Focus on Dementia reducing stress and distress improvement programme
The reducing stress and distress improvement programme will work with a number of teams across hospitals and care home settings to support improvement in the prevention and support of stress and distress for people living with dementia.
This programme is a collaboration between Healthcare Improvement Scotland, the Care Inspectorate and NHS Education for Scotland and will work with a range of health and social care stakeholders including people with lived experience of dementia.
The programme supports the implementation of:
- the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) dementia guideline (published November 2023)
- the fourth dementia strategy for Scotland (published May 2023)
A reducing stress and distress Self Evaluation (SE) Tool has been developed which sets out what is expected from high quality, person-centred care for people living with dementia to reduce stress and distress. The SE tool can be used by teams in hospitals and care homes to self-assess their service against a set of quality criteria and to identify priority areas for improvement.
The SE tool has been prototyped by a small number of teams and will be reviewed and updated based on feedback received. We are also developing additional resources, including a quality improvement change package. The SE tool and additional resources will then be used to support the delivery of the improvement programme where we will work with a larger number of teams in hospital and care home settings to identify and implement improvement activity. We will capture evidence and learning from improvement activity and share this with our networks to support wider spread.
The programme will launch in December 2024. You can find out more and apply to join the programme by visiting this news page.
Email us at his.focusondementia@nhs.scot if you have a question about the reducing stress and distress improvement programme or would like to speak to a member of the team.