This project will commission a Dementia Support Worker Service to develop a support network for people with dementia, their family and carers living in North Somerset. Read more »
This narrative is based on the statements that patients and service users could make if the care they experienced was person centred and coordinated. 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 »
This briefing paper published the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services explores why our ageing population requires person-centred care and developmental support in order to maximise its chances of ageing well. Read more »
This training resource published by the Alzheimer’s Society aims to help homecare workers provide excellent person centred support for people with dementia who are living at home. Read more »
In this poster presentation, given at the UK Dementia Congress, Edana Minghella, proposes a new understanding of the dementia journey and a revised model of care for dementia, aimed at improving experiences and outcomes, and informing service redesign and commissioning. Read more »
A team at the National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP) has developed an advance care planning toolkit to help care providers approach the planning process with confidence and knowledge. Read more »
The Department of Health has published the fourth annual report on progress in delivering the End of Life Care Strategy. Read more »
The Right Care is a call to action to transform the acute hospital experience for people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
The Design Council have launched five design concepts to help people with dementia and their carers live better, including: buddiband; ode; Dementia Dog; Grouple and Trading Times. Read more »