia Alliance International, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Risk Factors, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health's Digital Health Blog, Digital Engagement, Dr Kiyoshi Kurokawa: Professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Science Advisor to the Cabinet of Japan, Dr Margaret Chan: WHO Director-General, European Medicines Agency, Experiences, Experiences of Diagnosis, Experts by Experience, F ederal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices Germany, Finance and Incentives, Fourth World Dementia Council Meeting (February 2015), G7 Countries, G7 Global Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit, GADAA Toolkit: Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance, Geoff Huggins: Scottish Government, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Harry Johns: President and CEO of Alzheimer’s Association, Harry Johns: World Dementia Council Member, Health Canada, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Hilary Doxford: World Dementia Council Member, Innovation in Care and Prevention (Japan Legacy Event), Innovative Technology, Integrated Development, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Programmes, Italian Medicines Agency, Japan Legacy Event, Japan Legacy Event: Innovation in Care and Prevention, Japan’s G7 Legacy Event on Dementia Care and Prevention, JP Morgan, Kate Swaffer: Chair of Dementia Alliance International, Legacy Event in March 2015, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lived Experience, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Maintaining Independence, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority UK, Medicines Evaluation Board Netherlands, Modifiable Risk Factors, Open Science and Data, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personal Experience of Dementia, Peter Paniccia, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency Japan, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmaceutical Regulators, Pre-Clinical Fund, Pre-Clinical Space, Prescribed Disengagement, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Professor Martin Rossor: Former Director of the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Network (DeNDRoN), Professor Martin Rossor: NIHR National Director for Dementia Research, Professor Martin Rossor: UCL Institute of Neurology, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reablement, Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation and Self Management, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Reduction (Formerly Termed Prevention by WDC), Science and Innovation, Service User Experience, Sir Mark Walport, Sir Mark Walport (Wellcome Trust), Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Staying Independent, Support for Carers, Sustainable Care, Tackling Barriers to Innovation, Third Global Dementia Legacy Event, Third Global Dementia Legacy Event (Japan: November 2014), Third World Dementia Council Meeting Communique, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, US Food and Drug Administration, WDC Dementia Risk Reduction Statement, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO)
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Proceedings of the Third Global Dementia Legacy Event in Japan: Some Early Transcripts (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary The Third Global Dementia Legacy Event, in Tokyo, took place between Wednesday November 5th – 6th 2014. Topics covered included innovative care solutions, assistive technology, and some further discussions about modifiable lifestyle risk factors. The recently launched “Dementias Platform … Continue reading →
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Dementias Platform UK (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council / MRC)
Summary A new multimillion-pound platform for dementia research, entitled the “Dementias Platform UK (DPUK)”, has been launched by the Medical Research Council. The aim is to ensure the UK is one of the best places in the world to research dementia. … Continue reading →
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September: World Alzheimer’s Month (ADI / World Dementia Council)
Summary September 2014 is the third global World Alzheimer’s Month™. This is an international awareness raising campaign coordinated by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI). “The theme for World Alzheimers Month 2014 is ‘Dementia: Can we reduce the risk?’, focusing on ways … Continue reading →
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Reducing Dementia Risk Factors: World Alzheimer Report 2014 (ADI / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has published the World Alzheimer Report 2014, entitled “Dementia and Risk Reduction: An analysis of protective and modifiable factors” which examines the evidence on modifiable risk factors for dementia. It shows that dementia risks can … Continue reading →
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