Living Well with Dementia: A National Dementia Strategy

This Housing LIN Briefing No29 summarises key points of Living well with dementia: A national Strategy, highlighting those relevant to housing-related services. It outlines the role the housing sector can play in meeting the Strategy objectives, with examples. It is of interest to social care and health commissioners and practitioners, as well as those in the housing sector.

Two documents preceded this: Housing LIN Briefing 22 is the document submitted to the External Reference Group about the contribution housing and related services could make to meeting the needs of people with dementia and their carers.

Response to Transforming the Quality of Dementia Care was the Housing LIN's response to the consultation document on the dementia strategy. It analyses the consultation document from a housing perspective and makes suggestions for inclusion of housing sector services and staff

The strategy itself and associated documents can be read by selecting the following link.

Links

Living Well with Dementia: A National Dementia Strategy (pdf - 102Kb) (opens new window)

Response to Transforming the Quality of Dementia Care: Consultation on a National Dementia Strategy (pdf - 168Kb) (opens new window)

Housing sector role in delivering national dementia strategy (pdf - 183Kb) (opens new window)

Living well with dementia - a National Dementia Strategy (opens new window)

The strategy itself

Dementia Strategy Implementation Plan (opens new window)

updated September 2010

National Dementia Strategy Demonstrator sites (opens new window)

This is an invitation for Social Services to bid with PCT and voluntary sector partner(s) for funding to develop a demonstrator site. This will be for the dementia adviser role or peer support networks. Bids are due in by 10a.m on Thursday 21st May 2009. This may be of interest to housing providers who have good links with their local social services. They may for example wish to develop a peer support network in their sheltered or extra care scheme or have a dementia adviser as part of a home improvement agency.