Dementia Partnerships
Memory Bank
Memory Bank is a reminiscence resource pack which uses archive films to stimulate memories of childhood, growing up, loved ones and family, sense of place, home and work life for people living with dementia. Read more »
Red and Yellow Care
Red and Yellow Care offers specialist care and support for people living with dementia, treating the whole person, not just the condition. Read more »
Improving GP coding of dementia in London
This project aimed to find out whether it is possible to raise diagnosis rates through undertaking an exercise to ‘clean up’ dementia coding and records at a practice level. The hypothesis was that problems in GP coding may be contributing to the reported dementia diagnosis gap. Read more »
Just Checking
Just Checking is a simple online activity monitoring system that helps people who are becoming forgetful stay independent in their own home. Read more »
The Dementia Training Pathway for Care Homes
This dedicated training pathway for care homes and their staff leading to nationally accredited qualifications that has been developed in Gloucestershire. Read more »
Trading Times
Trading Times is an online service that matches carers with
local businesses for flexible paid work. It is free to carers
and paid for on a transactional basis by employers.
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ode
ode is a fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite among people with dementia. The mains-powered unit releases three food fragrances a day, adjustable to coincide with the user’s mealtimes. Read more »
Dementia Dog
Dementia Dog is a service providing assistance dogs to people with dementia, helping them lead more fulfilled, independent and stress-free lives. Read more »
buddi
buddi is a mobile personal alarm system that provides assistance wherever and whenever it’s needed. It helps active and independent people stay that way. Read more »
Involving people with dementia in service evaluation and
planning
This project led by South Yorkshire Collaborations in Leadership for Applied Health Research and Care is exploring the ways that people with dementia can be better involved in service feedback, evaluation and planning. Read more »
Told in South Yorkshire – life story work and people
with dementia
A group comprising people with dementia, carers, health and social care staff and academics are leading a programme of research and practice development around the use of Life Story Work. Read more »
The LiveWell Dementia Hub
The LiveWell Dementia Hub will be a single one stop shop offering assessment and information for people in Stockton-on-Tees living with dementia, their families, carers and the wider public. Read more »
Doncaster older peoples acute mental health liaison
service
This service is for older people and younger people with dementia who attend an Emergency Department (A&E), a Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) or who are admitted to Acute Trusts. Read more »
Integrating care in Northumberland and North Tyneside
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has worked on a wide range of linked integrated care initiatives particularly focused on improving care pathways for older people. Read more »
Integrated care for older people in South Warwickshire
The project involves early identification of, and a personalised response to, the concerns that older people have related to their health, independence and wellbeing. Read more »
Connecting Care across Cheshire
Connecting Care across Cheshire aims to join up local health and social care services around the needs of local people and take away the organisational boundaries that can get in the way of good care. Read more »
Living independent lives in Kent
Work in underway across Kent to create an integrated health and social care system which aims to help people live as independent a life as possible, based on their needs and circumstances. Read more »
Integrating care in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Instead of waiting for people to fall into ill-health and a cycle of dependency, the pioneer team will work proactively across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly to support people to improve their health and wellbeing. Read more »
Developing a person-centred narrative in Solihull
Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group have developed a person-centred narrative for ‘Jack and Eileen’, a fictional elderly couple, to help achieve a greater focus on patient outcomes, improving their quality of care and experience of using health and social care services. Read more »
Dementia Health Integration Team Bristol and South
Gloucestershire
The Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT) is a team of professionals who are all working together to transform care for dementia patients across Bristol and South Gloucestershire through comprehensive research, integrating and improving care services, and by creating dementia-friendly communities. Read more »