Innovations in Dementia CIC

Peter Ashley

Peter Ashley agreed to be our first associate in June 2008.

Peter Ashley was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia on 20 July 2000 and has been an active campaigner and speaker on dementia-related issues since 2001.

He was one of the first people with dementia to demand a voice on national and local organisations and has can list many impressive contributions to the cause of dementia awareness, including plenary presentations at international conferences.

He has been on the board of trustees of the Alzheimer’s Society in the UK and is now an Alzheimer’s Society ambassador, is a member
of DeNDRoN (the Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network), is the Older People’s chairman of CSIP in the North West and served on the NICE/SCIE dementia guidelines group and the advisory group for the National Audit office report on dementia.

Peter can be contacted on peter@innovationsindementia.org.uk.

Peter works independently from Innovations in Dementia on many projects and gives presenations around the country.

You can download some of Peter's presentations here:

Peter's presentation from the Royal College of Psychiatry Annual Conference in Liverpool, 2 June 2009. Download Older people -
a concordat between health and social care? as a PDF file.
Peter's presentation at the 4 Boroughs Alliance Older Peoples Strategy Conference in St Helens on 30 April 2009. Download Identification of the early signs of dementia and early diagnosis and impact as PDF file.
Peter's presentation to the South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust Collaborative on 20 March 2009. Download presentation as a PDF file.
Peter's presentation from the Delivering End of Life Care Strategy Conference on 17 March 2009 in Manchester on Advance Care Planning. Download Advance care planning presentation as PDF file.
Peter's presentation 'Working in partnership with mental health and community care Case study: Dementia', presented on 31 March 2009 at Portland Place, London. Download Case study presentation as PDF file.
Peter's own edited comments from a interview on a religious and ethics programme put out on Radio 4 07:10 Sunday 8 March 2009 - Host Roger Bolton (BBC). Download wav file. Download mpg file (Copyright BBC)

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