Dementia and related topics Home page
Ross Dementia Meeting Centre - Home page here
National Dementia Strategy 2018
Dancing With Dementia here
Daily Telegraph - Dementia page here
This page looks at:
- The importance of early diagnosis and intervention in dementia
- The need for specialist mental health services to provide effective assessment and interventions
- Tackling the challenges of dementia - article below.
- An ambitious vision of how people with dementia can live well with the condition.
- The impact on employers and employees of caring for a family member or friend with dementia.
- The Carers' Call to Action
- Songs and music for special needs situations
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The importance of early diagnosis and intervention in dementia has been identified as a priority within the National Dementia Strategy . There is clear evidence that early diagnosis and support improves outcomes for people with dementia, their families and their carers, delays institutionalisation and reduces acute hospital admission.
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The National Dementia Strategy for England and The West Midlands Darzi Pathway have emphasised the need for specialist mental health services to be providing effective assessment and interventions for people affected by dementia and their families and carers, through an informed and effective workforce.
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Tackling the challenges of dementia - article below.
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Pages on this website or elsewhere directly related
Dementia meeting centres page here
Dancing With Dementia here
Person-centred Tests Home page here
Dementia Herefordshire Home page here
Remember Me - the Courtyard Theatre event here
Songs for special needs situations here.
Remember Me - the Courtyard Theatre webpage here
(GP duty of care here)
Herefordshire’s Inaugural Dementia Symposium here
Alzheimer's Society and Ross Memory Cafe here
Herefordshire’s Inaugural Dementia Symposium here
Herefordshire’s dementia symposium - more info here
Economic and Social Research Council here
Alzheimer's Society here
D. A. M. P. syndrome here
In the NHS section
Stigma and discrimination here
Dementia Awareness Week - 2013 here
(I’m losing my husband to a mistress called Alzheimers here.)
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theguardian
- Dementia here
- We can't yet cure Alzheimer's - selected text here
- We can't yet cure Alzheimer's - full text here
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External pages
Dementia Awareness Week - 2014 here
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The Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) is the coming together of hundreds of organisations to deliver a common set of seven outcomes informed by people with dementia and their family carers.
The outcomes provide an ambitious and achievable vision of how people with dementia and their families can be supported by society to live well with the condition.
Find the outcomes via the National Dementia Declaration;
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Employers for Carers www.employersforcarers.org and Carers UK www.carersuk.org are conducting a first research survey into the impacts on employers and employees of caring for a family member or friend with dementia.
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The Carers' Call to Action is here
Mature Times link Tackling the challenges of dementia
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The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is pleased to announce that, along with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) it is awarding £20 million to six research projects which will significantly add to our understanding of dementia.
Amongst other things, the research will look at how we can better prevent dementia, and improve the quality of life of those with dementia and their carers.
There are currently 44 million people in the world living with dementia, and by 2050 this number is set to treble to 135 million. Following on from last year's announcement by Prime Minister David Cameron of plans to tackle the 'national crisis' posed by dementia, this week ministers, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and charities are gathering in London for the G8 dementia summit. The summit aims to agree what can be done to stimulate greater investment and innovation in dementia research.
"Dementia is a major challenge for our society, and it is imperative to develop an understanding of the needs of those with dementia, their families and the communities they live in," ESRC Chief Executive Paul Boyle commented.
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- The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to carry out focused inspections of some 150 care homes and acute ... more
- 7 Songs and music for special needs situations
- As populations of developed nations age, so the number of cases of dementia increases. As a way of helping care for and support people with dementia, music has been shown to often have a dramatic effect. more
- More on this website here.