The November 2011 edition of the Brain Waves newsletter is available to download from the Innovations in Dementia website.
The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care have developed an update of Dementia Metrics for Health and Social Care Indicators covering all Councils with Adult Social Services responsibilities (CASSRs) in England.
This report presents an evaluation of existing models of community-based support for people with dementia, their families and carers.
Dementia has been made a high level priority for action in the recently published Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13.
The Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities has recently published a resaerch report ‘New Approaches to Supporting Carers’ Health and Well-being: evidence from the National Carers’ Strategy Demonstrator Sites programme’.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into the home care system in England reveals disturbing evidence that the poor treatment of many older people is breaching their human rights and too many are struggling to voice their concerns about their care or be listened to about what kind of support they want.
We have launched a survey to help us better understand how the Dementia awareness resource pack is being used to promote living well with dementia. Please spare a couple of minutes to share your views.
A new Alzheimer’s Society report ‘Getting personal? Making personal budgets work for people with dementia’, is calling for the personal budget system to be adapted to meet the specific needs of people with dementia.
We have published video footage and presentations from the series of half-day workshops we ran recently to assist providers and commissioners with the exciting but challenging task of developing services to support people with dementia at home.
Stars from the cast of This Morning are lining up to get involved and offer their support to this year’s Christmas charity campaign run by coastal fashion company, Seasalt.