Approaching an unthinkable future – Understanding the support needs of people living with young onset dementiaThis report explores the experiences of people living with young onset dementia contacted by Dementia Pathfinders during a social care workforce training project in 2014 and 2015. Read more »
Dementia Peer Support Resource PackThis resource pack, published by the Health Innovation Network, the Academic Health Science Network for South London, aims to promote and encourage more peer support opportunities for people with dementia. 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 »
Right to Know campaignThis campaign led by the Alzheimer’s Society aims to ensure that everyone with dementia has a right to know about their condition in order to tackle it head on, a right to know about the information and advice available to them, and a right to be fully supported after their diagnosis. 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 »