Understanding Dementia

Twyford-based charity, set up to bridge the gap between dementia awareness and a real understanding of the condition and how we can lessen its impact.

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Spaces available on our next interactive online training course for health & care professionals starting soon. All our past trainees are invited to an optional free add-on session on Troubleshooting in Dementia Care. https://t.co/3DQbQCTNQm or DM for more info.

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Spaces left on our information session, all about the dementia training courses we offer to Health and Care Professionals. Hear from our training team and previous trainees, on how our approach makes such a positive difference to practice. Book via https://t.co/K6UvXHcSAO

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

We're holding an online information event, where Health and Care Professionals can find out more out the dementia training courses we offer, hear from previous trainees and our trainers.
To book a place (s), please go to https://t.co/Wbprr726fq
Please do share. Thank you.

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Final tickets available for charity Aerobathon to raise funds for us! Saturday 18th January 1-3 pm - full details below. And what better way to get rid of the extra festive calories! Tickets £15 via https://t.co/gqkmYHUNdN

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Come and have fun at a charity aerobathon to raise funds for us, Saturday 18th January 1-3 pm in Finchampstead (Berkshire), run by SimplyFit Berkshire! Tickets via SimplyFit Charity Event: Aerobathon for Understanding Dementia | SimplyFit Berkshire

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Come along to our free information event in Wokingham on 3rd December, to find out more about our training for health and care professionals who work with people living with dementia. To book a place(s), please visit https://t.co/K6UvXHcSAO - and please do share

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Come along to our free information event in Wokingham on 3rd December, to find out more about our training for health and care professionals who work with people living with dementia. To book a place(s), please visit https://t.co/K6UvXHcSAO - and please do share

[Shirley Pearce @shirleypearceot]

Autumn training starting soon @Understandingdm
Most courses tell you what dementia does to the brain, body and behaviour. Ours focus on the person, and what we can do to lessen the impact of dementia on their well-being. For more details and booking see https://t.co/oaOQEJA15G

[Shirley Pearce @shirleypearceot]

Looking forward to presenting at #RCOT2024 this afternoon on Dementia: learning from the expert in our care @theRCOT @RCOT_OP @Understandingdm

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

@LouiseJedras @WokinghamLions @UkKaleidoscopic @WokinghamInNeed @CLASPWokingham @MJWokingham @Evendons Thank you for your support for our Barn Dance raffle!

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

The latest @alzheimerssoc ad may increase the sense of bereavement for the person with dementia - already losing their #SelfEsteem (being treated as worthless/dead) #Agency (others choosing for them) #SocialConfidence (stigma) and #Hope (getting worse) #MalignantSocialPsychology

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

@shirleypearceot @MyMateGeorge @bydavidsheard We still have a couple of places on our training starting next week - there's just time to book up!

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Our training for health and care professionals working with people who live with dementia have been described as game changing. We have a space on our course that starts in two weeks.
See https://t.co/veEj4sGZco

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Lessening the Impact of Dementia - for health & care professionals.
Dementia training often has too much biomedical bias. Rather than focusing on deficits or fighting dementia as a disease, we work positively with the condition as a disability.
Book now for Jan or April start.

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

Anyone in the Berkshire area fancy joining us for a fundraising Quiz?

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

After running a successful series of virtual Quiz Nights, we are looking forward to holding our first in-person Quiz for four years - in Charvil near Reading.

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

We are delighted to have the support of Julie Sugden who is running the #YorkshireMarathon this Sunday. Anyone can donate via Dementia training in Reading & West Berkshire (https://t.co/H3mq6nJfpu) Go Julie!

[Understanding Dementia @Understandingdm]

@JulieHa59928392 This is why we provide cost-effective training for health and care professionals to understand dementia, how it affects the person (i.e. not just their brain, body and behaviour) and what we can do to lessen its impact.

[Ian Kremer @LEAD_Coalition]

Please re-Tweet this reason why hospitals must allow family caregivers to be present when people with #Alzheimers disease and other forms of #dementia are being evaluated or receiving treatment and care.

[Shirley Pearce @shirleypearceot]

Still a few places on our course for health & care professionals starting in 2 weeks: Lessening the Impact of Dementia.
2023 price £175 for 9 weeks x 1hr on Zoom.
2024 price will be £195.
For more details see https://t.co/Q0Cjm07aQp or DM to discuss.