Aw thank you xx 🙏

And to you Gail!🙌 💞❄️x

🌟Latest news🌟

🔸Social Care Future publish their suggestions for the #CaseyCommission on the future of adult #socialcare buff.ly/CiLOmWU

🔸PhD researcher looking for people with dementia to share their knowledge and help shape project on ‘Open Dialogue’ buff.ly/pXPshw3

#dementia #research

Gorgeous photos Kirsty! Hope your first day back went well today x

when we're supporting people in our care,
yes our needs are important too,
but are we really paying attention to theirs or simply following protocol?
When we truly meet a person where they are, really listen & support meeting their needs something really beautiful happens
#relationship #connection

Aw thank you so much! 🙏 - yes listening to what matters most to people is so important. Limiting risks like walking in the garden or asking ppl to complete dull repetitive tasks for our own records can be so damaging. Instead we must never make assumptions and ensure everyone is ‘free to be me’ 💫

Dementia care without locked doors? Inclusion is becoming more common : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Go with the flow
Another theme that came up in recent training days
Really paying attention to what our client or loved one is telling us
This means we need to drop our agenda, listen deeply & ADAPT
#attunement #massage #Dementia #MindfulMassage #MassageTraining #gowiththeflow #MeetMeWhereIAm

Yes dropping our own agenda is such an important message Nicolle - one I’ve been addressing in recent training sessions too 🙌 x

An amazing summer Jen! Thank you so much for sharing it with us all 🙌☀️🎶

Jen’s summer months – in her own words
▸ https://lttr.ai/Ake6L

#learningdisability #inclusion #Thinkingdifferently

A huge thank you to the @dementiacommunity.bsky.social team for sharing so much of the #UKDC2025 Conference with people unable to attend in person. A very worthwhile two days 🙌💫

Love this Kirsty 🙌 📚

Thank you to everyone who helped make Day 2 of #UKDC2025 such a good one. Delegates, speakers, partners, sponsors, lived experience supporters and exhibitors all brought so much to the day. Safe travels home.

What was the moment you will remember most?

Panel 2: What’s next in tech? Arlene Astell has opened the session with the TEDI Network Plus and the System Change Big Conversation. The panel is now exploring how technology can make everyday life easier for people living with dementia.

#UKDC2025

Fantastic to have the @dementiacarers.bsky.social team here today and to hear a carer’s perspective on technology in dementia care. Thank you for adding your voice to the conversation. Always good to have someone in the room who actually knows how to make the tech behave. #UKDC2025

Panel 1: Hearing from carers and people with dementia about the tech they like now and the tech they would like in the future. Plenty of brilliant ideas already. The future of gadgets may well be born in this room.

#UKDC2025

More multi-sensory storytelling in a care home yesterday. Using simple everyday objects to bring stories to life with music, tastes, scents & the power of touch. 💞
#care #sensory #dementia #senses #connection 🐚 🌊 🌸🍪

In the interest of balance, everyone who read the Observer article about The Salt Path should probably read this. www.raynorwinn.co.uk

Plymouth? Smeaton’s Tower!

In this book, a #nurse of 1970s talks of having to recite every patient's details, diagnosis & what happened to them that day. Another ponders "That's what's missing now. We knew who they were."
Sometimes that is very much amiss these days - too target driven, task orientated.

Every #care #home should have one!
So good to hear #CareStaff who are also #UnpaidCarers for #family, now have their own #support #group. Creating time to share stories & lessen their heavy load will ultimately benefit everyone they care for. No one can keep giving care 24/7. Well done Rashielee 🙌

Fabulous to hear 🙌🪴

A new title has been added to the Reconsidering Dementia series: ‘Living with Dementia Reconsidered’. 

It is a co-produced publication that shares research findings from a decade of the IDEAL programme.

Read More: buff.ly/77RyIHv

Yes, it’s Jen’s ability to inspire others to follow their dreams, despite the many obstacles in her path, that make her such a powerful role model. I so enjoyed talking to Jen about being a NAPA Ambassador and catching up with all her latest news. Jen’s Monthly column & interview will go live soon!

Delegates immersed in movement at Richard Coaten’s dance workshop, part of today’s Creative Dementia Conference.

Richard works with older people on NHS dementia wards, using movement and creativity to support emotional wellbeing and mental health.

#CDAN2025 #DementiaCare

Attendees at today’s CDAN conference joined Kate Wilkinson's Music in Hospitals workshop for a reflective session exploring the role of music in care.

The group shared ideas on how it can bring clarity, support understanding, and offer moments of real companionship.

#CDAN2025

In the Waterside Suite, we heard from Hilary Woodhead and Ellie Lucas of NAPA, sharing thoughtful reflections on Arts in Care Homes—why it matters, what’s working, and how we can keep making care more human.

#CDAN2025

Lovely to see you over here Debbie. Look forward to seeing more videos over the coming weeks. Let’s hope we can encourage people to open those doors & make the most of outdoor spaces in care settings everywhere. 🙌🌱🪴☀️🪏☕️🫖🌻🌸

Four happy musicians in checked shirts and a female barn dance caller (me) in the centre in a summer dress. Instruments held are an acoustic bass, fiddle, mandolin & guitar.

Another great night calling a barn dance with these guys on Saturday! Why not book Hedgerow Tipple for your next family celebration or fundraising event. (Option to book us as a duo for lower budgets) 🎶 www.hedgerowtipple.com
#Herts #Beds #Bucks #Ceilidhs #BarnDances