Dementia Partnerships
This report presents findings of a Torbay pilot project and recommends that all carers of newly diagnosed patients with dementia should be offered an enhanced health check at the time of diagnosis. Read more »
Lostwithiel General Practice in Cornwall has introduced a nurse led memory assessment service to support detection, diagnosis, and post-diagnosis care and support. Read more »
Suicide prevention strategy launched
The Department of Health has launched a new cross-government strategy ‘Preventing suicide in England’ on World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September 2012. Read more »
Dementia-specialist nurses from the secondary care memory assessment service in Bristol are now based in primary care, supporting GPs as they regain skills in managing dementia. Read more »
Details of a campaign to raise awareness of dementia amongst NHS staff, a forerunner to the public facing awareness-raising campaign. Read more »
Transforming the delivery of health and social care
This paper, published by The King’s Fund, explores how the current health and social care delivery system has failed to keep pace with the population’s needs and expectations. Read more »
Jeremy Hughes talks about dementia friendly communities
Jeremy Hughes, Chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, talks about the challenges in making our communities more ‘dementia friendly’. Read more »
The Right Prescription: resource pack
This resource pack will support pharmacists, who play a crucial role in medicines optimisation, to have critical conversations about the prescription of antipsychotics in dementia and reduce inappropriate prescribing. Read more »
The ‘Ready Steady Go telehealth implementation toolkit’ provides a framework for organisations to develop a supportive environment in which telehealth can flourish. Read more »
The August 2012 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter, produced by Innovations in Dementia, features: Dementia Without Walls; User testing of technology for people with dementia; Your opportunity to influence the NICE draft quality standard on dementia. Read more »