The July 2011 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, includes features on: Shared Lives; Ethical issues and dementia; Launch of ‘Difficult Conversations’ booklet; Dementia and the Arts event. Read more »
Service specification for dementia: better care at home, and in care homesThis specification has been designed to support primary care in the assessment and management of people with problematic symptoms of dementia or other complex presentations living at home, in a care home or other residential setting. Read more »
Service specification for dementia: mental health liaison service for general and community hospitalsThis specification has been designed to assist commissioners in the delivery of a service to support general and community hospitals to deliver better care to people with dementia. Read more »
This is a template action plan for use by local authorities and commissioning consortia working together under the auspices of Health and Well-being Boards to improve care for those people with dementia who live in their own homes or in some other residential setting. Read more »
This is a request for a proposal to improve care for people with dementia in hospital. Read more »
This best practice guide has been developed in consultation with an advisory group of leading clinicians specialising in dementia. Read more »
This document explains the evidence that has been used to identify eligible patients and for the design of mental health liaison services in general and community hospitals and its core components. Read more »
The King’s Fund has published a paper about shared decision-making, ‘Making Shared Decision-making a Reality: No Decision About Me, Without Me’. Read more »
Better care for people with long-term conditions: the quality and good governance of telehealth servicesThis report, published by the by the Good Governance Institute, provides recommendations for how telehealth should be implemented. Read more »
The South West Dementia Partnership is running a series of half-day workshops to assist providers and commissioners with the exciting but challenging task of developing services to support people with dementia at home. Read more »