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bullet Baby P: Haringey leader and children's cabinet member resign
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Dementia Dignity & The Challenge Of An Ageing Society
Raising awareness, early intervention and improving the quality of dementia care
Thursday 26 February 2009 Location:TBA

The Department of Health and the Social Care Institute for Excellence have partnered with Community Care to deliver our upcoming dementia conference. The partnership is a crucial tool in the promotion of change in frontline practice and cultural change across care services, and will help turn policy into practice by exploring key areas of the DH’s social care programme.

Benefits of this conference:

  • Hear how to implement the National Dementia Strategy effectively
  • Hear first hand the Department of Health and SCIE position on personalisation
  • Understand quality person-centred dementia care within a residential care dynamic
  • Understand the practical implications of the new emphasis on Dignity in Care
  • Learn from the real life experiences and feedback of service users and carers
  • Discover key points of best practice in workforce training and reform
  • Update your knowledge of NICE/DH guidance on drugs within dementia to improve patients’ quality of life


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