Empowered Conversations

Empowered Conversations Empowered Conversations helps Greater Manchester families affected by dementia to stay well, to stay connected and to stay together for longer.

Caring for people living with dementia is not easy, and can create frustrations for all involved. We want to Empower families to live as well as they can with dementia. Improving connections, increasing understanding, encouraging curiosity and focusing on self care can make a huge difference. The team provides communication courses and one to one dementia focused therapeutic support for family car

ers in Greater Manchester. Dr Phil McEvoy developed our first course, ‘Empowered Conversations’, in 2014 to improve communication and relationships between people living with dementia and their families. The course helps people to listen, learn and stay connected. It encourages people to get curious and try different ways to communicate. We have a follow on course, Moving Beyond Words, for when words become trickier to understand and use. We work with the wonderful Dr Maggie Ellis to offer a third course, Adaptive Interactions, around connecting with family members who have advanced dementia. We raise grant funding so that courses are free for families living in Greater Manchester. We run courses for professionals as well, starting with a 2 hour introduction to dementia and communication workshop. We expect groups to pay for these courses. The one to one support offers regular and flexible sessions for carers on the phone or via zoom. Sessions offer time to unload, reflect, consider different approaches, accept and think about self care. This approach is based on the New York University Caregiver Intervention, research showed this delayed the move into full time care by 557 days. We have a carers voice monthly group who are passionate about sharing their stories to bring about positive change for others. We also run a monthly bereavement group for v carers we have worked with

If you know, you really do know. Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is an unfair battle, it's a battle that normally comes when...
01/06/2026

If you know, you really do know. Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is an unfair battle, it's a battle that normally comes when families are on their knees, it's a battle that few win, a battle between health and social care with families stuck in the middle. We need to do better!

Please sign the petition.

Today, we’re joining 11 other health charities from across England to launch a petition urging the UK government to improve the NHS continuing healthcare (CHC) funding
process.

Time is precious for people with Lewy body dementia. Families shouldn’t face battle
after battle to get the support they need.

We’re calling on the Health Secretary to review and fix NHS CHC once and for all.

Join us. Sign our petition now: https://action.dementiauk.org/fix-nhs-continuing-healthcare?utm_campaign=ftf26&utm_source=wom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=LewyBodySociety

How does Empowered Conversations help people?"I have slowed down when spending time with my mam. I try not to ask so man...
01/06/2026

How does Empowered Conversations help people?

"I have slowed down when spending time with my mam. I try not to ask so many questions. I try to spend quality time with her rather than rushing to do chores and other jobs. I think about how she feels rather than how I think she should feel. I have taken a lot from the course that I am using daily".

"Learning to enhance and enrich my conversation with my husband to our MUTUAL benefit".

We have 24 people referrals so far, we need 128 for Greater Manchester - so please keep sharing the poster!

Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre DANCING WITH DEMENTIA Bolton Dementia Support Bridgewater Home Care Bolton Bolton Cares Bolton Carers Support Bury VCFA Springboard Oldham Dementia Carers Support Age UK Tameside Age Friendly Salford Age UK Salford and Trafford Manchester Forget Me Not Buddies - Tameside Healthwatch Tameside Carers Manchester Trafford Community News Trafford Libraries

With your support we have raised a whopping £1390!And we've reached 13% of our target already which is amazing. Thank yo...
25/05/2026

With your support we have raised a whopping £1390!

And we've reached 13% of our target already which is amazing. Thank you so much if you have supported already. If you haven't had the chance, our Crowdfunder is open until July.

Empowered Conversations supports families affected by dementia to stay well, stay connected and stay together for longer. We deliver communication courses, group support and one to one dementia focused therapeutic support for families across Greater Manchester. Our work relies on grants and a little earned income.

Empowered Conversations support families affected by dementia, offering communication courses, one to one therapeutic sessions and groups.

Really simple list of symptoms that might help somebody get the right diagnosis and support.
25/05/2026

Really simple list of symptoms that might help somebody get the right diagnosis and support.

Would your friends and family recognise these symptoms of Lewy body dementia? Would their friends?

Dementia Awareness Week was rebranded to Dementia Action Week recently to try and encourage more people to get involved.

One easy way to take action is to share information with your followers. The more people know what to look out for the better the chance of them getting the correct treatment and care.

Find out more: www.lewybody.org

Final day of the Brain Health Roadshow and we are joining the celebrations at Seedley Park for a night of bagpipes, uk...
23/05/2026

Final day of the Brain Health Roadshow and we are joining the celebrations at Seedley Park for a night of bagpipes, ukulele and fun.

Age UK Salford and Trafford Salford Community Libraries Salford CVS and Volunteer Centre Salford GMMH Cognitive Therapy Training Centre Salford Older People, Dementia and Carers Information and Communication DANCING WITH DEMENTIA

Amanda was back on the road for Dementia Action Week, joining Salford partners at Salford Royal to talk about Brain Heal...
22/05/2026

Amanda was back on the road for Dementia Action Week, joining Salford partners at Salford Royal to talk about Brain Health and share the support available across Salford for families affected by dementia.

Age UK Salford and Trafford Salford Institute for Dementia Salford CVS and Volunteer Centre Salford Salford Community Libraries Salford Older People, Dementia and Carers Information and Communication

Can you help to raise awareness of ? £2.50 for a badge.
22/05/2026

Can you help to raise awareness of ? £2.50 for a badge.

A small way you can take action during Dementia Action Week 👇

Wear this beautiful metal pin badge with pride - exclusively available for £2.50 including postage and packing: www.lewybody.org/shop

Dementia Action Week keeps on giving, had the pleasure to chat with Vivian, Suzy and Leslie from Dancing with Dementia.W...
21/05/2026

Dementia Action Week keeps on giving, had the pleasure to chat with Vivian, Suzy and Leslie from Dancing with Dementia.

Watch this short film to find out more about what they do, why they do it and how volunteers support this brilliant work. See first comment to find a link to Dancing with Dementia.

https://youtu.be/NF5fZ1NZkAo

DANCING WITH DEMENTIA Age UK Salford and Trafford Age Friendly Salford

In this short film, we hear from Lesley, founder of Dancing with Dementia and volunteers Vivien and Suzy. We find out why Dancing with Dementia was set up f...

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