Brain Waves, issue 51
The June 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, features articles on Dementia perspectives. Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Dr Adrian Treloar on palliative care at home
Dr Adrian Treloar explains how Greenwich and Bexley Advanced Dementia Services provide holistic and palliative care at home for people with advanced dementia. Read more »
Attend Dementia Challenge Fund briefings
Attend regional briefings in Taunton, Newbury and Gatwick to find out more about the Dementia Challenge Fund. Read more »
Improving life for care home residents with dementia
Paul Mancey, chief executive of Orchard Care Homes, talks to Alistair Burns about work to improve the quality of life of residents with dementia, including an Alzheimer’s Society training programme for staff. Read more »
Dr Martin Freeman discusses early diagnosis
In this short audio clip, Dr Martin Freeman, regional lead on dementia in the South West of England, talks to Professor Alistair Burns about the importance of early diagnosis. Read more »
Martin Freeman talks about early diagnosis
In this short audio clip, Martin Freeman, regional lead on dementia in the South West of England, talks to National Clinical Director for Dementia Alistair Burns about the importance of early diagnosis. Read more »
Training programme to reduce antipsychotic prescriptions in care homes
An Alzheimer’s Society training programme is being rolled out to 150 care homes across the UK to increase understanding and awareness of dementia and provide tools, ideas and resources to enable staff to provide good quality person-centred care. Read more »
Stockport local enhanced scheme 2012-13
This scheme, led by Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, offers examples of partnership working between primary care, secondary care, social care and third sector organisations, to assist people with dementia and their carers/family in living healthily and well in the community. Read more »
Dementia: workers and carers together
Skills for Care and Dementia UK have jointly published of a new guide designed exclusively for the social care workforce which aims to spread best practice in supporting family carers of people with dementia. Read more »
OPAL tream shortlisted for Care Integration Award
The work of the Older Persons Assessment and Liaison for Dementia team at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised by being short listed for the dementia care category of the Care Integration Awards. Read more »