Dementia: End of life careThis video from SocialCareTV, managed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence, illustrates the importance of dignity and respect, providing a ‘human touch’ and recognising people’s wishes at the end of life. Read more »
The end of life care quality markers provide detailed structure and process markers and measures which will be relevant for end of life care for people with dementia. Read more »
This guide outlines key factors which can improve the quality of care for people with dementia in general hospitals. Read more »
The commissioning and benchmarking tool helps you to assess local service requirements using the indicative benchmark as a starting point. With knowledge of your local population and its demographic, you can amend the benchmark to better reflect your local circumstances. Read more »
This commissioning guide provides support for the local implementation of NICE clinical guidelines through commissioning, and is a resource to help statutory and voluntary health and social care professionals in England to commission integrated end of life care (EOLC) services for people with dementia. Read more »
This report provides evidence on the quality of dementia care provided on general wards in hospitals across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Using evidence received from carers and nurses on the quality of care provided the key areas of need that are not being met are discussed. These include: understanding dementia the provision of person-centred… Read more »
This clinical knowledge summary covers the principles of palliative care, and reviews the management of some common problems in palliative care. Read more »
Alzheimer’s Society report provides evidence from over 2,400 people with dementia, carers and nurses on the quality of dementia care provided on general wards in hospitals. Read more »
This project aimed to identify the major barriers for dementia patients and their carers in accessing good quality end of life care. The research findings suggest cost effective ways of enabling improvements. Read more »