Resources to support dementia care in hospitals

Focus on Dementia - Dementia in Hospitals

Working with hospital teams in acute, community and specialist dementia unit settings to improve hospital care for people with dementia.

We developed these resources with hospital teams across Scotland. The teams were from acute, community and specialist dementia units.

The improvement programme ended in March 2023. The full end of programme report is available on request.

Resources:

Resource	Source	What it is and what's it for?
Improving Person-Centred Dementia Care in Hospital - Executive summary: August 2023 (PDF, 570KB)	Healthcare Improvement Scotland	Summary of the improvement programme and its outcomes.
Person-centred care planning change package	Healthcare Improvement Scotland	Guide to making improvements to person-centred care planning for people with dementia in hospital. Includes change ideas and measures that will help to demonstrate improvements.