Norman McNamara who is living with the early stages of Dementia wants his home town of Torbay in Devon to become ‘dementia friendly’.
Musgrove’s Sedgemoor Ward at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton re-opened recently after an innovative makeover which has created an environment which will enhance the hospital experience of older people and especially for those who also have dementia. The improvements on the ward will benefit all patients as well as visitors and staff.
The first round of ideas to be developed for the Design Council’s Living well with dementia design challenge have now been announced.
This guide identifies a number of key environmental principles to help improve privacy and dignity for patients and relatives.
Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, was joined by one of the nation’s favourite poets as well as doctors, nurses, voluntary group members and people living with dementia at the second annual conference highlighting latest progress in dementia care across the South West.
The 2011 Conference, ‘Dementia Care in Hospital – Rising to the Challenge’, will now be held on 5th July 2011 at Somerset County Cricket Club. The venue was previously Taunton Racecourse. The conference will provide opportunities to share and spread learning and positive practice about dementia care in hospital.
The aim of this guide is to show just some of the ways that local Age UKs and Age Concerns are making a difference to the lives of people living with dementia and their carers.
This issue of the South West Dementia Partnership bulletin focusses on the South West Hospital Standards in Dementia Care, published in February 2011.
The South West Hospital Standards in Dementia have been developed in response to the many concerns expressed about poor quality care experienced by people with a dementia when they are in hospital. Action over the next 2 years to implement systematically these 8 standards, alongside the findings of the National Audit of Dementia Care, is intended to transform hospital care for people with a dementia.
The December 2010 edition of the European Network on Independent Living newsletter is available to download from the ENIL website.