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© The Association for Dementia Studies
Welcome to the Association for Dementia Studies at the
University of Worcester
Professor Dawn Brooker & Dr Simon Evans
Association for Dementia StudiesUniversity of Worcester UK
Association for Dementia Studies (est. 2009)Developing evidence-based practical ways to help people live
well with dementia
• Committed to person –centred value base.• Multi-professional group of educationalists, researchers and
practitioners inclusive of people living with dementia• Cutting edge contribution to developing evidence-based practical
ways of working with people living with dementia, their families, friends and carers that enable them to live well.
• Using this evidence we deliver education programmes that empower people to provide skilled, competent and compassionate care.
The Association for Dementia Studies
The ADS LINK Group
• The experience of people living with dementia and their families inform the work of ADS at all stages.
• ADS LINK group Sept 2014
University of Worcester Association for Dementia Studies
Care Fit for VIPS websitewww.carefitforvips.co.uk
Dementia Pledge
Major Work clusters
1. Home, Communities and Diversity: living well & adjusting post diagnosis
2. Skilled Care and Leadership for Complex Care Services
3. Enriching Lives through Creativity, Arts, Nature and Sport
4. Person Centred Design & Technology
1. Home, Communities and Diversity: living well & adjusting post diagnosis
• Dementia Friendly Communities DAA• ASSET Housing research: Enriched Opportunities Programme• Housing Dementia Research Consortium • Meeting Centres and models of post diagnostic support• Connecting Communities • Domiciliary care and support action learning sets • PhDs care at home and personalisation• Schools and younger people• DEEP – Over the Rainbow• Women & dementia
2. Skilled Care and Leadership for Complex Care Services
• Care Homes Research PIECE-dem, CHOICE, FITS, ANS in care homes• Early & timely diagnosis, ALCOVE, experience of diagnosis• PhD’s in MCI and care home culture• VIPS, website and practice• Stand by Me• Leadership and Specialist Action Learning Sets ++• Foundation Degree in Dementia Studies• Dementia and sight loss• Hospitals acute and community ALS• Primary care and community health teams working with people with multi &
co morbidities• Dementia care bundles , national audit of dementia, PIE practice
development, delirium prevention (POD)• End of Life care Hennell award
3.Enriching Lives in dementia through Creativity, Arts, Nature and Sport
• The Arts in Dementia TANDEM doctoral training centre with Nottingham University funded by Alzheimer’s Society. 6 new PhD studentships (3 at Worcester) 2015-16
• Musical memories evaluation• Sound Healing research • Arts research network• Worcester arts network• Courtyard theatre• Dementia Adventure• Care Farms• Disability Sports opportunities; Dementia friendly cricket DAA
tournament• Football
4. Person Centred Design & Technology
• The Enhancing the Healing Environment from the Kings Fund hosted by ADS from January 2015
• i-pads evaluation• The EHE app development • Ability House• Links to City University• Hackathon
Please stay in touch with us
Dawn BrookerUniversity of Worcester Association for Dementia StudiesTel +44 (0) 1905 [email protected] http://ihsc.worc.ac.uk/dementia
Photographs of people living with dementia taking part in The Enriched Opportunities Programme