Dementia Partnerships
The Nursing Times shortlist dementia ward for its palliative care
One of Cornwall’s two specialist dementia care wards has been shortlisted from over 500 entries for a top national award from the Nursing Times. Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2009
Two local units pilot a new Enabling Environment Award
Two Units from Bodmin Hospital have been chosen by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to pilot the new Enabling Environment Award. Read more »
Effective leadership development interventions: a position statement
This Health Foundation report reveals the interventions that work in creating leadership knowledge, behaviours, skills, competences, or ‘habits of mind’, relating to quality improvement. Read more »
Day unit for older people with dementia opens at Dorset County Hospital
The unit, the first of its kind in a South West Acute Hospital Trust, will offer a supportive environment for patients at risk of dementia as they receive medical treatment for other health conditions. Read more »
Contracting for personalised outcomes: learning from emerging practice
Contracting for personalised outcomes draws on learning from six local authorities who have begun to reshape their contracts, processes, range of budget holding options and relationships with the provider market to ensure that personalised services are available for everyone with care and support needs. Read more »
Living Well With Dementia: A National Dementia Strategy Implementation Plan
The National Dementia Strategy Implementation Plan describes the implementation task, arrangements for national and regional support, and the programmes that have been put in place to support delivery of Living well with dementia: a National Dementia Strategy. Read more »
Good practice in relation to working with older people experiencing dementia
This study was commissioned in order to identify and promote good practice in relation to working with older people experiencing dementia. Read more »
Dementia demonstrator sites in the South West region
This briefing provides summary information about the four dementia demonstrator sites in the South West region. Read more »
NHS Mutual: engaging staff and aligning incentives to
achieve higher levels of performance
This report looks at the factors that drive staff engagement in the health service, and examines various models of employee ownership in use both within and outside the NHS. Read more »
Joint commissioning framework for dementia
The National Dementia Strategy joint commissioning framework provides best practice guidance for commissioning dementia services. Read more »