Dementia Partnerships
Dementia: A state of the nation report on dementia care and
support in England
This report, published by the Department of Health, sets out what is known about dementia care, support and research. It highlights where improvements are being made and where improvements are needed. Read more »
Carers Call to Action
The Dementia Action Alliance have launched the Carers Call to Action to transform the lives of family and friends caring for people with dementia. 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 »
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 »
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 »
World Alzheimer Report 2013
The 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 »
Building dementia-friendly communities: A priority for
everyone
This report, published by the Alzheiner’s Society, explores evidence from people with dementia about their experiences of living in their community and the ten key things they would like to see in a dementia-friendly community. Read more »
Timely diagnosis of dementia: Integrating perspectives,
achieving consensus
This 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 »
Bristol as a Dementia Friendly City
This project aims to move Bristol towards becoming a ‘dementia-friendly city’ in which people with dementia can enjoy the same opportunities to take part in a social life, live independently and engage in everyday activity as other people, without fear of stigma or rejection. Read more »
Dementia 2013: The hidden voice of loneliness
This 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 »