Dementia care
The nature of dementia means that managing the condition can pose unique and sometimes difficult issues for staff, both in the hospital and in the community.
(Dementia e-learning)
The scale of the challenge
- There are currently 850,000 people with dementia in the UK
- One in 14 people over 65 have dementia in the UK and one in 79 of the whole population.
- In 2018 in the UK dementia was the leading cause of death for women.
(Data from Dementia Statistics Hub October 2020)
If you are looking for statistics on dementia try the Alzheimers Research UK Dementia Statistics Hub, which includes Dementia Hotspot Maps of prevalence by Westminster constituencies and CCGs which show the wide range of prevalence rates across the country.
Dementia Training Standards Framework – developed in collaboration by Skills for Health and Health Education England in partnership with Skills for Care. The Framework, updated in 2018, sets out the core skills and knowledge which would be transferable and applicable across different types of service provision. An accompanying handbook – Managing Success in Dementia Care – seeks to support leaders and managers responsible for training to identify resources they can use to deliver education and training activities at tier 2. Read more here.
A research team from Leeds Beckett, Bradford and Leeds Universities have developed a Dementia Training Design and Delivery Audit Tool (DeTDAT) and accompanying manual to assess how well a training package meets good practice criteria for dementia.
NHS Choices Dementia Guide for patients, families and carers. Individuals can sign up to a series of emails with advice and information.
South East Clinical Delivery and Networks (SECDN) has developed the SECDN Dementia Care & Support Planning Toolkit to support dementia annual reviews and personalised care and support planning. The toolkit includes a flow chart guide to the approach and an example of a completed care plan.
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Page last reviewed: 27 November, 2020