Dementia Health Integration Team Bristol and South GloucestershireThe 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 »
Volunteering and dementia in BristolIn partnership with the Voluntary Sector and Local Authority this project will support people with dementia and their carers/family post diagnosis in Bristol, through volunteering. Read more »
Bristol as a Dementia Friendly CityThis 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 »
Purposeful Activity Volunteers at Weston General HospitalPurposeful Activity Volunteers (PAV) are being recruited to visit inpatients with dementia at Weston General Hospital, providing a period of social inclusion to this vulnerable group of people. Read more »
Reminiscence therapy at University Hospitals BristolThe reminiscence pod at the Bristol Royal Infirmary provides a complete environment set in the 1950’s era enabling interaction with ‘familiar’ objects, prompting conversation and greater levels of communication. Read more »
Consolidating dementia education at University Hospitals BristolUniversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust have appointed a project lead to deliver a Dementia Education programme offering three levels of training. Read more »
Mealtime volunteers at Weston General HospitalVolunteers at Weston General Hospital are providing help to people with dementia at mealtimes. Read more »
Staff at Weston General Hospital are using a new shared transfer of care letter during discharge which better captures the health needs of the patients with dementia. Read more »
Three wards at Weston General Hospital have signed up to the national Quality Charter Mark in Elderly Care with a real focus on Dementia care and staff attitude towards Dementia patients. Read more »
Intentional ward rounds involving occupational therapists and physiotherapists working alongside nurses are being undertaken at University Hospitals Bristol. Read more »