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  • Hip fractures and the brain
    Jay Banerjee Mon, 18/06/2018 - 13:00

    About 65,000 people experience a hip fracture each year in the UK. This is the biggest single cause of major trauma and the cost represents about 1% of the NHS budget.
  • Dementia friendly swimming: a correspondence by email
    Elizabeth Kozlowski
    Elizabeth Kozlowski Tue, 05/06/2018 - 16:25

    Dear Tom,
  • Dementia friendly post-man
    Karen Harrison Dening Wed, 30/05/2018 - 12:36

    As I go about my ‘ordinary, everyday life’ - when not wearing my Dementia UK hat – I still seem to try and view the world through eyes that seek the most ‘dementia friendly’ of aspects.  I cannot help it.  Whether it is when I need to visit a publ
  • Reading aloud - the power of poetry
    Celine Freeman Wed, 30/05/2018 - 12:01

    This year I had the opportunity to take part in the Reading Aloud scheme at the University of Nottingham (for details, please see: https://ww
  • Dementia care - Fragmented but not irreparable
    Karen Harrison Dening Wed, 30/05/2018 - 11:36

    Unpaid carers are still the mainstay of support for people with dementia in the UK.
  • Dementia and the light of love
    Tom Dening
    Tom Dening Tue, 10/04/2018 - 10:55

    It is a typical English bank holiday weekend, raining and chilly, so I have been reading.
  • Advance care planning in dementia - a difficult conversation?
    Karen Harrison Dening Mon, 19/02/2018 - 13:09

    There is much debate on when is the best time to offer advance care planning to people with dementia. I would say as soon as possible after the diagnosis of dementia is made.  Many professionals feel that getting people with dementia to start thin
  • Being present
    Janine Virdi
    Janine Virdi Fri, 02/02/2018 - 15:42

    As you might be aware my first blog looks at how Dance Movement Psychotherapy can be used as a therapeutic tool to help benefit individuals living with dementia.
  • Challenge Dementia: The Essex Challenge Prize
    Benjamin Mann
    Benjamin Mann Tue, 23/01/2018 - 16:26

    Do you want to make a lasting impact on the lives of 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK? Do you want the chance to win £100,000 by developing a solution to support this growing challenge?
  • Being one self, being yourself, being me! Dementia care and poetry
    Alessandro Bosco
    Alessandro Bosco Mon, 08/01/2018 - 10:55

    I have just started my second year of the PhD in dementia care, and as attendee of the Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) meetings at the IMH, I have frequently met with people with dementia and their family carers and talked with them about the

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