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Building Dementia- Friendly Communities An update from Shropshire Council Stuart Armstrong

Building Dementia- Friendly Communities An update from Shropshire Council Stuart Armstrong. Context. October 2013 Dementia Workshop expresses a wish to take forward dementia-friendly communities agenda

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Building Dementia- Friendly Communities An update from Shropshire Council Stuart Armstrong

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  1. Building Dementia- Friendly Communities An update from Shropshire Council Stuart Armstrong

  2. Context • October 2013 Dementia Workshop expresses a wish to take forward dementia-friendly communities agenda • Shropshire Health and Wellbeing Board designates 2014 as the Year of Dementia Training and Awareness Raising • DATIS project is initiated at end of 2013

  3. DATIS- Objective To facilitate the development of Shropshire based dementia-friendly communities by supporting dementia awareness raising and training in Shropshire

  4. DATIS- Actions • Develop & Implement Shropshire Council’s DAA action plan, which has 4 key actions: • Support the emergence of Shropshire-based ‘Dementia- Friendly Communities’ • Raise awareness of access to diagnosis and the post-diagnosis support available to those with dementia and their families • Increase the number of ‘Dementia Friends Champions’ within Shropshire Council • Encourage all Shropshire Council staff to complete a ‘Dementia Friends’ information session - including those who work in customer-facing roles and those who do not

  5. DATIS- Further Actions • Produce resources, and publicise existing resources, to assist Shropshire communities aiming to become more dementia-friendly - i.e. Dementia Friendly Community Pack & Dementia Information Prescription • Support community led dementia-friendly initiatives through workshops, dementia-friends sessions and developing a Shropshire DAA Steering Group • Work in partnership with Shropshire dementia-friendly movement to deliver an awareness raising campaign through Dementia Awareness Week in May

  6. Links • Shropshire Council Dementia Friendly Communities Pack: www.shropshiretogether.org.uk/dementia-friendly-communities • Shropshire Council Dementia Action Alliance Action Plan: www.dementiaaction.org.uk/members_and_action_plans/1356-shropshire_council • Dementia Information Prescription for Shrewsbury (applicable to whole of Shropshire): www.dementiaweb.org.uk/pdfs/dementia_web_shrewsbury_information_prescription_v2.pdf • DATIS Twitter: @datis_shrop or https://twitter.com/datis_shrop

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