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Dementia Action Alliance Quarterly Event

Dementia Action Alliance Quarterly Event. Focus on Delirium and dementia in Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Communities 2 nd September 2013. Board update Dementia Action Alliance. Simon Kitchen, Lead Executive, 2 nd September 2013. Purpose of the Board. Guide the work of the Alliance

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Dementia Action Alliance Quarterly Event

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  1. Dementia Action AllianceQuarterly Event Focus on Delirium and dementia in Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Communities 2nd September 2013

  2. Board updateDementia Action Alliance Simon Kitchen, Lead Executive, 2nd September 2013

  3. Purpose of the Board • Guide the work of the Alliance • Maintain the independence of Alliance • Oversee the development of Alliance priorities • Ensure the Alliance is on a secure financial footing • Rotate the chairing of Alliance events • Set membership criteria • Approve (with Alliance staff) areas of joint work conducted under the name of the Alliance • Agree work plan of staff and monitor performance

  4. Board members • Prof Dawn Brooker – Worcester University – Research representative • Gill Ayling – Department of Health – Statutory sector representative • Prof Graham Stokes – Bupa – Private sector representative • Jeremy Hughes – Alzheimer’s Society – Not for profit sector representative and host organisation • Peter Dunlop – Person living with dementia representative • Peter Watson – Carer representative • Sharon Blackburn – National Care Forum – Not for profit sector representative

  5. New Board members • Karen Harrison Denning – Dementia UK – Clinicial representative • Heather Gilling – Dementia Support South Lincolnshire – Local representative • Daniel Snipe – PWC – Treasurer • Prof. Alistair Burns – NHS England – invited as Statutory representative

  6. Key decision • Approval of the Governance Framework (on website) • Approval of Lead Executive Objectives • To undertake public affairs work ahead of the General Election

  7. General Election This will be done through: • Running umbrella events for the main parties • Prioritising asks for manifesto commitments • Ensuring politicians don’t think that dementia is ‘fixed’

  8. Proposed ‘asks’ ‘Post diagnostic support’ ‘Breaking down the post code lottery’

  9. Other updates • Annual Report contributions • Carers Call to Action – request for health and well being board dissemination • Right Care Webinar Programme • DAA / Housing LIN Call to Action • Alzheimer’s Society survey of people’s experience of living with dementia

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