Community engagement and community dementia

forums

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alzheimers.org.uk

Andrew Chidgey

Head of Policy and Public Affairs

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- Why a community engagement model?

- Dementia Action Alliance

- Community Dementia Forums

- Dementia Friendly Communities project

www.alzheimers.org.uk

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Why commmunity engagement?

StigmaSocial isolation

Access to servicesDiscrimination

Poverty

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Why commmunity engagement?

StigmaSocial isolation

Access to servicesDiscrimination

Poverty

Support

ACTION

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Why commmunity engagement?

4 3 2 1

(Diagram adapted from Whitehead and Dahlgren, 1995)

An Alliance of 51 national

organisations committed to

changing quality of life for people with dementia and their

carers

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A National Dementia Declaration for England and organisation action plans

Family, friends, neighbours

Person with

dementia

Community Dementia Forums

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Person with

dementia

Carer

Family, friends, neighbours

Person with

dementia

Community Dementia Forums

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Person with

dementia

Carer

Alzheimer’s Society

HospitalLibrary

Post office

Travel agent

Church

Bank

Public transport

Local shop

Fire brigadePolice

Care home

Pharmacist

GP

Age UK

Community Dementia Forums

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• Ambition to create dementia community forums

across England, Wales and Northern Ireland

• Listening to people with dementia and carers

• Listening to people who work with them

• Discussing and implementing solutions

• Influencing to deliver change

Dementia friendly communities project

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Outcome: Dementia friendly communities where quality of life for people with dementia and their carers is maximised

How we will get there:

1. Working with people with dementia and carers to begin defining what a dementia friendly community is

2. Working with partners to understand what the solutions might be through action learning

3. Spreading it

THANK YOU

More information:

www.alzheimers.org.uk

achidgey@alzheimers.org.uk

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