Read our new publication on the 14,804 personal pledges received

 Dementia Carer Voices launched our latest report on the 27th June and brought the printed version to the Scottish Parliament for discussion. It was great to see so many friends and supporters of the project come along to celebrate the new publication.

Please see this link for the online version of Dementia Carer Voices – Rights and the Carer Voice.

                                                   


Dementia Carer Voices brought the voice of 14,000 health and social care staff and students to life in our new publication on the pledges received on our flagship ‘You Can Make a Difference’ campaign.
The ‘You Can Make a Difference’ campaign has involved an extensive outreach programme of over 600 talks delivered to health and social care professionals and students throughout the country, to engage with individuals at every stage of their career.


This has resulted in over 14,000 pledges being made by practitioners and students to improve experiences for caring for individuals. These pledges are often small changes, but can make a crucial difference for people who are at their most vulnerable. Some pledges that have been gathered include:

• “I pledge to make a difference as the future nurse to listen to the carers and patient. To give them the best support and care they needed and not to make them ever feel isolated.”  (Student nurse)
• “I pledge that I will see the person with dementia as an individual who has lived their life from childhood, to falling in love, to having a family and growing old, to understand their story and how they would like to be cared for.” (Nurse)

You can view or download the publication at the link here
http://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/download/library/lib_595a42624d705/



The campaign has showcased the impact of personal stories; the recognition that all of us are individuals and not simply ‘patients’ or ‘staff members’, and that each of us has the ability to make things better for other people, both in our personal and professional lives. The DCV exhibition will showcase the ‘You Can Make a Difference’ campaign and crucially the pledges that have been gathered to date, along with the journey that the people who have made them have been on.

Thanks for reading my blog, You can now view my 8 short flims here! http://tommy-on-tour-2011.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/my-mums-name-was-joan-this-is-our-story.html