Time for Dementia: Take part in a new award-winning programme

Time for Dementia

Local families affected by dementia are being invited to take part in an award-winning programme, to help train the healthcare professionals of tomorrow and improve dementia care.

Anyone with a diagnosis of dementia, regardless of type or stage, can take part in Time for Dementia with their carer or family member or friend. Time for Dementia provides an opportunity for students to learn the different perspectives of both living with dementia and caring for someone with the condition.

Our research shows that taking part in Time for Dementia improves students’ knowledge and attitudes towards dementia as well as an improvement of person-centred care to patients affected dementia.

The Time for Dementia project, supported by the Alzheimer’s Society, pairs families affected by dementia with undergraduate students, helping to better educate them about life with dementia and the challenges that come with it.

From September, Brighton and Sussex Medical School medical students will be taking part and the Alzheimer’s Society are now seeking families in the area who want to make a difference to training health professionals.

Time for Dementia is a fantastic way for the next generation of healthcare professionals to gain firsthand knowledge of what it’s like living with dementia.

Through your participation in the Time for Dementia programme you will help us to provide students with a long-term experience of what it is like to live with dementia. Sharing your experiences may influence the way they work with people affected by dementia in the future. Our research with families suggests that people with dementia and carers gain meaning and satisfaction from taking part in Time for Dementia and that student visits are enjoyable and beneficial to both the person with dementia and their carer.

If you would like to know more about the project, or you know someone with dementia and a family carer who would like to take part, please get in touch with Bik-Kay Talbot at timefordementia@alzheimers.org.uk or call her on 07562 430204. More information can be found at alzheimers.org.uk/timefordementia. Bik-Kay Talbot

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