Further resources
DEEP: www.dementiavoices.org.uk for information about DEEP and a range of guidance notes about involving people with dementia.
What is DEEP?
DEEP stands for the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project. It is a growing user movement of people with dementia across the UK. It connects involvement/influencing groups of people with dementia - groups where people with dementia are working together to raise awareness about dementia, to provide view points to policy makers and decision makers, to influence local dementia practice and strategy, and to challenge the existing narrative about what it is like to live with dementia. There are currently 50 groups that are part of the network as well as connected individuals with dementia. DEEP is funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Comic Relief, and supported by Innovations in Dementia and the Mental Health Foundation.
Watch our short film here from people living with dementia on why language is so important. http://www.jrf.org.uk/topic/dementia-without-walls
Please feel free to use this video in any presentations that you may give.
Please use Twitter to spread the word. The hashtag is #dementiawords.
Download our posters for free:
I m a person living with dementia posters DAA DEEP.1
I m a person living with dementia posters DAA DEEP.2
I m a person living with dementia posters DAA DEEP.3
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DAA Board Minutes NOV 2013
The minutes from the DAA Board meeting on 4th November 2013 looking at local and national DAA SWOT analysis and strategy summary.
Download DAA Board Paper 4th November 2013 -
Are we creating a world where people with dementia can thrive?
Neil Mapes, CEO of Dementia Adventure shares why he thinks it’s good to take positive risks and get people outdoors.
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Understanding the changes in intimacy that accompany dementia
As a social psychologist, I am really interested in assumptions and what they do in the world. One of the most common assumptions I hear is this – old people don’t have sex...people who are ill don’t have sex...
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DAA Board Minutes APRIL 2013
The minutes from the DAA Board meeting on 22nd April 2013 on building the network, dementia care and support compact and an update.
Download DAA Board Minutes 22nd April 2013 -
Webinar: Mental Capacity: The Role of Speech and Language Therapists
On 20th November 2017, RCSLT delivered a webinar entitled Mental Capacity: The Role of Speech and Language Therapists
Download Mental capacity webinar -
Dementia Action Alliance Governance Framework 2017
This document provides an overview of the background, working and governance of the Dementia Action Alliance.
Download 2017 DAA Governance Framework v2 -
For Commissioners
Guidance to services to support family carers living with dementia
Download Top 20 Checklist April 2014 Final Version