Wonderful to hear from Kate Swaffer she/her ❤️🖤💛 Dementia Alliance International putting the ME back into deMEntia and discussion about Prescribed Disengagement©️and the need and right to rehabilitation. Always wonderful to hear from you 💜💚

SDWG member Rynagh, opening this afternoon’s session at the Alzheimer Scotland conference Practice evolutions & innovations , sharing her thoughts and insights with this topic, hearing how receiving her diagnosis was not the end but was just the beginning. #AlzScot24

The future of long term care. Fiona Catterson NDCAN highlighting from her personal experience why we need new models of support for people living with #dementia placing their needs at the centre #AlzScot24

Fiona Catterson NDCAN taking about long term care ‘Need new models of support for younger people living with the dementia’ ‘long term care should support the person not the person having to fit into long term care’ #AlzScot24

Fiona kicks off the final sessions this afternoon, introducing The future of long term care. Fiona shares her experience as a carer , as a wife for her husband Ian who has experienced many forms of long term care. “Let’s ensure fairness and equality for all” #AlzScot24

Delighted to be working together Healthcare Improvement Scotland NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Care Inspectorate to take person centred approaches to reducing stress and distress. Apply here: ihub.scot/news/join-the-… #alzscot24

In our penultimate session, we’re hearing from our Deputy Chief Executive, Jim Pearson, who is giving us an overview of the Commission on the Future of Long Term Care report that we launched back in May. #AlzScot24

Jim Pearson ‘We need to be honest about the kinds of health and social care services we want and how we pay for this’ #AlzScot24 #LongTermCare

In our final session, we’ve got Alison McKean and Tom Russ from AlzheimerScot DRC, who will be discussing recent developments in dementia research. We’ll also be hearing from Stuart Dougall and Marion Ritchie from our Active Voice groups, who will be sharing their thoughts on the

Marion Ritchie from NDCAN ‘I believe that every new development all start with a researcher taking an interest and asking a question’ ‘only with research will there be improvements or a cure’ #AlzScot24

The passionate and adoring Stuart Dougall SDWG very much alive - challenging us all to keep moving forward with research in dementia Always a pleasure to listen to this gentleman 🙏 #alzscot24 Alzheimer Scotland

Met and interviewed the lovely Scott Mitchell - dementia champion and widower of Dame Barbara Windsor - at the #AlzScot24 conference in Edinburgh. #Readallaboutit in tomorrow's The Herald Alzheimer Scotland 🙌

Stuart from SDWG getting a resounding applause from the room by reiterating that despite his diagnosis of #dementia, despite the losses he has encountered along the way, despite negative media portrayals, he is very much alive 👏 #AlzScot24

Stuart Dougall from SDWG talking about research ‘It’s about having your voice heard, it’s your choice what research you take part in’ #AlzScot24

Relationships & collaborations; Alison McKean speaks eloquently about the depth of relationships in Scotland necessary to facilitate changes in systems and moves to new diagnostic tools and treatments #alzscot24 Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Scottish Dementia Research Consortium (SDRC) SDWG Brain Health ARC Alzheimer Scotland

Marion Ritchie powerfully opening the final session of the day “Dementia research in Scotland” and sharing why research is everyone’s business, the importance of taking part and involving people with personal lived experiences #AlzScot24

“I did not die” Stuart powerfully telling the audience at the Alzheimer Scotland conference that he is very much alive as he shares his experiences in taking part in research and why he does this. #AlzScot24

Some of my amazing ⁦SDWG⁩ & ⁦NDCAN⁩ colleagues at #AlzScot24 💜

That’s a wrap #AlzScot24

We wrapped the day up with a talk from our director, Dr Tom Russ, who discussed where #Dementia #Research is taking us. #ALZSCOT24 #Red4Research