Improving Dementia Services for the Citizens of Nottingham

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Improving Dementia Services for the Citizens of
Nottingham

• Clare Routledge - Health and Wellbeing Policy
  Officer
• Kate Fisher Dementia Practice Development
  Specialist

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National Perspective

• Dementia Action Alliance
• Building Dementia Friendly Communities A
  priority for everyone
• Dementia 2013 The Hidden Voice of Loneliness

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All by myself.

• Loneliness is as harmful for our health as
  smoking 15 cigarettes a day and has a destructive
  impact on our quality of life. Campaign to End
  Loneliness Connections in Older Age

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Partnership developments in the city

• Work towards making Nottingham a Dementia
  Friendly City.
• Nottinghams first Older Persons Festival
  1/10/13
• Commitment to developing a NCC Older Persons
  Charter.
• Development of NCC Dementia Action Alliance
  Declaration.
• Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST).
• Nottinghams Arts and Older People bid
  submission.

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The Challenges

• Adult Provision restructure
• Commissioner/Assessors/Provider tensions
• Quality Assurance
• NCC DPDS rewrite of Care Plans
• Benchmarking

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Terry Pratchett - Author
It seems sensible to me that we should look to
the medical profession, that has helped us to
live longer and healthier lives to help us die
peacefully among our loved ones in our own home
without a long stay in Gods waiting room.
It seems that when you have cancer you are a
brave battler against the disease, but when you
have Alzheimers you are an old fart. Thats how
people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.
The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay
older for longer And they will run right into
the dementia firing range. How will a society
cope? Especially a society that cant so readily
rely on those stable family relationships that
traditionally provided the backbone of care?
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,
but its not one half so bad as lot of ignorance.
I know 3 people who have got better after a brain
tumour. I havent heard of anyone whos got
better from Alzheimers.
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• Any thoughts?
• Questions?
• Thank you Clare and Kate

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A picture paints a thousand words
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