Transforming care for people affected by dementia

Projects to transform care for people affected by dementia are happening across Bristol and South Gloucestershire. The key organisations involved in these projects are:

• Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group
• Bristol City Council
• South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
• South Gloucestershire Council
• University Hospitals Bristol
• North Bristol Trust
• Bristol Community Health
• Avon and Wiltshire Mental HealthTrust

The national Alzheimer's Society has also contributed to consultations on some projects.

Projects to transform care in Bristol include:

• Workshops to map the current dementia services available
• Development of a dementia care pathway
• Commissioning of a new Dementia Wellbeing Service
• Creation of the supporting dementia team
• Review of Memory Cafes in Bristol
• Review of Red Cross 'dementia support services' in Bristol
• Review of respite commissioning
• Commissioning of breaks for carers
• Quality improvements to support care homes

Projects in South Gloucestershire include:

• Development and piloting the reablement service
• Development of a precious time outcome framework

Projects across both areas include:

• Roll-out of primary care based memory services in Bristol and South Gloucestershire: click for a graph showing how the roll-out of these services has impacted on diagnosis rates in South Gloucestershire
• Development of the Joint Dementia Care Strategy for Bristol and South Gloucestershire