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View this email in your browser Settling in to our new website home. Thank you to everyone who took the time to send us positive feedback on our new website, we're so glad that people love our new home. A special thank you to those who have suggested news, research, and resources to add. We warmly encourage all our network family to share possible content. In this month's newsletter we share recent New Zealand Dementia Foundation news and highlight some of the newest content on the site since the website launch. NZ Dementia Foundation News New Zealand Dementia Action Plan
The NZ Dementia Foundation, Alzheimers NZ, and Dementia NZ have been working in partnership to lead the development of the first national Dementia Action Plan. The goal is to clarify the objectives and identify the areas that are priorities for action. The draft Plan was circulated widely and consulted on from November 2019 to January 2020, and we received feedback from over 300 individuals and groups. The plan was revised to take into account the feedback, and was sent to Minister of Health David Clark and Associate Minister of Health Jenny Salesa. The three organisations met with Minister Salesa on 25 June to discuss government’s support for the Plan.Government’s current focus is on the recommendations of the Health and Disability System Review Final Report and Minister Salesa invited us to provide our views about how the Dementia Action Plan can be aligned with implementation of that Report. We have provided this to the Minister and will continue to keep you updated on progress. Read our summary of the feedback on the draft plan Read the Dementia Action Plan Read the letter to the minister Cognitive Impairment Assessment Review The NZ Dementia Foundation is project-managing the national Cognitive Impairment Assessment Review in response to changes in access to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (“MoCA”) from 1 September 2020. The project is sponsored by the DHB Health of Older People Steering Group and the Ministry of Health. The aim of the review is to identify a screening tool appropriate for primary and community care settings, reflecting the predominance of these settings for dementia screening. The aim of the recommended tool is to also allow seamless intersections and be appropriate for use in hospital-based services that are not dementia specific. In the first phase of the project a multidisciplinary working group prepared a briefing for the HOP Steering Group and the MOHwith a recommendation about which instrument should be endorsed as New Zealand’s recommended cognitive test for dementia assessment in NZ’s HealthPathways. The second phase is underway to produce an online education resource to ensure a smooth transition to the new instrument. The education package will be available by 1 August 2020, which will give people a month to undertake training for the new tool before 1 September. Further details on the recommended tool and transition will be released in mid-July.
Wellington Network Our Wellington Dementia Network has thrived thanks to the passion and commitment of our wonderful coordinator Emma Fromings, and the support of Dementia NZ affiliate, Dementia Wellington. Emma is moving on to a new chapter in her work life, and we know she will continue to make a positive difference in her new role. Dementia Wellington's Chief Executive Anne Schumacher will be ably overseeing the network in the interim. Sector activity You can find out about current news and developments in the New Zealand dementia sector and international dementia news in the Sector Activity section of the website here. We added 8 news items this month including: The Health Minister has released the A new British research study final report of the Health and suggests that loneliness, but not Disability System Review, which social isolation, predicts the makes a series of far-reaching development of dementia in older recommendations. Read more here people. Read more here
The Ministry of Health has published A new website and free resources the Independent Review of COVID- from the BBC focus on the uplifting 19 Clusters in Aged Residential Care potential of music for people living Facilities report. Read more here with dementia. Read more here Research Radar The Research Radar bibliography provides a handy reference resource for anyone who wants to find out about local research about dementia. You can check it out here. We added 12 New Zealand research studies on dementia to the Research Radar this month, all published in 2020, including: Sarah Cullum and colleagues found Tess Moeke-Maxwell and her that the risk of death for people living colleagues gathered information with dementia decreased if they about traditional end-of-life care were prescribed ACE-inhibitors, but customs from Māori New Zealanders increased for Māori and Pasifika through interviews and digital story- people prescribed antipsychotic telling. Read more here medication. Read abstract here Alison Talmage and colleagues Gary Cheung and Kathy Peri
describe how the CeleBRation Choir describe how New Zealand community singing group for people facilitators innovated to take with communication difficulties from Cognitive Stimulation Therapy to neurological conditions and their zoom during the COVID 19 care-partners became an e-choir due lockdown. Read more here to the Covid-19 pandemic. Talk and poster here Best practice resources The Best Practice Resources section of the website provides practical inspiration for professionals who support people living with dementia with a curated collection of links to New Zealand and international resources. You can check it out here. We added 7 new resources this month, including: An Australian research team has In collaboration with their community developed a 3 hour education research partner Dementia module for professionals around Auckland, Te Arai Research Group supporting people living with early have completed a pilot project stages of dementia as they make exploring the use of digital stories decisions around driving retirement. with people with dementia and now This is complemented by a booklet have five videos to share on the for older people, with an online New theme of "What makes you happy". Zealand version available. Read more here Read more here The Dementia Enabling Environment People living with dementia were
Virtual Information Centre provides involved as actors and co-
practical tips, guides, resources, and researchers in a collaborative project
interactive mock ups to help make that produced provides five videos
the environments more dementia that address common issues in
enabling, including care communication situations such as
environments, gardens, public everyday conversations, asking
buildings, and hospitals Read more questions, and putting on quizzes.
here Read more here
Guest blogs
Guest blogs are a chance to hear from people around the sector about their
work and insights. You can check them out here.
Our newest gust blogs include:
Dr Matthew Croucher reviews the Memory clinic nurse Lara Hitchcock
new edition of Tom Kitwood's asked people living with dementia
influential book "Dementia and their supporters about what
Reconsidered. The Person Comes information they wanted at
First". Read more here diagnosis. Lara shares the results of
her study
Read more here
Clare Teague from LandSAR (Land Researchers from the University of
Search And Rescue New Zealand ) Auckland are exploring the views of
discusses the importance of safe people aged 60+ about assisted
walking for people living with dying and the End of Life Choice Act
dementia and New Zealand's own (2019), in light of our experience of
Wandatrack programme. Read more COVID-19. You can read more about
here the study, and how to take part if you
are over 60 here
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