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    Dementia Action Week 2023- The importance of post-diagnostic support | British Geriatrics Society - 2 year(s) ago

    The focus for Dementia Action Week 2023 is diagnosis. Relevant to this is an excellent new report from the Alzheimer’s Society: ‘Improving access to a timely and accurate diagnosis of dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland’.

    Source: British Geriatrics Society
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      GeriSoc

      "Post-diagnostic provision tends to be delivered through organisations such as @alzheimerssoc @age_uk. The relevant organisation can be very helpful in explaining what is offered locally, #DementiaCafes or other groups" #DAW2023 #DementiaActionWeek2023 https://t.co/cpbGYodBma

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      GeriSoc

      "As healthcare professionals working with people with #dementia, we have a role in knowing about locally available support services and connecting our patients to them." #DementiaActionweek #DAW2023 #DementiaActionWeek2023 @alzheimerssoc @DementiaUK https://t.co/cpbGYodBma

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      GeriSoc

      "I've seen the good, the bad & ugly of post-diagnostic support for #dementia. What I’ve learned has been helpful both for my family but also in my job as a #geriatrician" #BGSconf followers! Essential #DementiaActionWeek2023 reading via @emmavardy2. https://t.co/cpbGYodBma

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    An Introduction of Lewy Body Dementia - 4 year(s) ago

    How to diagnose and treat a common yet underrecognized disease: Lewy body dementia

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      MedscapeNeuro

      Take this intro to #LewyBody dementia lesson during #DementiaActionWeek to better understand the neurological disorder that affected Robin Williams and 1 million+ Americans. https://t.co/JKsWRGWxB5 with @JenGoldmanMD https://t.co/1S1MgPQq8P

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    Young-Onset Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - 4 year(s) ago

    A new study provides a summary of what is known regarding the prevalence of young-onset dementia.

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      > 50% of cases of young-onset #dementia were caused by #Alzheimers disease. The next most common etiologies being frontotemporal dementia and alcohol-related dementia. https://t.co/5LIDULKH0o #LetsTalkAboutDementia #DementiaActionWeek https://t.co/agFviazpYd

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    Remembering Dementia Action Week | British Geriatrics Society - 5 year(s) ago

    Dr Emma Vardy is a Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Dementia and Delirium Lead at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. She is Chair of the BGS Dementia and Related Disorders Special Interest Group. Dementia Action Week, organised by the Alzheimer’s Society, was due to fall between 11 and 17 May 2020. Although Dementia Action Week has now been deferred to later in the year, it…

    Source: www.bgs.org.uk
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      #DementiaActionWeek has been paused but #dementia action certainly hasn’t and continues around us regardless of the challenges. Let’s continue to advocate for people living with dementia. Never has the symbol of the forget-me-not flower been more pertinent https://t.co/sxB9b6qv6V https://t.co/T3lCU7KaEn

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      GeriSoc

      Recovery phase of the pandemic will provide an opportunity to reflect, and to capitalise on successful innovations. Perhaps more importantly will be the need to support those experiencing the particularly cruel type of grief associated with #dementia https://t.co/sxB9b6qv6V

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      GeriSoc

      A survey of memory service activity and the impact of the #COVID19 pandemic being carried out by the @rcpsych will be particularly helpful in re-establishing activity in the ‘new normal’ context https://t.co/sxB9b6qv6V

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      GeriSoc

      Though dementia has seemingly been overlooked at times this triggered action from #dementiachampions. @JohnCampaign were quick to recognise impact of revised @NHSEngland guidance on hospital visiting and successfully campaigned for recognition of carers https://t.co/sxB9b6qv6V

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      GeriSoc

      Although #DementiaActionWeek has now been deferred to later in the year, it still seems a good opportunity to raise the profile of dementia, highlight the unmet needs created and magnified by the #COVID19 pandemic https://t.co/sxB9b6qv6V

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      GeriSoc

      'Remembering #DementiaActionWeek' via @emmavardy2 https://t.co/sxB9b6qv6V https://t.co/XX474Z4hHF