Category Archives: dementia
Why is it that the Dementia Friendly Community initiative attracts a mere pittance of funding?
Guest blog from Carol Munt
munt12@aol.com
Dementia Friendly Communities ……… half a day a week or what?
It’s taken me a couple of days to start to write this blog.
I’m a left handed Sagittarian (for those of you who want to know), I’m not a placid or patient person and there are some things that really annoy me.
And I do mean really annoy me, even though I try very hard to take an unbiased view, make allowances and tell myself it isn’t the end of the earth.
So here goes…. my blog or rant, depends how you see it, for the Bank Holiday weekend.
Churches become dementia friendly
Move to give recognition to dementia-friendly churches
7:00am Saturday 24th August 2013 in News By Fran Bardsley, covering Education, East Oxford and Cowley. Call me on 01865 425439
OXFORDSHIRE churches which make themselves welcoming to dementia sufferers could be recognised in a new award scheme.
Just as churches which offer events, services and support for young people and children can be accredited as youth and child-friendly or family-friendly churches, the idea is that Anglican churches in the Diocese of Oxford meeting certain criteria could receive dementia-friendly church awards.
The idea is the brainchild of the Rev Dr Joanna Collicutt, who is the Spiritual Concern for Older People adviser for the diocese.
It is in part inspired by Prime Minister David Cameron‘s dementia-friendly communities initiative launched a couple of years ago.
New Admiral Nurse deliver extra dementia support in Norfolk
Patients living with dementia and their carers are receiving more support
Norfolk’s first Admiral Nurse, Zena Aldridge. Picture: Denise Bradley
Adam Gretton Health correspondent adam.gretton@archant.co.uk
Thursday, August 22, 2013
6:30 AM
Patients living with dementia and their carers are receiving more support following the recruitment of Norfolk’s first Admiral Nurses.
The county’s first specialist dementia nurses have begun working in the mid Norfolk area to help dementia patients after Dementia UK and Age UK Norfolk joined forces for a two year pilot scheme.
Zena Aldridge became the county’s first Admiral Nurse in April after the two charities received £60,000 from the People’s Health Trust.
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