Details on the June issue of the care homes newsletter from the National Dementia Strategy Implementation Team. This issue focuses on raising awareness of dementia within care homes and how care homes are raising awareness in local communities.
0 ... read more Jun 29 2010The theme of Dementia Awareness Week this year, is Remember the person. Throughout the week, the Alzheimer’s Society is encouraging people to look beyond dementia and understand that everyone living with dementia is still an individual.
0 ... read more Jun 28 2010This issue provides features on Partnership events, such as the Dementia Summit 2010 and the regional conference on improving dementia care in general hospitals. There are updates on regional work to raise awareness, improve dementia care in care homes and develop an informed and effective workforce for people with dementia.
0 ... read more Jun 25 2010All of the Primary Care Trusts across the South West are making significant progress with the safety of local prescribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring arrangements in the provision of medication to older people in care homes.
0 ... read more Jun 22 2010The person centred support plan aims to enable and support the person living with dementia in a care home to be as self-reliant and in control as they can be.
0 ... read more Jun 18 2010The South West Dementia Partnership has agreed as a priority the development of improved memory assessment services to enable a year on year increase in the rates of diagnosis of dementia.
0 ... read more Jun 16 2010The purpose of this introductory guide is to give care staff some basic information and to point people in the direction of further advice.
0 ... read more Jun 15 2010This guide provides care home managers and providers with information about best practice based on work in the South West.
0 ... read more Jun 14 2010The Alzheimer’s Society has recruited a project manager to ensure that users’ voices are heard and can be instrumental in shaping and influencing the delivery of services for people affected by dementia.
0 ... read more Jun 12 2010This discussion paper aims to draw together a lot of evidence about care homes in the South West. It highlights how managers, staff, commissioners and Care Quality Commission inspectors can contribute to improving the quality of care in care homes.
0 ... read moreLiving well with dementia across the South West
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