This report explores the organisational barriers to black and minority ethnic (BME) staff rising to positions of authority and influence in the NHS in order to inform future developments. Read more »
This guidance is intended to help providers of community services to move their relationship with their commissioners to a purely contractual one, consider what type(s) of organisations would best meet the future needs of patients and local communities, and how change can be managed to support the transformation of services to patients. Read more »
Nominate them for the People’s Award for Dignity in Care. Read more »
This review of 21 databases and 11 websites sought evidence, published between January 1993 and February 2007, of the effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of interventions to promote mental well-being in later life. Read more »
Teams without walls bring together healthcare professionals from primary and secondary care to work across traditional health boundaries to deliver care that puts the patient first. The working party, made up of representatives from the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, suggest… Read more »
This report looks at the experiences of people with dementia living in care homes in England, with a particular focus on whether their care offers dignity and respect. Read more »
An Alzheimer’s Society led campaign to support the early diagnosis and treatment of dementia. Read more »
The book explores how reminiscence can contribute to person-centred dementia care and contains detailed descriptions of activities that can be used in a variety of settings. Read more »
Always a last resort: Inquiry into the prescription of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia living in care homesThis report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) examines the problem of the over prescription of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia living in care homes and proposes workables solutions. Read more »
Strengthening the involvement of people with dementia toolkitThis toolkit augments the section ‘Involving service users and their carers’ in ‘Everybody’s Business – a service development guide’. Read more »