News & Events

December 2016

As consultation begins on the draft for Wales’ first Dementia Strategy, the Alzheimer’s Society has been working with other leading organisations to create a description of what it would […]

November 2016

What’s been very striking this month is the variety of people who have approached me to discuss further applications of the scheme’s care approach in their locality.
Sometimes, it’s simply […]

October 2016

Twelve years ago, I really couldn’t have imagined the event that took place on Friday 21st October in Blackpool. Well over 300 people, all dressed in their party best, […]

September 2016

The Butterfly Scheme has gone international!
This month saw the first launch of the Butterfly Scheme in the Republic of Ireland. Galway University Hospital, which is part of the Saolta […]

August 2016

I’m always grateful to receive feedback from people using the scheme, or from their carers, but this month has brought a particularly interesting selection.
I was very glad of the […]