Dementia Partnerships
This project aims to develop a more user-friendly care pathway for people living with dementia in Oxfordshire by providing easier access to assessment for early diagnosis and support within primary care settings. Read more »
This project aims to reduce the prescription of antipsychotic medication for people living with dementia in care homes across Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead. Read more »
The Right Prescription: resource pack
This resource pack will support pharmacists, who play a crucial role in medicines optimisation, to have critical conversations about the prescription of antipsychotics in dementia and reduce inappropriate prescribing. Read more »
An Alzheimer’s Society training programme is being rolled out to 150 care homes across the UK to increase understanding and awareness of dementia and provide tools, ideas and resources to enable staff to provide good quality person-centred care. Read more »
This tool developed by NHS London aims to obtain a baseline of current levels of GP prescribing of antipsychotics to people with dementia across London. Read more »
This plan sets out actions to accelerate dementia diagnosis across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Read more »
The Right Prescription on-line community
Join the Right Prescription on-line community and take action to reduce the inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia. Read more »
This is a call to work together in a way that that will unite us in our common cause to improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their carers by reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotics for these people. Read more »
The Dementia Commissioning Pack (Department of Health, 2011) included a set of accompanying resources to support the reduction of inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics. Read more »
This document outlines how health and local authority commissioners can help to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia and provide therapeutic alternatives. Read more »