Welcome
Trent Dementia Services Development Centre is a not-for-profit organisation working to help the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors to improve the care they provide for people with dementia. We operate primarily (but not exclusively) in the East Midlands. We aim to support individual practitioners, students and organisations large and small.
The information on this website will tell you more about the range of services we offer.
Trent DSDC is part of a UK network of dementia services development centres (see useful links for details on other centres).
If you are a carer or person with dementia and you are looking for information and advice you may wish to contact the Alzheimer's Society (Helpline Mon - Fri 8.30am - 6.30pm 0845 300 0336).
Our Services
We operate a number of services with the aim of supporting service providers to improve the quality of care and support they provide for people with dementia and their carers
Information
We deal with enquiries from organisations in the East Midlands on all aspects of dementia care
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Projects
We manage an information resource on assistive technologies for people with dementia
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Events
The 4th UK Dementia Congress 2009
The largest dementia-focused event in the UK returns to Harrogate this autumn The 4th UK Dementia Congress offers an exciting mix of plenary sessions, parallel sessions, workshops and posters as well as breakfast and lunchtime special interest sessions.
Read more about The 4th UK Dementia Congress 2009
Download Conference programme (3163.49kb)
Dementia Services Development Centre's 3rd International Conference
The Dementia Services Development Centre's 3rd International Conference will take place in York, UK on the 15th & 16th September 2009. This year the theme will be "Facing the Future" and the event will focus on the whole person, multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional research, contextualised in policy, practice and social trends.
Read more about Dementia Services Development Centre's 3rd International Conference