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In the shoes of … | Barry Rainey helping his Mum live well with dementia

Regular readers will remember the exciting series of Whose Shoes? workshops and associated events last year in Kent, in partnership with a fantastic group of passionate people from the Age UK Consortium, led by Sandra Springett, CEO of Age UK, … Continue reading

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The energy is building as West Kent embraces dementia friendly communities!

Thank you to all of you who have been following our Dementia Friendly Communities project in West Kent, in partnership with four local branches of Age UK, sponsored by West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group. We are using new bespoke Whose … Continue reading

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In the shoes of… Barbara Hodkinson | Founder of the Butterfly Scheme – 10 years on

I am delighted to publish this guest blog by Barbara Hodkinson, Founder of the Butterfly Scheme, to mark the ten year anniversary of this important contribution to personalised care for people living with dementia. I think Barbara will be thrilled … Continue reading

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Our global #NHSChangeDay campaign – enabling people living with dementia to speak out

“We pledge to take every opportunity to raise awareness of the reality of living with dementia and get people working together for inclusive dementia-friendly communities” This week our ambitious NHS Change Day pledge went live. Please join us here! Our … Continue reading

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Tough times in Europe but a message of hope

Last week we were very honoured to attend and run a workshop at the  23rd Alzheimer Europe Conference ‘Living well in a dementia-friendly society’, Malta 10-12 October 2013. I attended with Shahana Ramsden. We have written this blogpost together and … Continue reading

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The story of #dementiachallengers told in tweets

New Health Hashtag: #DementiaChallengers http://t.co/LJUSS0KGCh Thank you @WhoseShoes #hcsm — Healthcare Hashtag Project (@healthhashtags) July 28, 2013 So, #dementiachallengers. We are ‘official’… Thank you to the lovely @ClaireOT, who I met up with at the recent #KentDigiCare event, for telling … Continue reading

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“Nothing’s gonna stop us now” #dementiachallengers

So, Dementia Awareness Week is over. Hmm, we’ll see about that! It feels a very exciting time as we move into Year 2 of #dementiachallengers, a spontaneous collaboration between passionate people who not only want things to be different for people … Continue reading

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In the shoes of… Barbara Hodkinson | Founder of the Butterfly Scheme – Part 2

This is the final blog in our daily #talkdementia blogathon this week, as a ‘special’ to mark Dementia Awareness Week. I am proud to say, however, that #dementiachallengers raise awareness of dementia all year round, so we do not really … Continue reading

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In the shoes of… Barbara Hodkinson | Founder of the Butterfly Scheme – Part 1…

When Betty, my Mum-in-law, was in hospital – sadly for the last few months of her life – it would have made a huge difference if there had been a discreet butterfly symbol at the top of her bed. Not the … Continue reading

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In the shoes of… 100 people living, breathing, working with dementia!

This time last year I had a small idea. To build on my Whose Shoes? concept, looking at issues from different perspectives, I would ask a wide range of people to write a blog and I would post them, one … Continue reading

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