find Dementia Signage Blog - Design For Dementia

I can’t believe we’re getting to the of January already (and without snow!).  I am gearing up for next week’s conference at Event City in Manchester where Find will be exhibiting and I will be giving a presentation on enhancing the environment for people living with dementia on Thursday morning.  I will be really interested to see if this event attracts even more people this year as a result of the report published in December on the National Audit of dementia care in General Hospitals.  The report really highlighted the need for much more training for staff on supporting and communicating with people with dementia and also on improving the environment to make it enabling rather than disabling.  I have worked with over 100 hospitals where our signage and orientation aids have already made a huge difference to the quality of life for people  -  Bradford Royal Infirmary won awards last year for their ward environments.   Well that’s it for now, hope to see some of you at next week’s conference.  Karen

What a way to start a new year  -  we have just been accepted as a new member of the Dementia Action Alliance.  We have signed up to a National Dementia Declaration and set out our own Action Plan.  Anyone who is interested to learn more about the Group can visit their website dementiaaction.org.uk .  I will keep you informed through regular updates on what is happening within the Group and how successfully we achieve our aims.  Keep reading Karen