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Confident Conversations

In conjunction with Alzheimer Scotland, Confident Conversations training sessions are run by the Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network's staff. 

It is our belief that the practitioner with the best relationship with the person living with a neuroprogressive disease and their family is best placed to have a conversation about research participation. This training is help practitioners start the conversation and to build up knowledge and confidence to talk about research participation at the appropriate time.

The training takes a full day or can be split into smaller sessions. It is a very practical course with lots of interactive sessions. At the end of the session, you will leave with a toolkit and a list of local contacts for future questions.

Confident Conversations Toolkit

Organisation Information
Join Dementia Research

An easy-to-use service which allows people to register their interest in dementia research so they can be contacted about relevant research studies
Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network

The Permission to Contact register covers lots of different brain conditions allowing researchers to view volunteers medical records to match them with the most appropriate studies

Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre: Brain Tissue Bank

The Alzheimer Scotland Brain Tissue Bank accept donations of brain tissue from people with dementia to assist research now and in the future

Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network: Partners in Research

Involving patients, carers and the public as vital research partners, supporting the work of the Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network (NDN)
ENRICH Scotland

Enabling research in care homes by bringing together care home staff, residents and researchers

The course was originally designed to talk about dementia research, but now it has been expanded for practitioners of other neuroprogressive disease areas such as Parkinson's, Motor Neuron Disease, Huntington's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis.

If you are interested in hearing more about the course or booking a session, please contact tay.ndntayside@nhs.scot or call 01382 423086.

The Confident Conversations presentation can be downloaded for review.