Dementia Nurse Appeal

Help Alzheimer Scotland to keep a Dementia Nurse in every NHS health board across Scotland

In 2010 we planted the seeds and launched our £1.5 million
Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Network Appeal. We had four
Dementia Nurses in post, but we wanted to extend that to all NHS
boards across Scotland – a total of at least fourteen nurses.

Thanks to your wonderful generosity and support from the Scottish
Government, our Dementia Nurse Network has been nurtured well
and allowed to grow. Our initial goal of funding one
dementia nurse in every health board was
achieved by the end of 2012. The network
needs continued nurturing and renewal
to ensure the significant impact of
these posts on the care experiences
of people with dementia is sustained.

We now need your support to ensure
this specialist network continues to
flourish and influence change for years
to come, as our work to drive up standards
of care for people in hospitals is far from over.
Many people with dementia and their families
continue to have distressing experiences of
hospital care. These experiences are avoidable
and we must do all we can to ensure each person
is treated with the dignity and respect they
deserve – nothing else will do.

Alan Murdoch NHS Shetland	Coming soon ... NHS Orkney
Anne Hutchison NHS Western Isles	Ruth Mantle NHS Highland
Lyn Irvine-Brinklow NHS Grampian	Andy Shewan NHS Tayside
Audrey Melrose NHS Forth Valley	Helen Skinner NHS Fife
Colin Macdonald NHS Lothian	Sandra Shields NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Janice McAlister NHS Ayrshire and Arran	Maureen Taggart NHS Lanarkshire
Coming soon ... NHS Borders	Gladys Haining NHS Dumfries and Galloway

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