Showing the value of the National Dementia Action Alliance network, two members have teamed up after working on the NDAA Communications Group together. Beth Britton has written a series of blogs for Promedica24. In her latest blog, Beth Britton writes about the value of ethnic diversity in our society...
Public Health England published a review of Health Inequalities in Older Populations in Rural and Coastal Areas, together with a blog article supporting the launch. The research was carried out by Northumbria University and comprises a rapid literature review together with a number of case studies of local practice,...
Emma Killick, MacIntyre’s Director of Adult Services, highlights the challenges of getting a timely diagnosis of dementia for people with a learning disability and how these challenges must be overcome. People with a learning disability are at greater risk of developing dementia at a younger age. Did you know...
What is Cera? Cera is a CQC registered technology enabled homecare provider, aiming to support those requiring care to live where they are most comfortable and happy. It is an online platform where people choose from a range of professional carers for themselves or their loved ones, who offer...
Neil Mapes, CEO of Dementia Adventure shares why he thinks it’s good to take positive risks and get people outdoors. Pictured: James and Maureen McKillop, Nancy McAdam, Agnes Houston, Teresa Davies, Lorraine Brown, Jayne Goodrick, Tim Osman and Joy Watson (Chris Roberts was also with us on the day). Dementia...
One of my all-time favourite films is The Blues Brothers, where Carrie Fisher’s character, who had been stood up at the altar, is on a crazy quest to kill the rat who did it. We see her, in her hairdressing salon ‘Curl Up & Dye’, reading a manual on...
I have been working for the National Dementia Action Alliance (NDAA) virtually since its inception and therefore have been part of all of the challenges and achievements but also been able to watch it grow from strength to strength. Click here to read this blog
Dementia impact Dementia is an umbrella term for a number of syndromes, effecting 46.8 million people worldwide and 850,000 people in the UK alone with the number of people affected globally estimated to increase to 131.5 million by 2050. LGBT population There are no census records of the numbers of lesbian, gay,...
Twenty months ago, Julia Jones and I started John’s Campaign. I remember the day. My father had recently died after his terrible last year of drawn-out death following a catastrophic stay in hospital. Julia’s mother, who is in her nineties and has dementia, was (and is) still alive, but...
The National Dementia Action Alliance was held at the Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester. This was an amazing, challenging, dynamic and passionate event, looking at how Devolution from Central Government the Northern Powerhouse, specifically, Greater Manchester will impact on those living with dementia. The array of quality communicators included...
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