Young People Dorsum Dementia Challenge
"This is exactly a terrible disease. And it is a scandal that nosotros every bit a province haven’t kept stride amongst it. The score of diagnosis, agreement too awareness of dementia is shockingly low. It is every bit though we’ve been inwards collective denial". David Cameron
By Bob DeMarco
As business office of Dementia Awareness Week, David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, today called on upwardly to 30,000 National Citizen Service immature volunteers to aid people amongst dementia past times giving their fourth dimension inwards attention homes some the UK.
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The system forms business office of a national dementia challenge aimed at raising awareness too understanding, improving the lives too experiences of people living amongst dementia, too helping brand our communities to a greater extent than inclusive.
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As business office of Dementia Awareness Week, David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, today called on upwardly to 30,000 National Citizen Service immature volunteers to aid people amongst dementia past times giving their fourth dimension inwards attention homes some the UK.
Sixteen too seventeen twelvemonth olds volition endure asked to guide keep business office inwards 1 off social activity days or longer term projects to supply support, conversation, interaction too care.
The Prime Minister said:
“Dementia is a terrible, heart-breaking illness – too tackling it is a personal priority of mine. Two months agone I promised that we’d Pb an all-out, national fight-back against dementia – too it’s happening. We’re putting to a greater extent than coin into question too to a greater extent than thought into dementia care.
“This is a whole-society work too it needs a whole-society response. That’s why nosotros are connecting thousands of socially engaged immature graduates from National Citizen Service amongst opportunities to brand a deviation amongst erstwhile people inwards their community.
The system was exactly 1 nether give-and-take at a coming together of the PM too the dementia-friendly communities champions’ grouping at the Alzheimer’s Society – 1 of 3 groups ready to explore how the Government tin move amongst business, charities too local government to practise dementia friendly communities, back upwardly medical question too improve dementia healthcare.
The coming together was co-chaired past times Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador Angela Rippon too Jeremy Hughes, Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive, too attended past times commutation businesses, including Lloyds Bank, Tesco, Royal Mail too BT.
They discussed how to deliver ameliorate grooming for staff to empathize too answer to people amongst dementia, how products too services could endure adapted to run across the needs of people amongst dementia too how to encourage to a greater extent than volunteers to practise dementia-friendly communities.
David Cameron added:
“We’re likewise encouraging to a greater extent than businesses to bring together this fight-back. I’m delighted to consider the progress existence made here. Already xx large organisations similar Lloyds Group, Tesco too E.On guide keep signed upwardly to buy the farm to a greater extent than dementia-friendly – too over the coming months I desire to consider many to a greater extent than follow suit.
“Throughout this fight-back I am staying heavily involved – driving forrard novel ideas, mobilising activity too making certain nosotros brand existent progress. For the sake of millions inwards our province we’ve got to proceed this spirit of liberate energy too defiance alive: we’re going to proceed searching for treatments, proceed looking for ways to brand life easier for those amongst this illness – too proceed taking the struggle to dementia.”
Meanwhile, a novel online portal has today been launched to permit members of earth are to guide keep their tell on the Dementia Friendly Communities programme.
Visit www.dementiachallenge.dh.gov.uk too laissez passer on your views earlier the deadline of 31 July 2012.
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