Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice
The Centre is based at the Lanarkshire Campus of the University of the West of Scotland.
The Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice is committed to championing excellence advancing dementia policy and practice through education, applied research and social enterprise in three key activities:
- Applied research for policy and practice
- Education to promote evidence informed practice
- Policy influencing and implementation
The UWS Lanarkshire campus provides our Centre with a state of the art learning environment. This includes a DOMUS Centre, a highly adapted space which helps students and studies understand the substantial impact different environments can have on a person living with dementia. The DOMUS Centre features a simulated ‘home’, care and hospital spaces, as well as reminiscence and sensory rooms.
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What the centre stands for
The Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice works collaboratively with people with dementia, their families and the scientific and practice communities, to advance evidence informed dementia policy and practice.
The centre believes that high quality dementia care is possible when:
- Society respects the rights of people with dementia
- People with dementia, family carers and practitioners are involved in education, research and decision making.
- Caring interventions and practice are research based
- Practitioners have enhanced dementia knowledge and practical skills
- Enlightened policies are collaboratively put into practice.