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Professor June Andrews

Professor June Andrews. Dementia Services Development Centre. What does it mean?. Impairment of memory Impairment of reasoning Impairment of learning Increase of stress The normal changes of ageing but at the same time as a reduced capacity to deal with them. Role of the DSDC. Information

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Professor June Andrews

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  1. Professor June Andrews Dementia Services Development Centre

  2. What does it mean? • Impairment of memory • Impairment of reasoning • Impairment of learning • Increase of stress • The normal changes of ageing but at the same time as a reduced capacity to deal with them

  3. Role of the DSDC • Information • Training • Consultancy • Change and innovation • Research

  4. Why doing it properly is less expensive

  5. The possible journey with dementia

  6. I don’t have time to help them eat…

  7. Taking dementia care forward in the future • Why doing dementia care properly is less expensive • How good design reduces adverse incidents • Time management and communication • Action to improve people’s lives now

  8. Basic principles • Consider the impairment • Use common sense • Work with research • Extrapolate from sensory and physical impairment • Use international best practice

  9. Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA Tel. 01786 467740 Email: dementia@stir.ac.uk Web: www.dementia.stir.ac.uk

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