The project aims to give people with dementia and their carers living in West Berkshire access to the information they want and need via a variety of media, including a local Dementia information website, to inform, empower and improve lives. Read more »
This project aims to esatblish a care home in-reach team to improve the quality of care delivered to people with dementia living in residential care homes and nursing homes across West Berkshire. Read more »
This project aims to create a more inclusive community across West Berkshire so that people with dementia feel they can continue to enjoy life, live as independently as possible and be part of the community. Read more »
This project will establish a community based Dementia Team that will identify, lead and maintain quality improvements in dementia care across acute and community settings in East and West Berkshire. Read more »
An Alzheimer’s Society training programme is being rolled out to 150 care homes across the UK to increase understanding and awareness of dementia and provide tools, ideas and resources to enable staff to provide good quality person-centred care. Read more »
This project aim to improve the health care environment on Ward 6A of Yeovil District Hospital to better meet the needs older and vulnerable patients, including people with dementia, confusion and memory loss. 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 »
The Dementia Shared Lives Project, will seek to develop a bank of Shared Lives placements, where people open their own homes to provide care to people with dementia, these placements could be used for long term care, rehabilitation/recuperation, respite short breaks and social and day activity. Read more »