David Truswell
somefreshthinking ltd. UK
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 enduring mental health problems in a career spanning the UK voluntary sector, local authority services, and the NHS. From 2009 - 2011 he was the Dementia Implementation Lead for Commissioning Support for London. He is the Chair of the Dementia Alliance for Culture and Ethnicity, a grassroots alliance of dementia organisations. He recently left the NHS to set up somefreshthinking (www.somefreshthinking.com) a health sector change management consultancy. He is also an independent writer on dementia support and services for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
Abstract
Abstract : The impact of dementia on migrant communities: A complex challenge in a globalised world
