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Dementia Health Integration Team
Dementia HIT

Dementia Health Integration Team

The Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT) is a group of professionals working together to develop services for people living with dementia, through research, integrating and improving services and support, and expanding dementia-friendly communities.

Dementia is a growing challenge. It's estimated that 850,000 people in the UK live with a dementia and that one in three people will care for someone with a dementia in their lifetime.

Latest news and events

New toolkit launched to improve dementia care for South Asian people

New toolkit launched to improve dementia care for South Asian people

19 May 2022

People living with dementia from South Asian communities will benefit from improved culturally sensitive support, thanks to a new online toolkit launched by universities and charities.

Identification of 75 genetic risk factors brings new insights for Alzheimer’s

Identification of 75 genetic risk factors brings new insights for Alzheimer’s

4 April 2022

Identifying genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease is essential if we are to improve our understanding and treatment of it. An international research team, which included University of Bristol scientists, has identified 75 regions of the genome that...

Common blood pressure drug does not slow down the progression of more advanced Alzheimer’s

Common blood pressure drug does not slow down the progression of more advanced Alzheimer’s

16 November 2021

New research led by the University of Bristol, has shown the drug losartan, normally used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), is not effective in slowing down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in people with mild-to-moderate disease a...

Bristol Health Partners works with hospital charities on new programme of support to benefit thousands in the community

Bristol Health Partners works with hospital charities on new programme of support to benefit thousands in the community

23 September 2021

Bristol Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) has joined forces with Bristol’s hospital charities on an innovative programme of support to benefit thousands in the community. Above & Beyond, Southmead Hospital Charity and...

New option for how people with COVID-19 are cared for on NHS wards

New option for how people with COVID-19 are cared for on NHS wards

30 August 2021

A new protocol for prone positioning — a technique commonly used to treat COVID-19 patients in respiratory distress by turning them on to their front to increase oxygen flow to the lungs, is published in the Journal of Frailty and Aging. Researchers fro...

Dementia friendly allotment breaks new ground in Bristol

Dementia friendly allotment breaks new ground in Bristol

30 July 2021

Bristol’s first dementia friendly allotment launched on 23 July, at an event attended by Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees, alongside older people, their carers, families, and the volunteers who had turned the idea into reality. The space at Charlton Road al...

Dementia HIT achievements 2020-21

Dementia HIT achievements 2020-21

20 July 2021

Outgoing Directors Dr Hilary Archer and Dr Maria-Paloma Sequeiros, and coordinator Dr Julie Clayton, provide an update on the 2020-21 activities of the Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT). Dementia HIT members rose to the challenge of COVID19 during 2...

Dementia HIT appoints new directors

Dementia HIT appoints new directors

11 June 2021

Bristol Health Partners’ Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT) has appointed three new co-directors to lead the HIT’s work in improving care for people with dementia. The Dementia HIT is a team of professionals working together to transform care for...

The importance of ‘Information About Me’: understanding the hidden causes of delays in discharging frail older people from hospital

The importance of ‘Information About Me’: understanding the hidden causes of delays in discharging frail older people from hospital

8 June 2021

Delays in discharging older people living with frailty from hospital are caused by a complex range of factors, but a key factor is how medical and social information about patients becomes fragmented during their stay. This is the conclusion of a study in...

New dementia support sessions and groups for 2021

New dementia support sessions and groups for 2021

12 January 2021

The pandemic continues to be extremely challenging for people living with dementia and their carers, family and friends.Southern Brooks, along with several local partner organisations, have organised support groups for people with dementia and their carer...

Testing memory over four weeks could predict Alzheimer's disease risk

Testing memory over four weeks could predict Alzheimer's disease risk

10 December 2020

New research suggests testing people’s memory over four weeks could identify who is at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease before it has developed. Importantly, the trial found testing people’s ability to retain memories for longer time p...

Dementia studies across Bristol and Bath are now back up and running

Dementia studies across Bristol and Bath are now back up and running

17 November 2020

COVID-19 has dealt a huge blow to research in many areas, including dementia, with many laboratories and research centres having to close their doors for months in order to stop the spread of the virus. Some facilities have reopened, with extra infection...

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