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The team produced a series of features, interactives and advice to support 2009's BBC and Open University series Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care?
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Comment posted by marilyn Stowe
07 Feb 2010
Programme very interesting. Free dementia care would be wonderfull. I work in NHS reviewing service users in nursing homes and often applying for money to fund their care. It is hard to get dearer... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
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Comment posted by nat
26 Jan 2010
Thankyou very much for the EXCELLENT and very insightful and thought provoking programme and accompanying leaflet recognising the truimphs and tribulations of all those living with and coping through... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
Free dementia care leaflet
Comment posted by waterwillow
21 Dec 2009
It is so clearly a time to focus on that growing portion of our society that we may well be one of in the future. A rethink in care is like all progressive journeys, it starts with a thought. This... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
Free dementia care leaflet
Comment posted by seterah
19 Dec 2009
I work as a carer in a home that is run by a company who has homes across the country and i thought this is an excellent programme but can give people the wrong idea on care homes. The company i work... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
Free dementia care leaflet
Comment posted by y0urman
18 Dec 2009
I found both these programes very moving, as someone who sufered a servere brain injury and is taking a cocktail of powerful drugs so that I can live independtly, and I have a very high risk of... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
Free dementia care leaflet
Comment posted by 63queensway
17 Dec 2009
Sadly I have to admit I have worked in these sort of care homes. Still to many people who have work in care for quite sometime will know the good ones and still the bad one in their local area.... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
Free dementia care leaflet
Comment posted by angelah
15 Dec 2009
Thankyou so much for the program, i work in a dementia care home, the program has been an eye opener for me, i must say vast training in dementia is very important, we need to treat our elderly with... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
Free dementia care leaflet
Comment posted by confuddles
12 Dec 2009
I have worked in Elderly Care or been inamongst it all of my life, and intend to continue working towards better care and social activities within this field. This programme was excellent, and I hope... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
Free dementia care leaflet
Comment posted by cedar
12 Dec 2009
I am a care home owner, operating 3 dementia care homes, one is Excellent by CQC and the other 2 are classed as Good. The programme reflects the current state of care in this country. I am not quiet... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet
Free dementia care leaflet
Comment posted by gjc
11 Dec 2009
Thank you so much for an excellent programme, highlighting the inadequacies in our current care system. Particularly the woeful emotional neglect of many clients, and the pressures faced by the... Read more : Free dementia care leaflet