• Dementia Services Development Centre

 

Professor June Andrews is the Director of the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) in the School of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling.  The DSDC has offices in Belfast and London in addition to the Scottish campus. Professor Andrews is a recognised leader in the world wide movement to improve services for people with dementia and their carers.  She has been recognised with the Founders Award of the British American Project of which she is a Fellow, and was awarded the Robert Tiffany Award by the Nursing Standard for her international work.   June has considerable experience in management of change in health services, having set up and directed for three years the Centre for Change and Innovation, in the Scottish Executive Health Department.  The purpose of the DSDC is to devise and implement interventions to drive change in clinician behaviour and health and social  care organizations in order to achieve the ambitions of national dementia strategies in the UK and beyond.  In her current role she is applying those skills across sectors in the care of people with dementia, including the health, social services, private and voluntary bodies who provide care.  June is a former trade union leader, NHS manager and senior civil servant.

• Change and Innovation, Mental health of older people, Health and social care policy
• The public understanding of dementia
• Improving care of people with dementia and support for their carers
• Whole systems change

• Dementia and Social Gerontology

Books

• 10 Helpful Hints for Carers is an easy-to-read guide for carers living with people with dementia. It provides simple, practical solutions to the everyday problems family carers can face when looking after a person with dementia. Covering areas like how to cope with aggression, creating relaxing environments, 'wandering', sleeplessness and how to cope with dementia and depression, it is a mine of information and good advice.

  
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Journal Papers

• Frequently published in non-academic Nursing and Social care publications

Book Chapters

• Book chapters in DSDC publications

  
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Research Reports

• Chapters in on line publications including SCIE and others

Edited Books

• No Edited Books in our records

• Forth Valley Dementia Project
• Northern Ireland Dementia Centre
• DSDC training programme
• Dementia friendly design and consultancy programme
• Dementia shop
• Libraryand information services for dementia workers
• On line virtual care home