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Skilled staff with time to care
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• Staff training focused on dementia awareness
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• Support and reinforcement of skills in dementia care from clinical dementia leads
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• Identifying dementia champions as a resource for staff
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• Attention to staffing levels and staff mix
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Partnership working with carers
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• Assessment and communication tools that include carer knowledge and opinion
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• Flexible visiting hours for carers
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• Assessment of carers’ needs
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Assessment and early identification
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• Use of incentives for staff to complete training identify people in need of assessment
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• Screening and assessment tools
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• Protocols and pathways
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• Clinical reviews of medication
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Individualised care (person-centred care)
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• Assessment and documentation that focuses on the person’s biography, preferences and priorities and retained abilities
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• Activities to support social engagement and inclusion in everyday activities
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• Access to dementia and palliative care specialists who can guide staff in the provision of good quality care
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Environments that are dementia friendly
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• Environments that promote independence by being safe to walk around and navigate
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• Environments that are not confusing to a person living with dementia (e.g. shiny floors can be perceived as water, use of patterns and colour contrast)
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• Limiting ward moves during admission to minimise distress
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