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Navigating the Frontiers of Dementia: ADI Conference 2024
The 36th Global Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International took place in Kraków, Poland, last week. Experts around the world came together under the theme of ‘Dementia: Insights. Innovations. Inspirations’ and shared information on achievements, innovations, and best practices in dementia research, care, and policy.
DSDC Senior Dementia Consultant, Dave Wilson-Wynne, attended and represented the University of Stirling and our Centre. Here is what he said about the experience:
New training courses launched at DSDC
Over the past few months, DSDC has used its reputation and connections to develop three new training courses. The aim is to shape the practice, knowledge, and confidence of participants. This will help us in our continued mission to improve and sustain the quality-of-life for people living with dementia and their wider support networks.
Bowbrook Dementia Specialist Residential Care Home Achieves DSDC Gold Award for Dementia-Friendly Design
We are all stakeholders in ageing – especially as people live longer. In a remarkable step towards a more dementia-friendly society, Bowbrook Residential Care Home has achieved the DSDC Gold Award.
Here are five reasons why Bowbrook is at the forefront of dementia-friendly design:
DSDC Chief Architect receives Churchill Fellowship to travel to Fukuoka, Japan
In 2019, DSDC Chief Architect Lesley Palmer received a Churchill Fellowship with the purpose to study, record, and catalogue the built environment and healthy ageing projects in Fukuoka, Japan.
Lesley’s Fellowship spotlights the importance of international collaboration when working with ageing and dementia. Through her travels, we are shown a new perspective on dementia friendly design and reminded why different cultures may need different solutions.
Scottish Borders Council works with University of Stirling on dementia-friendly care village
Members from Scottish Borders Council have visited University of Stirling dementia design experts to explore options for the region’s new Tweedbank care village.
How to self-certify with EADDAT Tier 2
Using DSDC’s Environments for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Tool (EADDAT) Tier 2 to self-certify is a great way to understand how your space is supporting an ageing population and people living with dementia. Tier 2 of EADDAT is the intermediate level, so it’s more in depth than Tier 1, but you don’t need any training prior to use, and it is suitable for any environment.
How to self-certify with EADDAT Tier 1
Using DSDC’s Environments for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Tool (EADDAT) Tier 1 to self-certify is a great way to understand how your space is supporting an ageing population and people living with dementia. Tier 1 of EADDAT is the entry level, so it’s an easily accessible place to start and suitable for any environment.
A New Dementia Strategy for Scotland - Literature Review
The University of Stirling is proud to have been commissioned by the Scottish Government to conduct a review of current dementia research for the purposes of informing the development of the new Dementia Strategy for Scotland.
Dementia-friendly Pub Call
DSD are looking for pubs everywhere to become more dementia-friendly and have launched a new tool to support this.
20th Anniversary of the Online MSc in Dementia Studies - Save the date
The MSc in Dementia Studies is celebrating 20 years of online delivery. This internationally renowned programme has been developing leaders in dementia care from across disciplines and from around the world for the past two decades and the teaching team and our alumni have much to share and to celebrate.
Environments for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Tool (EADDAT) Launches
The Environments for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Tool (EADDAT) has now launched!
Living well at home: Housing and dementia in Scotland
The National Housing and Dementia Forum launched their final report on 18.8.22
Changing the culture of care
The Best Practice programme remains popular because it is accessible, understandable and sustainable in the workplace.
Free dementia education workshops (Scotland)
RS Macdonald will be funding DSDC’s free dementia education workshops for family carers and volunteers, in Scotland, for two more years.
Scotland’s Housing Festival 2022
Lesley Palmer spoke at this year’s CIH Scotland’s Housing Festival around findings for the dementia and housing sub-group.
Environments for ageing and dementia
Research tells us that age-friendly environments can help foster healthy and active ageing by building and maintaining cognitive capacities across the course of our lives.
Welcome to the team!
DSDC is delighted to introduce to you three new team members; Dr Junjie Huang, Kanoko Oishi and Dai Kuichi.
Swedish Royal Visit
The King and Queen of Sweden paid a royal visit to the University of Stirling at the start of October to learn about its world-leading dementia research.
DSDC Design Assoicates, Australia
The University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kirsty Bennett, Debbie De Fiddes and Terri Preece as Design Associates to the DSDC Design Team; a multi-disciplinary team of architects, engineers and designers with specialisms in dementia design.
Products for dementia
World population is ageing and with that the profile of the 'end user' is changing too. Data from the World Population Prospects report (2017) estimates that the number of people over 60 will more than double by 2050; representing nearly a quarter of the world's population. Most notable is the increase in the oldest old (+80 years), which is expected to triple by 2050.