Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

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Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

• Dr Elizabeth Johnston
• Chair, NHS South Reading CCG
• www.southreadingccg_at_nhs.uk

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Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

• Welcome
• Housekeeping
• Delegates packs
• Question Board

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Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

• Conference aims
• To inform all stakeholders of the range of
  services available
• Identify gaps and areas for improvement in
  services
• Share examples of best practice

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Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

• What are 3 achievements in the community?
• Increase in prescriptions for dementia treatment
  with GP shared care
• Increased referrals to the Memory clinics
• Below national average for prescriptions of
  antipsychotic medication

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Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

• What are 3 achievements in the hospitals?
• Dementia Friendly Wards
• 90 of over 75s admitted are screened for memory
  loss (target was 75)
• Length of stay has reduced and readmission rates
  have dropped in those referred to Liaison
  Psychiatry Service

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Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

• What are 3 achievements in the voluntary sector?
• Home from Hospital Age Concern UK
• Admission avoidance - Red Cross
• Befriending Scheme - Alzheimers Society

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Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

• New for 2013
• Nursing Home in reach
• National Dementia Case Finding incentive scheme
  for GPs

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Dementia and Elderly Care Conference

• Thank yous
• Carol Munt and South Reading Patient Voice
• Exhibitors and Speakers
• Jane Foley and Clare Clayton conference
  organisers