Working Together to Improve
Dementia Care
Sara Deakin, Practice Development Matron
for Older People and Dementia
Why is it important.
• More people developing dementia.
• 1 in 4 hospital beds occupied
• Estimated 820,000 people in the UK have
dementia.
• 16,000 people under 65years have dementia.
• Costs UK £23 billion each year.
National Dementia Strategy:
Living well with dementia (2009)
Why is it important?
• We all need to understand more about the
disease because we will all come across
people, at work, in our communities and in
our families who will develop Dementia.
• At NUH we have developed a dementia teaching
strategy and are a committed to improving
dementia care by training and education for ALL
staff.
Dementia Education Strategy
Areas of care to consider.
• Person-Centred Care.
• Communication.
• Nutrition.
• Environment
Providing Person-Centred
Care
Person-Centred Care
•V – VALUING people with dementia as a person
with the respect that this implies
•I – Treating people as INDIVIDUALS meeting
the unique needs of the person
•P – Looking a the world from the perspective of
the PERSON.
•S – provide a positive SOCIAL environment in
which the person can experience relative
wellbeing and has the opportunity for social and
loving relationships
(Brooker 2004)
The person with DEMENTIA vs
the PERSON with dementia
‘About Me’ Booklet
Carer
Engagement
Dementia Champion Network
Transforming Dementia Care
Next Steps
• How can we work more closely to improve care
for our patients who have dementia?
• How can we share best practice?
• What are the challenges/barriers?
• What can we do to overcome these?