@DEMCOMactive

| Physical activity | quality of life | dementia| Dementia Friendly Communities | Patient and Public Involvement | UKRI | ARC EoE |

 University of Hertfordshire
Joined March 2021
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🎙️Another show from our collab with @BSG_ERA is out now. This time, we are talking to @BeckiHadley about @DEMCOMactive and dementia-friendly communities. Listen in 👇 mixcloud.com/LLARC/llarc-in-…

LLARC in conversation with BSG ERA - Becki Hadley on dementia-friendly communities and dance by...

This series is a collaboration between LLARC and the British Society of Gerontology's Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA). We talk to early career researchers in Gerontology about their research...

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🚨 My colleagues would really like your help 💭Share your thoughts on five quality of life measures for use in UK care homes, see details ⬇️
Vanessa Davey (@vdavey.bsky.social)@V_DAVEY25 Sep 2022
Everybody agrees that it is important to measure the quality of life of people living in care homes, but there is less agreement about how to do so. Can you help? 🧵⬇️⬇️🙏 #QualityOfLife #CareHomes #Consultation
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You can now find our dementia-friendly #physicalactivity booklets at Carers Corner at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. Do you or someone you know need a copy? ➡️ For physical copies email: [email protected] ➡Online version: stevenage.gov.uk/documents/0…
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What are our next steps: 1️⃣ Make the booklet available via memory clinics 2️⃣ Work with the Dementia Admiral Nurse to increase awareness of booklet across different wards at the hospital
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Residents of #Stevenage living with dementia and those who care for them can now learn about a range of local activities for physical and mental well-being with the launch of a new booklet. Downloaded it at: stevenage.gov.uk/leisure-cul… @DEMCOMactive @ARC_EoE @UHertsResearch
Dementia friendly activities in Stevenage

ALT Dementia friendly activities in Stevenage

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@DEMCOMactive @StevenageBC
Ageing Better
@Ageing_Better25 Jul 2022
📷 We've released more photos in our Age-positive image library! You can find them all here: ageing-better.org.uk/news/ag…
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Sneak peek of the first draft of our booklet about the dementia friendly physical activities available in Stevenage. If you’d like a copy of the final version get in touch! Thanks to @StevenageBC and @KandiceBryan for all their input, especially the design!
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Very much looking forward to seeing our lovely PPI contributors and chatting about the project!
Elspeth Mathie@elspeth_mathie24 Nov 2021
Replying to @JJonesatherts
@JJonesatherts @Dimunday @DEMCOMactive excited & slightly nervous to share our research face to face again at our first hybrid @PIRGatCRIPACC @CRIPACC1 @ARC_EoE #firsttimesincecovid 🙂
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Innovations in Dementia@Innov_Dementia18 Nov 2021
We're part of the ENLIVEN project, making the Great Outdoors more accessible to people with dementia. Please help us by circulating this short online survey for people with dementia and carers. @ENLIVEN_project surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HGCBD8D
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So grateful to be able to meet with people and for everyone @TheRedShedHerts giving up their time to chat about our project - what a lovely afternoon!
Elspeth Mathie@elspeth_mathie7 Oct 2021
Thx you Su @TheRedShedHerts @ndarlington31 @CRIPACC1 @UniofHerts @ARC_EoE for organising, so good to see people & discuss our @DEMCOMactive findings, over a huge map of Stevenage, cuppas & sandwiches. @StevenageBC ➡️physical activities inclusive for people living with dementia
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BBC Bristol
@BBCBristol8 Aug 2021
Alive Activities opened the community allotment to help dementia sufferers and their families. bbc.in/3ivAqCH

Dementia-friendly allotment brings 'hope' to Bristol

Local groups, businesses and community members funded and volunteered their time to renovate the space.

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SOAR 🍊@soarcommunity31 Jul 2021
If you want to get out and about, meet new people and stay fit and healthy, take a look at these. With new dates for August and plenty of routes around Sheffield, why not give them a ring and get involved.
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Team GB have been smashing it at #Tokyo2020 so far! If you're feeling inspired by the athletes and want to get active, then we've got 5 great ways to keep moving at home for people affected by dementia. Tenpin bowling in the kitchen anyone? Click here: bit.ly/2V4Jvcq
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ukactive@_ukactive3 Aug 2021
A new app - called @WelcoMe_CS - that ensures that people with disabilities can experience stress-free visits to fitness and leisure facilities is now being piloted in Salford, #Manchester (facilitated by @Sport_England). disabilityinsider.com/2021/0…

‘WelcoMe’ app aims to improve experience for people with disabilities attending sports venues in...

People with disabilities in Salford, UK, can now experience stress-free visits to sports and leisure facilities, thanks to a new app called ‘WelcoMe’.

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and @Elizabethcjpike 😊
Elspeth Mathie@elspeth_mathie20 Jul 2021
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@BeckiHadley presenting our @DEMCOMactive findings..@zincvc @UKRI_News @UH_HSK @uniofhertslms @CRIPACC1 @HDEMCOP
Interesting topics on Maintaining Health and Wellbeing in Later Life: Age-Friendly Environments (Jiajia Zhou), physical activity (@elspeth_mathie) and (Veronique Wolter), and gender differences (Lisa Wahidatul Oktaviani). Thanks to all presenters! #BsG2021 @_BSGconference
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Looking forward to attending the @_BSGconference this week and hearing @elspeth_mathie present our research (@HDEMCOP, @CRIPACC1, @PIRGatCRIPACC, @UHertsResearch) on #PhysicalActivity for people living with #dementia.
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Everyone is happy to be out and about again!! 🌞🌷
Jenny Eells@JennyEells27 May 2021
Great to be out with Nelly & the @CWA_Sheffield team this morning. Nelly is 104 years young & she was getting ready for a tri-shaw ride to Endcliffe Park... Full story coming soon on @BBCSheffield
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☞ Are you a lead for a #Dementia Friendly Community in England? ☞ We would love to hear from you about #PhysicalActivity for people living with #dementia and their #carers ☞ See info below #dementiaactionweek2021 ☞ Online survey: herts.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/f…
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Thanks for sharing @kirrieconnect 😊
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Please retweet. @alzheimerssoc @CRIPACC1 @UHertsResearch @DementiaUK @DementiaFriends @DementiaVoices
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