Carers Evidence Summits ebookNHS Improving Quality has produced an ebook to share the Commitment to Carers achievements over the last year. It includes the findings from the regional Carers Evidence Summits and links to over 50 case studies. Read more »
Cracks in the pathwayThis report presents the findings of a Care Quality Commission review of the care people living with dementia receive as they moved between care homes and acute hospitals. Read more »
Supporting a person with dementiaThis Easy Read factsheet published by the the Alzheimer’s Society provides advice for someone with learning disabilities who may have a friend or relative with dementia. Read more »
Kinda Magic toolkitThe Kinda Magic toolkit, developed by Peninsula Community Health, provides a framework to gathering patient experience feedback, that seeks to capture the real experiences behind the data collected for quality monitoring metrics. Read more »
South West Strategic Clinical Network and Senate annual report 2013-14The first annual report from the South West Strategic Clinical Network and Senate describes how it has worked with partners and stakeholders to establish the structure of the networks and clinical Senate, set strategic objectives and embarked upon programmes of work which aim to deliver those objectives across the South West during the coming year. Read more »
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Dementia Strategy 2013-17The Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust dementia strategy covers all aspects of care for patients living with dementia during their interactions with the Acute Trust, whether inpatient or outpatient. Read more »
Hospitalisation Happens: A guide to hospital visits for people with memory lossThis guide published by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust outlines steps that people with memory loss and their carers and families can take to make hospital visits easier. 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 »
Derby city dementia serviceDerby city dementia service is provided by Making Space and aims to help people with dementia to live an active and fulfilled life. Read more »
Dementia assessment and referral 2014-15This data collection reports on the number and proportion of patients aged 75 and over admitted as an emergency for more than 72 hours who have been identified as potentially having dementia, who are appropriately assessed and, where appropriate, referred on to specialist services in England. Read more »