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Tom Dening
Professor of Dementia Research
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Nottingham
Tom is the head of the Centre for Dementia in the Institute of Mental Health at Nottingham. With over 20 years experience as a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, he is currently an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Tom has extensive NHS management and leadership experience.
October 28, 2015
In the summer of 2013 Nottingham University’s Lakeside Theatre staged a new play, Inside Out of Mind*, written and directed by Tanya Myers. There are at least 3 stories to tell here. One is the story in the play itself...
October 28, 2015
I must confess that why I work with dementia is not something that I really planned. But one of the pleasures of living life is that things take their own course and you don’t know what’s going to happen next....
October 28, 2015
Dementia is a big topic and one that’s become even more important recently. Trouble is, there’s such a lot of information out there, including people writing blogs, it could put you off trying to say anything. So where’s the best...
August 19, 2015
There seems little doubt that dementia sells newspapers these days. Barely a week goes past without a new sensation – Miracle Cure! ….Eat This, Eat That!... XXX gives you Alzheimers’!! What is an ordinary person supposed to make of this...
August 19, 2015
Like many people, I like to feed the birds in my garden. They eat about a kilogram of seeds every week from two bird feeders. What I like about the feeders is that they discriminate in favour of the smaller...
August 19, 2015
Public appetite for information about dementia is about more than just awareness. It’s more like a great thirst, and has taken my breath away on at least two occasions recently. On the first occasion, I had offered my services to...
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