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Embracing Change: How a Local Business Champions Dementia Awareness
In the heart of the Scottish Central Belt in Dunblane, a dynamic estate and letting agency is redefining what it means to be a community-focused business. Cathedral City Estates is led by Markus and Gemma who have been married for twenty years, and they want to make an impact for their community members who live with dementia.
University of Stirling works with housing association to bring dementia awareness into the home
A leading Scottish housing association and the University of Stirling are working together to bring dementia awareness into care at home.
8 Considerations to Make When Providing Dementia Care for LGBTQ+ Individuals
Caring for LGBTQ+ individuals with dementia presents unique challenges and considerations due to the intersection of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and cognitive decline.
Here are eight important considerations to make when providing dementia care for LGBTQ+ individuals:
Silver Pride: DSDC speaks at LGBTQ+ event for older people
Around 180 community members attended the unique Silver Pride festival at Kilmarnock’s Park Hotel to celebrate diversity and inclusivity. DSDC Senior Dementia Consultant, Dave Wilson-Wynne, who is also a member of the LGBTQ+ community, attended and spoke at the event. Clip from STV News.
Living well at home
On the back of the commission on the future of long-term care report, published by Alzheimer’s Scotland, we echo the view that people living with a diagnosis of dementia want to live well at home for as long as possible.
Centring the lived experience of dementia within policy, practice, and community development
Centring the lived experience of dementia within policy, practice and community development (ENACT-DEM project) is an ESRC-funded international research project led by a team at the University of Stirling in collaboration with a team in London, Canada and Germany. ENACT-DEM brings various opportunities for greater collaboration and understanding of ageing and dementia in a Western global context.
Navigating the Frontiers of Dementia: ADI Conference 2024
The 36th Global Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International took place in Kraków, Poland, last week. Experts around the world came together under the theme of ‘Dementia: Insights. Innovations. Inspirations’ and shared information on achievements, innovations, and best practices in dementia research, care, and policy.
DSDC Senior Dementia Consultant, Dave Wilson-Wynne, attended and represented the University of Stirling and our Centre. Here is what he said about the experience:
DSDC Chief Architect receives Churchill Fellowship to travel to Fukuoka, Japan
In 2019, DSDC Chief Architect Lesley Palmer received a Churchill Fellowship with the purpose to study, record, and catalogue the built environment and healthy ageing projects in Fukuoka, Japan.
Lesley’s Fellowship spotlights the importance of international collaboration when working with ageing and dementia. Through her travels, we are shown a new perspective on dementia friendly design and reminded why different cultures may need different solutions.
Scottish Borders Council works with University of Stirling on dementia-friendly care village
Members from Scottish Borders Council have visited University of Stirling dementia design experts to explore options for the region’s new Tweedbank care village.
Golf and dementia
Golf in Society is a social enterprise who help people who live with dementia to keep healthy and socially connected through golf.
Living with dementia when you are deaf
The British Deaf Association (BDA) has been working tirelessly over the last few years to create dementia resources for the deaf community.
Knowing What To Say and How To Say It
A recent project, ‘Knowing what to say and how to say it’, focused on people’s experiences of talking about health issues, in particular deafness and dementia. The aim of the project was to understand how people felt discussing certain health issues; were they comfortable bringing up the subject(s) or were they more apprehensive.
One Small Change
At DSDC we believe every effort to improve quality of life for people living with dementia should be celebrated, no matter how big or small.
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Art & Dementia, Trilogy of short films
Established in 2009 the Arts and Older People’s programme (AOP) is a partnership between the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI), the Baring Foundation and the Northern Ireland Public Health Agency. Focused on the promotion of social justice and alleviating isolation and loneliness; the AOP is aims to strengthen the voice of older people and promote their health and well-being through the arts. In 2019 the ACNI commissioned Sonrisa Solutions Ltd to produce a trilogy of three-minute films that distil key learning from the AOP with regards the arts and dementia.
Transforming the deaf dementia experience
The British Deaf Association (BDA) have developed the project ‘Transforming the Deaf Dementia Experience’. The project is a community interest initiative supporting deaf people, and their carers, who are living with a diagnosis of dementia. Through the provision of accessible resources (also available in British Sign Language (BSL)) the project aims to promote a better understanding of dementia within the deaf community.