iSPACE – supporting dementia friendly GP surgeries in Wessex
The iSPACE project led by Dr Nicola Decker, a GP at Oakley and Overton Surgery and dementia lead for the North Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group, has developed a suite of resources to help make a GP surgery dementia friendly. Read more »
East of England Co-Production Programme
This project led by by the East of England Strategic Clinical Network, working with the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) will evaluate and support co-production between patients, carers and healthcare providers as equal partners in the East of England. Read more »
Sporting Memories Network
The Sporting Memories Network, also known as Replay, is a national charity which promotes the use of sporting memories to improve the wellbeing of older people and to tackle dementia, depression and social isolation. Read more »
European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia
The European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD) project (www.ep-ad.org) is aimed at creating a platform for faster and better assessment of drugs for the prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia in people at risk of developing the disease, but with no or mild symptoms. Read more »
Dementia Adventure
Dementia Adventure is a multi-award winning social enterprise which connects people living with dementia with nature and a sense of adventure. Read more »
Ladder to the Moon
Ladder to the Moon provides workforce and service development that enables health and care organisations to develop active, creative, vibrant care services. It uses approaches that incorporate creativity and the arts, and involve staff, older people living with dementia and other long-term conditions, and the wider community. Read more »
Derby city dementia service
Derby city dementia service is provided by Making Space and aims to help people with dementia to live an active and fulfilled life. Read more »
Dementia friendly cultural venues in East Cheshire
Cheshire East Council’s Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services are delivering an Arts and Dementia programme as part of its Ageing Well initiative to encourage the development of ‘dementia friendly’ cultural venues. Read more »
Dance movement psychotherapy service in Calderdale
This innovative service involves the use of music, movement, dance, reminiscence and song for older people including those with dementia living in Calderdale. Read more »
Bradford Dementia Group
Bradford Dementia Group is a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional group committed to making a difference to policy and practice in dementia care, through excellence in research, education and training. Read more »
12,000 Trained
UCLPartners and Health Education North Central and East London are working together to roll out dementia awareness training to a wide variety of staff, including those working in hospitals, general practice and community settings. Read more »
London Dementia Commissioner Network
The London Social Care Partnership has established a Dementia Commissioner Network to support a strategic, co-ordinated approach to commissioning across health and social care in London. Read more »
The little things that happen
This creative arts project explored aspects of memory and creativity with patients living with various forms of dementia, and in particular Alzheimers Disease. Read more »
Memory services for an ethnically diverse population in Tower Hamlets
The introduction of an integrated, patient centred dementia service has had a positive effect on diagnosis rates and cost effectiveness in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Read more »
Personalised Dementia Information Prescriptions
The project to develop Personalised Dementia Information Prescriptions builds upon an Oxfordshire based initiative called Dementia Web, supported by the Guideposts Trust. Read more »
Improving accuracy of the GP practice Dementia Register in South Manchester
In one GP Practice in South Manchester, a simple, systematic audit of the coding on an EMIS general practice dementia register increased the number of registrations from 50 to 74 without clinical intervention. Read more »
Worcestershire Early Intervention Dementia Service
Worcestershire Early Intervention Dementia Service (EIDS) have developed a clear referral pathway, which includes pre-assessment counselling, consent, family engagement, assessment by a competent specialist and sensitive disclosure, leading to better access to treatment and support. Read more »
Greenwich Advanced Dementia Service
The Greenwich Advanced Dementia Service is helping people in the borough remain in their own homes for longer by supporting carers to increase their resilience. Read more »
Memory First
Memory First is an integrated dementia service run by a consortium of 162 GPs across 41 practices in Staffordshire. Its pioneering joined-up approach to care has cut diagnosis times from 3 years to 4 weeks and led to major improvements in patient experience. Read more »
Making the University of Salford dementia friendly
The University of Salford has established an Institute for Dementia that is engaged in research, innovation and education in supportive design and care for people living with dementia. Read more »