Design Council launches the final concepts for its Living well with dementia programme

Last August the Design Council, in partnership with the Department of Health, ran a design challenge asking teams to produce innovative new ideas that would help improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers.

Now five of the designs have been developed as part of the Living well with dementia programme and include dogs to help people with dementia, a social network for carers and a wristband personal alarm.

The designs will be launched today with a series of talks that you can watch online this afternoon, with Alzheimer's Society's Head of Policy, George McNamara, on the panel for one of the talks.

Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive of Alzheimer's Society, said:

'These innovative products have the potential to make a big difference to the quality of life of people with dementia and their carers. They could help people feel supported and enable them to live independently for longer.

Earlier this month, the Prime Minister threw down the gauntlet to all of us to help improve the picture for people with dementia. This competition provides one example of how this can be done. We now need to rally more people behind the cause. From the boardroom to bus drivers we all have a role to play.'

Jeremy Hughes
Chief Executive
Alzheimer's Society

• Watch the talks live online from 1pm