Dementia Services Development Centre
International Dementia Excellence Awards - Nominate now!
As part of the International Dementia Partnership’s commitment to innovative, passionate and intelligent care for people with dementia, we are thrilled to announce the International Excellence in Dementia Awards in Sydney, hosted by the Dementia Services Development Centre.
This amazing event will be held alongside the Risky Business Conference. The IDEAs recognise organisations and individuals who have worked hard to improve the quality of life for people of dementia.
For more information about the awards, categories and how to nominate, visit the IDEAs website.
Risky Business: Facing up to Dementia, 28-29 June 2012
This conference will consider the future we are shaping for people with dementia. The International Dementia Partnership of The Dementia Centre, Hammond Care and the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling will host this conference in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia from 28-29 June 2012.
Early bird registration is now open, click here to register.
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Prof. June Andrews will be speaking at the conference. For further information, and to register your interest, please visit the conference website.
FREE INFORMATION EVENT - Best Practice in Dementia Care: six part self-study programme 
This award winning programme cascades dementia training through the care home, hospital, day centre and domiciliary care setting to reduce training costs and develop a shared ethos of care. Person-centred values, approaches and practises are firmly embedded in the study books and facilitated group discussions. We train a senior member of your staff team as a facilitator to deliver this course locally to a further 8 members of staff. Facilitator training is held at various locations throughout the UK.
The Dementia Services Development Centre is delighted to announce the award of a three-year grant by Comic Relief to provide training for family and informal carers. The primary aim of the project is to improve the quailty of life of both the person with dementia and her/his carer by raising the level of understanding and knowledge of dementia possessed by carers.
Please come along to our 10 helpful hints day to find out practical ways of coping, get information on local services and support, to meet other carers and ask questions.
We are holding these FREE training days at various locations throughout Scotland.
We would be particularly pleased to hear from you if you are interested in attending this training yourself, are a carer for a person with dementia or if you are part of a carers support organisation.
For more information on this funded training for carers and to book a place at a location close to you please contact Dawn Humble at d.a.humble@stir.ac.uk or call 01786 467740.
The DSDC is internationally recognised as a centre for excellence in coordinating dementia projects which produce tangible results. We place an emphasis on promoting good practice for those working in the field of dementia care. The centre actively works to improve services for people with dementia. We work with local authorities, the voluntary sector, emergency services and government organisations to provide unrivalled dementia training and education. Our events range from conferences to workshops and seminars on dementia. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate modules and degree courses in dementia studies for those working with people with dementia. Consult one of the UK's largest collections of literature on dementia and related topics in our specialist dementia library. Choose from a growing list of practical and authoritative dementia publications.
Contact us to find out how we can help you to improve services for people with dementia.
