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Practical Guide to Dementia-Friendly Environments: the Access Audit (Innovations in Dementia)

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Innovations in Dementia (ID) have produced a quick checklist on how to perform an audit with the aim of making buildings more suitable for people with dementia. The “access audit” includes an assessment of how persons with dementia typically … Continue reading →

Cognitive Assessment: Differentiating the Three Ds “Dementia, Delirium and Depression” (Nursing Times / University of Stirling DSDC)

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Nursing Times Learning has produced a new learning unit to assist in the differential diagnosis between dementia, delirium and depression in older people. The aim is to offer training / continuing professional development which helps ensure patients receive the … Continue reading →

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Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool (Health Innovation Network)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health Innovation Network has produced a dementia peer support resource tool, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK and Innovations in Dementia. This tool is designed to assist with establishing and running peer support networks for people … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Advice and Information, AGE UK Checklist for Dementia Friendly Environments, Alzheimer’s Society’s Talking Point Forum, Arts 4 Dementia: Reawakening the Mind, Authoring Dementia-Friendly Information (Style Guides), Big Lottery Fund, Big Lottery Funding, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, Carers Trust, Circles of Support for People with Dementia, City Bridge Trust, Cognitive Stimulation, Commissioning Dementia Support Services, Community and Voluntary Sector, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Websites for People With Dementia, DEEP Guide to Writing Dementia-Friendly Information, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adventure, Dementia Adventure CIC, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Cafes, Dementia Connect: Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Services Directory, Dementia Empowerment and Engagement Project, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP), Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Navigators, Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool: Health Innovation Network, Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling), Dementia Services Directory: Dementia Connect (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Words Matter: Guideline, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Information (Style Guides), Dementia-Friendly Writing, Dire Straits (Not the Rock Band) Support Group, Discussion Forums, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Dulwich Helpline, Dulwich Helpline Group, eLearning: The Open Dementia Programme (SCIE), Funding Central, Funding For All, GRANTNet, Guys Hospital, Health Innovation Network, Health Innovation Network South London, Healthy Living Club, Healthy Living Club (HLC), Hope & Doodle Group, How2Fundraise, iD: Innovations in Dementia, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independent Living, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Innovations in Dementia, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Jasmine Cafe, Jasmine Club, Jasmine Club (BAME Group), Lambeth and Southwark Older People’s Information Directory, Lewy Body Society, London Community Foundation, London Dementia Commissioners Network, London Social Care Partnership (Formerly the Joint Improvement Partnership), Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, LSCP: London Social Care Partnership, Maintaining Independence, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Navigators: Coordinators of Care, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Peer Support, Peer Support - Making it Happen, Peer Support – Principles in Practice, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Peer Support Network Model: Evaluation, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Networks: Evaluation, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, Peer Support: Fundraising, Peer Support: Venues and Environments, PQASSO: Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations, Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations (PQASSO), Preventing Loneliness, Regaining Independence, SCIE Open Dementia Programme, SCIE Resource on Dementia-Friendly Environments, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Help Groups, Self-Help Groups for People With Dementia, Services and Support for BAME Communities, Signposting, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Silver Line, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Networking, Social Networks, South London, Staying Independent, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Talking Point, The Funding Network, UK Community Foundations, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE), Web-Based Discussion Forums, Young Persons Dementia Group South London, Younger People with Dementia Support Group | Leave a comment

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 →

Housing and Dementia Project (CIH Scotland and DSDC)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Improving Housing and Housing Services for People with Dementia” project, also known as the housing and dementia project, is run by CIH Scotland and the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC). Information resources are available online. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age Scotland, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Chartered Institute of Housing, CIH Scotland, CIH: Chartered Institute of Housing, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Demonstrators of Older People's Housing, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Essential Connections, Health and Housing, Highland Housing and Care Demonstrator, Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Dementia Project, Housing and People with Dementia, Housing for Older People, Housing Solutions for Dementia, Housing Statistics, Improving Housing and Housing Services for People with Dementia Project, Inverclyde, Joint Improvement Team (JIT), Older People's Housing Supporting Health and Care, Professor June Andrews (University of Stirling), Raising Awareness, Retirement Housing, Scottish Government Homelessness Data, Scottish House Condition Survey, Scottish Household Survey, Smart Home Adaptations, Social Housing, Staff Awareness, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Virtual Care Home, Supported Housing, West Lothian | Leave a comment

Housing Solutions for Dementia (National Housing Federation / University of Stirling’s DSDC)

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Suitably adapted housing can contribute to the support of people living with dementia. The “Dementia: finding housing solutions”, written by University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre, examines the potential roles of housing associations in helping people with dementia to … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK | Tagged Assistive Technology Service, Care and Repair, Care and Repair Leeds, Dementia Integrated Care Pathway, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Proofing, Discharge, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Enriched Opportunities Programme, Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), Extra Care Charitable Trust, Extra Care Charitable Trust’s (ECCT) Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Foundations, Health and Housing, Hospital Discharge, Housing, Housing 21, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium, Housing and People with Dementia, Housing Associations, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Policy, Housing Providers, Housing Solutions for Dementia, Independence, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Irwell Valley Housing Association, Length of Stay (LoS), LiveTime Service, Memories Reminiscence Activity Library, National Housing Federation, Notting Hill Housing Trust (NHHT), Post-Discharge Support, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Professor June Andrews (University of Stirling), Retirement Housing, Retro-Decorating, Retrofitting, Riverside Home Improvement Agency (HIA), Riverside Housing Association, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, Shore Green, Social Housing, Staying at Home, Staying Independent, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Support Stay Save (Report), Supported Housing, University of Stirling, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Unplanned Hospital Admissions | Leave a comment

Dementia Rates in Northern Ireland to Double in 20 Years (BBC Northern Ireland News)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It is estimated that 19,000 people in Northern Ireland have the condition currently. The number of people in Northern Ireland with dementia is expected to double in the next 20 years. This news item goes on to discuss adaptations … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Management of Condition, National, Northern Ireland, Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, BBC Northern Ireland Health News, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Services Development Centre, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Design for People with Dementia, Design Techniques, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing for Older People, Independence, Independent Living, Online Virtual Care Home, Professor June Andrews (University of Stirling), Queen's University Belfast, Staying at Home, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Virtual Care Home, Supportive Design for People with Dementia, University of Stirling, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Virtual Care Home (Dementia-Friendly Design Principles) | Leave a comment

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Cognitive Assessment: Differentiating the Three Ds “Dementia, Delirium and Depression” (Nursing Times / University of Stirling DSDC)

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