Dementia Partnerships
SCIE dementia e-learning resources
The Social Care Institute for Excellence have developed seven e-learning modules which are aimed at anyone who comes into contact with people with dementia. Read more »
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Dementia sufferers benefit from person-centred public services
A recent Guardian article profiles Nicola Jacobson, a dementia advisor in Sheffield, who asserts that dementia sufferers are benefitting from person-centred public services, co-designed in response to the National Dementia Strategy. Read more »
Working Together To Improve Dementia Care – South West Leads The Way
NHS organisations throughout the South West are supporting Dementia Awareness Week (4 to 11 July 2010) as part of an ongoing drive to improve diagnosis and care for the growing numbers of people living with dementia. Read more »
Person centred support plan for people with dementia
The person centred support plan aims to enable and support the person living with dementia in a care home to be as self-reliant and in control as they can be. Read more »
Dementia: An introductory guide for care home staff
The purpose of this introductory guide is to give care staff some basic information and to point people in the direction of further advice. Read more »
Dementia: A guide for care home managers and providers
This guide provides care home managers and providers with information about best practice based on work in the South West. Read more »
Singing for the brain: Dementia Summit looks to the future
Launching a major event by getting everyone on their feet for a rousing song or two may sound more football than NHS, but that was precisely how the highly-successful South West Dementia Partnership Summit 2010 began at Taunton Racecourse in April. Read more »
GWAS leads the way on improving emergency care for dementia patients
Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) is working with the Department of Health (DH) to look at ways it – and other ambulance services – can provide better care for patients suffering from dementia. Read more »
Dementia: An introductory guide for ambulance clinicians
The purpose of this guide is to provide basic information and point ambulance clinicians in the direction of where to find out more. Read more »
Dementia: ethical issues
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics report Dementia: ethical issues presents an ethical framework to help those who face dilemmas in connection with the everyday care of someone with dementia. Read more »