Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
This guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence aims to increase the amount of time that people can be independent, healthy and active in later life. Read more »
Making your home dementia friendly
This booklet published by the Alzheimer’s Society aims to help people with dementia to live well in their own home. It describes ways to create or adapt the home environment so that it remains a safe and familiar place. This can help make daily living activities easier and keep people in touch with the things they enjoy doing. Read more »
A manual for good social work practice: supporting adults who have dementia
This guidance is designed to be used by adult social workers specialising in dementia at all levels, from front line practitioners to senior social workers, social work supervisors and managers, to support them to deliver the best outcomes for the people with whom they work with. Read more »
Approaching an unthinkable future – Understanding the support needs of people living with young onset dementia
This report explores the experiences of people living with young onset dementia contacted by Dementia Pathfinders during a social care workforce training project in 2014 and 2015. Read more »
Prevalence of dementia in population groups by protected characteristics: a systematic review of the literature
This literature review published by Public Health England examines evidence on how the prevalence of dementia varies with different characteristics, such as ethnicity, gender and religion. Read more »
‘Do OD’ mobile app
This mobile app commissioned by NHS Employers has been created to enable effective culture change within the NHS and will be of interest to anyone interested in improving organisational culture. Read more »
Models of dementia assessment and diagnosis: Indicative cost review
This report published by NHS England is designed to provide commissioners and service providers with detailed information about real alternative models of dementia assessment and diagnosis, with a cost breakdown. Read more »
How can we make our cities dementia friendly?
This briefing paper published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation contributes to the emerging evidence base for Dementia friendly communities by drawing out the key messages from independent evaluations of their work programmes in Bradford and York. Read more »
Peer Support for People with Dementia: A social return on investment study
This report published by the Health Innovation Network, the Academic Health Science Network for South London, demonstrates that the positive social value of peer support groups for people with dementia, their carers and volunteers can be far greater than the investment. Read more »
Tailored resource for carers and care providers on supporting people to live well with dementia
This resource published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) highlights the key messages from 10 quality statements which form the quality standard for supporting people to live well with dementia and shows what they mean for carers and care providers. Read more »
NHS Wellbeing tool
The NHS Wellbeing tool was commissioned by NHS Employers to raise awareness of the importance of emotional wellbeing and to signpost NHS staff to the right resources to support them. Read more »
Evaluation of the Bradford Dementia Friendly Communities Programme
This report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation identifies the distinctive features of the Bradford Dementia Friendly Communities programme, and examines how people with dementia can influence what a Dementia Friendly Bradford should be like. Read more »
Developing a national user movement of people with dementia
This report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation explores the learning from the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP), a national network that engages and empowers people with dementia to influence the services and policies that affect them. Read more »
Evaluation of the York Dementia Friendly Communities Programme
This report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation identifies the distinctive features of the York Dementia Friendly Communities programme, which promotes a range of innovative projects. It looks at how people with dementia have been involved in shaping the programme. Read more »
World Alzheimer Report 2015: The Global Impact of Dementia
The World Alzheimer Report 2015, ‘The Global Impact of Dementia: An analysis of prevalence, incidence, cost and trends’ makes key recommendations to provide a global framework for action on dementia. Read more »
Accessible Information Standard
The Accessible Information Standard tells organisations how they should ensure that disabled patients receive information in formats that they can understand and they receive appropriate support to help them to communicate. Read more »
Slaying the Demon: The Dementia Challenge – Progress and Achievements
This report explores work that is currently being developed across the South of England in the delivery of high quality care and support for patients and families living with dementia. Read more »
Computer aided learning packages about dementia
The University of Nottingham has published a range of useful computer aided learning packages about dementia that will help improve knowledge and skills about dementia. Read more »
Reading well books on prescription for dementia
The Reading well books on prescription for dementia scheme is available in public libraries as part of a national library strategy to support the development of dementia-friendly communities and build understanding and awareness of the condition. Read more »
The Appointment
This video published by Health Education England (HEE) aimed at dental professionals seeks to raise awareness of the issues faced by patients with dementia when attending a dental appointment. Read more »
Dementia Diaries
Dementia Diaries is a national project that brings together people’s diverse experiences of living with dementia as a series of audio diaries. Read more »
Women and Dementia: A global research overview
This report published by Alzheimer’s Disease International explores the main issues affecting women in relation to dementia from an international perspective. Read more »
Women’s experiences of dementia
The Women’s experiences of dementia website contains a wealth of stories which highlight the experiences of women affected by dementia. Read more »
Dementia Diagnosis Ambition – Learning from East of England CCGs
This briefing published by the East of England Strategic Clinical Network outlines learning points for achieving the dementia diagnosis ambition from Clinical Commissioning Groups. Read more »
Top tips for achieving the dementia diagnosis ambition
This one-page briefing published by the East of England Strategic Clinical Network provides practical top tips for achieving the dementia diagnosis ambition. Read more »
Dementia and People with Intellectual Disabilities: Guidance on their Assessment, Diagnosis, Interventions and Support
This guidance published by the British Psychological Society aims to promote effective and timely assessment, diagnosis, interventions and support to people with intellectual disabilities who develop dementia. Read more »
Dementia Peer Support Resource Pack
This resource pack, published by the Health Innovation Network, the Academic Health Science Network for South London, aims to promote and encourage more peer support opportunities for people with dementia. Read more »
Creating a dementia friendly workplace: A practical guide for employers
This guide published by the Alzheimer’s Society is designed to help employers provide support for staff members with dementia. It may also be a useful resource for people living with, or affested by, dementia in the workplace. Read more »
Addressing Dementia: The OECD Response
This report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) argues that urgent policy action is required to accelerate innovation and rethink how countries support those living with dementia now and in the future. Read more »
Dementia diagnosis and management
This resource pack published by NHS England aims to support GPs to identify and appropriately manage dementia patients in the primary care environment. Read more »
Dementia-friendly health and social care environments
This design guidance published by the Department of Health outlines the elements of the built environment that can make a difference to the quality of care for people living with dementia. Read more »
Why Dementia: 2015 and Beyond conference report
This is a report of the conference, hosted by the East of England Strategic Clinical Network, to support the system across the East of England to achieve the dementia diagnosis ambition and to encourage the delegates to look beyond the diagnosis rate to look at new and innovative models in memory assessment and post diagnostic support. Read more »
Dementia Friendly Communities: New domains and global examples
This report, published by Alzheimer’s Disease International, highlights the emerging trend to create dementia-friendly communities as a global response against stigma in an effort to form more inclusive societies for people living with dementia. Read more »
Dementia – it affects us all
This short video published by the World Health Organization tells what is like to live with dementia, and the impact that the condition can have on family and professional life. Read more »
Dementia: a public health priority
This infographic published by the World Health Organization illustrates the symptoms, causes, prevalence, cost and challenges that dementia poses. It also looks at what can help and stresses the need for global action against dementia. Read more »
Getting better outcomes for older people using personal budgets
This report, published by Think Local Act Personal, draws on research from across the sector to show that older people do experience positive benefits from having a personal budget, although these are not as marked as for other groups. Read more »
Join Dementia Research
Join Dementia Research aims to accelerate the pace of dementia research by allowing people with and without dementia to register their interest in studies, helping researchers find the right participants at the right time. Read more »
Women and dementia: A marginalised majority
This report published by Alzheimer’s Research UK reveals that dementia has become the leading cause of death among British women and that women are far more likely to end up as carers of those with dementia than men, suffering physical and emotional stress and job losses in the process. Read more »
Caring for Carers
The Caring for Carers Hub developed by the Royal College of General Practitioners is a web based tool that can help primary care staff to more effectively support carers and the people they care for. Read more »
Norfolk Admiral Nurse Pilot Evaluation Report
This report presents the findings of an evaluation study into the the effectiveness of a pilot Admiral Nurse service in the mid Norfolk area serving seven GP surgeries. Read more »
Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia 2020
The Prime Minister recently launched the government’s five year vision for the future of dementia care, support and research, which follows on from the existing Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, launched in March 2012. Read more »
Family Carers Matter in Hartlepool
This report provides an evaluation of the Family Carers Matter initiative, delivered by the Life Story Network with Hartlepool Carers, to develop a local sustainable programme with carers as volunteers being trained and mentored to co-deliver the programme to other carers. Read more »
Dementia Research and Care: Can Big Data Help?
This report report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) explores the opportunities and challenges for sharing and linking population-based health and health care data (broad data) with detailed clinical and biological data (deep data) to create an international resource for dementia research, planning, policy development, and performance improvement. Read more »
No Secrets: guidance on protecting vulnerable adults in care
This guidance document published by the Department of Health sets out a code of practice for the protection of vulnerable adults in care. Read more »
Collaborative Care and Support Planning: an introduction
This animation, commissioned by the Royal College of General Practitioners, sets out the collaborative care and support planning process in a short, easy to understand way. Read more »
How can ‘positive risk-taking’ help build dementia-friendly communities?
Managing risk can dominate everyday practice in dementia care. This briefing paper, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, explores approaches developed in statutory mental health services and outlines the benefits of ‘positive risk-taking’. Read more »
Dementia revealed: what primary care needs to know
This toolkit written by Dr Elizabeth Barrett is intended as an educational resource for use by GPs and practice nurses to expand their knowledge and confidence. Read more »
Complying with Monitor’s integrated care requirements
This guidance published by the Department of Health will support health and social care providers to ensure that they comply with Monitor’s new provider licence that includes the requirement to provide integrated care. Read more »
Study finds significant increase in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease
An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2013, published in The Lancet (December 17, 2014), has found that Alzheimer’s disease was responsible for 52 per cent more deaths in 2013 compared to 1990. Read more »
Dementia Network South West newsletter
The latest newsletter, Issue 8 December 2014, provides an update on work to improve the recognition, diagnosis and management of dementia within the South West of England. Read more »