I was pleased to be able to support TIDE – Together in Dementia Everyday today – during Carers Week 2025 – as a panelist for their webinar: ‘Making Shared Care a Reality: Outcomes & Recommendations for Dementia Care’. This webinar showcased TIDE’s ‘Making Shared Care a Reality’ report, which you can read here: https://www.tide.uk.net/making-shared-care-a-reality/. Shared…
As an Ambassador for BRACE I am always keen to support their work, so it was wonderful to attend and speak at today’s ‘Let’s Talk Dementia’ event in Bristol. Let’s Talk Dementia is a free, public information event (run as a collaboration by BRACE, Alive Activities and Bristol Dementia Action Alliance) that offers attendees the chance…
I was delighted to be invited by Care Talk to join an esteemed panel of experts for their Dementia Care Roundtable event today entitled, ‘Collaborating for Change: Shaping the Future of Dementia Care’. We debated key issues affecting people with dementia and their families/unpaid carers/care partners, as well as challenges impacting services and professionals working…
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…
Yesterday I chaired a panel at the LaingBuisson Innovation in Care Summit, which took place at Etihad Stadium, Manchester. The title of our session was: ‘Driving Innovation in Dementia Care’ and I was joined by: Giles Wilmore – Manchester Camerata Vivien Ziwocha – Boergog Care George Rook – Activist and Campaigner Jennifer Bray – University…
As part of my roles with Dementia Community I host monthly webinars. We have an exciting programme coming up in 2025, including speakers from January-June on the following topics: Holidaying with dementia Ask an Admiral Nurse Changing the cultural approach to care with Namaste Care International Understanding the impact of sight loss for people living…
Yesterday I was part of a roundtable discussion, hosted by PainChek, to explore the importance of maintaining independence for people living with dementia. Drew Hunt from PainChek hosted the roundtable, with Chris Norris, who lives with dementia, Professor Martin Green from Care England, Hannah Millar from Orchard Care Homes, Louis Holmes from North Central London…
It’s been fantastic to have the opportunity to present twice during UK Dementia Congress 2024. On Tuesday 26 November I shared the stage with Nicola Payne, MacIntyre’s Best Practice Manager for Health and Families, as we presented: ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All : Bespoke Learning Disabilities support when living with Dementia’. Brilliant to be in…
As part of my roles with Dementia Community I host monthly webinars, which today has included hosting my first Open Space webinar. Dementia Community Open Space webinars are a chance to network with Dementia Community members, share work, ideas, projects and future plans relating to dementia care and support, and find out more about Dementia…
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 was honoured to join Barbara Stephens today to jointly MC the 14th National Dementia Care Awards in Sheffield. It’s been a wonderful day celebrating the best in dementia care and support. Huge congratulations to all the finalists and winners, all of whom are listed here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/events/national-dementia-care-awards A shout-out to the Dementia Community team too…
I was delighted to join a panel at today’s first Person Centred Software Customer Engagement Conference. Chaired by Hannah Millar of Orchard Care, I was joined by a person living with dementia (not named at the person’s request) and Lucy O’Flaherty, CEO of Columbia Aged Care in Australia. We discussed: ‘Understanding the person behind the…
I’ve very much enjoyed speaking at today’s National Care Forum (NCF) Communities of Practice for Dementia. I shared information about how to work well with families to improve outcomes for people supported. Many thanks to Liz and Valeriia for inviting me.
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.
I was delighted to be able to support BRACE at their Charity Gala last night. I’ve been an Ambassador for BRACE since 2013, and it was an honour to be able to support such a wonderful charity at this event and be asked to give a speech. Thank you Nikola, Chris, Elin, Liberty, Jed and…
My latest speaking engagement has been a presentation for Public Policy Exchange ‘Improving Dementia Care: Delivering a Long-Term Plan to Tackle the Crisis in Dementia Care’ webinar. My presentation was on the topic of ‘Recognising and supporting carers’. I shared information, advice and lots of onward signposting for the professionals on this webinar. Thank you to…
I was honoured to be able to share tips and advice for families and professionals in my presentation today at The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Show. Covering everything from environmental modifications to peer support organisations, my presentation contained a huge amount of signposting to help those watching as they support a person with dementia. I provided…
I’m looking forward to speaking at ‘Words Matter: Redefining Language in Dementia Care’, the first of KYN’s Dementia Action Week Programme of Events on Monday 13 May at 12 noon. I’ll be on a panel with Professor Martin Green from Care England and Tom Owen from My Home Life. The panel will be chaired by…
As part of my roles with Dementia Community I host monthly webinars. We have an exciting programme coming up in 2024, including speakers on topics such as Montessori in dementia care, Non-pharmacological prescribing, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Find out more and sign up for these free-to-attend webinars here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/events/webinars-2 You…
