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News from
Liverpool Dementia Action Alliance
and member organisations

CORONAVIRUS - COVID-19

FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS MANY ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY. FOR ADVICE ON RE-OPENING PLEASE CONTACT THE ORGANISERS.

DETAILS ARE BEING LEFT ON THIS WEBSITE FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
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Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool

For an exclusive viewing of a specially prepared photobook, showing all of the dementia-friendly design elements of the new building,  go to the dedicated page here.
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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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Playlist For Life

Personal music is a powerful tool! Dean McShane, Mental Health Senior Lecturer at Liverpool JMU reports -

Our training introduces you to an innovative and powerful tool to help care for a person with dementia.

If you work with people living with dementia in any way then Playlist for Life
training will help you to become a musical detective and help to develop personalised playlists of meaningful music that taps into the emotions.
Details here.
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For all the latest news from
Liverpool Carers Centre visit their page here

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Carers programme announced

Tide (Together in Dementia Everyday) - an involvement network for carers & former carers of people living with dementia - have announced their full programme of events , activities and services through to next Spring.

For full details visit their special page here.
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News from Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research Forum

For all the latest event and news announcements - including upcoming webinars and conferences - visit their special page here. 
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Online support groups for carers and
people with dementia


Just a reminder that Mersey Care currently have two support groups running:

Carer support group – every Wednesday 2.30-3.30pm
Join Zoom Meeting    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83565689421    Meeting ID: 835 6568 9421

Zoom Inn – support group for people living with dementia and carers – every Friday 11-12
Join Zoom Meeting   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84596709594    Meeting ID: 845 9670 9594
 
If you'd like to join one of the groups just click on the link above. If you haven’t used Zoom before and feel that you could benefit from some extra support in using it then please let us know so we can help you - email here.
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Healthiness are providing online exercise

classes to help you stay active at home.


For full details of Healthiness's current programme visit their special page here.
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For latest news from our Wirral partners

visit their special page here

(Including an invitation to help win grant money from Asda !!)
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British Gymnastics Foundation have developed a programme called Love to Move aimed at older people, with particular benefits for people living with dementia or other cognitive diseases.

Love is Move is a group movement class and helps to improve strength, flexibility, finger dexterity, core stability and cognitive enhancement, therefore supporting independent living and a better quality of life.

The class is suitable for all needs from early diagnosis to end of life care and can be adapted to people living with injury including post stroke patients. The movements are set to music for memory stimulation and group interactive activities such as word recall, partner games and singing.
Impact studies involving participants and carers aged 50+ have shown the benefits of the programme  (Age UK 2017, SROI the Evaluator 2020. Both reports are available on the British Gymnastics Foundation website).
Benefits range from increased strength and mobility to improved memory and the re-gaining of functions such as walking, talking, using a knife and fork, getting dressed, as wells as reduction in social isolation from loneliness and an increase in confidence to socialise.
 
During the pandemic in Liverpool a weekly Zoom class occurs every Tuesday and once a month Sefton Park Palm House hosts a Facebook live Love to Move class. Once restrictions lift local deliverers  are looking for venues to host live sessions to introduce more local people to the Love to Move programme. Online classes will continue for participants who are housebound.

For more information contact Nicole Hughes [email protected]. Read about Jan and Martin, a LTM Case Study here.
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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.
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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 .

WHO ARE WE ?

Dementia Action Liverpool is a not-for-profit company set up and governed by Liverpool Dementia Action Alliance working within the Liverpool City Region to promote dementia friendly communities, helping people with dementia to live well and supporting all those affected by dementia.

This website is intended as a supplement to online information provided by statutory services and their partners and is provided with generous assistance from Liverpool City Council..

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of all content, DAL does not make any recommendations or give any warranty regarding services, information or products mentioned on this website.


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