Herefordshire Dementia-friendly . . . Dementia Herefordshire Home page here
page created 16 Jul 2015 and under construction Dementia Triangle of Care here
. . . can be communities, can be parishes,
can be orgs, can be people - at a later date
Herefordshire dementia friendly communities
Herefordshire Dementia Action Alliance
Local alliance information
The Herefordshire Dementia Action Alliance is made up of organisations that operate across the county of Herefordshire and are working towards creating dementia friendly communities to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their carers.
It is currently in the process of being developed,
Regional Contact
Kat Horner
DAA Coordinator, West Midlands
kat.horner@alzheimers.org.uk
01543 255955 source
11 Local Alliances up and running in the West Midlands here
People with Dementia and their Carers
Strategy and Implementation Plan 2013-2015
Strategy
The following implementation plan provides a step by step approach to achieving the recommendations presented in the Integrated Needs Assessment (INA). This strategy should be used in conjunction with the INA and the local 2010 Living Well with Dementia Strategy.
The recommendations focus on organisations working together to help people identify dementia, get information, advice and support quickly, including diagnosis, as well as ensuring that Carers receive assistance. The recommendations focus around three key outcomes:
1. Driving a Herefordshire wide culture change through raising awareness and understanding
2. Increase availability of early diagnosis of Dementia and support
3. Supporting people with dementia, carers and families to live well with dementia here
Dementia Friendly Communities
Dementia friendly communities can be defined as:
Herefordshire Mental Health Needs Assessment
“An integrated society where people with dementia live in ‘normal’ home-like situations
throughout their lives with support to engage in everyday community activities.” ix
The Local Government Association has developed guidance for local authorities in developing
Dementia friendly communities
. This identified that community could become more dementia capable
by:
• increasing its awareness of dementia
• supporting local groups for people with dementia and carers
• providing more information, and more accessible information about local services and
facilities
• thinking about how local mainstream services and facilities can be made more accessible
for people with dementia.
Organisations have been signing up to the Dementia Action Alliance and ‘Dementia Friends’ - an
education programme for the public is available.
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