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Dementia
Improving access
Widening reach
Great British Care Shows
Brighton
Pamela Holmes,
Practice Development Manager
This session
About SCIE Why the Dementia Gateway is being improved New products on dementia launched today Clips from two Social Care TV films
What is SCIE?
Independent national charity Identify and spread knowledge about good practice in
social care – adults, children, families in the UK Support delivery of transformed personalised
services - practitioners, managers & sector leadership
Ensure experience and expertise of people using services reflected in our work
Promote health and social care working together
The existing Dementia Gateway
Large amount of very useful content compromised by current site design, content structure and search tools
Content would be useful to members of the public if they could only find the site easily and biased towards care homes
Related material such as learning content and video is not embedded in the main site
Dementia Gateway – enter at your peril...
STAR UK partners for long-term continuous incremental updating of educational content’ be
Proposed new site
Simplified design structure, fewer headings
Where appropriate, content for wider ‘workforce’
Learning and video material integrated in content
Site marketed digitally and through innovative paper campaign
Exploring development of tools and content for access via mobile technology e.g. phones and tablets
New improved gateway to Palace of Useful and Accessible Information...
New products for the Dementia Gateway
Today we launch a suite of dementia products Research Briefing: End of Life care for people
with dementia living in care homes An At A Glance on the same topic Three Social Care TV films: holistic
assessment, caring for the carers, dying at home
Key messages: caring for people with dementia
It’s not always easy to tell when end of life is approaching so they may not receive the end of life care they would have wanted
Even when no longer able to make advance decisions legally, they may still be willing and able to discuss preferences
Advance care plans provide a way to express their wishes about end of life care
End of Life Care – Social Care TV Film
Aim of our work on dementia
Care is person-centered and life enhancing
Partners, family friends & others are consulted and included via meaningful relationships
Residents are treated with dignity & respect
Staff support residents as they near the end of life, with sensitivity to their wishes & preferences
