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		<title>Gloucestershire hospital to provide specialist dementia care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Charlton Lane Hospital in Cheltenham is the UK’s newest specialist NHS hospital for dementia and mental health services for older people. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/08/charlton-lane-hospital/</link>
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		<title>Innovations in Dementia, Brain Waves newsletter, issue 29</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The August 2010 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter is available to download from the Innovations in Dementia website.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/08/innovations-in-dementia-brain-waves-newsletter-issue-29/</link>
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		<title>Dementia Ward has a smashing time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Garner Ward, part of Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, will be redesigned as part of The King’s Fund, Enhancing the Healing Environment.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/08/dementia-ward-has-a-smashing-time/</link>
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		<title>Care home Dementia Quality Mark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the South West we have adopted a collaborative approach to develop a standard Dementia Quality Mark (DQM) to assure the quality of care being provided to people living with dementia in care homes. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/08/care-homedementia-quality-mark/</link>
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		<title>Dementia and carers demonstrator site events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two important events are being held during September to share the learning from the dementia and carers demonstrator sites in the South West.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/08/demonstrator-site-events/</link>
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		<title>New mentoring scheme to help those affected by dementia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People with dementia, their carers and family members are invited to become online Living Well with Dementia mentors. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/08/new-mentoring-scheme-to-help-those-affected-by-dementia/</link>
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		<title>Refreshing the national carers strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government has announced its intention to refresh the strategic approach to supporting carers and will produce a clear plan of action for 2011-2015 by the end of the year. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/08/refreshing-the-national-carers-strategy/</link>
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		<title>A practical guide to supporting people with dementia experiencing swallowing difficulties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Peterborough Palliative Care in Dementia Group has produced a practical guide to swallowing difficulties in people with advanced dementia. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/08/practical-guide-to-swallowing-difficulties/</link>
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		<title>Coming of Age: Dementia in the 21st Century</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming of Age is the Dementia Services Development Centre’s 4th International Conference. It will address the needs of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/coming-of-age-dementia-in-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<title>International Dementia Excellence Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Dementia Excellence Awards are designed to recognise organisations and individuals who have worked to improve the quality of life of people with dementia. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/international-dementia-excellence-awards/</link>
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		<title>Innovations in Dementia, Brain Waves newsletter, issue 28</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The July 2010 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter is available to download from the Innovations in Dementia website.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/innovations-in-dementia-brain-waves-newsletter-issue-28/</link>
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		<title>New systems to help people with dementia to unlock their memories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New communication systems have been designed by academic research teams at the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee to help people with dementia to unlock their memories. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/new-systems-to-help-people-with-dementia-to-unlock-their-memories/</link>
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		<title>Princess Royal Trust for Carers &#8216;Out of Hospital&#8217; report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This report provides key messages on involving carers in hospital discharge planning.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/princess-royal-trust-for-carers-out-of-hospital-report/</link>
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		<title>SCIE dementia e-learning resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Social Care Institute for Excellence have developed seven e-learning modules which are aimed at anyone who comes into contact with people with dementia. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/dementia-e-learning/</link>
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		<title>Care and support funding commission launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This independent Commission will make recommendations to the Government on how to achieve an affordable and sustainable funding system.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/care-and-support-funding-commission-launched/</link>
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		<title>Weston dementia awareness day a success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost 100 people attended an awareness day to find out more about dementia care in Weston.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/weston-dementia-awareness-day-a-success/</link>
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		<title>Government launches white paper ‘Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley yesterday set out the Government's ambitious plans to reform the NHS during this Parliament and for the long-term.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/equity-and-excellence-liberating-the-nhs/</link>
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		<title>Dementia sufferers benefit from person-centred public services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent Guardian article profiles Nicola Jacobson, a dementia advisor in Sheffield, who asserts that dementia sufferers are benefitting from person-centred public services, co-designed in response to the National Dementia Strategy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/dementia-sufferers-benefit-from-person-centred-public-services/</link>
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		<title>RUH Goes for Gold in caring for Patients with Dementia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new scheme is being launched by the Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (RUH) to help improve the care of people with dementia during their stay in hospital. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/ruh-goes-for-gold-in-caring-for-patients-with-dementia/</link>
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		<title>Progress in care for dementia sufferers in Plymouth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plymouth leads say that progress is being made in improving services for those with dementia and their carers across the Plymouth area.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/progress-in-care-for-dementia-sufferers-in-plymouth/</link>
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		<title>Thousands of people living with undiagnosed dementia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Lyle, programme director for urgent care and older people at NHS Bristol, said they are doing all they can to find a diagnosis for more than 2,000 undiagnosed cases in the city.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/thousands-of-people-living-with-undiagnosed-dementia/</link>
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		<title>Poll findings highlight the need to raise dementia awareness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A YouGov survey published to mark Dementia Awareness Week finds that almost one third of people in the South West would not know how to get support if they were diagnosed with dementia.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/poll-findings-highlight-the-need-to-raise-dementia-awareness/</link>
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		<title>Working Together To Improve Dementia Care – South West  Leads The Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NHS organisations throughout the South West are supporting Dementia Awareness Week (4 to 11 July 2010) as part of an ongoing drive to improve diagnosis and care for the growing numbers of people living with dementia.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/working-together-to-improve-dementia-care-%e2%80%93-south-west-leads-the-way/</link>
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		<title>South West pensioner population expected to grow by 500,000 in 20 years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Western Morning News, the South West is facing a huge social and economic upheaval as the number of pensioners living in the region is predicted to explode by more than half-a-million in the next 20 years.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/sw-pensioner-population-to-soar/</link>
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		<title>Free self-help guide that has benefited thousands to be made available in GP surgeries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A self-help dementia guide which has benefited thousands of people in Devon is to be made available in local GP practices.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/dementia-carers-pathways-guide/</link>
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		<title>Dementia UK hits the West End</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year Dementia UK is the benefiting charity to the Interior Designers pantomime production of Snow White and the Seven Designers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/dementia-uk-hits-the-west-end/</link>
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		<title>Admiral Nursing DIRECT extends availability to mark Dementia Awareness Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To mark Dementia Awareness Week, which takes place from Sunday 4th to Saturday 10th July, Admiral Nursing DIRECT will be extending its availability to reach out to people affected by dementia.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/admiral-nursing-direct/</link>
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		<title>Focus on dementia at Musgrove Park Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has been selected to take part in a project to improve the hospital experience for patients with dementia.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/focus-on-dementia-at-musgrove/</link>
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		<title>NICE publishes dementia quality standard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This quality standard provides clinicians, managers and service users with a description of what a high-quality dementia service should look like.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/07/nice-publishes-dementia-quality-standard/</link>
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		<title>Dementia Awareness Week 4-11 July 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The theme of Dementia Awareness Week this year, is Remember the person. Throughout the week, the Alzheimer's Society is encouraging people to look beyond dementia and understand that everyone living with dementia is still an individual.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/2010/06/dementia-awareness-week-2010/</link>
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