The Dementia Roadmap provides high quality information about the dementia journey alongside local information about services, support groups and resources to assist primary care staff to more effectively support people with dementia and cognitive impairment, their families and carers. Read more »
These training resources can be used by NHS Health Check trainers and practitioners to improve the quality of their delivery of the dementia component of the check. Read more »
This short animated video highlights how living with dementia could be through the ‘well pathway for dementia’. It shows the importance of a holistic partnership approach to supporting the person with dementia, their families and carers within local communities. Read more »
This mind map illustrates how the Dementia Partnerships knowledge portal provides access to knowledge and learning across the Well Pathway for Dementia as a vital component of improving and delivering dementia care. Read more »
Delirium awareness video
Delirium in older adults often goes unrecognised by health care professionals and can be poorly managed. This video was produced with the aim of improving recognition and management of delirium in any healthcare setting. Read more »
NHS Health Check commissioning: Commissioner’s current and potential use of weighted financial remuneration
This report includes details of a literature review of commissioner’s current and potential use of weighted financial remuneration and provides recommendations for commissioners. Read more »
John’s Campaign
John’s Campaign is about the right of people who care for someone living with dementia to be able to stay with them – and the right of people with dementia to be able to have a family carer stay with them. Read more »
Are we nearly there yet? Enabling people with dementia to remain at home: a housing perspective
This report published by the Housing LIN sets out the key role housing providers, and in particular social housing providers, can play in supporting people living with dementia to stay independent in the home of their choice for as long as possible. Read more »
Becoming a dementia friendly GP Surgery
This booklet published by Healthwatch Devon aims to enable health centres to adopt dementia friendly practice and to ensure that people with dementia have a positive experience of primary care. Read more »
National Audit of Dementia – third report
The National Audit of Dementia (NAD) (care in general hospitals) measures the performance of general hospitals against criteria relating to care delivery which are known to impact upon people with dementia while in hospital. The third audit collected data between April and November 2016. Read more »
State of Caring 2017
This survey undertaken by Carers UK paints a comprehensive picture of caring in 2017 and more than 7,000 people responded, making it the largest State of Caring Survey to date. Read more »
Turning up the volume: unheard voices of people with dementia
This report published by the Alzheimer’s Society brings together views of more than 3,500 people with dementia, carers and the public on what it is like to live with dementia. Read more »
Dementia Friendly Housing Charter: A guidance toolkit for a dementia-friendly approach to housing
This toolkit aims to help professionals in their support of people living with dementia in their homes and facilitate consistency and good practice. Read more »
Dementia Citizens
Dementia Citizens is a new project to help people with dementia and those who care for them, using apps on smartphones and tablets. Read more »
Dementia Atlas
The Dementia Atlas is an interactive map that plots data about dementia care and support, allowing people to compare the quality of dementia care across the country. Read more »
Helping your loved one with dementia eat well
This flowchart published by Bupa UK offers some pointers for carers and relatives on how to help people with dementia to eat well so that they remain healthy and can continue to remain independent in their own home. Read more »
Better planning for car ownership and well-being in old age
This briefing paper published by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network seeks to connect the body of knowledge around the significance of car ownership in achieving well-being for older people to those making decisions that may impact on car ownership among older people. Read more »
Integrated approach to identifying and assessing Carer health and wellbeing
This toolkit published by NHS England clarifies the new duties on NHS organisations under the Care Act 2014 and the Children and Families Act 2014, and includes examples of positive practice of work that have proven successful in supporting carers and their families. Read more »
#DAW2016
This post shows social commentary about Dementia Awareness Week 2016 from Twitter using the hashtag #DAW2016. Read more »
Fix dementia care – NHS and care homes
This report published by the Alzheimer’s Society marks the second phase of a campaign looking at the experiences of people with dementia in a range of health and care settings. It contains the results of a survey of care home managers and the voices of people with dementia, their families and carers. Read more »
Doncaster Admiral Nurse service
The Doncaster Admiral nurse service is a partnership initiative between the NHS, Doncaster Council and voluntary sector led by a new team of dedicated dementia specialists operating across the borough. Read more »
South of Tyne and Wear Memory Protection Service
The South of Tyne and Wear Memory Protection Service provided by the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist care led service with primary care support serving 84,000 people living in Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead. Read more »
Assessment of Cardiac Status Before Prescribing Acetyl Cholinesterase Inhibitors
The aim of this guidance is to support consistent, evidence-based practice in the cardiac pre-assessment, monitoring and safe prescribing of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) for people with dementia. Read more »
Dementia rarely travels alone: living with dementia and other conditions
This report published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia examines the scale of difficulty faced by people living with both dementia and other health conditions, and how the health and social care system can provide holistic, person-centred care and support for this growing body of people. Read more »