'It's my life.' - Rehabilitation when you have dementia
The Dementia Special Interest Group is open to anyone who would benefit from sharing experiences arising from the changing needs of people with dementia, as well as from listening to people with lived experience and other specialists in the field.
Takeaways from this call
- You’ll learn the background to cognitive rehabilitation for people with dementia. Rehabilitation is the theme of the 2025 World Alzheimer’s Report.
- We’ll explore a free, goal-setting resource to support professionals and family members to help a person with dementia (with or without a learning disability) to set meaningful goals for themselves and find ways to achieve their goals. As Alison, a person with dementia, says: “It is my life. It’s not your life. It’s my life. It’s the goals I want to set and the goals I want to achieve.”
- You'll leave this meeting with ideas to help you maximise a person’s independence, choice and control, focusing on what they can do.
We will have guest speakers (to be confirmed soon) and interactive content.Please check back in when we announce our guests and themes.
You can expect a number of guest speakers, and you will receive a Certificate of Attendance to support CPD learning.
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Background
The Dementia Special Interest Group (DSIG) was set up over 10 years ago in recognition of the growing population of people with learning disabilities who develop dementia. These online events are open to all.
Quotes from previous meetings
Thanks for the resources, it was the first time I have joined the DSIG and thought it was amazing. It was such a positive space, one that we all should be part of, both professionally and from a personal perspective. I am looking forward to the next one.
– Training & Development officer
Thank you so much for today. It's been great and I really enjoy the networking elements of these calls.
- Social Care Professional
Thanks all for this morning. Lots of useful information to share and utilise with my team.
- NHS Professional