{"id":2363,"date":"2016-05-12T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2021-09-15T17:37:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T16:37:17","slug":"maintaining-meaningful-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2016\/05\/12\/maintaining-meaningful-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining meaningful connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study found that two-thirds of people living with dementia feel isolated. \u00a0 Our free online course &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/dementia-care\">Dementia Care: Staying Connected and Living Well<\/a>&#8221; \u00a0starting on 23 May has been written to to help people stay connected and to communicate well.<\/p>\n<p>In the first week of the course we\u00a0explore dementia\u2019s effect upon the person, on our personal relationships and on daily life.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a sneak preview of one of the videos featuring Dr Lynne Corner:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maintaining meaningful connections\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MPdbsng0_pg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The course has been written with family carers in mind. \u00a0In it we hear from carers and experts as we explore practical strategies that can improve communication. \u00a0 Lynne draws on Newcastle University&#8217;s great expertise in ageing and dementia research and together with colleagues shares knowledge on dementia, language and practical\u00a0strategies that can improve communication.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about the course and to sign up please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/dementia-care\/\">https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/dementia-care\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study found that two-thirds of people living with dementia feel isolated. \u00a0 Our free online course &#8220;Dementia Care: Staying Connected and Living Well&#8221; \u00a0starting on 23 May has been written to to help people stay connected and to communicate well. In the first week of the course we\u00a0explore dementia\u2019s effect upon the person, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2016\/05\/12\/maintaining-meaningful-connections\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Maintaining meaningful connections&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[341],"class_list":["post-2363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moocs","tag-dementia-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions\/2366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}