Dementia Friendly Communities: The National Picture Simon Kitchen, Lead Executive, Dementia Action Alliance
Dec 24, 2015
Dementia Friendly Communities: The National
Picture
Simon Kitchen,
Lead Executive,
Dementia Action Alliance
Background
• 800,000 people with dementia in the UK, set to rise to over a million by 2021 (Cumbria CCG: 7,421)
• Cost to the economy of £23 billion (Cumbria: £213m)
• Core business of health and care services: 80% people in care homes have dementia and up to a quarter of people in hospitals have dementia
• Less than half of people with dementia have a diagnosis
Background
• 800,000 people with dementia in the UK, set to rise to over a million by 2021 (Cumbria CCG: 7,421)
• Cost to the economy of £23 billion (Cumbria: £213m)
• Core business of health and care services: 80% people in care homes have dementia and up to a quarter of people in hospitals have dementia
• Less than half of people with dementia have a diagnosis (Cumbria CCG: 56.2%)
Carers in the UK
• Over 670,000 people in the UK acting as the primary carers for people with dementia
• 52% of carers for people with dementia are not getting sufficient support to enable them to carry out their caring role.
• Recent figures suggest family carers save the economy £119bn
• Lack of support significant perceived repercussions - impact on mental and physical health and earlier admissions to long-term care
National Dementia Strategy
Recognised dementia is a national health priority
• Ensuring early diagnosis supported with information, care and support; and
• Improving the quality of care for people with dementia and their carers.
• Public information is critical to meet the first objective of the strategy: Improving public and professional awareness and understanding of dementia.
• Public and professional awareness and understanding of dementia must be improved and the stigma associated with it addressed.
• Inform individuals of the benefits of timely diagnosis and care,
• Promote the prevention of dementia, and reduce social exclusion and discrimination.
Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia
New diagnosis ambition
CQUIN rewards for hospitals
Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friends
- More support for carers
Investments in research
DFC Champion Group•The group is responsible for delivering action against the objectives set out in the PM Challenge on Dementia•Cross section of leading civic organisations and businesses, emergency services •Each member has pledged to look at how they and others can play a part in creating a more dementia-friendly society and raising awareness of dementia in their sector
Building dementia-friendly communities: A priority for
everyone•63% of people with dementia did not want to try new things
•Major underlying issues: lack of confidence, worry and fear
•10 key areas to address in a dementia friendly community (DFC)
• A DFC must empower people with dementia to have high aspirations, feel confident, and know they can contribute to their community.
A dementia-friendly community is a city, town or village where people withdementia are understood, respected
and supported, and confident they cancontribute to community life.
Dementia-friendly communities:Gaining momentum
• Over 50 communities have committed to becoming dementia friendly•47 Local Dementia Action Alliances •Schools driving intergenerational change •Business, services and organisations taking up the challenge.
• I have personal choice and control or influence over decision about me
• I know that services are designed around me and my needs• I have support that helps me live my life• I have knowledge and know-how to get what I need• I live in an enabling and supportive environment where I feel valued
and understood• I have a sense of belonging and of being a valued part of my family,
community and civic life• I know there is research going on which delivers a better life for me
now and hope for future
National Dementia Declaration
Joint work• Calls to Action: Right Prescription
• Polling into public attitudes
• Research into timely diagnosis and access to drug treatments
• Right Care: creating dementia friendly hospitals
•Dementia Friends is an initiative that is helping to create more dementia friendly communities. •Alzheimer’s Society is working develop Dementia Friends in the wide range of locations, work places, institutions and organisations likely to come into contact with people with dementia. •We want there to be a million Dementia Friends in England by the end of 2015.
Dementia Friendly Communities recognition
Criteria 1: Make sure you have the right local structure in place to maintain a sustainable dementia friendly community
Dementia Friendly Communities recognition
Criteria 2: Identify a person or people to take responsibility for driving forward the work to support your community to become dementia friendly and ensure that individuals, organisations and businesses are meeting their stated commitments
Dementia Friendly Communities recognition
Criteria 3: Have a plan to raise awareness about dementia in key organisations and businesses within the community that support people with dementia
Dementia Friendly Communities Criteria
Criteria 4: Develop a strong voice for people with dementia living in your communities. This will give your plan credibility and will make sure it focuses on areas people with dementia feel are most important
Dementia Friendly Communities recognition
Criteria 5: Raise the profile of your work to increase reach and awareness to different groups in the community
Dementia Friendly Communities recognition
Criteria 6: Focus your plans on a number of key areas that have been identified locally
Dementia Friendly Communities recognition
Criteria 7: Have in place a plan or system to update the progress of your community after six months and one year
Vehicle / destination
Local Dementia Action Alliances are how we get there
Dementia friendly communities are where we want to be
Thank you
For further information please go to:
www.dementaaction.org.uk
www.alzheimers.org.uk/buildingdfcs