Improving the involvement of people living with dementia
This project led by the Alzheimer’s Society aims to deliver and evaluate dementia leadership programmes in CCG areas across the South West. Read more »
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Bristol as a Dementia Friendly City
This project aims to move Bristol towards becoming a ‘dementia-friendly city’ in which people with dementia can enjoy the same opportunities to take part in a social life, live independently and engage in everyday activity as other people, without fear of stigma or rejection. Read more »
Purposeful Activity Volunteers at Weston General Hospital
Purposeful 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 »
The Engage Programme Salisbury District Hospital
The Department of Clinical Psychology at Salisbury District Hospital has developed a Programme ‘Engage’ which is designed to support the psychological needs of older adults in hospital. Read more »
Dementia Voice Crawley
This project aims to involve people living with dementia in designing and shaping dementia services in Crawley. Read more »
Funding to bolster community involvement in local commissioning
The NHS Commissioning Board has announced funding to help local communities to build meaningful partnerships between Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) charities, community groups and social enterprises. Read more »
The Way Forward: Clinical Senates
This document published by the NHS Commissioning Board outlines the role that Clinical Senates will play in providing strategic clinical advice and leadership across a broad geographical area to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), health and wellbeing boards (HWB) and the NHS Commissioning Board from April 2013. Read more »
Working with local government: a guide for GP commissioners
This short guide summarises some of the need-to-know structural and operational features of local government and presents advice from GPs, NHS managers and local councillors on the important cultural stumbling blocks that often occur when working across the NHS-local government divide. Read more »
Brain Waves, issue 55
The October 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, features: York Dementia Without Walls project; accessible writing; commentary from Peter Jones and an obituary to James Douglas. Read more »
Involve Me
Involve Me is a new web based tool which helps organisations to record, reflect and report on the way that they involve people with personal experience. Read more »