Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance Meeting (PDAA)
Tuesday 2nd July 2013, 12:00-14:00
Windsor House, Plymouth, PL6 5UF.
Present: Mary Aspinall (MA) (Chair), Ian Sherriff (IS) (Vice Chair), Kayleigh Milden (KM),
Keith Bucknall (KB); Frances Marriott (FM), Ruth Bishop (RB), Kate Wells-McCulloch
(KWM), Ellie Imms (EI), Morven Maclean (MM), Teresa Barratt (TB), Karen Holmes (KH),
Sam Buckthought (SB), Karen Grimshaw (KG).
Apologies: Bob Widdecombe, Barbara Duffy, Denise Gregson, Julia Beazer, Heather
Ogburn, Helen Phillips, George Giachi, Tania Milburn, Christine Ellis, Rachel Silcock.
Topic
Discussion
1. PDAA Chair
MA announced that she is
standing down as Chair of the
PDAA and that Cllr Sue
McDonald has agreed to take
over the role.
On behalf of the PDAA, IS
thanked MA for her hard work
and dedication during her time
as Chair.
KG suggested that all Plymouth
City Councillors should attend a
Dementia Friends Information
Session. All present agreed this
was a good idea.
IS asked if Rachel Silcock is
involved in the process of
revising Plymouth City Council’s
Dementia Strategy. Suggested
that Keith Bucknall should attend
the next PCC Dementia steering
group meeting. KM will speak to
RS about both points.
IS reported that Peter Vosper
has requested Dementia Friends
Awareness Information Sessions
for his staff. Dates will be
confirmed shortly.
2. Dementia
Friends
3. PCC
Dementia
Strategy
4. Vospers
5. Dementia
Friendly
Wales
IS has visited Wales to advise the
country on becoming ‘Dementia
Friendly’. People from Brecon
may want to contact PDAA
Action
Person(s)
Responsible
Make contact with all
councillors to arrange a
Dementia Awareness session
over the coming months
KM, IS
As in discussion column
KM, KB
members to ask their advice on
the Dementia Friendly
Communities initiative.
6. Fairness
Commission
7. Sarah
WatsonFisher
8. Leadership
Challenger
Group
9. IS reported
on behalf of
Plymouth
University
IS been asked by Dame Suzi
Leather (Chair of the Plymouth
Fairness Commission) to write a
paper on ‘what is unfair about
dementia care.’ Dame Leather
may well be contacting members
of the PDAA for their feedback
on the same issue.
Sarah Watson-Fisher (Health
Education England), would like
arrange a meeting with
members of the PDAA to discuss
progress and joint working
within nursing training
programmes.
IS announced formation of
Leadership Challenger Group for
the South and South West of
England. The Group includes
leaders in the area of health and
social care. This group will report
back to Central Government on
issues relating to Dementia Care.
Plymouth University now has
over 300 staff who have
attended Dementia Friends
Awareness Information Sessions.
The Senior Management Group
will also be attending Dementia
Awareness Sessions.
IS announced that Dr Doug
Brown, Leader of Research and
development for the Alzheimer’s
Society will be attending the
next Plymouth University
Dementia Research Group
meeting on 29th July.
IS announced that the INTEREG
funding bid was unsuccessful. He
is in the process of submitting a
consortium bid for approx. 5
million, so that Plymouth can
adopt a consortium approach to
Dementia, in key with what
Arrange meeting with PDAA
IS, KM
IS asks for members of PDAA
to email him with any
thoughts on the practice and
process of the Leadership
Group.
ian.sherriff@plymouth.ac.uk
All PDAA
members as
applicable
10. EI reported
on behalf of
Age UK
Plymouth
11. KWM
reported on
behalf of
Cann House
12. SB reported
on behalf of
Wolferstans
Solicitors
Stirling and Bradford Universities
have done.
Reported that Age UK Plymouth
are still struggling to reach ‘older
carers’ (over 65s), but they have
been working with GP practices
and wards at Mount Gould
Hospital to try and reach this
cohort.
Commented that she did not
receive much response from the
Care Home managers at the
Dignity in Care Homes Forum on
26 June regarding membership
of the PDAA and Dementia
Friends/Champions.
Announced the PDAA Dementia
Awareness being organised by
Wolferstans. The event will take
place on 8th August 2013, from
15:00-19:00, at Plymouth
Guildhall. For more information
and to arrange to take part
please contact Sam as soon as
possible:
SBuckthought@wolferstans.com
IS suggested that KWM
contacts colleagues to ask for
their backing for her to
become the Care Home
Representative on the PDAA
Steering Group.
KWM
SB will email around a flyer
advertising the event
SB
IS requested that RB asks
RB, Kathy
Wolferstans are sponsoring the
Dementia Friendly City Better
Business Breakfast event on 17
July, organised by Plymouth
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry. IS, MM and KM
thanked Wolferstans for their
support of the event.
13. RB reported
on behalf of
Alzheimer’s
Society
Plymouth
Raised concern over a lack of
signposting before and after a
person receives a diagnosis of a
dementia. Commented that
there is still not enough
knowledge of support services
available and there is often a
time delay in people being
informed of what support is
available to them.
Roundtable discussion re. above;
also suggested that GPs are not
always telling patients about the
Dementia Support Service.
Kathy Milosevic to write to
the CCG informing them of
what support services the
Alzheimer’s Society provide.
Milosevic
IS requested that KG emails
him and KM details of what
Derriford Hospital has been
doing for Dementia care so
he can highlight this at the
next Prime Minister’s
Dementia Champions
meeting.
KG
Announced formation of a
Service Users Panel, comprising
of people with a dementia. RB
asks all PDAA members to
contact her if they know of a
person who might be interested
in joining the panel:
Ruth.Bishop@alzheimers.org.uk
01752 608900
RB reported that she and Nicole
Quinn ran a Dementia Fiends
Awareness Information Session
at Bovey Castle for 56 people.
The attendees included local
business people and very
successful.
14. TB reported
on behalf of
Sunshine
Care
15. KG reported
on behalf of
Plymouth
Hospitals
NHS Trust
TB reported that she and KH are
continuing to run Dementia
Friends Information Sessions for
staff and outside organisations.
They have many contacts in the
local community and have been
asked to speak about Dementia
Awareness at Plymstock United
Church. They have also been
asked to provide Dementia
Friends Information Sessions at
four sheltered housing schemes.
They are working towards
promoting Dementia Friends
Information Sessions within the
Chinese community in Plymouth.
Reported back on Standards in
Dementia Care Workshop held
on 6th June 2013.
Derriford Hospital now has over
200 Dementia Champions
working on its wards.
Derriford Hospital has
introduced ‘Dementia Friendly
Ward’ Plaques at the entrances
to several wards.
16. MM reported
on behalf of
Plymouth
Chamber of
Commerce&
Industry
17. FM reported
on behalf of
Focus Oral
Health CIC
Informed that over 50 delegates
have confirmed their attendance
for the Dementia Friendly City
Better Business Breakfast event
on 17 July.
Discussed the training being
provided by Focus Oral Health
CIC, which includes explaining
dental care in laymen’s terms for
a care /care home setting.
Announced the Conference of
the British Society of Dental
Hygiene and Therapy (15-16
Nov, Birmingham) entitled
‘Looking Beyond the Obvious.’
Conference themes include the
impact of Alzheimer’s on dental
care.
18. Keith
Bucknall
reported on
behalf of the
PDAA Carers’
Group
19. Round table
discussion
regarding
Carer’s
telephone
assessments
MA suggested that FM writes
a letter to the conference
organisers explaining that it
would be a good idea to
include other forms of
dementia in addition to
Alzheimer’s.
FM
MA requests that KM contact
Craig McArdle,
Head of Joint Strategic
Commissioning, to ask for
further information on the
process involved with the 10
minute telephone
assessment.
KM
Reported that two new
representatives have joined the
PDAA Carers’ Group.
KB has been networking with the
Anglican, Methodist and Catholic
Churches to discuss the creation
of Dementia Friendly Churches in
communities.
KB announced that he has been
accepted to study for an MSc in
Social Research with Plymouth
University on Spirituality and
Dementia.
EI raised the issue that there are
still on-going problems with the
Carer’s ’10 minute telephone
assessment’ through Plymouth
City Council.
FM proposed that there needs to
be clarification from PCC
regarding: are these assessments
offered or do people have to
ask? What questions are asked?
What happens after the
20.
21.
assessment?
IS requested that copies of the
winning poster images from the
Stoke Damerel Community
College Dementia Awareness
Project are displayed in the
Council Chamber and on the ‘Big
Screen’ in Armanda Way on
Friday 2nd August, to promote
the launch of Plymouth ‘working
to become a Dementia Friendly’.
MA raised that she has been
contacted by someone asking if
the PDAA would like to advertise
in an a ‘Directory of Services’
published on behalf of Plymouth
Hospitals Trust. There would be
a charge of £350 for this
advisement. MA asks for
agreement from those present
for her to refuse this offer. IS
stated that other organisations
offer the PDAA free advertising
space, so we would only agree is
this advertisement was printed
for free. All agree.
Meeting ends at 14:00
KM to Contact Lana Helmore
at Stoke Damerel to request
images and Holly Reynolds of
the City Centre Company for
access to the Big Screen.
Date of next meeting:
Friday 13th September 2013, 11:00-13:00, Windsor House.
KM