Dementia Partnerships
Dementia wellbeing in the COVID-19 pandemic
This resource is primarily for clinicians working with people with dementia, but can also be used by carers and people with dementia. This document takes the Dementia Well Pathway and sets out the adjustments and amendments needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights key priorities and actions for each step in the pathway. Read more »
Pathways 4 Life, Walsall
Pathways 4 Life dementia support worker service for hard to reach groups is a partnership initiative between the Accord Group and Age UK Walsall offering dementia support and advice to Black and Minority Ethnic groups (BME) in Walsall. Read more »
Palliative and end of life care for Black, Asian and
Minority Ethnic groups in the UK
This report published by Marie Curie Cancer Care highlights that the end of life care needs of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities are varied, growing, and despite examples of good practice, overall not adequately met. Read more »
CMG48: Support for commissioning of dementia care
This resource supports commissioners, clinicians and managers to commission high-quality evidence-based care for people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
This project will support dementia Link nurses in West Kent to work in primary care and proactively identify, diagnose, triage and assess people with dementia and provide appropriate prescribing and post diagnostic support. Read more »
This project aims to increase diagnosis rates in the Surrey Downs community by adopting an innovative approach of using Specialist Link Nurses. Read more »
This project aims to improve the early diagnosis of dementia by increasing the number of initial screening assessments and raising awareness about the benefits of assessment and early diagnosis as part of an overarching Aging Well campaign across East Berkshire. Read more »
This report presents findings of a Torbay pilot project and recommends that all carers of newly diagnosed patients with dementia should be offered an enhanced health check at the time of diagnosis. Read more »
Engagement with local black and minority ethnic groups in Gloucestershire has led to better understanding of the needs of people with memory problems, and living with dementia. Read more »
An NHS Bristol incentive scheme which has achieve over 50% sign up and from those practices, nearly 250 people were identified as having dementia and added to the registers. The biggest improvement was 37 people in one practice (2012-13). Read more »