Colin G Capper

[Time For Dementia @Time4Dementia]

📢Job Alert 📢
There is still time to join the team in #Bournemouth as we expand with @bournemouthuni and @alzheimerssoc
https://t.co/tXtyp5z8f6

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

@hayology

[Tofunmi Aworinde @tofunmiaworinde]

New paper out. We co-designed an intervention comprising a holistic outcome measure for assessment & clinical decision support tools to enhance shared decision-making for people affected by dementia and practitioners. https://t.co/OvNfAMnk7E

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

@AnnaResearchNet

[International PPI Network (also on Bluesky) @GlobalPPINet]

A new report on the history of INVOLVE is now available! INVOLVE played a central role in establishing the importance of public involvement in research in the UK, and this report captures personal stories and learning from the initiative.

Read it here: https://t.co/CbNllPEGDA

[Dr Aida Suarez-Gonzalez @Aida_Suarez_]

Best Practices for Communicating a Diagnosis of Dementia:

1. Show compassion
2. Ask preferences
3. Instill realistic hope
4. Provide practical strategies
5. Provide education
6. Connect caregivers with support
7. All info in written

https://t.co/WWUM8qlm1B

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

@VickyLShepherd @Aida_Suarez_ @shauntreweek @Trial_Forge @BENocivelli @ALBrooks2015 @sflynn_cctb @DrJeremySegrott @MRCNIHRTMRP @CTRCardiffUni A really important step @AnnaResearchNet

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

@Innov_Dementia @alzheimerssoc @bethyb1886 Thank you @Innov_Dementia, I’ll take a look.

[Alzheimer's Society Campaigns @AlzSocCampaigns]

Early bird registration for Alzheimer's Society Annual Conference is now open! Help us #MakeDementiaAPriority and sign up now to secure your spot to join us in person or online on 14th May: https://t.co/pTJcTA38wJ

[Innovations in Dementia @Innov_Dementia]

New Taking Part Opportunity - Survey about hearing conditions and cognitive impairments

https://t.co/ug6B1mPlJA

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

@DementiaVoices can you help Ben?

[Ben Williams @ShedtoMars]

Help all #dementia friends. Does anyone know a dementia group in Cardiff? Can anyone connect me for a technology project in a couple of weeks' time?

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

Hope you’re having a fab time @chris40781. I got married in Paphos and am long overdue a return.

[Chris Maddocks @chris40781]

Tonight’s sunset in Paphos, Cyprus

[Isabel Thomson @IsabelThomson96]

We are looking for an ambitious, creative campaigner to join our team! Could this be you?

Apply today or reach out for more information on how you can help make dementia a priority 💙

[Paul (he/his/him) @PaulR_1974]

Any music providers/theatre groups/singing professionals interested in a potential partnership opportunity (funded) - send me a message! Will be working with people living with dementia, as well as their family/carers.

[Mal (she/her) @Mal_RahmanAmin]

Job alert: Research Evidence Officer - FTC 12 Months is now live on the Alzheimer's Society website and will close on 30 Nov 2023.
You can view and share your vacancy here:
https://t.co/VDV7FWt04S

[Fiona Carragher @FiCarragher]

Great to see the excitement generated by the Blood Biomarker Challenge @alzheimerssoc @AlzResearchUK @PostcodeLottery This challenge can revolutionise dementia diagnosis & accelerate progress towards a blood test for dementia into UK healthcare systems: https://t.co/OAqapSWsQU

[Mark MacDonald @markjamesmacd]

This is a great example of the systems leadership role charities can and do play to drive innovation, collaborate, challenge and demonstrate what the future could look like. As @FiCarragher says, proud to be part of it.

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

@alzheimerssoc colleagues at #UKDC23 with partners from Medic Alert and Thames Valley Police discussing keeping people with dementia safe. As many as 40,000 people with dementia become missing people each year. #herbertprotocol

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

Standing room only at the co-production season at #UKDC. Hearing from @DementiaVoices members sharing great practice in involving people with dementia. @AnnaResearchNet @AlzSocDemVoice

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

Winner: Big Blackpool photo!

[Hayley Hogan @hayology]

2p machines, lights, candy floss and a bag of chips. 💜

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

@AnnaResearchNet

[Colin G Capper @CapperColin]

I’ve spent the morning working with @alzheimerssoc Trustees, people with dementia and Trustees with dementia, improving the design of our Board papers for everyone who uses them. @chris40781 @KateLeeCEO @FiCarragher @AlzSocDemVoice we’re all going to appreciate the results.