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David Sheard has been awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Surrey.
July 2010 - Launch of National dementia care "kitemark" press release
December 2009 - Dementia Care Matters and the BBC / Open University
'Feelings Matter Most' in action
As you may be aware Dementia Care Matters was recently involved with the BBC in contributing to the series:
'Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes?'
The series was shown on:
Tuesday, 8 December BBC 2 at 9 pm and
Tuesday 15 December BBC 2 at 9 pm
The series looked at the quality of life for people living with dementia in three examples of care homes.
The presenter was Sir Gerry Robinson . In the first programme Paul Edwards from Bradford Dementia Group is featured working with one home using Dementia Care Mapping. Also in the first programme Anne Fretwell and myself are introduced, including Anne's care home Merevale House previously featured in Alzheimer's Society's national training DVD 'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow'.
The whole of the second programme features excerpts of myself and Anne working with Sir Gerry Robinson using Dementia Care Matters model published by Alzheimer's Society:
· Enabling -- our qualitative observational evaluation
· Inspiring -- the leadership matters approach and 50 point checklist
· Growing -- training that works in dementia care
It demonstrates how quality of life improvements are dependent on real leadership and culture change and the challenges it presents an organisation with.
We hope that you find the series adds to the debate and evidence of what matters most in dementia care. Dementia Care Matters thought long and hard about its involvement in this programme and felt the opportunity to reach a large national audience was worth the commitment required.
The Feelings Matter Most series of 5 publications authored by myself are available to order through:
Families seeking a copy of our free information booklet 'How to Choose a Dementia Care Home' can order this through:
Individuals or organisations seeking a Dementia Care Matters information pack should send this request via e-mail to info@dementiacarematters.com
In addition, I have recorded a post-programme webcast with the Open University where myself and a panel give an expert's opinion on some of the issues the programme raises. This can be accessed via:
Everyone in Dementia Care Matters looks forward to discussing the content and impact of this programme with you over the coming months. Do feel free to circulate this e-mail to the widest possible audience.
With many thanks.
David
David Sheard
Director Dementia Care Matters
Visiting Senior Fellow, Division of Health and Social Care, University Of Surrey