Raising awareness of dementia amongst NHS staff
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Details of a campaign to raise awareness of dementia amongst NHS staff, a forerunner to the public facing awareness-raising campaign. Read more »
Category Archives: Workforce
£2.4m funding for dementia workforce development
Skills for Care will make £2.4 million available to employers through the Workforce Development Dementia Fund to support the completion of relevant accredited qualifications by those members of the workforce who support people with dementia. Read more »
Training programme to reduce antipsychotic prescriptions in care homes
An Alzheimer’s Society training programme, supported by funding from the Department of Health and the HC-One care home group, is being rolled out to 150 care homes across the UK. 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 »
Guide to antipsychotic drug use in dementia care
This guide summarises some of the main considerations in the prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia. Read more »
Dementia support role for porters and cleaners at Bristol hospitals
Porters and cleaners at Bristol hospitals are helping to ensure patients with dementia get the best possible care. Read more »
Dementia Care in Hospital: A compendium of positive practice
The compendium brings together a selection of some of the many positive developments and practices initiated to improve the quality of dementia care in hospitals across the South West of England. 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 »
Give your views on improving the quality of nursing care
The independent Nursing and Care Quality Forum would like to hear your views on the quality of nursing and care, and how you think this could be improved. Read more »
Evidence to support nurse care rounds
A briefing, published by the National Nursing Research Unit at King’s College London, examines different approaches to and the evidence to support intentional rounding, often referred to as nurse ‘care rounds’ in the UK. Read more »
The role of the health workforce in tackling health inequalities
A report recently published by the Institute of Health Equity (IHE) explores actions the health workforce can take to positively influence the social determinants of health and tackle health inequalities. Read more »
Care to Learn training programme
Care to Learn is the Introductory End of Life Care Training Programme from the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC). It is relevant to all staff caring for people at the end of life, in particular those working in care homes, housing organisations, other community settings and hospitals. Read more »
The House of Memories museum reminiscence training programme
‘The House of Memories’ is a museum reminiscence training programme developed and delivered by National Museums Liverpool, through the support of the Department of Health. Read more »
An evaluation of dementia support worker roles
This report presents an evaluation of existing models of community-based support for people with dementia, their families and carers. Read more »
NHS Operating Framework 2012/13 prioritises dementia
Dementia has been made a high level priority for action in the recently published Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13. Read more »