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Free public evening of short talks on dementia research for carers
Thursday 18th July 2019 (doors open at 6.30pm, talks start at 7pm, finish 8.30pm)
BAWA Health and Leisure Centre, 589 Southmead Road, BS34 7RG.
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Dementia friendly wildlife gardening
Come On Board and Avon Wildlife Trust are offering free, dementia-friendly wildlife gardening sessions.
Free dementia carer support course
Dementia Carers Count are currently offering free spaces on their Dementia Carer Support Course. This is a three day residential course which takes place in Swindon on 25th – 27th June 2019.
Dementia and You: Have Your Say
What do families, friends and carers find good or bad about living in South Gloucestershire?
South Gloucestershire Dementia Action Alliance Survey
The South Gloucestershire Dementia Action Alliance (SGDAA) has been working to make communities dementia friendly. This means places where those living with dementia and their carers/supporters feel respected, supported, understood, able to access services easily and be a part of their community.
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Would you like to be involved in Dementia Research?
North Bristol Trust are looking for people aged 45 and over who are interested in taking part in dementia research.
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Home Instead seniors film clubs
Home Instead Bristol North are running regular film clubs for seniors. An opportunity for cake, company and a classic film, these monthly film screenings are open to everyone, including carers.
Have attitudes to dementia changed in the last few years?
Dementia Health Integration Team and University of the West of England are trying to find out how attitudes to dementia may have changed over the last few years, with a new Attitudes to Dementia survey.
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New eligibility criteria for blue badge
The government has announced that the eligibility criteria for the blue badge scheme will be changing to include those with ‘hidden’ disabilities. This will benefit people who are autistic or have a learning disability, dementia or a mental illness.
GP award scheme launched
We have recently launched a new award scheme for GP practices in South Gloucestershire to show how ‘carer and dementia friendly’ they are.
Lancaster University Dementia Care Survey
Lancaster University is looking for people with previous or current experiences of caring for a person living with dementia. If this is the case for you, your perspectives could help them to identify outcomes that are important for people with dementia who live at home and establish which outcomes should be a priority.
In earlier phases of this study, Lancaster University identified 54 outcomes that are important to key stakeholders (including people living with dementia) and that are used in existing research.
Participation in this survey involves completing two surveys.
- In the first survey you will be asked to rate how important each outcome is (from the perspective of a person living with dementia). The first survey will close on 8th January 2018.
- In the second survey, you will be shown how others have scored each outcome and then asked to reconsider your initial rating. It is important to complete both surveys. The second survey will open in the mid to late January 2018.
As a token of appreciation you will be eligible to claim a £10 Amazon voucher from Lancaster University upon completion of both surveys.
Full details are available this information sheet.
If having read this, you are interested in taking part in this study please click on the survey link.
Lancaster University would like you to initially register using your full name and email address to help track completion of each round, and so they can send you a link to the second survey. Your responses will be anonymous. Upon registration, you will be allocated a unique identifier so that Lancaster University can process all data anonymously.
If you have any questions/ comments about the study /or what is involved, please contact:
Andrew Harding, Research Associate
Tel: 01524 592847
Email: a.harding5@lancaster.ac.uk
Marie Crane, Research Coordinator
Tel: 01524 592976
Email: m.crane@lancaster.ac.uk
Residential Dementia Carer Support Programme
The Royal Surgical Aid Society is looking for family carers of people with dementia to take part in a new three-day residential support programme.
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Living well with dementia roadshows
Do you live in South Gloucestershire and care for someone with dementia? Come along to South Glos Council roadshows to find out about how you and the person you care for can live well with their diagnosis.
Dementia-friendly church services at All Saints, Clifton
All Saints church in Clifton has been running monthly ‘dementia-friendly’ church services since May in conjunction with ‘Friends on Friday’, their dementia-friendly cafe.
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BME dementia videos
To help make services more accessible for Black and Minority Ethnic communities, Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service has commissioned 6 short films (in Urdu, Punjabi, Cantonese, Somali, Polish and English-language) titled “Your questions answered – a film about dementia”. You can view them at Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service.
Keep an eye out for videos explaining services for carers in a range of languages appearing on this site soon.
New Memory Cafe in Soundwell
Are you caring for someone who has dementia or a memory impairment? A new memory cafe is being launched in Soundwell.
