Vascular Dementia

Biography

David Truswell has worked in community based mental health services in the UK for over thirty years developing services for people with complex care needs and enduringrnmental health problems in a career spanning the voluntary sector, local authority services and the NHS. From 2009 – 2011, he was the Dementia Implementation Lead forrnCommissioning Support for London, working with commissioners across London to improve dementia services. He is an independent writer and researcher on dementia support and services for Black and minority ethnic communities, working with a number of projects and initiatives.

Abstract

Abstract : Early stage work with raising awareness about vascular dementia in the African-Caribbean community in London