Dementia programmes
We have been working with health and social care dementia services to deliver dementia improvement programmes since 2016. Our work supports the Scottish Government dementia strategy for Scotland: Everyone’s story.
| Section | Overview |
| Focus on Dementia reducing stress and distress improvement programme | Our current programme supporting improvement in the prevention and management of stress and distress for people living with dementia in hospitals and care home settings. |
| Focus on Dementia post-diagnostic support improvement programme | Supporting improvements to post-diagnostic support delivery services. |
| Dementia care co-ordination | Guidance and resources for improving the co-ordination of care for people living with dementia. |
| Dementia in hospitals | Guidance and resources for improving hospital care for people with dementia. |
| Dementia diagnosis and post-diagnostic support in primary care | Guidance and resources for improving the quality of diagnosis and post diagnostic support for people newly diagnosed with dementia in Scotland. |
| Dementia learning system | A learning system to support staff working with people with dementia and carers. |
| Specialist dementia units | Summary report of the programme and case studies. |