The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a guide to support the commissioning of high-quality, evidence-based care of people who have dementia, which includes a new social care dementia quality standard – Supporting people to live well with dementia (Reference: QS30). Dr Jill Rasmussen, Clinical Champion for Dementia, Royal College of […]
The Department of Health’s website is being archived and will no longer be updated. Newer information from government about dementia will appear from now onwards on gov.uk
Richard Potter will be cycling 600 miles from Honiton around the coast of Devon to raise money for the Lewy Body Society in memory of his stepfather, Frank Sansom, who died of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) last year. If you would like to encourage Richard and help raise awareness of DLB, please donate at […]
Lewy Body Society played an active role in the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) meeting on Wednesday 20 March. Speakers included Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham MP and Dr Martin McShane of the NHS Commissioning Board (see ‘Domain 2: Improving Outcomes for People with Long Term Conditions’). If you would like to find out more about […]
The Faculty of Psychology of Older People of the British Psychological Society has launched its new report“Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication” at a Westminster event. Spreading knowledge in this area is particularly important because of the sensitivity of some people with dementia with Lewy bodies to neuroleptic drugs — a sensitivity that can result in severe […]
The Lewy Body Society exhibited jointly with Parkinson’s UK in the Dementia Village at the NHS Health Expo at London’s ExCel on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 March #dementiachallenge #nhsexpo
On a very wet and windy Sunday in February, Louise Davies and Shona Godefroy ran the Gloucester 10k in memory of Shona’s father, Stewart Dyer, who died in February 2012, aged 63, of dementia with Lewy Bodies. Shona said, “It was the first time that the run took place in Gloucester and the route was […]
LBS took part in the Innovate Dementia Symposium in Liverpool on 12 March.
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Alzheimer’s Society has launched a campaign called Putting Care Right which aims to improve the quality of care for people with dementia in a variety of settings: care homes, hospital and people’s own homes. A survey by the Alzheimer’s Society has discovered that more than 320,000 of the 400,000 people living in the 20,000 care […]
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