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Common Core Principles for supporting people with dementia E-mail

The Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia - a guide to training the social care and health workforce (pdf, 38pp, 1mb) will help to develop a workforce that responds confidently to the person with dementia, understanding how to enter their world and support the life they are leading.

For more information see link:

 

http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/developing_skills/dementia/supporting_people_with_dementia.aspx
 
Nothing ventured, nothing gained: risk guidance for people with dementia E-mail

Nothing ventured, nothing gained provides guidance on best practice in assessing, managing and enabling risk for people living with dementia. It is based on evidence and person-centred practice and within the context of Living well with dementia; a national dementia strategy and Putting People First. The guidance is aimed at commissioners and providers in health and care across all sectors.

 

Direct link to PDF: http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/@ps/documents/digitalasset/dh_121493.pdf 
 
Quality outcomes for people with dementia E-mail

This document presents the Department’s revised, outcomes focused implementation plan for ‘Living well with dementia: A National Dementia Strategy’, which was published in February 2009. It updates the previous implementation plan for the Strategy, which was published in July 2009.

 

Publication available at:http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_119827 
 
Quality outcomes for people with dementia: building on the work of the National Dementia Strategy E-mail

The document presents the Department's revised, outcomes focused implementation plan for 'Living Well with Dementia - A National Dementia Strategy', which was published in February 2009. It updates the previous implementation plan for the Strategy, which was published in July 2009.

The key purpose of this revised implementation plan is to set out for health and social care localities and their delivery partners:

- The Department of Health's role and its priorities during 2010/11 for supporting local delivery of and local accountability for the implementation of 'Living Well with Dementia - A National Dementia Strategy';

- the Strategy's fit with the new vision for the future of health and care as set out in the White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS; and

- its fit with the consultation document Liberating the NHS: Transparency in outcomes - a framework for the NHS.

 

For more information visit: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_119827
 
Care and Dementia - Issue 6 April 2010 E-mail
The latest edition of Care and Dementia Digest published by Housing 21 is now available. This edition includes articles on:
  • 'A World of Difference' - our report on welfare benefits
  • Live-insupport.co.uk - our new live-in care service
  • End of life dementia nursing success
  • New memory service at Westminster

Care and Dementia Digest April 2010
 
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