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• Dignity Action Day: Champion of the month February 2011 goes to...
  25/02/11

  Lisa Stone, Service Manager at North & South Dales and High Peak Older Adults CMHT nominated Beverly Taylor, a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) to be Dignity Champion of the month. Find out what she said....

• Dignity Action Day today!
  25/02/11

  It has been fantastic to see just how many of you are celebrating Dignity Action Day around the country today - see what events are happening near you on our interactive dignity map now featuring more than 300 events across the UK! If you haven't added your event to the map yet then don't worry, there's still time.

• Dignity Action Day: Communicating effectively by Debbie Cole
  25/02/11

  Debbie Cole works for a Community Support Service supporting people who live independently. Here she tells us why communicating effectively is key to providing Dignity in Care.

• New dignity poems
  23/02/11

  You never asked me' and Dignity Tree' are just a couple of the poems now featured on dignity poems page.

• Dignity in Care Partnership Board calls on Champions to lead the way
  21/02/11

  Read the boards response to the disturbing report that was published recently by the ombudsman.

• Health Service Ombudsman report released today
  15/02/11

  A report by the Health Service Ombudsman has raised concerns about treatment of elderly patients by the NHS.

• Free event from Promoting Excellence in All Care Homes (PEACH)
  08/02/11

  PEACH invites all those working in Social Care, policy makers and other interested stakeholders to their free one-day workshop on dignity.

• Tackling social isolation
  03/02/11

  Get a copy of The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation's 'Befriending Works: building resilience in local communities' report.

• Ann, My experience of being a dignity champion
  03/02/11

  Ann from Coombe PWD in Bristol shares some of her experiences of being a dignity champion...

• Now that's a good idea!
  03/02/11

  If you fancy running your own ideas generation workshops to uncover bright ideas about care from your staff/service users then this facilitators pack could help.

• BIG winners making great progress
  03/02/11

  Read some latest updates from Bright Ideas Grant Winners.

• Championing Dignity badges
  02/02/11

  Badge stocks have currently run out due to an exciting Increase of Dignity Champions numbers.

• A little bit of help' goes a long way for older people
  26/01/11

  SCIE supports the findings in a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which reveals that older people value low-level support that promotes health, well-being and quality of life in the communities where they live.

• Why not brighten someone's day?
  26/01/11

  The British Red Cross offers valuable short-term support to vulnerable people in the UK, whether it's helping out around the home following an operation, providing a wheelchair or taking someone on a trip to the shops.

• Last chance for Lichfield and Burntwood residents to nominate in care awards
  26/01/11

  The deadline for people in Lichfield and Burntwood to nominate carers for a Dignity in Care award is this Friday 28 January.

• Ken Clasper, why i became a Dignity Champion
  21/01/11

  Ken Clasper, who has been diagnosed with early onset Lewy Body Dementia, tells us why he became a Dignity Champion in his own words.

• Trafford care homes win dignity awards
  12/01/11

  Trafford Council commends six care homes with a Dignity in Care award.

• Watch NHS Leadership Awards Finalist film on Youtube
  12/01/11

  NHS Tameside & Glossop's Dignity in Care team can now be seen on YouTube thanks to be finalists in this year's NHS Leadership Awards.

• Thinking of starting a reading group?
  20/12/10

  The "Time to Read" project have created a facilitators support pack to help you set up your own reading sessions with care home residents and groups of service users.

• Publication of DWP research report: local delivery of joined-up services for older people
  15/12/10

  Research published by the DWP reports on local areas that have joined-up the delivery of services for older people. The findings address why and how local areas have joined-up these services, discussing barriers faced and how these barriers can be overcome.