We navigated our way through 2016 following our achievement of winning the national award for Dementia Care with great optimism. We were also chosen to meet with the health secretary, who at the time was Jeremy Hunt, to discuss how the UK needed to address, change and improve the delivery of Dementia Care throughout primary and secondary […]

Personally, things were really hard. Not just for myself but Megan also, we felt so conflicted. We knew what we were doing was right, we were changing the way dementia care was delivered. We were enabling people living with the condition to be themselves, enjoy the things they always have done, give families respite, promote […]

My training as an Occupational Therapist had given me a deeper understanding about the importance of activities for our mental and physical wellbeing. I saw first hand the positive impact that day services had on individuals living with dementia when I was on my final year university placement within an older peoples community mental health […]