Innovative projects - hearing the voice of people with dementiaWe have work with various organisations to consult with people with dementia about plans and services. For example We work with Pictures to Share to ensure the images included in their books were engaging and interesting for people with dementia. Find out more about our consultancy work Videos by people with dementiaWe worked with a professional film-maker and people with dementia to produce four inspirational films. Contact us for more information Email: steve@innovationsindementia.org.uk.
Telephone: 01392 420076 April 2010 Penelope gives an ‘inspirational’ talk in LondonPenelope is a ThinkTank volunteer with Innovations in Dementia. She has dementia and she also cared for her mother. Penelope has helped us with our project about an information resource of equipment. She spoke at the National Telecare Conference in London.
She answered questions from the audience as part of a workshop run by
Stephen Wey. The workshop was about how important it is to include people
with dementia in decisions about equipment that might help them.
And most importantly Penelope stressed that: Penelope certainly changed the attitudes of the conference delegates
who heard her speak. November 2009 “Our House” – a new project about involving people with dementia in care home settingsInnovations in Dementia is looking for funding to start a new project. Approximately one third of people with dementia live in a care home. In the day to day life of a care home it is rare for residents with dementia to be involved in decisions that shape the life of the care home. We want to work with a few care homes to find ways that
people with Care home residents will be supported to say what they want to be involved in and how they want to be involved. Some things that people with dementia living in care homes have said they might like to be involved in include:
Valuing the contribution of people with dementiaAt Innovations in Dementia, we want people with dementia to be at the heart of everything we do. We are drawing up policies around the ways we involve people with dementia in our work. A key issue is how we value the contribution that people make. Although we are a social enterprise, we charge for our services. We believe that people with dementia should be rewarded for any work they undertake with us. We are asking people for their views round incentives and payments for people with dementia. Peter Ashley has Lewy Body dementia. Peter is an associate of Innovations in Dementia. He says: Contact us Innovations in Dementia CIC, PO Box 616, Exeter, EX1 9JB Registered as a community interest company No. 06046815. © Innovations in dementia CIC 2008
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