How far we have come together': findings from a 3-phase strategy to involve people with dementia in practitioner education
Capstick, Andrea Dunnett, R. Gallagher, P. Jarvis, A. Jureidin, D. Peet, M.
Capstick, Andrea
Dunnett, R.
Gallagher, P.
Jarvis, A.
Jureidin, D.
Peet, M.
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The Division of Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford has a 3-stage strategy to involve service users with dementia in practitioner education. This year¿s conference will be a perfect opportunity for us to show how the involvement of people with dementia in our Dementia Studies courses has moved from rhetoric to reality over the past three years. We now have people with dementia involved in the management, delivery and assessment of our degree programmes. A participatory video outreach project carried out in a day centre for people with dementia in 2009 produced a variety of audio-visual material including voice recordings, photographs, and film which people with dementia were directly involved in making, and which are now used as learning resources for students. In a parallel project, former carers contributed to a DVD that was developed as part of a dedicated training programme for Bupa care staff. Students on the MSc Dementia Studies (Training in Dementia Care) pathway are now also beginning to include people with dementia in the training they provide in order to complete their award. A further project to pilot methods of involving service users in long-term care, including those with severe dementia is to begin in March 2011, and early findings from this will also be presented.
The presenters include an academic course lead, a MSc student, a researcher, a service user/campaigner, and current and former family carers. We will present using a variety of formats including small case studies, film, audio, photographs and service user narratives. We will also be open to questions and comments about the practical, ethical and educational challenges arising from this ongoing work.
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Capstick A., Dunnett R, Gallagher P et al (2011) "How far we have come together": findings from a 3-phase strategy to involve people with dementia in practitioner education. "Rhetoric or reality": Critical perspectives on service user and carer involvement in education for health and social care. University of Central Lancashire, 22 June, 2011.
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