Virtual dementia tour comes to Wrexham giving a chance to “walk in the shoes of someone living with dementia”
Have you ever wondered what day to day life might be like for people living with dementia? An unique and insightful experience offering the chance to ‘walk in the shoes’ of a person living with dementia will once again take place in Wrexham next month. The Dementia bus, which will be based in Gwersyllt on April 24th, […]
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Free online course to help family carers and professionals understand more about dementia and its progression
A free, online course for family carers of people living with dementia, and health and social care professionals, has been launched by Newcastle University and FutureLearn. “Dementia Care: Living Well as Dementia Progresses” has been designed to help carers develop an understanding of the progression of dementia and the steps that they can be take to anticipate […]
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Dementia assistance dogs – helping with the future of dementia care
Dementia assistance dogs could alter the way that care is provided to dementia patients as it becomes a growing issue in the UK, along with the pressures put on care homes.Dementia Dog Kaspa who took part in the first dementia dog trials in Scotland in 2013Dementia dogs joining the ranks of assistance dogsThere is plenty […]
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BBC launches music website to help those living with dementia
The BBC has launched a new music website to help people living with dementia “reconnect with the music they have loved” and trigger happy memories. Research has highlighted the health benefits that music can play in helping people reminisce. Memories tend to be strongest from people’s teens and early twenties and reconnecting with music they associate […]
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