Objective 6. Improved community personal support services

South Gloucestershire

The Limes offers a service for younger people providing activity based support through a mentoring service in lieu of day care.
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Bournemouth & Poole

The Department of Health’s integrated care pilots, announced in April 2009, aim to transform the way people experience health and social care. A multidisciplinary team in Bournemouth and Poole has set up a nurse led project focussing on memory loss and dementia in older people.

In a recent article in Nursing Times Kate Jones outlines the aims, elements, challenges and benefits of working as part of a multidisciplinary team, from a nursing perspective. Jones, K. (2010) Integrated care pilot programme: ensuring people with dementia receive joined up care, Nursing Times 106; 10, 12-14.

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Dorset

Melcombe Day Hospital makes creative use of resources and provided an enabling attitude. The The Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs) scheme offers a countywide approach to community engagement and thereby supporting people who may not be in contact with adult social care services.
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Devon

People with dementia included in work on Individual Budgets.
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Plymouth

Specialist dementia domiciliary care and the specialist training involved providing an opportunity to co- locate with the Community Mental Health Teams.
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Torbay

A range of good quality community based services in place across Torbay.
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