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AHP Dementia Webinar

“thank you so much Karen, a brilliant and information session”

“Really thought-provoking session, thank you”

“Fantastic session Karen, thank you!”

“Thank you, Karen, for such an impactful teaching. Bravo!!!!!”

“Brilliant and practical session, thanks.”

Every two months we work together as an allied health professional’s community to develop, for you, a national AHP Dementia Webinar where we share the work and practice of allied health professionals in Scotland and our many partners. Our vision for the webinars is

“through working in partnership, we can all improve outcomes

for people that really matter”.

In our AHP Dementia webinar in September 2024, people joined the conversation to hear about the contribution AHP roles can make to improve brain health for people in Scotland at all ages. Our guest presenter was Karen MacKenzie – Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Western Isles.

You can WATCH AGAIN; the webinar link is here

You can view all our AHP Dementia webinars here

We invited participants at the end of the webinar to share something they would take away from the webinar and use in their practice, or life, or going forward. Here is a selection of the replies.

  • Speak about exercises also with brain health regardless.
  • Continue to keep strategies and tips to maintain my brain health continuously and continue to share with others.
  • The information shared can be shared with others in order to enhance understanding and awareness of various signs of cognitive deterioration.
  • Brain Health Scotland Resource and reassurance that preventative advice is not complex
  • Todays sessions has helped compound my belief that there are many opportunities for promoting brain health in our everyday lives, both professionally and personally
  • I will look up Lifestyle Matters (connecting people/connecting support) www.cpcps.online
  • Spread the news about brain health and brain health services
  • A greater confidence in my own knowledge in talking about brain health
  • Brain health Scotland resources and interesting ways to integrate Brain health education in my day to day work.
  • Confidence in sharing brain health as part of my existing approach to therapy.
  • That we do a lot within our day that contributes to brain health, and we don’t even notice/ think about it

COMING SOON in 2025.  Our new webinars this year will be held on:

  • 30th April from 3.30pm – 4.30pm with a focus on enhanced access

“Allied health professions supporting you to look after your own health and wellbeing” – AHP Dementia Webinar on 30th April 2025, 3:30 -4:30pm

Connecting you to support: Enhanced access. Join us to hear how allied health professionals from podiatry, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in Scotland have been working to improve access and raise awareness of how their services and skills can support people to live well with dementia.

Guest Presenters :  

  • Liz Oakley, Podiatrist, NHS Tayside
  • Nicola Lauchlan, Physiotherapist ,NHS Ayrshire  Arran
  • Gail Hogg, Occupational therapist, NHS Fife

Follow the link to register: https://tinyurl.com/tuc3dsw5 

HOLD the date:

  • 25th June from 3.30pm – 4.30pm with a focus on partnership working
  • 5th November from 3.30pm – 4.30pm with a focus on a skilled workforce
  • 10th December from 3.30pm – 4.30pm with a focus on innovation, improvement and research

Hold the dates as we move to a new platform for our AHP dementia webinars and also offer AHP spotlight sessions in the Alzheimer Scotland Virtual resource centre.

Email us at AHPDementia@alzscot.org for more information or to let us know what content you would be interested to learn more about.

Stay connected.

We post daily@AHPDementia

We blog weeklywww.alzscot.org/talking_dementia

We use #AHPConnectingPeople

We support our AHP students to share their work at AHPDementia Instagram 

We share self-management resources at www.alzscot.org/ahpresources

We have an email for youto send questions  AHPDementia@alzscot.org

We developed an interactive website with 32 resources for you www.cpcs.online

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