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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</p><p><b>Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group meeting for
the Dementia –Person Aligned Care Team (D-PACT) project.</b> D-PACT researchers
meet regularly with groups of people with dementia, carers and former carers,
to discuss aspects of the project and seek advice and feedback. The PPI groups
have worked with researchers to develop a person-centred recruitment approach, develop the
D-PACT Dementia Support Worker role and ensure that research materials are
accessible and acceptable to people living with dementia. <b><i>Photo
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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.
