Gigi recognised an increase of children in the news leaving their home in other countries as refugee’s and asylum seekers and going to ‘safe’ places due to war and oppression. She also understood that this may be difficult for school children to comprehend as they have not experienced what it is like to live in a country at war.
An evaluation of one of the first initiatives in the UK to work with people with dementia to develop Circles of Support reveals benefits for those living with the condition, their family, friends and professionals.
Why is it that, despite what people tell us they want, most services continue to insist on separating people’s lives into groups that are defined by the diagnostic, disability or age label we have given them?
The Circles of Support for People with Dementia Project in Mid Devon is running a free event ‘Memory Aware Mid Devon’ to provide information and advice on dementia and how people with dementia can be best supported to live well in our communities.
NDTi fully supports the aims of Dementia Awareness Week, organised by the Alzheimer’s Society to raise awareness and understanding about dementia, and to encourage people to ‘remember the person’ behind dementia.
OK, this is a longer blog than usual, but Monday night’s Panorama programme about an elderly lady with dementia being abused and neglected in a care home made me angry
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) and Innovations in Dementia are delighted to have been awarded funding from the Department of Health's Innovation, Excellence and Service Development Fund.
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