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  • Negotiating Better Community Support for People with Dementia 1: Getting Started with Alzheimer’s Society Knowledge Exchange Fellowship
    Neil Chadborn
    Neil Chadborn Fri, 09/09/2016 - 17:18

    I feel very honoured to have been awarded an Alzheimer’s Society knowledge exchange fellowship. With this funding I will be working with colleagues in Netherlands to share expertise about dementia care in the community.
  • Thoughts on toilets for older people and people with dementia
    Annie Pollock
    Annie Pollock Fri, 09/09/2016 - 17:02

    Whenever I have to use a public toilet, I am fascinated to see how they are designed. Many years ago, there was a publication called ‘The good loo guide’ (first published, 1965) where loos in London were awarded stars for excellence.
  • Arts in dementia care: beware of the silo building
    Farai Pfende
    Farai Pfende Wed, 31/08/2016 - 12:24

    I am looking forward to the upcoming TAnDem Arts and Dementia Conference entitled "Research into Practice", which is taking place later in September 2016.
  • Dementia friendly communities
    Fiona Marshall Mon, 22/08/2016 - 09:44

    In recent years there have been major initiatives to change the way that society is able to respond to the growing number of people with dementia - we are aiming for “dementia friendly societies” where people with dementia and those who care for t
  • Reflections from a dementia training retreat
    Emily Cousins
    Emily Cousins Wed, 03/08/2016 - 10:09

    Throughout my life, I’ve cultivated a particularly cherished relationship with words. Words are awesome. I’ve always been drawn to the energy of language, the tide of prose, the lilt of conversation. Words can be delicate, powerful, sustaining.
  • Prescribed Disengagement®
    Kate Swaffer
    Kate Swaffer Tue, 02/08/2016 - 11:55

    In the 1970’s when I commenced my nursing, most people with dementia were diagnosed nearer to the end stage of the disease process, and little was known about dementia.
  • Spreading the word: What do speech and language therapists do with people with dementia?
    Anna Volkmer
    Anna Volkmer Mon, 01/08/2016 - 16:38

    When people think of dementia they most commonly consider the first signs as memory difficulties: forgetting recent events, conversations, where they have put things or even people's faces.
  • Poetry and dementia: A brief interview with Sir Andrew Motion
    Kevin Harvey
    Kevin Harvey Mon, 18/07/2016 - 13:27

    For a while now I’ve been working on a book that explores the relationship between health and reading (reading aloud in particular). I’ve made steady progress, including a recent interview I conducted with the former poet laureate Andrew Motion.
  • Radical new care for people living with dementia
    Victoria Hill
    Victoria Hill Tue, 12/07/2016 - 16:36

    Gosh! This month’s exciting news is that Growing Support’s work enabling people with dementia to stay socially and physically active has received national recognition. We have been selected as one of the Observer’s 50 New Radicals for 2016.
  • Hearing and dementia
    Jen Yates Mon, 04/07/2016 - 16:59

    Both hearing loss and dementia become very common as people get older and it is therefore to be expected that a lot of people will have both problems eventually.

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