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Dementia
Dementia is a key priority for health and social care. The material here is designed to help local health and social care economies get ready for the first ever National Dementia Strategy which will focus on improving awareness and information, early diagnosis and intervention and living well with dementia.
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- Joint Commissioning Framework (pdf - 761Kb)
The Joint Commissioning Framework outlines the NHS and local authority framework in which local commissioning strategies will develop. Resources within this framework include: a template for joint strategic needs assessments for dementia; a summary of levers available to commissioners; an outline of how the threads of policy wrap around the needs of people with dementia and their carers. - Living well with dementia - a National Dementia Strategy
On 3rd February 2009, Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Health, launched the National Dementia Strategy. This 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. - Transforming the Quality of Dementia Care: Consultation on a National Dementia Strategy
This is the National Dementia Strategy consultation document published by the Department of Health on 19th June 2008.
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Latest Dementia News
- Mental Health in Older Age
Mental Health in Older Age - Have you got an hour to spare?Group discussions in Corbridge and NewcastleThis piece of research is being conducted by a local researcher, Elaine Rodger, for Voice North and the Later Life Regional (Health) Advisory Group.I am looking for people, aged between 40 and 60, without first-hand experience of caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease to take part in a focus group.Anonymity is assured in the report.Three sessions are being arranged:Newcastle General Hospital 19 November 2009 4pm - 5pm (to be confirmed)Corbridge Parish Hall 24 November 2009 6pm - 7pmCorbridge Health Centre 25 November 2009 1.30pm to 2.30pmCan you help? Please click here to complete the form. I will contact you shortly.Elaine Rodger - Dementia Newsletter - Autumn
Please see the Autumn edition of the North East newsletter. If you would like any paper copies please contact debbie smith, debbie.smith@dh.gsi.gov.uk - NDS Objective 6 Think Tank report
- NE Dementia Newsletter Summer 2009
We now have a Summer 2009 newsletter packed with information about how we are implementing the National Dementia Strategy in the North East to read more click on the link. - New Online Resource: Healthtalkonline - Carers of People with Dementia
A new online resource for carers of people with dementia.