8th UK Dementia CongressOver 800 people attended the 8th UK Dementia Congress, held 5-7th November 2013 in Nottingham, to celebrate a coming together care for people living with dementia in care homes, in the community and in hospitals. Read more »
Volunteering and dementia in BristolIn partnership with the Voluntary Sector and Local Authority this project will support people with dementia and their carers/family post diagnosis in Bristol, through volunteering. Read more »
Purposeful Activity Volunteers at Weston General HospitalPurposeful Activity Volunteers (PAV) are being recruited to visit inpatients with dementia at Weston General Hospital, providing a period of social inclusion to this vulnerable group of people. Read more »
Mealtime volunteers at Weston General HospitalVolunteers at Weston General Hospital are providing help to people with dementia at mealtimes. Read more »
Pan Bristol approach to Dementia ChampionsA Bristol-wide partnership is recruiting, training and supporting dementia champions, so that people with dementia who are admitted to hospitals in Bristol, receive high quality care that is consistent in approach and delivery. Read more »
Advice for patients and carers in Great Western Hospital, SwindonAn Alzheimer’s Society volunteer working in Great Western Hospital, Swindon, is providing advice to patients and carers on Jupiter Ward and signposting them to community resources. Read more »
Bracken ward in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, has established a small activity room and volunteers have been recruited to work with people living with dementia attend the ward on a twice weekly basis to support patients in the activity room. Read more »
The hospital befriending scheme at the Royal United Hospital in Bath is an exciting volunteering activity led by the local Alzheimer’s Society which extends the existing befriending carried out in the community into a hospital setting. Read more »
The Volunteer Co-ordinator is providing an exceptional service to patients and carers at North Bristol hospitals, supported by the Deputy Director of Nursing. Read more »