Care Manager Caroline has made her pledge for #DementiaAwarenessWeek & the lovely Lesley,Community Mental Health Nurse who works closely alongside #TeamDPDS, has shared her pledge with us too❤️ NHS Fife Older Adults Mental Health Services NHS Fife Louise Ewing Gillian Gibson Helen Skinner Alzheimer Scotland #DAW2021

Very interesting to highlight possible impact of stroke on taste and smell. May be an explanation of why some people change food and drink preferences after stroke, eg lifelong tea drinker now only wants coffee.

Today we held our 1st #LivedExperience advisory recruitment panel. Here's what our panellists had to say: “To be included in things like this gives you back a sense of self-worth" “It is a privilege, it’s wonderful – can’t thank you enough, it’s been a joy” The privilege is ours!

Please share to spread the word about our Carers Week event. Angus Carers Centre Care for Carers @CarersWL @FifeCarers @nlct_carers VOCAL Edinburgh VOCAL Midlothian Simplify Caring @CarersOfDundee Carers Connected Dementia Carers Forth Valley Self Help Support @CarersofWestDun Innovations in Dementia Dementia Carers Count Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Fife

Befriending & Peer Support has drastically changed during the pandemic - but has it been for better or worse? And what can we learn? Join us for our next meeting on Tuesday 15th June to start #TalkingAboutDementia. People living w/ #dementia, #unpaidcarers & relevant orgs welcome

Thank you to everyone who attended our Carers Question Time event today. #CarersWeek may be coming to a close this weekend, but we're here all year to listen to the voice of #LivedExperience. Start #TalkingAboutDementia with us next week at our Befriending & Peer Support meeting.

Cheesy grins at our Befriending & Peer Support meeting yesterday. But we can't take all the credit - spot the cat!🐈 Massive thanks to all attendees. Join us in #TalkingAboutDementia for our next meeting on July 20th. Just email [email protected] #dementia #zoom

Last chance to fill in our #tech survey (& the last time we'll badger you - promise 🦡) We're building a #Technology Directory of peer resources. But we need people living w/ #dementia & their supporters to tell us what products/tasks they want advice on surveymonkey.co.uk/r/H3VWXPP💻

Do you live with #dementia? Want to work with us to create a #Technology Directory? The results are in from our #Tech survey - but we need you to tell us what to do next. Join our convo & #cuppa next Weds, 14th of July at 11am. Email [email protected] to register.

Eat Well Age Well Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Fife Thanks for letting us know - we'll add it to our playlist of podcasts to work along to🙂 It's always great getting to hear different people's ideas, and I'm sure this podcast will be useful for our new #LinkingLocal dementia-friendly communities work in Perthshire!

Outside the Box Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Fife Fab! Hope you enjoy it, we’re always happy to hear feedback on our podcast. And if you ever fancy being a guest then it would be great to have you on the show!

NHS Fife was involved in the consultation to develop the Quality Improvement Framework for dementia post-diagnostic support & found it a useful tool for assurance purposes Improvement Hub Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Fife Alzheimer Scotland Read their case study & watch our film in full here: ihub.scot/improvement-pr…

📢 Meeting for people with living with #dementia 📢 Closed group to create a safe space. Do you live with dementia? We're creating a #Technology Directory & we need your help. Come along this Wednesday for a convo & cuppa. Email [email protected] to take part.

Thank you Kevin Stewart SNP for meeting with us - really helpful conversation. Look forward to a continued dialogue, with the meaningful involvement of people living with dementia and their carers SDWG NDCAN JPearson

Peer support is such an important park for Post Diagnostic Support!

.Scottish Government Dementia Policy are keen to hear about your experiences of post-diagnosis support in Scotland Scottish Dementia Alumni 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 The Beacon Club Ceartas Advocacy Agnes Houston MBE 園田みどり Willy Gilder Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Fife dementiavoices.org.uk/deep-groups-ne…

#alzchat RT Eat Well Age Well On the Eat Well Age Well Podcast we also have an episode dedicated to #Dementia and #Nutrition. Caroline Mitchell-Wemyss from Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Fife gave great advice and tips for supporting older adults with eating & drinking well. anchor.fm/eatwellagewell…

.Scotmid Co-operative have really kindly sponsored a banner for STAND! Loving the purple hippo branding for the STAND group. Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Fife If you want to find out more about STAND in Fife a young onset group please visit their page on the DEEP website dementiavoices.org.uk/group/stand-ki…

.Age Scotland Dementia Alzheimer Scotland SDWG About Dementia bold-scotlandcic AHPDementia Life Changes Trust Scottish Government Dementia Policy Scottish Care Age Scotland Scottish Dementia Alumni 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 The Beacon Club Ceartas Advocacy Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Fife please share #KnowledgeisPowerScotland

Deji Soyinka discussing behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia as the great mimic. Many individuals who develop bvFTD as a young onset dementia have been given other diagnoses first, including depression and bipolar disorder. #ScotOAForensic21 RCPsych in Scotland Jo Brown 🕷