Objective 3. Good-quality information for those with diagnosed dementia and their carers
Gloucestershire
Dementia Services in Primary Care for Gloucestershire: a working document requiring feedback from practitioners.
Contact: Helen Vaughan, Commissioning Development Manager, Dementia, NHS Gloucestershire, [email protected]
Dementia Support Workers and Dementia Advisers working from GP Practices in Bristol
This service aims to provide carers and people living with dementia with a point of contact who can provide signposting, information and support throughout their journey with dementia. By providing this service from GP practices, it has given dementia a focus in primary care, raised awareness, increased the number of people on the dementia register and enabled people earlier on in their journey to seek help that can then prevent crisis at a later date. The service addresses feedback from carers and people with dementia saying that they want a named person throughout their journey to provide them with information and signposting.
Contact:
- Jake Halls for Dementia Support Workers, [email protected], 0754 5701145
- Melanie Thorne for Dementia Advisers, [email protected], 0754 5701143
- Lorna Robertson – Branch Manager Alzheimer’s Society, [email protected], 01179610693
South Gloucestershire
FIND Project and web-based information.
Contact: [email protected]
Torbay
Yellow personal folder for sharing assessment and care, support and other information with all involved.
Contact: [email protected]