Dementia Partnerships
Electronic Board Rounds at Torbay Hospital
Torbay Hospital has implemented Electronic Board Rounds as part of their electronic information system, SWIFT PLUS, enabing care staff to make early plans for assessment and treatment. Read more »
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Champions for older people become on dementia champions in Plymouth
Existing Champions for Older People are being designated as Dementia Champions across all adult wards, departments and services in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. Read more »
Improving the compliance of the MUST tool at Poole Hospital
Staff at Poole Hospital are now completing all patient assessments including the MUST tool using the Cerner Millenium IT system. Read more »
Improving dementia care in Somerset’s general hospitals
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 »
Using the ‘Getting To Know You’ leaflet in Plymouth
The ‘Getting To Know You’ leaflet was developed on the Healthcare of Elderly wards, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, for use by relatives of patients too confused to give us details about themselves. Read more »
Using personal information to support people with dementia in an unfamiliar environment in University Hospitals Bristol
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
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 »
Dementia Shared Lives
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 »
Nottingham Home Care
Nottingham Home Care provides specialist home care support for people with complex care needs. Read more »
Gnosall dementia co-ordinators
The Gnosall dementia service identifies patients at risk or in the early stages of dementia in a primary care setting. Read more »