Dementia Partnerships
This Gloucestershire-based project promotes the use of multi-disciplinary care rounding, enabling a detailed assessment of the care needs of people with dementia whilst in hospital. Read more »
Torbay Hospital has implemented Electronic Board Rounds as part of their electronic information system, SWIFT PLUS, enabing care staff to make early plans for assessment and treatment. Read more »
Existing Champions for Older People are being designated as Dementia Champions across all adult wards, departments and services in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. Read more »
Staff at Poole Hospital are now completing all patient assessments including the MUST tool using the Cerner Millenium IT system. Read more »
This project aimed to improve dementia care in Somerset’s general hospitals through the secondment of two members of staff from the Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Read more »
The ‘Getting To Know You’ leaflet was developed on the Healthcare of Elderly wards, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, for use by relatives of patients too confused to give us details about themselves. Read more »
The project aims to familiarise staff in University Hospitals Bristol with ‘This is me’, a simple leaflet devised by the Alzheimer’s Society to support people with dementia in an unfamiliar environment such as hospital. Read more »
The Dementia ward champion at Musgrove Park Hospital ensures that all staff that care for patients with dementia are appropriately trained to provide person centred care with respect and dignity. Read more »
The Dementia Shared Lives Project, will seek to develop a bank of Shared Lives placements, where people open their own homes to provide care to people with dementia, these placements could be used for long term care, rehabilitation/recuperation, respite short breaks and social and day activity. Read more »
Nottingham Home Care provides specialist home care support for people with complex care needs. Read more »
Gnosall dementia co-ordinators
The Gnosall dementia service identifies patients at risk or in the early stages of dementia in a primary care setting. Read more »
The Dementia Voice Nurse acts as an expert practitioner, advocate and facilitator, sourcing and effective coordination of existing services. Read more »
Wiltshire Council’s Dementia Strategy Group have produced a DVD to improve early recognition of memory problems for people who may be reluctant to approach their GP. Read more »
Alzheimer’s Society have been commissioned to deliver an information and signposting service to people with dementia, their carers and staff within Swindon hospital. Read more »
This project in Plymouth is delivering training to care home staff to equip them with specific knowledge and competencies, enabling them to carry out their role more effectively. Read more »
The service supports primary care professionals who are concerned about the mental wellbeing of their patients by providing advice and guidance with the overall aim of people getting access to the right care at the right time in a way which suits them. Read more »
Memory Matters South West Community Interest Company is a small social enterprise that provides therapy and training to health and care providers. Read more »