The South West review
A multiagecy team reviewed the 14 health and social care communities across the South-West to find out what services were in place and how prepared areas were to implement the National Strategy.
Read more about the work the review team undertook in each community visiting services, talking to staff and listening to people with dementia and their carers.
Review findings
The overriding finding was that services were not joined up. This was because they have not been planned in a way that provides a range of reliable care options as a person’s condition deteriorates. It concluded that agencies needed to be clearer and bolder in the way they planned and commissioned services.
Bulletin
We are supporting the South West Dementia Partnership to produce quarterly bulletins to keep people informed on progress with implementing the strategy. Download issue 1, January 2010 first bulletin.
Latest news
Access latest dementia news stories from various news sources across the Internet. These include the South West Dementia Partnership, the Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, the Department of Health, Help the Aged, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and South West Development Centre.
Alzheimer’s Society
The South West Alzheimer’s Society is ensuring that views of people with dementia
and their carers are at the heart of this work.
Review report
The overview report provides a summary of the findings of a joint review of dementia services across the South West conducted in May – July 2009.
Local action plans
Each health and social care community has produced an action plan following its review.
The implementation support team will provide advice and support to ensure these plans are effective.
Read about how the South West Dementia Partnership is supporting local implementation.
South West Dementia Partnership
We have developed a website to support the regional review of dementia services. Visit the South West Dementia Partnership website.
Regional conference
We organised a regional conference, 'Living well with dementia the South West way', 20 October 2009, to present the findings of the South West Dementia Review and to discuss the way forward.
Innovative practice
The review team found lots of examples of good and innovative practice, with many highly motivated and committed staff doing their best to support people with dementia and their carers.
Access a wealth of information about local innovative practice in developing dementia services against the 14 local objectives of the National Dementia Strategy.
Regional support work
The review has identified some common challenges across the region. We are supporting the Partnership to work with people to deliver solutions to improve services in these areas, including:
- Hospital care
- Care in care homes
- Support to carers
- Improved communications
- Better metrics
Useful resources
The South West Dementia Partnership website provides access a wealth of useful resources to support service improvement in dementia services: policy, guidance, research reports, toolkits, videos and much more. Our dementia resources page signposts you to some of the most important resources.