Tag Archives: Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods

Dementia-Friendly Extra Care Housing: a Compendium of Best Practice (Housing LIN)

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Housing Learning and Improvement Network report provides a compendium of case studies illustrating good practice in extra care housing schemes and other housing-related community-based services. The focus is on supporting people with dementia to maintain meaningful relationships and … Continue reading →

Helping People With Dementia to Stay at Home (Housing LIN / DHWG / Halsall Lloyd Partnership)

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Earlier research indicated 85% of people would wish to remain at home for as long as possible when given a diagnosis of dementia. A report published last month covers how housing providers (social housing providers in particular) might support … Continue reading →

Dementia-Friendly Housing Charter (Housing LIN / Housing and Care 21 / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 →

Local Dementia Friendly Communities: Guidance for Councils (LGA)

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Guidance has been released by the Local Government Association (LGA), in collaboration with the Innovations in Dementia community interest company, which explains the responsibility of councils in helping to support people with dementia through the creation of local dementia … Continue reading →

DSDC Training and Advice Services in West Midlands (DSDC / The Lighthouse)

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The respected Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at Stirling University will provide a free information event entitled “Changing the Culture of Dementia Care” at Sandwell’s The Lighthouse. The Lighthouse Project has established a dementia resource hub in the West … Continue reading →

Positive Risk Taking in Dementia-Friendly Communities (JRF)

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) “Viewpoint” document discusses the role of positive risk-taking in building dementia-friendly communities. It stresses the benefits of positive risk-taking, which allows scope for realising the remaining capabilities and potential of people living with dementia, … Continue reading →

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Foundation Guidelines for Dementia Friendly Communities (North East Dementia Alliance)

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report, commissioned by the North East Dementia Alliance, might be considered a handbook for people involved in the development of dementia friendly communities. It attempts to identify how dementia friendly communities might be created, covering the core aims … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Care, Access to Services, Accreditation Schemes, Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Communities, All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry, Alzheimer's Society Abertawe Bro Morgannwg, Alzheimer’s Society in Wales, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Bradford, Bradford Dementia Environment Project, Building Community Assets, Building Community Capacity, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care in the Community, Commissioning Pack for Dementia, Community, Community Care Services, Community Development (CD), Community Engagement, Community Facilities, Community Factors, Community Groups, Community Involvement, Community Networks, Community Partners, Community Perspective, Community Research, Community-Based Support, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Debenham Project, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Indoor Environments, Dementia Friendly Outdoor and Public Environments, Dementia Networks, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dementia-Friendly York, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Early Diagnosis, East Midlands, East Midlands Dementia Action Alliance, East Sutherland, Engagement, English National Dementia Strategy, Environment Accreditation Scheme Within the Dementia Friendly Environments NHS Capital Fund, Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Leeds, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Local and Community Level Well-Being, Local Community Groups, Local Context, Local Government, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Networks, Monitoring Dementia Friendliness, National Dementia Strategy, Neighbourhoods for Life, Networks, Networks that Work, North East Dementia Alliance, North East Strategic Health Authority, North West England, Northern Rock Foundation, Northumberland, Northumberland Dementia Initiative, Northumberland the Ballinger Trust Northumberland Dementia Initiative, Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13, Physical Environment, Plymouth, Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance (PDDA), Plymouth Naval Base, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Principles for Engagement, Quality Outcomes for People With Dementia, Redcar, Resident Engagement, Safer Communities, Social Networks, South West England, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Support Networks, Sustainability, Sustainable Funding, Torbay, Torbay Dementia Action Alliance, Unlocking Diagnosis, Yorkshire and Humber Dementia Action Alliance | Leave a comment

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