This Yorkshire and the Humber Dementia and Older Peooples
Mental Health Clinkcal Network event chaired by Dr Rod Kersh
provided attendees with an opportunity to hear from local and
national innovators and carers to better understand
psychological symptoms in delirium and dementia.
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This report published by the Alzheimer’s Society brings
together views of more than 3,500 people with dementia, carers
and the public on what it is like to live with dementia.
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The Dementia Atlas is an interactive map that plots data about
dementia care and support, allowing people to compare the
quality of dementia care across the country.
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This report published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on
Dementia examines the scale of difficulty faced by people
living with both dementia and other health conditions, and how
the health and social care system can provide holistic,
person-centred care and support for this growing body of
people.
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This report published by the International Longevity Centre
demonstrates that a failure to prevent, diagnose, and treat
depression, diabetes and urinary tract infections in people
with dementia could be costing the UK’s health and social care
system up to nearly £1 billion per year.
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Active Minds produce a suite of activity products to assist
people with dementia in leading active, engaging and
fulfilling lives – enjoying activities that are
meaningful to them.
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The Daily Sparkle is a professionally written daily and weekly
reminiscence and activity tool supported by the UK’s
leading care organisations such as the NHS, AgeUK and
DementiaUK.
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This joint declaration signed by signatories across
government, health, social care and the third sector sets out
a shared commitment to deliver good quality post-diagnostic
dementia care.
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Thrive is the leading charity in the UK using gardening to
change the lives of disabled people. Thrive run structured
programmes of activities for people with dementia which focus
on positive reminiscence, re-connecting with others including
friends and family and gentle appropriate exercise and
cognitive stimulation
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This guidance is designed to be used by adult social workers
specialising in dementia at all levels, from front line
practitioners to senior social workers, social work
supervisors and managers, to support them to deliver the best
outcomes for the people with whom they work with.
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Dementia Partnerships
A Whole Systems Approach to understanding psychological
symptoms in delirium and dementia
