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Journal of Brain and Neurology | Volume 3

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March 14-16, 2019 | London, UK

International Conference on

Vascular Dementia and Dementia

Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Joint Event

hile there is recognition of the challenges that dementia

brings to the UK national health economy, less well

understood is the impact of dementia as a health issue for UK

Black, Asian andminority ethnic communities. In a book due for

publication inNovember 2019 on the subject with contributions

from academic researchers and the experience of careers

and people living with dementia in these communities the

presenting author considers not only the shared characteristics

that are typical of the experience of all minority ethnic

communities in the UK but also throws a spotlight on the details

for different communities. These include the African-Caribbean,

Irish, South Asian, Chinese and Jewish. The presentation will

review some of the key findings and conclusions from the book

and their relevance for awareness raising, career support and

access to services and deconstructing some of the stereotypes

and assumptions about minority communities’ response to

dementia.

Speaker Biography

David Truswell has worked in community based mental health services in the UK for over

thirty years developing services for people with complex care needs and enduring mental

health problems in a career spanning the voluntary sector, local authority services, and the

NHS at a senior level. He has two Masters level degrees, including a distinction level MBA.

From 2009 - 2011 he was the Dementia Implementation Lead for Commissioning Support

for London, working with commissioners across London to improve dementia services. He

is currently Executive Director of the Dementia Alliance for Culture and Ethnicity (www.

aUKsocialenterprisedevelopedby localandnationalvoluntaryorganizations

working with dementia and is an independent writer and researcher on dementia support

and services for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. His book on the subject is

due for publication in November 2019. He is also the director of somfreshthinking limited,

a healthcare consultancy working on service redesigns and change management in health

andsocialcareservices.Hespecializes inHealthServiceredesign,MentalHealth,Dementia.

David Truswell

SomeFreshThinking ltd., UK

The impact of Dementia on UK Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities