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Dementia

Free Dementia Care Workshops 2012

Skills for Care - Learning and Development Good Practice in Dementia Care Workshops 2012

Free workshops for social care leaders and managers in the South West

Workshops have the following aims:

To enable managers to develop their teams to more effectively support people with dementia
To share case studies and good practice about current workforce development, focused on supporting people with dementia
To facilitate discussion and networking
To support leaders and managers to implement learning and development strategies and plans for developing their teams

The South West Area Workshops will run from 10.30 am to 15.30pm with lunch & refreshments included.

Dates & Venues

22^nd May 2012 – Cornwall

St Mellion Country Club, Saltash Cornwall

29^th May – Bristol

Holiday Inn, Filton Bristol

30th May – Dorset

Hamworthy Sports & Social Club, Canford Magna, Dorset

To book a workshop place please contact Louise Hallsworth on 0113 241 1261 or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

OR to find out more and book a place online please visit the Events page of the Skills for Care website at www.skillsforcare.org.uk

Please note places are limited and dates/venues will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. We will be limiting organisations to a maximum of 2 delegates per workshop

Living well with dementia programme launched

The Design Council launches five concepts to help people with dementia and their carers live better with a series of talks available to watch online.

Last August the Design Council, in partnership with the Department of Health, ran a design challenge asking teams to produce innovative new ideas that would help improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers.

Now five of the designs have been developed as part of the Living well with dementia programme and include dogs to help people with dementia, a social network for carers and a wristband personal alarm.

The designs will be launched today with a series of talks that you can watch online this afternoon, with Alzheimer's Society's Head of Policy, George McNamara, on the panel for one of the talks.

For more information: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=1189

Making involvement count - resource pack

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.

Involve Me practical guide

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

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:
DementiaC2Acommitmentstatementsfinalcopy 13.6.11.pdf	[ ]	199 Kb
DementiaC2Anarrativefinalcopy 13.6.11.pdf	[ ]	239 Kb

Dementia Links

- South West Dementia Partnership
  Thes website is aimed at people working to implement the National Dementia Strategy in the South West of England.
- AT Dementia
  AT Dementia brings together information about assistive technology and other products that can help support the independence and leisure opportunities of people with dementia.
- Dementia Web
  Our aim is to help people with dementia, their family carers and professionals who care for them. Find information about dementia and the support and care services available.
- SCIE - Dementia Gateway
  SCIE Dementia Gateway: Lots of practical tips, tools and activitieshat will help you with your daily work.
- Alzheimer's Society
  Alzheimer's Society is a membership organisation, which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia.
- Dementia UK
  Dementia UK is a national charity, committed to improving quality of life for all people affected by dementia.