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Unforgettable Dementia Product DesignWe chat with Adam Vaughan – the Head of New Product Development and Innovation at Unforgettable, who provide life changing products and services for people affected by memory loss and dementia.

Birdie and the Digital Enhancement of Home Care

We caught up with Laetitia Van Hoecke, of Birdie, about their plan to revolutionise the way we care at home.

Birdie is a smart care companion, offering not only an alternative to care homes but keeping our older, invaluably precious, generation healthy and independent at home, while giving families reassurance, confidence and support.

A Positive Personal Reaction to Attending the Alzheimer’s Show

With this year’s Show just around the corner, here’s a personal view of what it’s like to go along, from a previous attendee:

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first attended the Alzheimer’s Show last year. Having been made aware of the event through a colleague of mine, I wondered how much value I might be able to get out of it, if anything.

Like most people, I’d obviously heard about the disease and had paid some attention to the various TV shows and news reports about the ‘looming crisis’ in dementia care for older people. I wouldn’t exactly put myself in the category of the ‘worried well’, but certainly I had concerns.

You can meet the team from Health Education England at the Alzheimer’s Show. We asked them a few questions regarding how they see the future of dementia care and how they’re trying to tackle the challenges of the future.

Whirlwind romance to dementia diagnosis at just 46.

• Rosemary Westwell’s husband, John, was diagnosed with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) when he was just 46.
• He is about to turn 72 and has been living in a care home full-time for a number of years.
• He can no longer speak or move, and needs 24-hour care.
• Rosemary has written a powerful book about his experience, called John, Dementia and Me, and is speaking at this year’s Alzheimer’s Show about their experience.

An Update from Tovertafel – The Magic Table for People with DementiaWe catch up with John Ramsay, about his experience at this year’s Alzheimer’s Show and what’s in store for the Tovertafel in the future.

Dementia Adventure at the Alzheimer’s Show and Beyond

We had a chat with Simon Thorp of national dementia charity – Dementia Adventure– about their ethos, their plans for the future, and what they get out of regularly attending the Alzheimer’s Show.

There are many useful guides available that help people to live well following a dementia / Alzheimer’s diagnosis. And, of course, you can always get face to face advice from medical and healthcare professionals at the annual Alzheimer’s Show.

Here’s an overview of the main points highlighted by the NHS in their guide to Living Well With Dementia:

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Technology Assisted Independent Living from SweetTree Home Care Services

We caught up with Barry Sweetbaum of SweetTree Home Care Services to discuss the cutting-edge Technology Assisted Independent Living (TAIL) system they’re developing to enable people to remain healthy, independent and safe in their own homes. Here’s what he told us:

For the first time The Virtual Dementia Tour will feature at The Alzheimer’s Show Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June 2019, Olympia London.