WHAT'S NEW

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Nationwide Fairer Futures programme: free appointments with a dementia specialist Admiral Nurse

If you care for someone who has dementia or live with the diagnosis yourself, you can book a free 45-minute appointment

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So Many Beauties Festival: A Dementia Friendly Music Experience

Dementia United is proud to be part of the upcoming So Many Beauties Festival, a special event celebrating the power of music in fostering connection, creativity, and well-being for people living with dementia.

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Greater Manchester Dementia Practitioner Network September meeting

You’re invited to join us for the next meeting of the Greater Manchester Dementia Practitioner Network on Thursday 12th September 2024,...

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Dementia data dashboard

In collaboration with clinicians across Greater Manchester, our business intelligence colleagues and members of our Dementia Carers Expert Reference Group we’ve developed a dashboard which shows dementia diagnoses across all ten boroughs.

Living with Dementia Passport

Dementia United recently endorsed the Living with Dementia Passport, for use across Greater Manchester.

Spotlight: Dementia United’s new quarterly magazine

Welcome to this first edition of our new quarterly magazine. This edition focuses on our newly launched Greater Manchester Dementia and Brain Health Quality Standards.

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Greater Manchester Dementia Education and Training for Practitioners

We've now published our work that looked at mapping dementia training across Greater Manchester organisations.

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Greater Manchester Pathways to Dementia Diagnosis and Support

We’ve collated information on the different diagnostic pathways and post diagnostic support offers across Greater Manchester

A montage of photos from the event. Top left - Jag Brar-Orgill with Karan Jutlla. Top right - Daithi Clayton and John Hammond. Middle - Patrick, Sarah and Poppy. Bottom right - Karan Jutlla. Bottom left - stall at the event with two women talking to man sitting behind a stall.

Enter the DRAGON! The voice of lived experience in dementia research across Greater Manchester launches at Gorton Monastery

Over fifty people affected by dementia recently joined Dementia United and the University of Manchester at Gorton Monastery for the launch of DRAGON (dementia research action group – our network).