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National Dementia Strategy
The first ever National Dementia Strategy is a landmark document that will transform the quality of dementia care. It sets out initiatives designed to make the lives of people with dementia, their carers and families better and more fulfilled.
Published on 3 February 2009 the National Dementia Strategy is backed by £150 million over the first two years. It will increase awareness of dementia, ensure early diagnosis and intervention and radically improve the quality of care that people with the condition receive. Proposals include the introduction of a dementia specialist into every general hospital and care home and for mental health teams to assess people with dementia.
Joint commissioning framework
Published: 15 June 2009
The National Dementia Strategy joint commissioning framework provides best practice guidance for commissioning dementia services. It includes a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment template, summary of NICE and SCIE evidence for dementia services, commissioning levers against each of the strategy's objectives and a summary of South East Coastal SHA dementia metrics.
National Dementia Strategy Demonstrator Site Programme
The National Dementia Strategy requires an improved evidence base about the effectiveness of two service models proposed, Objective 4 – Enabling easy access to care, support and advice following diagnosis and Objective 5 – Development of structured peer support and learning, and we are inviting applications for demonstrator sites for these two areas.
Living well with dementia: a National Dementia Strategy
Published: 3 February 2009
The aim of the Strategy is to ensure that significant improvements are made to dementia services across three key areas: improved awareness, earlier diagnosis and intervention, and a higher quality of care.
Consultation on a National Dementia Strategy
The Department held a public consultation as part of the development of the a National Dementia Strategy. This consultation drew on evidence from a wide range of reports and stakeholders, a series of listening events involving over 3,000 people and the recommendations of an External Reference Group.
Worried about your memory campaign
Backed by the Department, the Alzheimer’s Society’s Worried About Your Memory? campaign prompts and helps people to consider if their forgetfulness, or that of a friend or relative, is due to just poor memory or the beginning of a medical problem and encourage them to seek medical advice.
Enhancing the Healing Environment : dementia care
Applications are invited from NHS trusts who provide mental health and learning disabilities services to join a new programme to improve the environment for people with dementia. This Department of Health funded initiative follows the success of The King’s Fund’s award-winning Enhancing the Healing Environment programme in 150 trusts throughout England.
Applications for the 10 places available in 2009 may be made by trusts that provide mental health and learning disabilities services to people with dementia. The closing date for applications is 12:00 midday, Friday 27 February 2009.
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