Maxine Linnell, who lives with dementia, has provided an update on the Change.org petition https://www.change.org/p/stop-negative-and-inaccurate-dementia-publicity-show-the-hopeful-creative-possibilities she began with colleagues entitled: ‘Stop negative and inaccurate dementia publicity. Show the hopeful, creative possibilities.’
This petition, which had 1790 supporters and has now closed, was begun following the Alzheimer’s Society releasing their film ‘The Long Goodbye’.
Maxine’s update on the petition and the outcomes associated with it can be read here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-negative-and-inaccurate-dementia-publicity-show-the-hopeful-creative-possibilities/u/32777861
Read the statement by the Board of Dementia Community in response to The Long Goodbye (which includes comments from our members) here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/statement-by-the-board-of-dementia-community