Our Health website launched across the South of England
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In line with the commitments set out in the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, the Our Health website has been rolled out across the South of England. Read more »
Category Archives: Carers
How would I know? What can I do?
This guide, developed by the National Council for Palliative Care, for carers and those who work with people with dementia provides advice on how to help with pain and distress in people with the condition. Read more »
Making one million dementia friends
One million people are needed to take part in the nation’s biggest ever call to action to challenge the way the public thinks and acts on dementia. Read more »
Commitment to the care of people with dementia in hospital settings
This resource developed by the Royal College of Nursing aims to support people working in hospitals to apply five principles for improving the quality of care and support for people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
Find me good care
Social Care Institute for Excellence has launched a new service called ‘Find Me Good Care’, to help people find good care in response to research that reveals many people are mystified by the care system. Read more »
Creating a dementia-friendly city
Findings from the York Dementia Without Walls project which explored how to make York a good place to live for people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
Lessons for commissioning dementia services in the South West
This report shares findings from a South West study into the factors that achieved real change and improvement for people living with dementia, their carers and families. Read more »
Carers and telecare
A recent report published by Carers UK, ‘Carers and telecare’, examines the evidence and opportunities provided by telecare and telehealth and the barriers to greater take-up. Read more »
Sheffield dementia information pack
This pack provides a guide to the medical, care, support and advice services in Sheffield and to living well for those worried about their worsening memory problems and those with a diagnosis of dementia. Read more »
Early identification of people with dementia and their carers in Torbay
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 »
Care and support White Paper published
The Department of Health has published the Caring for our future: reforming care and support White Paper, which sets out the vision for a reformed care and support system. Read more »
Draft Care and Support Bill published
The draft Care and Support Bill has been published. It creates a single law for adult care and support, replacing more than a dozen different pieces of legislation. Read more »
Dementia: workers and carers together
Skills for Care and Dementia UK have jointly published of a new guide designed exclusively for the social care workforce which aims to spread best practice in supporting family carers of people with dementia. Read more »
New designs to help people live well with dementia
The Design Council have launched five design concepts to help people with dementia and their carers live better, including: buddiband; ode; Dementia Dog; Grouple and Trading Times. Read more »
Personalisation: lessons from social care
This briefing paper, published by the 2020 Public Services Hub, explores the challenges of quality and funding for the adult social care sector through the lens of the personalisation agenda. Read more »
Ourhealth: informing, supporting, connecting
By providing information on the services available and how these services are performing in the South West, the Ourhealth website helps patients and carers work with health and care professionals to improve their experiences and the experiences of others. Ourhealth will roll-out across the South of England by the end of December 2012, building on the pilot project in the South West. Read more »
Dementia: a worldwide public health priority
The report, published by the World Health Organisation and Alzheimer’s Disease International, calls on countries to promote a dementia friendly society, improve attitudes to and understanding of dementia, invest in health and social systems and increase dementia research. Read more »
Dementia Care in Hospital: Building on Strengths
Two hundred hospital staff and volunteers attended an engaging conference in Exeter to explore how to make a difference to the lives of people living with dementia while in hospital. Read more »
Safeguarding adults at risk of harm: a legal guide for practitioners
This guide produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence is aimed primarily at practitioners working in various settings for organisations involved in safeguarding. It is intended to serve as a pointer to the law and to how it can be used. Read more »
Shortchanged: Protecting people with dementia from financial abuse
The Alzheimer’s Society report ‘Short changed: Protecting people with dementia from financial abuse’ highlights that an alarming number of people have been subject to financial abuse and calls for people with dementia to be better protected. Read more »