News and Events Board
Dear Readers,
This new facility has
been added to DementiaWeb Kent and Medway and the aim is to offer the opportunity
to display local news and events. You can also use the
board to give and receive support, to share experiences with others in similar
circumstances and gain further understanding of dementia.
Dementia Awareness Week 2012
Remember the Person Event
- 21st May 2012
We would like to invite you to an event to mark Dementia Awareness
Week 2012.
The theme of this year’s awareness week is Remember the Person,
which puts people with dementia at the heart of the campaign. Our aim is
to help bring dementia out of the shadows, to get people to think and talk
about it, and to remember the person behind the dementia.
As well as a chance to learn about some of the excellent services in Kent
there will be fun and informative workshops including the chance to stretch
your vocal cords in an interactive signing for the brain session.
The event will be followed by a buffet lunch.
At: County Hall, The Stone Court, Sessions House, Maidstone,
ME14 1XQ
On: Monday, 21st May 2012
Between: 10.30am and 2.00pm
To reserve your place please contact Olive Nisbet by email at olive.nisbet@kent.gov.uk
or by telephone 01227 598803
Alzheimer's Society - Dementia Priority Setting Partnership
The Dementia Priority Setting Partnership aims to work
with people with dementia,
their carers
and former carers, health
and social care professionals and members of the community to
identify and prioritise unanswered questions about the prevention, diagnosis,
treatment
and care
of dementia. This will help direct future research
according to the most critical issues that are important to the whole community.
Alzheimer's Society is coordinating the partnership with the James Lind Alliance, a non-profit initiative funded by the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council. The partnership will be overseen by a steering group consisting of representatives of people with dementia, their carers and health and social care professionals.
The agreed prioritised list of unanswered questions
will be publicised to research funding charities, commissioners, policy
makers as well as funding and research agenda setting organisations. The
process will also be used to raise awareness of dementia across all generations.
How you can get involved?
We are inviting people with dementia, their carers, former carers, family members, health and social care professionals and people with an interest in dementia to get involved in the partnership by filling in a short survey.
Completing this
survey
will give you the opportunity to submit any questions that you have been
unable to find answers for around the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and
care of dementia. This is your chance to ensure that future research will
address the most important issues to those affected.
You can complete
the survey online, or
download the survey and
return to:
Nicola.Hart@alzheimers.org.uk
OR
Freepost RSLR-KRTH-XCJG
Alzheimer's Society Research
Devon House
58 St Katharine's Way
London
E1W 1LB
The Arts and Excellence in
Social Care Settings
With all the competing pressures a care home manager has to juggle everyday it would hardly be surprising if arts activities did not always feature as a high priority. Any care home manager interested in delivering an excellent service, though, will be aware of the contribution the arts can make to well-being and quality of life and see them more as an asset than as an additional and unrealistic duty.
For further information on this report and a list of various arts activities please go to Creative Care in Residential Homes.
Medway
Link - Accessing Dementia Services Research Study Medway Link is conducting
a Market Research programme and has commissioned Lake
to evaluate the demand for dementia services locally and identify ways in
which accessing help and support for people who suffer with dementia can
be improved. We are keen to develop a network of organisations with expertise
in this field to identify individuals to take part.
We want to include providers, carers
and patients with dementia so we obtain a 360° review of current provision
and demand. We recognise the issues surrounding data protection hence the
need to rely on organisations DementiaWeb Kent and Medway to distribute
the survey. All responses are given in complete anonymity so we are not
able to identify those taking part unless they wish to give us their details
to take part in further studies or have their answers attributed to them.
Julie Hodgson
The survey can be accessed by clicking on this link:
www.lake-research.com/research
and selecting the button most applicable to you on the left hand side within
the dementia box.
We are able to conduct the interviews face to face
or over the telephone if preferred, we recognise not everyone will want
to complete online or on paper.
For further information about the survey or wish to arrange a face to face
interview or would like to complete it on paper, then please contact:
Tel: 01622 357 060
Email: julieh@lake-research.com
Web: www.lake-research.com
Care is in Crisis - Age UK
Petition
Many of those who need help and support are being badly let down by a faltering
system, while others find themselves having to sell their homes in order
to pay for support they need.
Age UK are calling on the Government to reform the care
system to ensure people in later life receive high quality care and support.
Age UK would like to collect 100,000 signatures and you
can add your name to their petition right now at Care
in Crisis.
The Government has promised a White Paper
on care reform in the Spring. This is a crucial moment
to influence the future direction of social care – possibly for a
generation.
New Online Resource for Carers Launches
A new partnership to support carers and help them and the people they care for be happier and healthier has launched.
Carewell (http://carewelluk.org) has been created with input from Carers UK, Bupa and MEND and is all about encouraging carers to make positive changes to their lifestyle so they’re better able to care. It combines tips from health experts and carers themselves in an easy-to-use online hub which is ideal to dip in and out of as time allows.
Under the overall banner of ‘energy to care’ – helping carers feel more energetic and better able to care as a result – content covers four key areas: identifying and coping with stress, eating well, moving more and sleeping well.
As well as providing useful information, Carewell also encourages carers to share their own thoughts, tips and views. It also offers some useful interactive tools including a downloadable track to help with getting a good night’s sleep, a nutrition quiz and a healthy snack guide – all with the aim of giving carers more energy to look after their loved one.
Check out the site at http://carewelluk.org and log on to have a look round, share your top tips for carers and those for whom they care and help shape the future of Carewell.
New Research findings
about Aricept and Later Stage Dementia
From a recent clinical trial which involved the continued use of certain
dementia drug treatments for people with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s,
the results showed significantly better cognitive and function abilities.
The research involved 295 Alzheimer's patients in Britain who were assigned
to one of four separate groups - one continuing to take donepezil (Aricept),
one stopping donepezil and getting a placebo, one stopping donepezil and
starting memantine (Ebixa), and a fourth taking both drugs together. Robert
Howard, a professor at King's College London, who led the trial, said it
was the first to show the value of continued drug treatment for patients
with moderate to severe Alzheimer's. Read
more.
You may like to read the report from the New
England Journal of Medicine.
We at Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Support Services are intending to run an exciting (FREE)
monthly Dementia Café for people who have dementia and their carers.
A Dementia Café is an informal
meeting place for people who have dementia, their family, carers and other
interested parties. It is a place to provide practical information together
with emotional and social support. It has the benefits of being all inclusive,
informative, and a self-help type of support group. Above all, a dementia
café helps us all to look at how we can live well with dementia and
be part of a community. We hope the Café will help carers
and the cared for person feel less isolated through peer support. We also
hope to provide specialist information and guidance by inviting health and
social care professionals along. The sessions will be informative and also
enjoyable, a place to relax with others who understand what dementia is
and how it affects a person. The Café will be open one afternoon
each month. There will be a programme that starts with some form of presentation
(either a DVD, or a talk, or an interview with a professional), followed
by an informal discussion and time for light refreshments with some entertainment.
In Swanley at
White Oak Court, Sycamore Drive, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7WF on a Friday afternoon
from 2pm to 4pm. If you are a person who
has dementia, or you are carer, we would like to invite you to join us in
the new venture. Places are limited and will be allocated on a ‘first
come’ basis. Rock Sturt End of Life Care Planning Learning Event
Alzheimer's & Dementia Support Services Dementia Café (ADSS)
What is a Dementia Café?
Locations and dates are as follows:
•
8th June 2012
•
13th July 2012
•
10th August 2012
•
14th September 2012
•
12th October 2012
•
9th November 2012
•
14th December 2012
In Dartford at the Conservative Club, 46 Spital
Street, Dartford, DA1 2DT on a Wednesday afternoon from 2pm to 4pm.
• 16th May 2012
• 20th June 2012
•
18th July 2012
•
15th August 2012
•
19th September 2012
•
17th October 2012
•
21st November 2012
•
19th December 2012
In Gravesend at the Emmanuel Baptist Church
Hall, Windmill Street, Gravesend, DA12 1BB on a Wednesday afternoon from
2pm to 4pm.
The dates of these meetings will be held on:
• 23rd May 2012
• 27th June 2012
•
25th July 2012
•
22nd August 2012
•
26th September 2012
•
24th October 2012
•
21st November 2012
•
19th December 2012
For more information about future meetings, please
contact:
Alzheimer's & Dementia Support Services
Basement Flat
Dene Holm House
Dene Holm Road
Northfleet, Kent
DA11 8JY
Tel: 01474 533 990
Email: rock.sturt@alz-dem.org
Please join us and learn about the importance of end of life care planning
and how you can help support people to make their plans and prepare. The
sessions will be led by the local Hospice’s End of Life Care
Facilitator with support from the local Admiral Nurse.
Admiral Nurses are specialists in working with people with dementia and
their carers.
Topics covered will include:-
• Advance Care Planning Intended audience are people working in West
Kent from:- • Voluntary
and Charity Sector Organisations We are holding three locality based events, all of
which will start at 9.30am with coffee and a chance to
network so please bring along information about the organisation you work
for. We will aim to end the day by 4pm. The South West Kent Event If you would like to book a place please
contact Jill Bush on Places will fill up quickly so please
respond ASAP
NB* Please note that booking
does not necessarily guarantee a place – your place will be confirmed
ahead of the day as we anticipate a high level of interest in these events.
The King's Fund
Designing Hospital Environments
for People with Dementia The King’s Fund’s award-winning
Enhancing the Healing Environment programme proves that straightforward
and inexpensive changes to the design and fabric of the care environment
can have a considerable impact on the well-being of people with dementia,
while at the same time reducing overall service costs. We’re running a number of two-day
workshops to help you improve your hospital environment. More details can
be viewed here www.kingsfund.org.uk/eheevents The events will take place on 17th and 18th
May 2012 at Cranage Hall near Crewe and 5th
and 6th September 2012 at Alexandra House near
Swindon. For further information, please contact
Gurinder Whall on 020 7307 2661 or email
g.whall@kingsfund.org.uk
What's so 'Special' about Special
Observations? Creative Dementia Arts Conference ‘Doing Things Together’ Principal Purpose Cogs Clubs For further information, please contact:
Trinity Community Resource Centre Hardres Street United Church The Methodist Church Hall Due to start: Creedy House Hale Place Care Homes Ltd - Dementia Care • A Listening Ear For further information on support and services available
please click on Maidstone
& Malling Carers
Project.
Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Outreach Service Our NEW
2 Dementia Support Workers will visit you at home
to offer advice and support. Please Note: This service covers
East Kent. The Expert Patients Programme The Expert Patients Programme has been
developed to help counter feelings of isolation and help individuals who
have similar problems to share their experiences, take control of their
health and learn how to self manage their condition on a daily basis.
A FREE
interactive six week course, led by trained volunteer tutors who themselves
live with one or more long-term health conditions, helps with:
• Dealing with pain, fatigue
and depression • Relaxation techniques and exercise
• Healthy eating • Communicating better with family,
friends and health professionals • GP consultations decreased
by 7% • Outpatient visits decreased
by 10% • A&E attendences decreased
by 16% • Pharmacy visits increased by
18% How can I find out more? Alternatively, please go to the
Experts
Patients Programme link for further information. East Kent Independent Dementia
Support (E.K.I.D.s) Monthly Groups From this we now run seven groups a
month, and are soon opening another. We also have 'professionals' there
to answer any questions you may have. These groups are friendly, understanding
and are known to offer excellent support for both carers and those cared
for. 4th Monday
of each month. From 5pm to 7pm The
Marine Hotel, Tankerton, Kent. An evening support group for younger carers
and those with younger onset dementia (under 65’s) Canterbury Christ Church University
is one of the leading universities in the UK for dementia care.
The teaching and learning in dementia
care is led by the team in the Dementia Services Development Centre
South East (DSDCse), a partnership between the University, Dementia
UK and Avante Partnership. Service development is a core activity
of the DSDCse. Its aims are to support dementia services
to plan, deliver, or improve the quality of services for older people with
mental illness and dementia, curriculum design and development, teaching
and training. Who is the course aimed at? The Foundation Degree in Dementia Care
is for health and social care support workers, for example, assistant practitioners,
who have experience and wish to specialise in dementia care and gain a qualification
at university. The work-based programme consists of
six dementia modules and six core modules (at level 3 and 4) which, together,
focus on practical skills and study at university. Each module is worth
20 credits. Aims The aim of the programme is to equip
students with the skills needed to provide leadership in person centred
dementia care in the work environment. Course Content The programme includes six specialised
dementia modules that provide education and training in person-centred relational
dementia care. Modules cover: • Understanding the impact of
dementia on the person, family and carers • Workshops in therapeutic skill
development and advanced communication methods • Implementation of partnership
and leadership working that support the person with dementia, their family
and carers • Support and facilitation for
workplace practice development Participants will share and
learn from others’ expertise and knowledge within a range of study
sessions including: • Taught sessions in theory and
methods of holistic dementia care • Practice workshops, seminars,
role play/simulation and group discussion • Small group projects and analysis
of the work products • Planning and evaluation of
workplace project • Practice development and analysis Assessment Assessments usually include one academic
paper and practical demonstration of academic and skill achievement in the
workplace. Start date will be in September
2012 and each module consists of five taught sessions per
term, including academic direction at the University (30 hours) and workplace
learning. For further information or for an informal
interview please contact Penny Hibberd on 01227
782 602 or email penny.hibberd@canterbury.ac.uk Postgraduate Programmes
Broadmeadow
Dementia Extension
Model of Care “Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained”
Risk Guidance for People with Dementia produced by The Department of Health
says “The most challenging time for practitioners and family carers
probably occurs at the ‘in between’ stage when the capacity
of the person with dementia to make decisions fluctuates, but is not considered
to be absent altogether”. The service will be for adults presenting
with cognitive impairment/dementia to improve and provide the following:
• Multi-agency working and commissioning
of services
• Meet the future needs of people
with Dementia • Services which will maintain peoples’ independence
through Enablement Services and offer assessment and maintenance
of life skills to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and reduce the need
for long term residential care. Further information can be found on
the Broadmeadow Dementia
Extension – Model of Care document.
Dover Luncheon Club Social networking group. This group is run in collaboration
with the Admiral Nurses. Meals from £4.00 per person. When: 1st Friday of the month from 12.00pm
to 2:00pm Where: Brickfields, Cherry Garden Lane,
Folkestone, CT19 4AP Awards in Awareness of Dementia/Certificates
in Dementia Care The Design
Council The project aims to: * Improve the lives of people living
with dementia and their carers by developing sustainable service models
and assistive technologies. * Highlight the opportunity for new
approaches to dementia care and provide incentives for partnerships of public,
private and third sector to develop these. * Involve new partners, in particular
those with experience of social enterprise and innovation, and stimulate
new thinking about future models of dementia care. * Demonstrate the role designers can
play in addressing this major social challenge, to improve dementia-related
products and services. The Design Council
and the Department of Health want you to rethink life with
dementia. A million people in the UK will be living with the condition by
2021. But there's a difference between simply living and living well.
• Beginning and holding difficult conversations about death and dying
• Working with families and carers when people lack capacity to make
their own plans
• Resources, local and national to support end of life care planning
• Providers of Domiciliary Care and Support
Will be held at: Delarue Hall,
Shipbourne, Tonbridge
On: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Email: jill@invicta-advocacy-network.org.uk
or telephone on 01322 285234
Two-day Residential Workshops
There is increasing evidence that the environment
of care, particularly in acute hospitals, can have a significant effect
on people who have dementia. Yet health professionals and estates and facilities
staff often struggle with how best to create a therapeutic environment for
people with dementia.
Special Observations, Older People with Dementia
Special observation or ‘specialling’
is a well-known nursing activity in older people care across different settings.
The groups that possibly are most affected by this intervention are older
persons with dementia and/or delirium who find themselves in acute or general
hospital care.
It is evident from practice development work that nursing teams have a range
of ideas about what special observation is and what its purpose is and how
to carry it out or evaluate it. Some of this is due to the fact that specialling
is closely associated with older people and specifically older people who
have dementia or delirium where ageist and anti-dementia values can be found.
Further, the research literature about special observations
in the mental health field is small; more disappointingly there appears
to be little published literature about special observations in regards
to older persons with a dementia and/or delirium.
So how are nurses to organise and provide evidence informed care? And just
how is policy and guidance to be developed for nurses to follow?
The Dementia Services Development Centre South East are proud to present
Professor Jan Dewing, who will be speaking
on Special Observation or ‘Specialling’
at RG 38, Ramsey Lecture Theatre, Canterbury
Christ Church University on Monday, 28th May 2012 from
4pm to 5.30pm.
Registration will open at 4pm and the session will
begin at 4.30pm
This session is FREE of charge
and open to anyone; all are welcome, including professionals, carers, people
with dementia or anyone else with an interest.
For further information on this and to book, please contact Katy
Russ, DSDCse Administrator on 01227 767
700 ext. 3884 or by e-mail to dsdcse.events@canterbury.ac.uk
Creative Dementia Arts Network is developing a knowledge
hub for everyone interested in using creative arts to improve the health
and well being of people living with dementia and their carers. We provide
information, training, consultancy and evaluation services and seek to build
an on line community network that connects, collaborates and shares resources
in arts and dementia.
Who is this Conference for?
Commissioners of arts and activities in health, social
care and housing, artists, performers, and musicians, health and social
care professionals and health / care workers in hospitals, care homes and
communities, galleries, museums, and cultural institutions, arts organisations,
academics, researchers and students and anyone else interested in this important
and developing field.
This event will take place at The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford,
London, SE8 4AG on Monday, 11th June 2012.
Flyer
For further information, please contact:
Register on line at www.eminence-grise.co.uk
Email: anita@eminence-grise.co.uk
Telephone: 07801 509 993
Directions: www.thealbany.org.uk
An event focusing on different ideas for interactive approaches to dementia
care.
Featuring guest speakers presenting on a variety of activities that may
be beneficial for people with dementia and their carers to enjoy together.
These include:
Salmagundi Films, Kent Libraries Project, Dementia Adventure, Living
Words and Sing for Your Life.
This event will take place on Tuesday, 19th June
2012 from 9.30am-4pm at Og12, Old Sessions
House, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Cost: £60 per person
For enquiries or to book a place, please contact Katy Russ, DSDCse
Administrator b y telephone on 01227 767 700 ext. 3884
or by e-mail on dsdcse.events@canterbury.ac.uk
Age Concern - Chair Based Exercise Leadership Course 2012
To use an evidence-based approach to ensure that exercise programmes aiming
to promote independence and/or to reduce the risk of loss of mobility among
older people are specific, progressive and effective.
Is the Course Accredited?
Yes. This is a Central YMCA Level 2 qualification. The
course is delivered by Later Life Training. There is a mixture of classroom
theory sessions and practical group work.
Course Details
Cost: Four Day CBE Course - £500 per person
inc VAT
Tutor: From Later Life Training
Venue: Age Concern Chatham, The Hopewell Centre
Course Times: 9.00am-5.30pm daily
Lunch: Bring your own packed lunch
Course Dates:
Days 1 & 2: 8th & 9th September 2012
Day 3: 22nd September 2012
Day 4: 6th October 2012
Please Note: Candidates must be available
to attend all four course dates. Appropriate clothing/footwear should be
worn.
For further information please
contact:
Mrs Catherine Steinmann, Chief Officer
Age Concern Chatham
The Hopewell Centre
Units 4/5 Hopewell Drive
92-94 Hopewell Drive
Luton
Chatham, Kent ME5 7PY
Tel: 01634 811938
Email: enquire@ageconcern-chatham.co.uk
Web: www.ageconcernchatham.co.uk
Cogs Clubs may be able to help people with mild to moderate Dementia.
These clubs aim to encourage members to participate in purposeful activity
in order to develop or maintain active minds.
The clubs are modelled on Cognitive Stimulation Therapy.
All Clubs run from 10.00am to 3.00pm
St Mary’s Avenue
Cliftonville
Margate
Kent
CT9 3TN
Every Wednesday.
Cost £18.00
Contact Lesley Woodland on 01843 294229
Hardres Street
Ramsgate
Kent
CT11 8QD
Every Thursday. Cost £8.00
Contact Sheena Srodzinski on 01843
867818 or Sue Colgate on 01843 586320
The Sunflower Centre
19/21 Cattle Market
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 9AP
Every Friday. Cost £22.00
Contact Julie Jenner on 01304 614237
High Street
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 1LU
Every Wednesday. Cost £15.00
Contact Jo Tumber on 0785 0070214
Barnetts
68 Frant Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN2 5LR
Every Wednesday. Cost TBA
Contact Eileen Gilbertson on 01892
542983
Age Concern
3 Park Street
Deal
Kent
CT14 6AG
Every Friday. £10.00
Contact Debbie Wonford on 01304
372608
Nether Avenue
Littlestone
New Romney
Kent
TN28 8NB
Every Thursday. Cost £10.00
Contact Anita O’Neill on 01797
362248
We improve the health and wellbeing of older and younger people with dementia
by providing a safe, stimulating, loving, warm and caring home environment.
We have been caring for Alzheimer’s sufferers since 1988 and during
this time we have built an enviable reputation, second to none, for delivering
sensitive care to the very highest standard within small, homely surroundings.
Services Offered:
• Carers Support Groups - Raising Awareness
•
Day Centre
•
Domiciliary Care
•
Home Care Support Services
•
Care Homes
•
Shared Lives
Opening times from 9.00am to 4.30pm. Self
Referral
For further information, please contact:
Kevin Helwett
Hale Place Care Solutions
79 Old Road
East Peckam
TN12 5EN
Telephone: 01622 871081 or 01622 872177
Email: info@haleplace.co.uk
Maidstone & Malling Carers Project
Maidstone & Malling Carers Project is a point of
contact for carers living in the Maidstone, Malling and surrounding rural
areas needing support, information and assistance.
Some of their services include:
• Support Groups
• Regular Contact
• Kent Carers Emergency Card
• Information on local services / support
• Information on Entitlements / rights
• Benefits
• Newsletters
• Information Booklets
• Carers Forum
Computer Club for Carers at the Maidstone
Community Support Centre
The Club will run from 11.00am to 12.30pm
on the 1st Wednesday of every month. Open to all abilities,
including carers totally new to computers who want to learn but need confidence
before joining a formal class.
For more details telephone 01622 685276 or email Christine
at: smiffies.gaalatea@googlemail.com
Contact details:
Barbara Hagan
39-48 Marsham Street
Maidstone Community Support Centre
Maidstone
ME14 1HH
Tel: 01622 685276
Email: carers@vam-online.org.uk
The Pool Activity Level (PAL)
Instrument for an Activity Model of Care
The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument has become the
framework for care in settings for clients with cognitive impairments caused
by conditions related to dementia, strokes and learning disabilities; across
the UK.
The instrument has been validated and will also be of interest to strategic
level providers and commissioners of health and social care services as
a standardised assessment and outcome measure.
In the clinical practice guideline for dementia, The National Institute
for Clinical Excellence (NICE, 2006), the PAL Instrument
is recommended for activity of daily living skill training and for activity
planning.
This one-day workshop-for which the DSDCse
have commissioned Jackie Pool herself-is suitable for all
care workers from a range of professional backgrounds including occupational
therapists; nurses; social workers; health and social care support workers
and activity providers.
For further information, please contact: Katy
Russ, DSDCse Administrator by telephone on 01227 767 700
ext. 3884 or by email: dsdcse.events@canterbury.ac.uk
Our Dementia Support Outreach Service goes 'live'
across East Kent (Dover, Deal, Sandwich, Ramsgate, Thanet, Canterbury, Whitstable
and Herne Bay).
Already covering Tenterden, Ashford, Romney Marshes,
Hythe, Hawinge, Folkestone and Canterbury.
Visits are arranged from 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday
to Friday in Dover, Deal, Sandwich, Ramsgate, Thanet, Whitstable, Herne
Bay.
To make an outreach appointment with Andrea
Foord please contact us at the office on 0845 04
05 919 or you can all her on the her mobile on 07584503748
Visits are arranged from 9.00am to 5.00pm,
Monday to Friday in Tenterden, Ashford and Romney Marshes, Hythe, Folkestone,
Hawkinge and Canterbury.
To make an outreach appointment with Catharina Andrew in
these areas please contact us at the office on 0845 04 05 919.
What is the Expert Patients Programme (EPP)?
• Planning for the future
Four to six months later, patients who had
completed the course reported:
Who can take part?
Anyone living with one or more long-term health conditions.
Find
a course in your area and book a place
by using the forms in the top right related forms box.
If you are a health professional and would like to
refer a patient please see the forms in the related forms box from the above
link.
If you would like to talk to somebody about the programme
please contact the EPP Team:
Jane Reynolds
Expert Patients Programme Co-ordinator
Tel: 01233 667808
Email: Jane.Reynolds@kentcht.nhs.uk
or
kcht.epp@nhs.net
EKIDS began almost by itself. Originally,
there were two small support groups for about eight years, and I was asked
to 'continue' the memory group after The Sarre Day Unit (our local 'Mental
Health Unit) had finished after its eight week course.
When and Where?
1st Tuesday of each month.
From 10.30am to 12 noon at Ramsgate Boating Pool Café,
Royal Esplanade, Ramsgate. Coffee and a Chat socialisation group for those
with dementia and their carers.
2nd Tuesday of each month.
From 10.30am to 12 noon at St. Christopher’s
Church, Princess Margaret Avenue, Newington, Ramsgate. Support group for
those with dementia and their carers. This group is also attended by health
professionals and service providers who can give advice where needed.
2nd Wednesday of each month. From
3pm to 4.30pm. at Trinity Resource Centre, St. Mary’s Avenue, Cliftonville.
Support group for carers only.
2nd Thursday of each month.
2pm to 3.30pm. at Christian Fellowship, Harbour Street,
Whitstable. Support group for those with dementia and their carers run by
the Admiral Nurse for the Canterbury area.
3rd Tuesday of each month.
From 12noon to 2pm. Lunch Club at Trinity Resource
Centre Cafe, St. Mary’s Avenue, Cliftonville. An informal get-together
for those with dementia and their carers.
4th Wednesday of each month.
From 7.00pm to 8.30pm. The Bakehouse, St Mildred’s
Road, Westgate-on-Sea, (between Carlton Cinema and Corals). An evening support
group for younger carers and those with younger onset dementia (under 65’s).
For further information please contact Tessa
Read on 01843 591608 or email t.read8839@btinternet.com.
Foundation Degree in Dementia Care
Building and Changing Relationships
Who is the course aimed at?
This 20 credit module is for health and social care practitioners who need
advanced skills in palliative and end of life care for people with dementia,
their carers and families.
Aims
The aims of the course are to equip practitioners with the knowledge and
skills needed to provide needs-based holistic care for people with dementia
and their families who are facing advancing dementia and the end of life.
Course Content
The 20 credit module covers:
• Understanding the impact of advanced
dementia on all those involved
• Critical review and analysis of current
issues
• Evidence base
for palliative and end of life care
• Workshops in facilitation of wellbeing,
holistic intervention & spirituality
• Implementation of palliative care in
the workplace
• Support for development of advanced
multidisciplinary work
Duration
One semester. There will be seven taught sessions and 40 hours of academic
direction.
Cost
Please contact the Faculty of Health and Social Care Information Office
for details:
Tel: 01227 782379
Email: health.enquiries@canterbury.ac.uk
Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing
This programme is for practising nurses or midwives who are working at or
towards an advanced level. To be able to undertake the programme students
will need to be qualified practitioners in mental health nursing, have significant
clinical experience, currently in a role that enables them to apply the
concepts to practice and have managerial support.
Please contact the Pathway Director, Dr Henry Mutasa, to
register your interest or for further information about this MSc
Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing on telephone 01634
894447 or e-mail: henry.mutasa@canterbury.ac.uk
Many people in the early stages of a dementing illness may not have a formal
diagnosis, therefore people presenting with symptoms of dementia but who
have not had a formal diagnosis will be eligible for the service.
• Day care services 7 days a week
Lunch cost is £7.50 per person.
Please book in advance by calling 01304 216600
When: 3rd Monday of every month from 12.00am
to 2.00pm
Where: Dover Yacht Club, Marine Parade, Dover
Folkestone Luncheon Club
Social networking group. Collaboration between Alzheimer’s Society
and Folkestone Admiral Nurse. Refreshments/food purchased privately from
the bar.
Develop your knowledge, skills and understanding of dementia with a City
& Guilds qualification.
What are the qualifications about?
Currently 700,000 people in the UK have dementia and this figure is expected
to double over the next few decades. The Awards in Awareness of Dementia/Certificates
in Dementia Care will help to improve health and care services supporting
individuals diagnosed with dementia.
Who are they for?
The qualifications in awareness of dementia and dementia care are aimed
at occupational areas across all service user groups and ages, working in
statutory (including NHS), private and voluntary agencies. This also includes
healthcare/care assistants, support/key workers, family support workers
and team leaders/first line supervisors.
What are the Awards?
City & Guilds Award in Awareness of Dementia (Levels 2 and 3)
QCF
• Provides accreditation for learners’ knowledge and understanding
of this specialised area of care.
• Updates the knowledge and understanding of this specialised area
of care of those already employed in a care role.
These Awards require assessment of knowledge only through completion of
set assignments via a Distance Learning programme. Learners are expected
to carry out their own internet based research and/or reading in order to
complete written assignments within agreed deadlines.
City & Guilds Certificate in Dementia Care (Levels 2 and 3)
QCF
• These qualifications are aimed at those who are already working
in care roles with individuals with dementia and provide an opportunity
to have their knowledge and skills recognised through the achievement of
a nationally accredited qualification.
• They assess learners' competence, i.e. their ability to competently
perform a range of tasks in areas of practice such as person centred working,
communication and interaction, equality and diversity, individuals' rights
and choices.
Further information about these qualifications can be found on: http://www.cityandguilds.com/59412.html?s=2
The Design Council is partnering with the Department
of Health to work towards improving the lives of people with dementia
and their carers. An innovation competition, Living well with dementia,
is being run to challenge the UK's leading designers, technologists and
social entrepreneurs to come together to improve dementia care.
For competition information please go to
One in three of us who live to 65 will have
some form of dementia before we die.
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Skills for Facilitating Learning
in Dementia Care
Dementia Services Development Centre
South East
The Dementia Services Development Centre South
East (DSDCse) serves the counties of Kent, Sussex and Surrey. It
is based in Christ Church University in Canterbury.
The aim of the Centre is to support dementia services to plan, deliver and
/ or improve the quality of services for older people with dementia. These
include curriculum design, development, teaching and training.
Delegates who successfully complete the module and assignment will be able to join a live data base of people who are prepared to deliver accredited dementia awareness training on the DSDCse web site. They will be invited back on an annual basis for an update and to renew their place on the data base. Who Is the Course Aimed At?
This 20 credit level 6 module is aimed at nurses, OT’s, physiotherapists, care home managers and senior care workers, independent trainers, social care staff who need advanced skills in teaching and learning in dementia care.
Aim
The aim of this course is to enable learners to develop values and beliefs, knowledge, skills and competency relevant to their work area, culture and context to be able to deliver dementia awareness training.
Course Content
Delegates will develop a learning agreement using a template which is formulated and agreed between the learner, the University and the work place.
The study sessions will include a range of topics that include:
• Strategies to implement learning
• Theories and principles of teaching and learning
• Leadership, team working and management skills
• Workshops in facilitation of
dementia awareness
In addition, DSDCse also hold a series
of evening lectures, which are FREE
of charge and is open to anyone. All are welcome, including professionals,
carers, people with dementia or anyone else with an interest.
For further information please contact:
Katy Russ
Administrator
Dementia Services Development Centre South East
Canterbury Christ Church University
Becket East Bs25
North Holmes Road
Canterbury
Kent CT1 1QU Email: katy.russ@canterbury.ac.uk
Telephone: 01227 767 700 Ext: 3884 Alternatively
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DementiaWeb Kent and Medway
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Last updated: 164th May 2012