Survival of the Fittest!
Rebecca Cecil-Wright is raising money for the Contented Dementia Trust by taking part in a 10 kilometre assault course at Battersea Power station on Saturday 16th November. Rebecca says 'Having spent the last 6 years immersed in looking after kids and taking absolutely no exercise at all, it is time to make a change!' The assault course comprises nearly 100 obstacles;
Cheltenham Literary Festival – ‘the atmosphere was electrifying’
Penny Garner joined the panel of dementia experts at the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival on 7th October for a discussion on Dementia, Memory and Age at the invitation of Professor Dany Nobus, the Festival’s Psychologist in Residence. The three panellists – Penny, Gordon Wilcox (Emeritus Professor of Geratology, University of Oxford) and David Wilkinson (Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Southampton)
West Norfolk Dementia Network
Penny Garner visited King’s Lynn on 17th September at the invitation of Robert Jones, Mental Health Coordinator for the Norfolk PCT, where she made a presentation to the West Norfolk Dementia Network conference which was well attended with 76 delegates. Penny Garner with Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Neil Ashford Dr Ian Mack, Chairman of West Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group with
Follow Sea Pup Sophie’s progress
Sea Pup Sophie is already on the second leg of her Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, the 4,800 mile run across the Atlantic from Brest to Rio de Janeiro that will take most four weeks. The first leg was eventful, with some valuable lessons learnt. Mission Performance finished Race One in 3rd place, but an infringement of the rules resulted in
Local MP Praises Specialist At-Home Care Provider
Andrew Jones MP, visited the offices of Carefound Home Care in Harrogate to learn more about the specialist home care and dementia care services they provide to elderly people in North Yorkshire. See Andrew Jones' blog entry here: http://andrewjonesmp.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/304/ More about Andrew's visit here: http://www.carefound.co.uk/local-MP-praises-specialist-home-care-provider Carefound strives to offer a ‘higher quality’ care service to elderly people at home, with a specialist dementia
Sea Pup Sophie sails for SPECAL
18 year old student Sophie Hetherton will be the youngest female crew member competing in the 40,000 mile eleven month Clipper Round the World Yacht Race when she sets sail on Mission Performance – a 70ft ocean racing yacht – from St Katharine Docks, London, on September 1st. Sophie will be sailing in support of the Contented Dementia Trust, whose SPECAL method
