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Quality Care and Housing for People with Dementia: Enhancing the 'What Works' Research and Knowledge Base

In January, Housing 21 Dementia Voice hosted a 'planning and consultation' forum which brought together the largest older people's housing providers in the UK along with a range of key stakeholders including funders, researchers, voluntary organisations, practitioners, and colleagues from government sectors.

The aim of the forum was to identify: How can we help achieve timely, appropriate, high quality 'what works' focused research which will influence policy and practice relating to dementia, care, and housing of older people in the UK?

The event, funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, was chaired by Professor Martin Knapp, the lead researcher for the highly profiled ‘Dementia UK’ report published last year by the Alzheimer’s Society.

A summary of issues identified by the forum are outlined in the paper “Enhancing the ‘What Works’ Research and Knowledge Base”.

You can download a copy of the notes here.