title: Dementia RED (Respect Empathy Dignity): Collaborating to build dementia supportive communities in North Wales--reporting on a pilot project (innovative practice).
abstract: There is increasing interest in developing dementia supportive communities world wide. Dementia RED (Respect Empathy Dignity) is a unique example from North Wales which is based on the twin concepts of people living with dementia as citizens in their community and developing 'bottom up' rather than 'top down' approaches to dementia supportive communities. Most people with dementia prefer to live at home thus making community connectivity key to maintaining healthy relationships and wellbeing. For those living with dementia, the community plays a pivotal role in providing value, meaning, purpose and acceptance. Building dementia supportive communities helps to raise awareness about dementia in the community through engagement and from identifying champions in the locality to voice issues. Dementia RED is an initiative and service which helps to develop such a philosophy in creating a dementia supportive community.
authors.affiliation: North Wales Regional Collaboration Fund Dementia Project - 'Inspiring Action', North Wales Social Services Improvement Collaborative (NWSSIC), UK annabel.chalk@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
authors.forename: Annabel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chalk
authors.affiliation: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, UK; School of Health Care Science, Bangor University, UK.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Page
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012424:Rural Population; D012944:Social Support; D014852:Wales
keywords: Dementia RED (Respect Empathy Dignity)