Pages tagged with: dementia
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Why it’s time for a rethink on dementia care
Plymouth Pioneers: Why it’s time for a rethink on dementia care. Professor Sube Banerjee, MBE
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Time for Dementia
Time for Dementia is a ground-breaking dementia educational programme that delivers a new method of training students enabling an understanding, empathy, knowledge and compassion to support families living with dementia in the future
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DETERMIND – Determinants of quality of life, care and costs, and consequences of inequalities in people with dementia and their carers
DETERMINED – Determinants of quality of life, care and costs, and consequences of inequalities in people with dementia and their carers - is looking at why dementia care is unequal, what it means for people with dementia and their health.
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Music sessions can help millions who struggle to speak to lead a richer life, study suggests
Music could be used to transform the lives of millions of people with learning difficulties, dementia, strokes, brain damage and autism and their families, according to a research project from the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Music Zone
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"Our society overvalues youth and undervalues older adults"
Plymouth Pioneers: Academic spotlight: Professor Sube Banerjee MBE - "Our society overvalues youth and undervalues older adults"
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Dementia
Dementia research at the University of Plymouth.Our dementia research focuses on improving the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals with dementia and their carers.
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University and Argyle unite to fight dementia
Plymouth University news: Plymouth University is teaming up with Plymouth Argyle Football Club to help the club re-connect with supporters living with the symptoms of dementia
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Dementia experts visit House of Lords
Plymouth University News: Plymouth University’s pioneering efforts to support rural communities in fighting dementia have been showcased to some of the UK’s most influential political figures
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Funding for better understanding of neural stem cells
Plymouth University news: Study to investigate how neural stem cells differ from each other may contribute to the future development of better treatments for conditions such as dementia, psychiatric disorders and brain tumours
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Launch for first National Memory Day, the flagship event of Dementia Awareness Week 2017
Plymouth University news: The launch will include the opening of a national writing competition and the world’s first wiki poem dedicated to dementia and to which the public can contribute a line, started off with a line composed by Sir Andrew Motion
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National report on airport accessibility
A report analysing UK airports’ accessibility for people with disabilities and mobility restrictions has been published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) – and is endorsed by a key player in dementia care from the University of Plymouth.
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Advancing the care and support of the person with dementia and their carer (degree and masters level) (HEAD347 / APP732)
Gain confidence in your own expertise in dementia care and enhance your employability in a variety of health care settings by completing University of Plymouth's dementia module.