The May 2011 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter is available to download from the Innovations in Dementia website.
Spending on long-term care is set to double or even triple by 2050, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Radar, Royal Association for Disability Rights, is encouraging MP’s across the UK to meet more of their disabled constituents.
The guide, ‘Year of Care, Thanks for the Petunias – A guide to developing and commissioning non traditional providers to support the self management of people with long term conditions’, is an important product of the national Year of Care Programme.
Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer Scotland will be holding collections at Tesco stores across the country 27-28 May 2011 to raise money as part of the charity’s biggest ever fundraising event – the BIG collection.
The 2011 Conference, ‘Dementia Care in Hospital – Rising to the Challenge’, will now be held on 5th July 2011 at Somerset County Cricket Club. The venue was previously Taunton Racecourse. The conference will provide opportunities to share and spread learning and positive practice about dementia care in hospital.
Plans to strengthen the protection of vulnerable adults by making it a legal requirement for all local authorities to have a Safeguarding Adults Board were announced recently by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.
At least another 60 clinical fellows will be created this year as part of the National Leadership Council’s drive to develop the next generation of leaders in many different clinical settings so that they can take a more central role in improving services for patients.
The Royal College of Nursing is leading a project, supported by the Department of Health, on the care of people with dementia in general hospital settings. Please help by completing the online survey or by promoting it through your local networks.
In a recent Guardian newspaper interview Jeremy Hughes, the head of Alzheimer’s Society, tells Raekha Prasad that GPs shouldn’t be left to tackle dementia alone.