The July 2011 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter is available to download from the Innovations in Dementia website.
The King’s Fund has published a paper about shared decision-making, ‘Making Shared Decision-making a Reality: No Decision About Me, Without Me’.
The South West Dementia Partnership is running a series of half-day workshops to assist providers and commissioners with the exciting but challenging task of developing services to support people with dementia at home.
The Dementia Commissioning Pack provides practical resources for commissioners for use with a range of different providers, setting out a commissioning framework and outline approach to identify service development and redesign priorities.
Studies into depression and agitation and aggression will play a key role in helping to reduce inappropriate prescriptions of antipsychotics for people with dementia.
Award-winning author and Alzheimer’s Society supporter, Sir Terry Pratchett, has been named Health Champion of the Year by the UK’s leading health experts and journalists.
This live, online conference is the first in a series of focused sessions made available online by The Life Story Network. During the conference you will see the presentation slides on your computer in real time and listen to the presenters.
Improving and maintaining health factors not traditionally associated with dementia, such as skin problems, vision and hearing, may lower a person’s risk for developing dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology, 13 July 2011.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) has issued a controversial challenge to the NHS to reduce hospital beds by at least 10 per cent and free up £1 billion for community based dementia services.
People with dementia in Bristol will have a ‘This is me’ booklet telling hospital staff about them so that care can be tailored to their needs.