Delivering major improvements in dementia care and research by 2015: A report of progressThis report by the three Champion Groups leading the Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia provides an update on progress since the launch of the Challenge in March 2012. Read more »
UK drives international research on dementiaAs part of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, the government recently held an event to showcase the UK’s research facilities and explore how to drive forward international research on dementia. Read more »
The English Community Care Association recently announced many more providers have signed up to the Dementia Care and Support Compactand and improving services to people who have dementia.
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Creating a dementia-friendly cityFindings from the York Dementia Without Walls project which explored how to make York a good place to live for people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
In this audio clip, Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for dementia in England, talks about the campaign launched by the Department of Health to increase early diagnosis rates for dementia. Read more »
New campaign to drive awareness of dementiaA new campaign which aims to increase early diagnosis rates for dementia in the South of England by tackling the public’s fears of talking about the condition, has been launched on 21 September 2012 by the Department of Health with support from the Alzheimer’s Society. Read more »
How to have difficult conversationsTo help family members and others to start talking about the condition with their loved ones, the Alzheimer’s Society have issued advice on how to have difficult conversations. Read more »
'A Day to Remember' campaign filmIn this film Sir Michael Parkinson, Fiona Phillips and Gordon Banks talk about the importance of memory, the most memorable moments of their lives and their experience of having a loved one with dementia. Read more »
Jeremy Hughes talks about dementia friendly communitiesJeremy Hughes, Chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, talks about the challenges in making our communities more ‘dementia friendly’. Read more »
The Life Story Network believes that the key to meeting the PM’s Challenge on Dementia is to engage all parts of our communities by focusing on the life experiences we can share rather than on our differences. Read more »