Agnes and Nancy in conversation
As part of BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Listening Project’, best friends Agnes and Nancy confront attitudes towards dementia head-on in a fascinating conversation about their experiences with dementia. Read more »
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Brain Waves, issue 48
The March 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, includes features on: EVA radio; Our lives, our story conference; Dementia friendly communities in Ireland. Read more »
National project to roll out life story training
Your Story Matters will support the delivery of new ways of working to realise dementia friendly communities with well trained staff across England during 2011/2012. Read more »
Brain Waves, issue 43
The October 2011 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, includes features on: Telling our stories through film; Dementia training; EVA. Read more »
The Life Story Network Online Conference
This live, online conference is the first in a series of focused sessions made available online by The Life Story Network. During the conference you will see the presentation slides on your computer in real time and listen to the presenters. Read more »
Living Life with Dementia
The aim of this guide is to show just some of the ways that local Age UKs and Age Concerns are making a difference to the lives of people living with dementia and their carers. Read more »
Reminiscence and life story work: A practice guide
This fully-updated fourth edition is full of practical information on planning and running successful reminiscence work. Read more »
Care home sets up 1950s room for Alzheimer's patients
Coombe End Court care home in Wiltshire has created a ‘time warp’ room that contains features from the 1950s to help aid the memories of Alzheimer’s patients. Read more »
Singing for the brain: Dementia Summit looks to the future
Launching a major event by getting everyone on their feet for a rousing song or two may sound more football than NHS, but that was precisely how the highly-successful South West Dementia Partnership Summit 2010 began at Taunton Racecourse in April. Read more »
Launch of films by people with dementia
On 12th April Innovations in Dementia will be launching four films made by people with dementia. Read more »