When we started evaluating Knowledge is Power, we thought we were evaluating a booklet. In one sense, that’s exactly what we did. We asked people what they thought of the different versions of Knowledge is Power. We wanted to know whether people found it useful, whether they understood it, and whether it made any difference […]
Learning led BY people with dementia FOR people with dementia – building the evidence. Here at Innovations in Dementia towers (well, our various sheds and home office spaces) we have known for a long time now of the potential of people with dementia to lead on learning, development, research, and support in dementia. We know […]
At Innovations in Dementia, we have recently helped facilitate another post-diagnostic ‘A Good Life With Dementia’ course in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. A Good Life With Dementia a course FOR people with dementia co-created and co-delivered BY people with dementia. It is a space for people with the actual diagnosis to come together, address fears and […]
It has been a few weeks now since the Alzheimer’s Society launched the video based around the message that ‘people with dementia die again and again and again’ It has been concerning to see what has unfolded in recent weeks because of this advert. It has caused a lot of distress, anguish and fear, and […]
Above quote from the York Minds and Voices Dementia Strategy. At the UK Dementia Congress in November last Year, Professor Claire Surr delivered the Tom Kitwood memorial address. It was based on her in depth study on ‘What works in dementia education and training’. It’s a great piece of work. Professor Surr rightly highlighted the importance […]
I had just moved into a new house in Tottenham. There was a Large Swedish Home Furnishings shop nearby, and I was keen to try out the idea of flat-pack furniture for the first time. I’d get back with my large box. Unpack it. Lay out all the bits of wood, screws, plastic plugs and […]
A New Year can often feel like a time of change. We write commitments and resolutions to be more active, develop ourselves, lose some things, gain others, transform into the person we once were or would like to be. But the Almanac I received as a kind Christmas gift says that, contrary to popular belief, […]
With my retirement date at the end of 2023 looming, it feels like a good time to reflect back on almost half a century of ‘work life’. So please indulge me while I reminisce just a little! Perhaps because my Dad was bipolar (or ‘manic depressive’ as it was then called), I have, I think, […]
In spite of frequent calls for it, more time, more money and more staff to solve our issues in health and social care will not be forthcoming. The need to revisit how many of us operate has become increasingly pressing. We must innovate. People did not stop getting dementia during lockdown, nor did dementia go […]
There will soon be over a million people living with dementia in the UK – and each and every one of them is disabled, not only by the symptoms and challenges of the condition itself, but by many unnecessary societal and environmental barriers. While others are working on treatments and cures which may help those […]