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Useful tips on Covid-19 vaccine for people living with dementia.

This incredibly informative helpsheet from Dementia UK, including  answers to many common questions, can be downloaded here or can be viewed here.
‘Wait until May?  No Way!’ – open letter to Matt Hancock
 
Alzheimer’s Society have organised for supporters to sign an open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care that calls for him to set out a clear timetable and process for re-introducing meaningful visits to care homes. If you would like to see the full text of the letter, you can find it here.
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Online Learning Modules for Change

Liverpool DAA member EQE Health is now offering on-line face to face training with the aim of ‘change after learning’. Each session is specifically tailored to the needs of clients with bespoke packages including one-to-one support, teaching or mentoring.

For full details visit our Training page here.

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Dementia research inquiry
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, is undertaking an inquiry into dementia research in the UK and the Government’s commitment to implement a ‘Dementia Moonshot’.

The inquiry will examine the current state of dementia research in the UK, how this compares internationally and how the pandemic has impacted the research field.  

The inquiry will also consider what support the Government can give to the sector – including the realisation of their commitment to double dementia research funding to £160m per year – and how this money can be best spent to ensure that the UK is a world leader in dementia research.  

Dr Clarissa Giebel of Liverpool Ageing and Dementia Research Forum has submitted evidence and answered a few questions about why dementia research and government investment is vital - if you feel the same, please follow this link to the online form:

Artists 'n Residents

Concerts for Care Homes is a personal performance for all Care homes, bringing some of the country's most beautiful, leading classical musicians live, directly for residents to enjoy, free of charge.
Different artists each week.

Every Wednesday at 2:30pm., full details here.

DEEP - the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project – is the UK network of dementia voices, consisting of around 100 groups of people with dementia – groups that want to change things.
DEEP is:
  • a UK wide network – it connects groups to each other to magnify the views, hopes and intentions of people with dementia. It supports groups to share learning and skills and to increase confidence
  • independent – the network belongs to the groups themselves, not to any particular dementia service or organisation
  • diverse – it is made up of groups strongly rooted in their local communities, including some in care homes
  • rights based – it encourages groups to identify and speak out about the issues that are important to them (not only to be ‘consulted’ about issues that are important to others)

DEEP Projects include -
  • Dementia diaries - members of the network recording reports about what matters to them.
  • Dementia Enquirers - aiming to develop a new approach to research, or ‘enquiry’, that is led and controlled by people with dementia
  • DEEP Guides - aiming to support the involvement of people with dementia.
  • DEEP Newsletters - sent out monthly to all groups and anyone else interested.

To find out more about DEEP, their work, how to join in and how to find local groups visit their website here .
Music-based therapy for people living with dementia

  • Free 12 week music-based therapy series

  • 12 sets of videos, one per week, in your inbox

  • For people living with dementia & carers
The past year has been especially tough for people living with dementia. But music can play a vital role in daily care – it stirs memories, reduces agitation and creates moments of joyful connection.

That’s why over the last few months, our small dementia project team has been busy preparing and filming the music-based therapy workshops we usually do in the community, so they can be shared in households and care homes all over the UK.

The 12-week video programme is made up of singing workshops, with a focus on speech and language therapy, and dance workshops, coupled with physiotherapy – all set to familiar classic tunes to keep participants engaged.

We can accompany you on this journey - during the 12 weeks, you will also have the opportunity to have a consultation with our speech & language therapist or physiotherapist, to speak about any specific issues you, or the person you care for, might be facing.

To sign up visit: https://www.thebraincharity.org.uk/dementia

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Former prima ballerina Marta C. Gonzalez revisits her dancing days through the power of music

Former ballerina Marta C. Gonzalez - who lived with dementia - is taken back to her days dancing in Swan Lake thanks to the power of music.

Ms Gonzalez, who was a prima ballerina with the New York Ballet in the 1960s, lived with dementia before passing away in 2019.

The video was captured by Spanish charity Asociacion Musica para Despertar, who use music from a person's life to improve their mood and memory function after a dementia diagnosis.

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