Working Together to Improve Dementia Care Sara Deakin

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 65 years 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?