Dementia HIT News

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

  • 23rd September 2021
Bristol Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) has joined forces with Bristol’s hospital charities…

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

  • 30th August 2021
A new protocol for prone positioning — a technique commonly used to treat COVID-19 patients…

Dementia friendly allotment breaks new ground in Bristol

  • 30th July 2021
Bristol’s first dementia friendly allotment launched on 23 July, at an event attended by Bristol…

Dementia HIT achievements 2020-21

  • 20th July 2021
Outgoing Directors Dr Hilary Archer and Dr Maria-Paloma Sequeiros, and coordinator Dr Julie Clayton, provide…

Dementia HIT appoints new directors

  • 11th June 2021
Bristol Health Partners’ Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT) has appointed three new co-directors to…

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

  • 8th June 2021
Delays in discharging older people living with frailty from hospital are caused by a complex…

New dementia support sessions and groups for 2021

  • 12th January 2021
The pandemic continues to be extremely challenging for people living with dementia and their carers,…

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

  • 10th December 2020
New research suggests testing people’s memory over four weeks could identify who is at higher…

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

  • 17th November 2020
COVID-19 has dealt a huge blow to research in many areas, including dementia, with many…

Information About Me' campaign launched to help older people leave hospital when ready

  • 16th November 2020
A new campaign to support older people with frailty admitted to hospital in an emergency…

Dementia HIT's COVID impact survey reveals key challenges facing dementia services

  • 12th November 2020
A survey done of 19 dementia services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire…