How living with dementia could beThis short animated video highlights how living with dementia could be through the ‘well pathway for dementia’. It shows the importance of a holistic partnership approach to supporting the person with dementia, their families and carers within local communities. Read more »
Dementia diagnosis and managementThis resource pack published by NHS England aims to support GPs to identify and appropriately manage dementia patients in the primary care environment. Read more »
Dementia revealed: what primary care needs to knowThis toolkit written by Dr Elizabeth Barrett is intended as an educational resource for use by GPs and practice nurses to expand their knowledge and confidence. Read more »
Peer support networks and dementia advisers: evaluationThis 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 »
World Alzheimer Report 2013The report ‘Journey of Caring: An analysis of long-term care for dementia’, recently published by Alzheimer’s Disease International, reveals that number of older people dependent on care will rise threefold to 277 million worldwide in the next thirty years and almost half of those people will be living with dementia. Read more »
Oxleas Advanced Dementia Service: Supporting carers and building resilienceThis case study, published by The King’s Fund, looks at how Oxleas Advanced Dementia Service provides care co-ordination, and specialist palliative care and support to patients with advanced dementia living at home. Read more »
This report published by the Alzheimer’s Society presents the findings of an evaluation of the Pathfinder Dementia Adviser services from the perspective of service users. Read more »
Timely diagnosis of dementia: Integrating perspectives, achieving consensusThis consensus statement confirms that appropriate post diagnostic support is essential and probably the most important component of all aspects of care for people with dementia. Read more »
Dementia 2013: The hidden voice of lonelinessThis report, published Alzheimer’s Society, reveals that nearly two thirds (62%) of more than 250,000 people with dementia who live on their own are lonely. This compares to just 24 per cent of over 55 year olds. Read more »
This project aims to adopt the Gnosall primary care based memory assessment approach to improve dementia diagnosis in harder to reach communities in Buckinghamshire. Read more »