Dementia Friendly Housing Charter: A guidance toolkit for a dementia-friendly approach to housingThis toolkit aims to help professionals in their support of people living with dementia in their homes and facilitate consistency and good practice. Read more »
Design challenges – the journeyThis video shows how the Design Council Challenges use design to develop practical solutions to social problems. In this case the ode fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite among people with dementia. Read more »
Dementia: Finding housing solutionsThis report, published by the National Housing Federation, highlights how good housing and related services can impact positively on the lives of people with dementia, from delaying more intensive forms of care to preventing admission and readmission to hospital. Read more »
This project will support people in rural areas of Bath and North East Somerset to achieve early diagnosis of dementia and get the support they want in the way that they want it, enabling people to live at home in the way that they choose. Read more »
This project aims to improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their carers living in Corwall, ensuring they receive timely diagnosis and support to live well at home or in a care home, to end of life. Read more »
The Government has announced new measures for funding care to ensure that the elderly and those with disabilities get the care they need without facing unlimited costs. Read more »
This project aims to deliver Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) training to staff working in Day Centres and Extra Care Housing Schemes across West Berkshire, enabling more people with dementia to engage in this evidence based approach for longer. Read more »
This guide published by the Alzheimer’s Society is designed to be taken into care homes by people with dementia and their families and provides an independent and objective guide to what makes good quality care. Read more »
Find me good careSocial Care Institute for Excellence has launched a new service called ‘Find Me Good Care’, to help people find good care in response to research that reveals many people are mystified by the care system. Read more »
Creating a dementia-friendly cityFindings from the York Dementia Without Walls project which explored how to make York a good place to live for people with dementia and their carers. Read more »