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Kathy’s story – Living with a learning disability and dementia

16/07/201817/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Imagine reaching your 40’s or 50’s having lived your whole life in the shadows of discrimination, exclusion, social stigma and poor treatment within many health and social care services… and then developing dementia. You’re younger than the majority of people…

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Living with dementia in a rural community

19/03/201817/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

September 2017 saw the launch of the Dementia Action Alliance’s (DAA) ‘From Seldom Heard to Seen and Heard’ Campaign. The campaign focuses on people living with dementia and their families from six communities who are often marginalised from services and…

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Co-production in health and social care – It really isn’t rocket science

11/07/201619/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia1 Comment on Co-production in health and social care – It really isn’t rocket science

Last week was the first ever National Co-production Week, identified on twitter as #CoProWeek. Organised by the Social Care Institute for Excellence, the creation of this awareness raising week marks an important milestone in recognising that if you work in health or…

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Living with dementia as a younger person

15/09/201423/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia1 Comment on Living with dementia as a younger person

In amongst the figures announced recently by the Alzheimer’s Society on the scale and cost of dementia in the UK, the data on the numbers of younger people developing dementia was particularly notable. It is estimated that 42,325 people are now living…

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Special Measures – My view

21/07/201424/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Last week’s announcement that adult social care providers who deliver sub-standard care face being put into Special Measures from April 2015 proved to be quite a momentous event for me. I was involved in the announcement (details here), and it…

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Risk verses reward

21/08/201328/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia2 Comments on Risk verses reward

I’m not quite sure when it happened, but it seems that wrapping human beings up in cotton wool has become a habit that many individuals and organisations are struggling to get out of. Prime candidates for this approach are anyone who…

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Paid to care

10/07/201328/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia1 Comment on Paid to care

When you go into any care setting, either as someone needing care or their family, you naturally expect that everyone who is looking after you or your loved one has been given all the skills that they need to provide…

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Trouble with the language

27/03/201330/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia2 Comments on Trouble with the language

How we talk about dementia, and people with dementia, is a thorny issue. It is easy to be accused of being politically correct, or losing sight of the real issues by getting hung up on the language we use to…

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What makes a dementia friendly community?

01/08/201202/07/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

When I last wrote about the UK’s dementia challenge I said that we needed to make our country a place where people who are living with dementia can lead the lives they deserve to, rather than the ones foisted upon…

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I'm an award-winning content creator, consultant, campaigner and speaker, trainer and mentor, specialising in ageing, health & social care. Until 2012 I was a carer to my dad who had vascular dementia for approximately the last 19 years of his life. I aim to provide support and advice to those faced with similar situations, inform and educate care professionals and the wider population, promote debate and create improvements in dementia care.

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