Our Person First legacy continues
Dementia Action Week is always an important time for raising awareness of dementia and promoting actions to support the well-being of people living with dementia. At the Centre for Applied…
Creating leaders in the field of dementia care
The UK Government has pledged to be a ‘world leader in dementia care and research’, and expects that by 2020 UK will ‘the best place in the world to undertake…
Dementia Education for Young People
Dementia friendly communities have been a key focus of the National Dementia Strategy (2009) and the Prime Minister’s challenge (2015) in order to reduce the stigma associated with dementia through…
Carers’ experience of caring can influence the well-being of people with dementia
In time for Dementia Action Week, a new paper by Dr Catherine Quinn has just been published online in Aging and Mental Health https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1602590 This work looks at the influence…
Dementia Action Week – Experts by Experience at the heart of everything we do
From Monday 20 May to Sunday 26 May it’s Dementia Action Week that calls on people to talk to and involve people living dementia. We play our part at…
Getting to know us – Dr Janet McNally
We have been asking our team members to take a moment to answer some questions that will let you see the person behind the job rather than just the professional….
Getting to know us – Vasileios Stamou
At the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies we love to show off the awesome people who are responsible for our successful work. This time we’ve asked Dr Vasileios Stamou some get-to-know-you…
Both positive and negative experiences are important for carers’ well-being
As part of the IDEAL study (Improving the Experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life)1, Dr Catherine Quinn has been looking at the influence of both positive and negative experiences…
Getting to know us – Clare Mason
We have been asking our team members to take a moment to answer some questions that will let you see the person behind the job rather than just the professional….
Trine’s visit to the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies
The Centre for Applied Dementia Studies was very pleased to have Trine Holt Clemmensen from The Health Science Research Centre at University College Lillebælt Denmark, visiting us from 11th to…