Tag Archives: alzheimers
A message from the Prime Minister on Valentines Day
The official email of the British Prime Minister
Show you care this Valentine’s Day – become a Dementia Friend
Free information sessions which give people an insight into what it’s like to live with dementia are now available across England.
The volunteer-led sessions educate people about the small things they can do to make a difference to people living with dementia in their community – from helping someone find the right bus to spreading the word about spotting signs and symptoms.
After completing a session, you’ll become part of a network of Dementia Friends. Visit www.dementiafriends.org.uk
Dementia Challenge
David Cameron talks about being a Dementia Friend
Watch the video where he talks about why dementia is a hugely important issue for the country. 
Dementia Friends is part of the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge which includes initiatives to boost early diagnosis, to make wards and care homes more comfortable and help the public to better understand the condition.
This will shake your ideas about responsibility – very moving
A Life Beyond Dementia
http://youtu.be/PCi65x07vRw
Published on Feb 1, 2013
Throughout the world, families? lives are changed immeasurably as a consequence of DEMENTIA. But as with all aspects of our seemingly complex lives, things are not what they seem. It has always been possible to see the very same circumstance through the depth of a wiser gaze.
Lives are transformed through such a gaze. My hope is that Olga?s experience will change the very sight you place on your own circumstance. And in doing so, change your circumstance.
You can see many more Soul Biographies and download this film for free from http://soulbiographies.com/
Dementia care apartments to be built in Redditch
A STATE-of-the-art development, including self-contained dementia care apartments aimed at keeping family and partners together, is being built in Redditch.
5:00pm Saturday 2nd February 2013 in News
The development, in Evesham Road, Headless Cross, will include 42 apartments along with communal facilities and a well-being centre.
The work involves the demolition of an existing building, built in the early 1900s and donated to the Red Cross by then owner Dorothy Terry, to be used as a care facility.
The new development will be known as Dorothy Terry House.
