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• 'Money Can't Buy You Dignity' DH East Midlands Dignity in Care Conference on the 4th March 2010
  17/12/09

  'Money Can't Buy You Dignity' DH East Midlands Dignity in Care Conference on the 4th March 2010, Bentley Hotel, Lincoln 9am to 4pm.

• Free Training for Health & Social Care Professionals Within London
  17/12/09

  Social Care and Partnerships, Department of Health, London, have commissioned additional training from Carers UK to assist us in addressing one of the key priorities within the national Carer's strategy by 2011 - that of training of professionals across the board, from health to housing, to provide better services and support for carers. Key workers come into contact with carers every day, but may not realise it.

• Dignified Revolution Training Events
  11/12/09

  A Dignified Revolution are having three Training events 'Perceptive Professionals Embedding Dignity and Respect in a Care Environment', 3 February 2010, 15 February 2010 and 17 Mark 2010.

• Person-Centred Services : The Dignity in Care Challenge Eastern Conference - 3 February 2010
  08/12/09

  Regional Conference, All day, Wednesday 3 February 2010, Hilton Hotel, Stansted Airport. We are delighted to invite you to attend this important conference in the Eastern Region, designed to raise awareness about why Dignity in Care matters.

• CQC Statement On The Quality of Adult Social Care
  04/12/09

  The Care Quality Commission praised improvements in adult social care but called for a renewed effort to eliminate poor quality services.
  

• November 09 - One Page Ministerial Update
  03/12/09

  Read the latest one page Ministerial highlight report on the Dignity in Care Campaign.

• Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care?
  30/11/09

  On Tuesday December 8th at 9pm BBC2 will be running a programme looking at the quality of care for people with dementia in care homes. The programme may be of interest to dignity champions.

• Yorkshire and Humber 'Prioritising Dignity in 2010'
  27/11/09

  Using improvement and innovation to get to grips with the issues. Using improvement and innovation to get to grips with the issues. The Regional Dignity Team would like to invite you to join us on Thursday the 28th of January at the Leeds Hilton.

• Your top three dignity in care issues - have your say
  27/11/09

  Nearly 1,200 people have voted so far on the top 3 issues they think need solving. Do you agree with the results so far? Have your say by completing the survey.

• Eastern Development Opportunity - Action Learning Sets For Dignity Champions
  25/11/09

  This is an opportunity to do some development and learning work with other Dignity Champions in the Eastern Region.

• Dignity in Care Campaign presents at MyPublicServices - 26 November
  23/11/09

  We are delighted to be running a workshop at MyPublicServices - a national conference about citizen engagement in public services online.

• The First National Life Story Conference
  23/11/09

  The first national Life Story conference will take place on 12 February 2010 at the Royal Armouries, Leeds.

• A Recent Review About Maintaining Dignity In Continence Care
  20/11/09

  People with incontinence problems are particularly vulnerable to feeling a loss of dignity. A recent study on dignity in care settings explored the factors important to residents in maintaining dignity during continence care.

• WRVS: positive about age, practical about life
  18/11/09

  WRVS: positive about age, practical about life. WRVS are a charity that provides practical support to older people, throughout Britain, to help them get more out of life. Here is some information they have used for the launch of their campaign this month.

• Voice of Older People- Annual Report
  17/11/09

  Dame Joan Bakewell, has published her annual report.

• Dignity in Care Turns 3.
  11/11/09

  On the 3rd anniversary of the Dignity in Care campaign a new training pack is launched. Every care home and every home care provider in the country will receive a free copy of the training materials. We also launch an independant review of the campaign & a new guide for Overview and Scrutiny Committees.

• Hospices To Receive £40 Million To Improve Physical Environment
  10/11/09

  There has been an article written in the EoLC October Newsletter that mentions the Department of Health making £40 million available to fund for improvements in voluntary sector hospices in England.

• Dementia Report Roints To Unnecessary Hospitalisation
  10/11/09

  This is an article from the EoLC October Newsletter; A new report examining the care of people with advanced dementia in the London borough of Haringey suggests they are often rushed to hospital unnecessarily - to the detriment of their own health and quality of life.

• Get the picture with Social Care TV
  09/11/09

  The Department of Health, SCIE have launched Social Care TV - a broadband channel featuring films and links to resources on the big issues in adults' and children's care services.

• 'Reel Lives: Film, Performance and Memory'
  09/11/09

  On Monday 16 November at BFI Southbank, The British Film Institute and Age Exchange, The National Centre for Reminiscence Arts, present 'Reel Lives: Film, Performance and Memory'.