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Social care dementia Common Core Principles workshops 2012 E-mail
Skills for Care in partnership with Skills for Health are offering free workshops to assist people leading and supporting the workforce who are working with people who have dementia.
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Making involvement count - resource pack E-mail

Source: http://www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk/system-redesign/involvement/

 

Involving People Living with Dementia Reference group, commissioned by South West Dementia Partnership, has recently developed a ‘what works’ resource pack when involving engaging and consulting with people.
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Involve Me practical guide E-mail

Involve Me: a practical guide has been launched along with an independent evaluation of the project.

 

The guide refers to real-life examples as well as video clips, downloadable resources and the Involve Me film, which are available on an interactive DVD.

 

The content shows how staff at four sites used different creative approaches to involvement. The guide also demonstrates how everyone, including staff, families and policy-makers, can start involving people with PMLD in decision-making and consultation.

 

More information: http://www.mencap.org.uk/involveme
 
The Right Prescription:a call to action on the use of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia E-mail

The Dementia Action Alliance has launched a call to action on the use of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia.

The aim of this call to action is that:
  • All people with dementia who are receiving antipsychotic drugs should receive a clinical review from their doctor to ensure that their care is compliant with current best practice and guidelines and that alternatives to medication have been considered by 31 March 2012.
Attachments:
Download this file (DementiaC2Acommitmentstatementsfinalcopy 13.6.11.pdf)DementiaC2Acommitmentstatementsfinalcopy 13.6.11.pdf[ ]199 Kb
Download this file (DementiaC2Anarrativefinalcopy 13.6.11.pdf)DementiaC2Anarrativefinalcopy 13.6.11.pdf[ ]239 Kb
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Common Core Principles for supporting people with dementia E-mail

The Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia - a guide to training the social care and health workforce (pdf, 38pp, 1mb) will help to develop a workforce that responds confidently to the person with dementia, understanding how to enter their world and support the life they are leading.

For more information see link:

 

http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/developing_skills/dementia/supporting_people_with_dementia.aspx
 
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