Dementia Partnerships
Operational planning atlas
This interactive tool brings together a range of operational planning information at Clinical Coommissioning Group and Area Team level. Read more »
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Commissioning for value atlas
This intercative tool aims to support effective commissioning for value by showing commissioners ‘where to look’ as a first stage to identify real opportunities to improve outcomes and increase value for local populations. Read more »
The Dementia Training Centre
The Dementia Training Centre offers a range of courses from face to face training programmes, tailored to the meet the needs of your organisation, free e-learning packages designed by experts, to a Master’s degree offering specialist dementia training. Read more »
Integrated care value case toolkit
This toolkit, published by the Local Government Association, aims to enable Health and Wellbeing Boards and local partners to understand the evidence and that impact that different integrated care models have for service users. Read more »
Any town health system
This tool is designed to help local areas identify potential improvements to service delivery, and enable them to understand what the quality and financial impacts of those improvements may be. Read more »
Improving dementia care: harmonisation of practice between
primary care and memory services
This blog post describes an innovative initiative to create improved links links between memory services with primary care in South Manchester, inspired by the Gnosall model, now known as ‘Memory First’. Read more »
Setting 5-year ambitions for improving outcomes: A how to
guide for commissioners
This ‘how-to’ guide’ aims to support local commissioners to develop 5-year strategic plans for delivering the outcomes and ambitions set out in the Everyone Counts planning guidance. Read more »
Planning and delivering service changes for patients
This guidance provides a high-level framework through which commissioners can plan, develop and implement major service changes. Read more »
Improving the identification of people with dementia in
primary care
This journal article presents findings of work to develop guidance on the coding of dementia and reports on the impact of applying this to ‘clean up’ dementia coding and records at a practice level in London. Read more »
Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2014/15 to
2018/19
This planning guidance published by NHS England outlines a framework within which commissioners will need to work with providers and partners in local government to develop strong, robust and ambitious five year plans to secure the continuity of sustainable high quality care for all. Read more »
NHS Outcomes Framework 2014-15
The NHS Outcomes Framework 2014 to 2015 sets out the outcomes and corresponding indicators that will be used to hold NHS England to account for improvements in health outcomes, as part of the government’s Mandate to NHS England. Read more »
G8 dementia summit agreements
This declaration and communique set out what has been agreed at the G8 dementia summit held in London on 11 December 2013. Read more »
Dementia Diaries
The Dementia Diaries is an illustrated children’s book which tells the stories of 8 young people and their experiences of living with dementia in their families through four characters’ diaries. Read more »
Tommy on tour
This blog documents Tommy Whitelaw’s mission to raise awareness of dementia as he tours Scotland’s towns and cities sharing his experience of caring for his mother. Read more »
Tune in to Dementia
This film by Inspired Youth, made with students at Joseph Rowntree School in York, aims to raise debate around dementia with young people and support York in its bid to become dementia friendly. Read more »
The diseased Other
This film is about Alzheimer’s disease, stigma and medical reductionism. It is an artistic expression that explores scientific understandings of Alzheimer’s disease from philosophical and ethical perspectives. Read more »
Dementia – a global epidemic
This infographic produced by Alzheimer’s Disease International highlights that Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia know no social, economic, ethnic or geographical boundaries. Read more »
Greening Dementia
This literature review explores the existing evidence of the benefits and barriers facing people living with dementia in accessing the natural environment and their local green space. Read more »
Pathways to dementia diagnosis: A review of services in the
South West of England
This report authored by Dr Edana Minghella provides the findings of her independent review of Pathways to Dementia Diagnosis in the South West of England. Read more »
Putting dementia on the map
Putting dementia on the map published by the Department of Health draws on data and information about dementia health and care, dementia friendly communities and research. Read more »
Dementia: A state of the nation report on dementia care and
support in England
This report, published by the Department of Health, sets out what is known about dementia care, support and research. It highlights where improvements are being made and where improvements are needed. Read more »
Dementia in the Acute Hospital Setting
This search of current nursing literature discusses the training of pre and post-registered nurses relating to care of patients with dementia and the challenges that face both patients and nurses in the hospital setting. Read more »
Design challenges – the journey
This video shows how the Design Council Challenges use design to develop practical solutions to social problems. In this case the ode fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite among people with dementia. Read more »
Improving the diagnosis process
In this video, published by NHS England, a patient recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s describes how the diagnosis process could be improved through the use of volunteers with experience of the condition. He underlines the importance of leaving the diagnosis with some hope. Read more »
NHS Mandate 2014 to 2015
The NHS Mandate between the government and NHS England sets out the ambitions for the health service. Read more »
Adult Social Care Outcomes website
This website enables visitors to find out how local authorities are performing against the outcome measures set out in the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework. Read more »
Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 2014 to 2015
The Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) 2014-15 provides a clear focus for local priority setting and improvement that will support councils to achieve the outcomes that matter most to people. Read more »
Improving dementia care online undergraduate course
The Dementia Services Development Centre has re-launched the online, undergraduate course ‘Improving dementia care’. This 15 week distance learning course is for health and social care practitioners looking to improve their knowledge and practice in the field of dementia care. Read more »
Virtual Hospital
The Virtual Hospital, developed by the Dementia Services Development Centre, aims to show good design can help to make an acute hospital setting dementia-friendly. Read more »
Birmingham and Solihull Dementia Strategy 2013-16
This strategy outlines the standards of care for people living with dementia in Birmingham and Solihull. It is based on what people said want and should get following extensive consultation. Read more »
A review of the NHS hospitals complaints system: putting
patients back in the picture
This report calls for a revolution in the way in which the NHS handles complaints throught better transparency, learning lessons from mistakes and for continuous improvements in quality. Read more »
Dementia Resource Suite
The Dementia Resource Suite contains tools and resources developed by pupils and teachers as part of an intergenerational project, to create dementia friendly communities in 22 pioneer schools across England in 2012-13. Read more »
Dementia self-assessment framework for all in-patient
settings
This self-assessment framework was created by nurses and care staff to compare current dementia care for in-patient settings with the best practice criteria. Read more »
Improving Dementia Education and Awareness (IDEA)
This online resource managed by the University of Notthingham is aimed at improving the care and quality of life for people with dementia. Read more »
Peer support networks and dementia advisers: evaluation
This report, published by the Department of Health, provides the findings of the Healthbridge evaluation into the role that dementia advisers and peer support networks can provide in post diagnostic support for people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
Enhanced service for people with dementia in primary
care
This short paper by Alistair Burns and Laurence Buckman summarises a multi-disciplinary group discussion on how the Enhanced Service might be optimally used to increase the numbers of people receiving a diagnosis and accessing post diagnostic support. Read more »
Transforming participation in health and care
This guidance will support commissioners to engage local communities and in doing so develop and commission services that meet their needs. Read more »
Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions
summit
Details of the recent summit led by the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria held on the 26 September 2013 at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton.. Read more »
SCN Wessex workplan 2013-14
This document outlines the high level work priorities for 2013-14 of the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions Wessex. Read more »
Challenging Dementia
This video introduces Challenging Dementia a multi-disciplinary student summer school held at the University of Birmingham 6-7 September, 2013. Read more »
Personal experience of dementia diagnosis
Professor Alistair Burns introduces Peter Dunlop and Barbara Woodward-Carlton, a patient and a carer sharing their experiences on how getting a diagnosis can unlock the door to care and support. Read more »
SCN Yorkshire and Humber workplan 2013-14
This document outlines the high level work priorities for 2013-14 of the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions Yorkshire and the Humber. Read more »
SCN West Midlands workplan 2013-14
This document outlines the high level work priorities for 2013-14 of the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions West Midlands. Read more »
SCN Cheshire and Merseyside workplan 2013-14
This document outlines the high level work priorities for 2013-14 of the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions Cheshire and Merseyside. Read more »
Getting to know the person with dementia – the
importance of memories
To mark World Alzheimer’s Month in September and World Alzheimer’s Day on Saturday 21 September, SCIE has launched a film about the importance of getting to know the person with dementia, learning about their memories and experience, and understanding the person’s history and their likes and dislikes. Read more »
World Alzheimer Report 2013
The report ‘Journey of Caring: An analysis of long-term care for dementia’, recently published by Alzheimer’s Disease International, reveals that number of older people dependent on care will rise threefold to 277 million worldwide in the next thirty years and almost half of those people will be living with dementia. Read more »
Dementia Diagnosis Competence Map
Dementia Diagnosis Competence Map sets out the competences required to inform screen, assessment, and diagnosis of dementia, and thereby inform the commissioning of diagnosis pathways and services. Read more »
Yorkshire and the Humber launch event
Access the presentations from the event held on 17th September 2013 to launch the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions Yorkshire and the Humber. Read more »
Improving timely diagnosis and post diagnostic support
This presentation about improving timely diagnosis and post diagnostic support by Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, NHS England, was delivered at the launch of the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions Yorkshire and the Humber on 17 September 2013. Read more »
Guidance on the use of neuro-imaging in the assessment of
dementia in Primary Care
This guidance for Clinical Commissioning Groups and Health and Wellbeing Boards covers the role of neuro-imaging in the diagnosis of dementia in primary care. Read more »