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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
8th UK Dementia Congress
Over 800 people attended the 8th UK Dementia Congress, held 5-7th November 2013 in Nottingham, to celebrate a coming together care for people living with dementia in care homes, in the community and in hospitals. 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 »
Dementia Action Alliance
The Dementia Action Alliance brings together organisations across England committed to transforming the lives of people with dementia and their carers. 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Improving care through a joined up approach
In a recent speech, Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb, stressed the importance of integrated care and the ‘integration pioneers’ who are leading the way. 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 »
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 »
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 »
Wirral Local Enhanced Service for Dementia
This sets out Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group’s shared care arrangements for people diagnosed with dementia through a GP Local Enhanced Service for Dementia Care. Read more »
Dementia Friendly Schools ▷ A Primer To Anti-stigma
Campaigns
In this blog post, Karim Saad, describes the evaluation findings of a groundbreaking national venture to create Dementia Friendly Schools and challenge the stigma surrounding the D word. 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 »
Review of NHS staff engagement
Professor Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, is to lead an independent review which aims to ensure NHS staff are able to give higher quality care. 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 »
Improving end of life and palliative care in South
Worcestershire
South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group have been delivering a clinically led, whole systems approach to redesigning and improving the quality of services for patients at the end of life. Read more »
Advance Care planning for end of life in Ipswich and East
Suffolk
This project led by Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group aimed to enable patients to choose their place of death, reduce patient and carer distress and unnecessary hospital admissions. Read more »
Dudley dementia pathway and gateway service
The Dudley Dementia Pathway provides a single point of access for GPs and other health and social care professionals who can refer for assessment to specialist nurses. Read more »
Improving care at home for residents in Enfield
Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group has developed a number of initiatives to improve care for their residents and help people to stay at home with appropriate support when they are ill. Read more »
Integrated Pathways in Nottingham
Nottingham West Clinical Commissioning Group has incrementally commissioned a range of long term conditions pathways that have spread and sustained as models of good practice. Read more »
Improving care for older people in Nottingham hospitals
Details of an innovative initiative to improve the quality of care for patients in a local community hospital led by Nottingham North and East Clinical Commissioning Group. Read more »
Have your say on dementia research
The Department of Health is asking people to answer questions about dementia research ahead of the G8 dementia summit on 11 December. Read more »
Dementia diagnosis in Walsall
Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group has developed whole-system dementia commissioning model to improve diagnosis, the experience and outcomes of 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 »
National SCN meeting, 23 September 2013
Presentations and papers from the second national meeting of the Strategic Clinical Networks for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological conditions, held on 23rd September 2013 in London. 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 »
A warm welcome from Alistair Burns
Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, shares an inaugural message on the Dementia Partnerships portal. Read more »
Grouple
Grouple is a secure, private online social network helping people share the responsibilities of caring for someone with dementia. Read more »