Brain Waves, issue 44
The November 2011 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, includes features on: Our House; Dementia Adventure; Design Council challenge. Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Right Prescription: a call to action on the use of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia
This is a call to work together in a way that that will unite us in our common cause to improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their carers by reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotics for these people. Read more »
Service specification for dementia: memory service for early diagnosis and intervention
This specification has been designed to assist commissioners to commission a memory services for early diagnosis and intervention. Read more »
Personalisation and dementia: a practitioner’s guide to self-directed support for people living with dementia
This guide to personalisation and dementia has been written for, and with input from, people living with dementia, their families and friends, and the practitioners who support them. Read more »
Case for change – Communities for people living with dementia
This document explains the evidence that has been used in designing the service to support people with dementia, whether living at home or in care homes, as well as dementia-specific elements of other Communities. Read more »
Update of dementia metrics for health and social care indicators
The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care have developed an update of Dementia Metrics for Health and Social Care Indicators covering all Councils with Adult Social Services responsibilities (CASSRs) in England. Read more »
An evaluation of dementia support worker roles
This report presents an evaluation of existing models of community-based support for people with dementia, their families and carers. Read more »
NHS Operating Framework 2012-13
The Framework states that anyone working with people with dementia must be properly trained and that people with dementia must have one point of contact who can coordinate all their health and social care needs. Read more »
Evaluation of the National Carers’ Strategy demonstrator sites programme
The Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities has recently published a resaerch report ‘New Approaches to Supporting Carers’ Health and Well-being: evidence from the National Carers’ Strategy Demonstrator Sites programme’. Read more »
Home care often fails to meet older people’s basic rights, says inquiry
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into the home care system in England reveals disturbing evidence that the poor treatment of many older people is breaching their human rights and too many are struggling to voice their concerns about their care or be listened to about what kind of support they want. Read more »