Family support rooms at Pinderfields HospitalThe family support rooms at Pinderfields hospital, run by Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, enable families to stay together when a family member has dementia or is at a palliative-care stage of their life. Read more »
Ladder to the MoonLadder to the Moon provides workforce and service development that enables health and care organisations to develop active, creative, vibrant care services. It uses approaches that incorporate creativity and the arts, and involve staff, older people living with dementia and other long-term conditions, and the wider community. Read more »
Improving end of life and palliative care in South WorcestershireSouth Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group have been delivering a clinically led, whole systems approach to redesigning and improving the quality of services for patients at the end of life. Read more »
Three wards at Weston General Hospital have signed up to the national Quality Charter Mark in Elderly Care with a real focus on Dementia care and staff attitude towards Dementia patients. Read more »
This project aims to reduce the prescription of antipsychotic medication for people living with dementia in care homes across Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead. Read more »
Pan Bristol approach to Dementia ChampionsA Bristol-wide partnership is recruiting, training and supporting dementia champions, so that people with dementia who are admitted to hospitals in Bristol, receive high quality care that is consistent in approach and delivery. Read more »
Each ward is being given the opportunity to apply for a Charter Mark, recognising the high quality of care provided to people with dementia whilst in the Royal United Hospital Bath. Read more »
This project aimed to improve dementia care in Somerset’s general hospitals through the secondment of two members of staff from the Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Read more »
The project aims to familiarise staff in University Hospitals Bristol with ‘This is me’, a simple leaflet devised by the Alzheimer’s Society to support people with dementia in an unfamiliar environment such as hospital. Read more »
The Dementia ward champion at Musgrove Park Hospital ensures that all staff that care for patients with dementia are appropriately trained to provide person centred care with respect and dignity. Read more »