I was delighted to be invited back as a speaker for today’s The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Show. The description of my session, entitled ‘Wellbeing and Dementia – There’s no need to reinvent the wheel!’ was: How do you take a simple wellbeing structure, created in 2008, and use it to enhance dementia support in 2025?…
I’ve been privileged to work with MacIntyre to support their Dementia Special Interest Groups (DSIGs) since October 2013. I think I’ve now attend 30+ of these inspiring and informative meetings (here is an example from 2015), which in recent years I’ve co-hosted with Nicola Payne, MacIntyre’s Best Practice Manager for Health and Families. The MacIntyre…
Having become double-winners for our co-designed and co-delivered Loss and Bereavement Training for ARC England in conjunction with MacIntyre, Jess Hiles, Nicola Payne and myself have loved being back together to deliver this training three times during October 2024. We began by delivering it in-house for MacIntyre staff before providing a closed-session for one of…
I’ve been privileged to work with MacIntyre to support their Dementia Special Interest Groups (DSIGs) since October 2013. I think I’ve now attend 30+ of these inspiring and informative meetings (here is an example from 2015), which in recent years I’ve co-hosted with Nicola Payne, MacIntyre’s Best Practice Manager for Health and Families. The DSIG’s…
I’ve been interviewed by Sui-Ling about my work with MacIntyre, dementia in people with a learning disability, World Alzheimer’s Month and MacIntyre’s work around death and dying. You can watch the film here: https://www.macintyrecharity.org/news-blogs/the-sui-ling-show-episode-forty-nine-featuring-beth-britton-/ Thank you Sui-Ling for such a fabulous interview – I loved talking to you.
As part of my ongoing work with MacIntyre as their Dementia Consultant, I am proud to have supported the MacIntyre Health Team to create their first Dementia Pathway document. This comprehensive document provides MacIntyre services with a clear 3-step Pathway of dementia support which includes bespoke interventions for services to ensure staff have the skills…
I am immensely proud to share that the Loss and Bereavement training I’ve co-designed and co-deliver with Jess Hiles and Nicola Payne in a collaboration with MacIntyre and ARC England won two awards at last night’s inaugural Palliative Care Awards. Jess, Nicky and I picked up ‘The Workforce Development Award’ and ‘The Bereavement Support Award’.…
I’m delighted to have been Nicola Payne’s guest on the MacIntyre Families Podcast again, this time alongside Meg Wilding to record Season 3, Episode 8. We talked about our dementia work at MacIntyre and the fantastic Dementia Special Interest Groups that we run. The podcast is available to listen to here: https://www.macintyrecharity.org/news-blogs/families-podcast-season-3-episode-8/ Thank you Nicky…
Having created a highly acclaimed co-designed and co-delivered Loss and Bereavement Training for ARC England with my MacIntyre colleagues Jess Hiles and Nicola Payne, we’ve now adapted this course for NHS staff. Having run this healthcare-focused version twice recently, I’m delighted to share the fantastic feedback this course has had, including: “Excellent training thanks, covered…
Following my 2021 and 2022 podcasts with Nicola Payne, I was invited back by Nicky to record Season 3, Episode 4 of the MacIntyre Families Podcast for World Alzheimer’s Month 2023. Nicky and I discussed the World Alzheimer’s Month theme of ‘Never too early, Never too late’ (about risk reduction) and the dementia work we’ve…
Today I’ve co-delivered a webinar for Dementia Community (the organisation behind the Journal of Dementia Care and the UK Dementia Congress) with Rosie, a lady living with a learning disability and dementia who is employed by MacIntyre, and Nicola Payne, MacIntyre’s Best Practice Manager for Health and Families. It was a content-rich hour that gave…
I’m extremely proud to share the work I’ve been doing in conjunction with MacIntyre to provide co-designed and co-delivered Loss and Bereavement Training for ARC England. We believe this is the first project of its kind in the UK. I’ve worked with Jess, a lady with a learning disability who is employed by MacIntyre, and Nicola…
Following my Podcast Debut in 2021, I was invited back by Nicola Payne to record the 21st episode of the MacIntyre Families Podcast just before Christmas 2021. Nicky and I wanted to share information about MacIntyre’s Dying to Talk Project, which I am a consultant for. The podcast is now available to listen to here:…
In my role as one of 3 consultants on MacIntyre’s Dying to Talk Project, I’m supporting the Project lead – Nicola Payne – with a takeover of the UK Commission on Bereavement’s (UKCB) twitter account today. Do follow the UKCB as Nicky and I provide information about the Dying to Talk Project, share tips and resources…
One of the many things I regularly talk to my clients about is how they capture and share what they do through case studies. I’m often asked to ghost-write case studies, but today I’m able to share 3 case studies I’ve authored that were written for MacIntyre during their Dementia Project. They showcase MacIntyre’s work with…
As one of 3 consultants on MacIntyre’s Dying to Talk Project, I’m pleased to be supporting the Project team this autumn as we deliver the Session 2 and Session 3 training for MacIntyre staff in our 4 pilot areas. In Session 2 I will be delivering the workshop on ‘Providing the Best Support’, and in…
Following on from my role as a Consultant on MacIntyre’s Dementia Project, I’m delighted to be one of 3 consultants on their newly funded Dying to Talk Project. The Dying to Talk Project aims to test solutions to break down the barriers people with a learning disability experience regarding end of life care, death and…
I’m delighted to have been interviewed for the 9th episode of the MacIntyre Families Podcast. You can listen to the podcast here: https://www.macintyrecharity.org/our-approach/families/families-podcast/ My thanks go to Nicola Payne for choosing to interview me for the podcast.
Having immensely enjoyed working with MacIntyre as their external consultant for their 3-year ‘Dementia Project’, I am delighted to see their one-year-on report published. ‘Improving Dementia Support for People With a Learning Disability’ charts the award-winning Department of Health and Social Care funded ‘Dementia Project’, and explains how it successfully raised awareness of learning disability and…
As the external consultant for MacIntyre’s Dementia Project, I wrote 11 Changed Behaviour booklets, some of which have now been made available on their website. The booklets support the Changed Behaviour eBook that I wrote as part of MacIntyre’s Wellbeing for Life Toolkit. The booklets look at different ‘behaviours’ as they may be described (words like ‘aggression’…
