What’s new on the Dementia Partnerships specialist knowledge portal.
The Dementia Roadmap
The Dementia Roadmap provides high quality information about the dementia journey alongside local information about services, support groups and resources to assist primary care staff to more effectively support people with dementia and cognitive impairment, their families and carers. Read more » Delirium awareness video
Delirium in older adults often goes unrecognised by health care professionals and can be poorly managed. This video was produced with the aim of improving recognition and management of delirium in any healthcare setting. Read more » NHS Health Check commissioning: Commissioner’s current and potential use of weighted financial remuneration
This report includes details of a literature review of commissioner’s current and potential use of weighted financial remuneration and provides recommendations for commissioners. Read more » John’s Campaign
John’s Campaign is about the right of people who care for someone living with dementia to be able to stay with them – and the right of people with dementia to be able to have a family carer stay with them. Read more » Training resources to improve the dementia component of the NHS Health Check
These training resources can be used by NHS Health Check trainers and practitioners to improve the quality of their delivery of the dementia component of the check. Read more » Are we nearly there yet? Enabling people with dementia to remain at home: a housing perspective
This report published by the Housing LIN sets out the key role housing providers, and in particular social housing providers, can play in supporting people living with dementia to stay independent in the home of their choice for as long as possible. Read more » Becoming a dementia friendly GP Surgery
This booklet published by Healthwatch Devon aims to enable health centres to adopt dementia friendly practice and to ensure that people with dementia have a positive experience of primary care. Read more » National Audit of Dementia – third report
The National Audit of Dementia (NAD) (care in general hospitals) measures the performance of general hospitals against criteria relating to care delivery which are known to impact upon people with dementia while in hospital. The third audit collected data between April and November 2016. Read more » State of Caring 2017
This survey undertaken by Carers UK paints a comprehensive picture of caring in 2017 and more than 7,000 people responded, making it the largest State of Caring Survey to date. Read more » Turning up the volume: unheard voices of people with dementia
This report published by the Alzheimer’s Society brings together views of more than 3,500 people with dementia, carers and the public on what it is like to live with dementia. Read more »