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Specialist dementia nurses with Dementia UK were introduced to the GRaCE-AGE project and how it can help older adults living at home.

The GRaCE Cafe became a small charity in 2017.

The cafe, originally started in 2015, hosts weekly meetings to provide support for people self-managing mental health problems in the community. Sessions involve arts and crafts-based activities to help build a community and the self-esteem of individuals.

This newsletter gives an update on our activities that concentrates on events organised by the West Mildands Academic Health Science Network and on our recent publications.

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) held their annual Celebration of Innovation event at the NEC, Birmingham in July, which was attended by GRaCE-AGE.

Dr Buckingham being interviewed at the event

The GRandis project is a partner of GRaCE-AGE seeking to develop education and training materials for use by older people and their carers, to help them use technology to improve their lives when living at home.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) held their 8th Annual Research Event in July at the Welcome Center, Coventry, to celebrate and promote ongoing research projects within the trust.

A custom GRaCE service has been produced for assessing candidates for reality television shows such as Big Brother and I'm a Celebrity.

The modified service was created for a psychologist who works as a consultant on reality TV shows, with the aim of providing producers with information about whether an applicant puts themselves or others at risk by joining the series.

Two sessions were delivered in Worcester, on 16th February, to train clinicians in using GRaCE for risk assessment, attracting 38 participants. 

The advanced sessions trained people to become 'super users' - users who will now be able to support other staff in using the system and answer any questions they may have.

GRaCE-AGE exhibited at Meridian LIVE, an interactive event to showcase innovators from across the healthcare sector, organised by the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN).

Imagine Independence are a mental health charity providing services to 2000 people per year with mental health difficulties. Dr Buckingham met with management in Liverpool to discuss setting up groups using GRaCE.