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Queering Up Dementia Care: The Next Steps
University of Stirling’s PhD researcher in dementia studies, John Angel Bond, presented at the 34th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, this month which was focusing on ‘New horizons – Innovating for dementia’.
First Gold Audit Accreditation in the Scottish Western Isles
DSDC is delighted to announce the first Gold Audit Accreditation in the Scottish Western Isles to Taigh Shophoirt (Seaforth House).
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.
Advanced Dementia Training with University of Stirling Elevates Care at the Future Care Group
Senior Dementia Consultant Dave Wilson-Wynne from the University of Stirling recently led an intensive day of Advanced Dementia Training for a select group of Lifestyle Leads and senior management from the Future Care Group, renowned specialists in dementia residential care.
Visiting PhD student experience in Stirling: Xiaolin Shen
“Hello everyone, my name is Xiaolin. I'm a visiting PhD student at the Division of Dementia and Ageing in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling, under the mentorship of Professor Richard Ward. I am visiting from the Design Department at Politecnico di Milano.”
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.
Glendale Cottage: The Harmless House
Join us as we explore Glendale Cottage: The Harmless House. This video captures the aspirations and design of the first DSDC EADDAT Gold Awarded Domestic Environment.
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:
Stress and Dementia Care
We all experience stress. It is the same experience for a person living with dementia as it is for a person without. Here are four strategies that you as a carer, informal or professional, can use to mitigate stress in a person living with dementia:
Nurolight®: sleep, light and dementia
For 18 months our DSDC researchers explored sleep, light and dementia. Our project Nurolight® assessed bright Light therapy – a form of using artificial light to retrain the natural
We asseused sers subjective visual comfort levels using a variety of different lighting conditions with varying levels of illuminance.
New training courses launched at DSDC
Over the past few months, DSDC has used its reputation and connections to develop three new training courses. The aim is to shape the practice, knowledge, and confidence of participants. This will help us in our continued mission to improve and sustain the quality-of-life for people living with dementia and their wider support networks.
Bowbrook Dementia Specialist Residential Care Home Achieves DSDC Gold Award for Dementia-Friendly Design
We are all stakeholders in ageing – especially as people live longer. In a remarkable step towards a more dementia-friendly society, Bowbrook Residential Care Home has achieved the DSDC Gold Award.
Here are five reasons why Bowbrook is at the forefront of dementia-friendly design:
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.
Dementia design and the use of trompe l’oeil
Trompe l’oeil (pronounced tromp-LOY) is an artistic technique not often seen in use nowadays except bizarrely in care homes, which are the least appropriate environment to use this technique.
How to self-certify with EADDAT Tier 2
Using DSDC’s Environments for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Tool (EADDAT) Tier 2 to self-certify is a great way to understand how your space is supporting an ageing population and people living with dementia. Tier 2 of EADDAT is the intermediate level, so it’s more in depth than Tier 1, but you don’t need any training prior to use, and it is suitable for any environment.