Dementia Partnerships
This new report from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services is the successor document to the influential ‘All our Tomorrow’s’ report published in 2002 and articulates six key areas that require attention to create the environment to build better care and wellbeing services for older people. Read more »
Pan Bristol approach to Dementia Champions
A 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 »
Delivering Dignity: Securing dignity in care for older
people in hospitals and care homes
The recently published report from the Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People looks at the undignified care of older people in our hospitals and care homes and how this can be improved. Read more »
Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they are given makes things worse. According to research funded by UK Research Council’s New Dynamics of Ageing programme (NDA), healthcare providers must avoid taking a ‘blanket view’ of how to help older people cope with the ageing process. Read more »
Patients continue to report improvements in aspects of care that matter most to them, and 84 per cent of patients rated their experience as excellent or very good, according to the results of the 2011 Patient Experience Outpatient Survey. Read more »
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 »