Dementia Partnerships
The project is using an evidence based methodology to improve the knowledge, attitude and competencies of front line health staff in the care of people with dementia across Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. Read more »
This project aims to deliver Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) training to staff working in Day Centres and Extra Care Housing Schemes across West Berkshire, enabling more people with dementia to engage in this evidence based approach for longer. Read more »
Supporting people with dementia at home
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 »
How would I know? What can I do?
This guide, developed by the National Council for Palliative Care, for carers and those who work with people with dementia provides advice on how to help with pain and distress in people with the condition. Read more »
Compassion in Practice
Compassion in Practice sets out a vision to embed six values: care, compassion, courage, communication, competence and commitment, known as the Six C’s, throughout the NHS to improve care for patients. Read more »
Informed About Dementia DVD
This series of 6 videos. developed by NHS Education for Scotland, aims to support staff and students improve their dementia awareness, knowledge and skills. Read more »
Lostwithiel General Practice in Cornwall has introduced a nurse led memory assessment service to support detection, diagnosis, and post-diagnosis care and support. Read more »
Dementia-specialist nurses from the secondary care memory assessment service in Bristol are now based in primary care, supporting GPs as they regain skills in managing dementia. Read more »
Details of a campaign to raise awareness of dementia amongst NHS staff, a forerunner to the public facing awareness-raising campaign. Read more »
Through the EVIDEM project, Professor Steve Iliffe and colleagues, reviewed studies of interventions to improve GPs performance in the early detection and management of dementia. Interventions proved more successful when tailored to the learning needs of the GPs and developed with them. Read more »