Dementia Partnerships
An NHS Bristol incentive scheme which has achieve over 50% sign up and from those practices, nearly 250 people were identified as having dementia and added to the registers. The biggest improvement was 37 people in one practice (2012-13). Read more »
Nottingham Home Care provides specialist home care support for people with complex care needs. Read more »
Gnosall dementia co-ordinators
The Gnosall dementia service identifies patients at risk or in the early stages of dementia in a primary care setting. Read more »
The Dementia Voice Nurse acts as an expert practitioner, advocate and facilitator, sourcing and effective coordination of existing services. Read more »
We have published the third of a series of dementia workbooks within a three stepped pathway including small bite sized learning presentations for both learners and those sharing learning with others in teaching or supervisory roles. Read more »
Dementia Competency Framework
The dementia competency framework supports staff to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to provide high quality dementia care. It distinguishes the different competencies needed across three steps from basic awareness to specialist knowledge and skills. Read more »
We have published new good practice examples highlighting innovative and new ways of working within dementia care. Read more »
Bristol hospitals are looking at putting volunteers on wards to help improve dementia care. Read more »
This report explains the methodology and details the currently available outcomes of a locally-delivered GP education seminar programme intended to improve primary care awareness, knowledge, early identification and management of people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
Alzheimer’s Society is supporting a new dementia awareness event. Dementia Awareness Day (DAD) is taking place on Saturday 17th September 2011 and the charity is urging people to sign up to its Facebook cause page. Read more »