Commission dementia advice and support for primary care and community health services to deliver a range of possible functions, including:
- initial screening
- advice for GPs and primary health care teams
- pre- and post-diagnosis information and support for people with dementia and their carers/families
- maintenance of dementia register and dementia review records (QOF DEM1, DEM2)
- signposting to community resources
- education for carers/families
- provision of a consistent point of contact for people with dementia and their carers/families
- case management and care co-ordination
- link with memory services, specialist dementia services, social services, voluntary and community resources
- patient and carer advocacy.
An evaluation of dementia support worker roles (South West Dementia Partnership, 2011)