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Building Age-Friendly Cities (Houses of Parliament Library POST Note PN 539)

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) note on “Creating age friendly cities” considers the challenges involved in making cities more “age-friendly”. It examines how housing, transport and outdoor spaces etc. might be re-designed to promote independence … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Green Space, Access to Urban Green Spaces, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Cities (WHO), Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Ageing Population, Architecture and Design Scotland, Attitudes to Ageing, Attitudes to Older People, BBC Health News, BBC Scotland News, Building Age-Friendly Cities (POST Note PN 539), Built Environment, Challenges in Creation of Age-Friendly Cities, Crichton Trust, Dumfries and Galloway Care Campus Project (Crichton Trust), Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities, Global Age Friendly Cities (WHO), Green Spaces, Health Benefits of Green Space, Houses of Parliament, Infrastructure Costs, Local Planning, Nuffield Foundation Flowers Fellowship, Outdoor Spaces, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST), Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Physical Environment, POST: Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, Public Transport, Transport, Transport and Mobility, Transportation Infrastructure, Urban Green Space and Trees | Leave a comment

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 →

Dementia-Friendly Yorkshire (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) report presents twenty “grassroots” dementia-friendly projects, which are examples of how communities across Yorkshire are being transformed along more dementia-friendly lines. The projects have been based in shops, churches, mosques, legal services, cafes, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 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 Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Airedale General Hospital, Airedale General Hospital: Keighley, Alzheimer’s Society Bradford Area, Bradford, Care in Local Communities, Church of England, Church of England Diocese of Bradford, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, City of York Council, Co-operative Society, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia Café, Dementia Cafes, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Doncaster, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Without Walls, Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia Without Walls Project, Dementia-Friendly Churches, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Libraries, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly York, Dementia-Friendly Yorkshire, Doncaster, Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group, Doorstep Crime Project, Fenwick Department Store: York, Health Action Local Engagement (HALE), Health Action Local Engagement Healthy Living Project, Hull & East Yorkshire, Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Intergenerational Cohesion, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Relations, Intergenerational Solidarity, Joseph Rowntree School in YorkJoseph Rowntree School in York, Keighley, Leeds, Libraries, Local Community Assets, Local Community Groups, Meri Yaadain Project, Museums, North Yorkshire County Council Libraries, Northallerton, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Roshni South Asian Women’s Resource Centre, Rothwell, Rowntree Foundation, Schools, Sheffield, Shipley, South Asian Communities (in Bradford), South Asian Community, Sport and Active Leisure: City of York Council, Sport and Leisure, Tea Cosy Memory Café: Rothwell, Trading Standards, Trading Standards Doorstep Crime Project, Transport, York, York Dementia Without Walls, York Hospital, York’s Dementia Without Walls Initiative, York’s Sport and Active Leisure, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Toolkit to Assist Retirement from Driving in Dementia (BMC Geriatrics)

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

Summary This article discusses a project which has developed a toolkit to assist persons with dementia and their caregivers when planning for retirement from driving. The toolkit addresses the concerns of people with dementia and their families / carers, and offers … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, BMC Geriatrics, Canada, CanDRIVE Program: Driving Research, Dementia and Driving Guidance, Driving, Driving and Dementia, Driving and Dementia Toolkit for Health Professionals, Driving in Dementia, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital: Geriatric Assessment Unit, Public Transport, Regional Geriaric Program of Eastern Ontario, Retirement from Driving in Dementia, Rideau Community Health Services, Self-Regulation, Transport, Transportation, University of Ottawa | Leave a comment

Loneliness of Dementia Exposed (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Alzheimer’s Society is campaigning for towns and cities to become “dementia-friendly” in order to improve the social inclusion of sufferers. The results of surveys conducted by the Alzheimer’s Society and YouGov regarding the problems of loneliness and social … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accessible Community Activities, Acknowledgement of Potential, Active and Supportive Communities, Active Engagement, Active Life for Frail Isolated Elders (ALFIE), Active Life for Frail Isolated Elders (ALFIE): Tower Hamlets, AESOP Consortium, Age and Ageing, Age-Friendly Environments, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia: 2013 BAME Inquiry, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Befrienders, Businesses and Services, Circles of Support for People with Dementia, Community, Community Activities, Community Connections, Community Engagement, Community Life, Community Networks, Community Support, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crawley Dementia Action Alliance, Creating Community, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Crystal Blue Consulting, Cuimhne: Irish Memory Loss Alliance, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Empowerment and Engagement Project, Dementia Friendly Environments: Changing Environments, Dementia Friends, Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia-Friendly Churches, Dementia-friendly Churches: North West Midlands, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities (DFCsurvey), Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Supportive Communities, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments for Specific Cultural Communities, Early Diagnosis, Easy-to-Navigate Environments, Economic Case for Dementia-Friendly Communities, Elderly Care Facilitators, Empowerment, Empowerment and Dementia, Engagement, Enjoyment and General Engagement, Environmental Design, Environmental Improvements, GeniUS! York, Gnosall Medical Practice, Greening Dementia, Hampshire Dementia Adviser Service, Happy Safe Out and About (buddy scheme), Inclusion, Independence, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Maintaining Independence, Museum of Liverpool, National Dementia Declaration, Neighbourhoods for Life, Patient Involvement, Plymouth Arts and Heritage Service, Preventing Loneliness, Respectful and Responsive Businesses and Services, Safe Environments, Seldom Heard Groups, Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion, Staying Independent, Stigma, Stigma-Free Environments, Supportive Environments, Think Again Programme, Think Again Programme: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Timely Diagnosis, Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Friends and Neighbours, Transport, Travel, Worcestershire County Council Museum Services, YouGov, Your Community Matters: Merseyside | Leave a comment

Ageing, Longevity and Demographic Changes Statistical Factpack (International Longevity Centre-UK)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The International Longevity Centre (ILC) has produced a summary “factpack” of statistics on a range of topics pertaining to the UK’s elderly. “The 12-page booklet provides statistics on a range of topics from life expectancy to housing supply, from … Continue reading →

Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing, Ageing Society, Dementia Statistics, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Digital Technology, Enabling Technology, Financial Issues, Financial Wellbeing, Global Context, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Life Expectancy, Housing and Care for Older People, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Independence, Independent Age, Information Technology, Intergenerational Cohesion, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Relations, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Labour Market Participation, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Lifestyle, Longevity, Mobile Phone Use, Mobile Technology, New Technology, Old Age, Oldest Old: the 85+ Age Group, Pensions and Savings, Personal Finances, Retirement Housing, Social Demographics, Transport | Leave a comment

Angela Rippon’s Video on Progress from the Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group (Department of Health, Dementia Challenge)

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Angela Rippon (Co Chair of the Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group) presents her video update on: Recent developments from the Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, made since the launch of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia. How businesses are improving their services, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Alan Woodhouse MBE (Samaritans Volunteer), Angela Rippon, Angela Rippon CBE, Anne Jolly: Founder of Sudden Adult Death Trust UK, Association of Chief Police Officers, Awareness, Awareness Raising, Bracknell Forest, Bradford, Centre for Ageing and Mental Health: Stafordshire University, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Crawley, David Behan: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Awareness App (FRS), Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Protocol (Banks), Dementia Friends, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dementia-Friendly York, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Direct Marketing Association, Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Public Transport), Emergency Services, Energy Health Check, Energy Providers, Falmouth, Financial Institutions: Dementia Friendly Protocol, Fire and Rescue Services, Fire and Rescue Services: Dementia Pledge, Hampshire, Independence, Independent Living, Jane Gray: Consultant Nurse, Leeds, Leicestershire, Leisure, Lincoln, Liverpool, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Oxfordshire, Plymouth, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prof Elizabeth Anionwu: Professor of Nursing at University of West London, Recognise Understand Respond, Retail, Salford, Sarah Brennan: Chief Executive of Young Minds, Schoolchildren, Schools: Pioneer Group, September 21st: World Alzheimer's Day, Sheffield, Shop Staff, Shopping, Staffordshire FRS, Stafordshire University, Staying Independent, Stigma, Sue Baker: Director of Time to Change, Supermarkets, Tavistock, Telecommunications, Tesco DVD, Thurrock, Torbay, Transport, Wakefield, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton: Dementia Friendly City, World Alzheimer's Day, York | Leave a comment

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