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dementia, communities & environments

Our Creative Spaces in the Community project is using the outdoors and nature-focused activities to build social networks, foster independence and enhance the physical and mental health of older people living with dementia in rural communities in Cornwall.

We'll be using this section as a place to generally share our thoughts on dementia and those it affects, including relevant projects, events, activities etc. If we've read it, written it, seen it or heard it and we think it should be 'out there' then here's where we'll share it.






We can, we will! - sharing ideas

At the recent ADI conference I went to a breakfast meeting about the ADI's online library website - I Can! I Will!  This is an online library of ideas; a place where you can browse other people's initiatives and suggestions about raising awareness of dementia, supporting dementia care and/or helping reduce the stigma associated with it.  Contributions are provided by people with dementia, carers, researchers, professionals and volunteers.  People add their own ideas too; it's a great opportunity to share and to discover new approaches and methods for improving the lives of people with dementia.  

The website needs some awareness-raising of its own, so we're doing our best to help and I've added a link on the right hand side of this page; or you can click on the link above.  Whilst your looking at the site why not add your own idea, if you have one; the more we share, the more we broaden the spectrum of people involved in dementia care and raising the quality of life for people with dementia, the greater the support we can provide collectively.

Creative Spaces already has a place on the 'library shelf' but I encourage you to browse the various 'books' and see what other innovative projects/ideas are out there and when you've done that, tell others!

Creative activities - one topic among many on
the I Can! I Will! website


Wendy Brewin
Creative Spaces Project Manager
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