© 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 855250dementia@worc.ac.uk http://ihsc.worc.ac.uk/dementia

Photographs of people living with dementia taking part in The Enriched Opportunities Programme