Dementia Partnerships
Dementia Diaries
The Dementia Diaries is an illustrated children’s book which tells the stories of 8 young people and their experiences of living with dementia in their families through four characters’ diaries. Read more »
Dementia Action Alliance
The Dementia Action Alliance brings together organisations across England committed to transforming the lives of people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
Improving dementia care online undergraduate course
The Dementia Services Development Centre has re-launched the online, undergraduate course ‘Improving dementia care’. This 15 week distance learning course is for health and social care practitioners looking to improve their knowledge and practice in the field of dementia care. Read more »
Improving Dementia Education and Awareness (IDEA)
This online resource managed by the University of Notthingham is aimed at improving the care and quality of life for people with dementia. Read more »
Challenging Dementia
This video introduces Challenging Dementia a multi-disciplinary student summer school held at the University of Birmingham 6-7 September, 2013. Read more »
Dementia e-learning for healthcare
An interactive e-learning resource to support the training of all health and social care staff in recognising, assessing, and managing dementia, and providing high quality dementia care. Read more »
Getting to Know Me: Supporting people with dementia in
general hospitals
The Greater Manchester Health Innovation and Education Cluster have developed training materials to support staff working on dementia awareness in general hospitals. Read more »
Dementia does not discriminate
The report, ‘Dementia does not Discriminate’, produced by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, looks at the experiences of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities in dealing with the condition. Read more »
Dementia 2013: The hidden voice of loneliness
This report, published Alzheimer’s Society, reveals that nearly two thirds (62%) of more than 250,000 people with dementia who live on their own are lonely. This compares to just 24 per cent of over 55 year olds. Read more »
Building on the Gloucestershire ‘Living Well Handbook’, this project aims to develop a user-designed and owned handbook that will serve as a companion to the dementia journey for people in West Berkshire . Read more »