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Emerson J Jones is a carer with several years' experience in delivering home care and support for his wife with vascular dementia and Alzheimer's. This has enabled him to gain unique insights into the challenges and issues facing carers and families in the planning and delivery of appropriate and responsive quality care, as well as the impacts on carers' roles, responsibilities, health and wellbeing and lifestyle. As a carer and inspired by the desire to contribute to the care and support for people with dementia, it has led him to develop approaches that would enable carers and families to better cope with their caring and supporting roles. Being a member of the Dementia Information and Support for Carers Organisation (DISC) he has written several articles on dementia care for the DISC Carers Newsletter. Emerson has worked extensively with health and social care professionals and practitioners on the design of dementia care, support and services and on carer's needs and priorities. He has provided several written submissions on Dementia Strategy Framework, Dementia Carers Strategy, review of Community Day Care for Adults and the Carers Grant Scheme. Emerson also served as a Member of the Scrutiny and Review Committee on Health and Social Care.

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