Dementia support in sheffield: we need your views

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There are approximately 7,000 people currently living with dementia in Sheffield: that’s just over 1% of the whole of the city’s population. Public, voluntary, community and private sector organisations across the city are working together to improve the care and support for people of all ages living with - or caring for those living with - dementia in Sheffield. Our vision is to make sure people with dementia are supported to live life to their full potential.

 

We know that dementia can affect people in different ways: with this in mind, we have created 13 commitments to delivering care and support that aim to accommodate everyone’s different experiences of dementia. These 13 commitments are currently the first draft - we want to know what you think about these commitments and how you think we might achieve them as a city. Sharing your experiences and ideas will help us to make sure we’re committing to doing the right things.

 

 

Our commitments are:

1. Sheffield will become a dementia friendly city.
2. We will ensure preventative health becomes an integral part of the dementia work.
3. We will improve access to the diagnosis of the diseases that cause dementia at the earliest possible stage for the people of Sheffield.
4. For people with dementia, support in Sheffield will be more personalised, local and accessible to help people to remain independent for as long as possible.
5. We will provide high quality support to families and carers of people with dementia in Sheffield to help people with dementia maintain their independence for as long as possible.
6. Sheffield will continue to provide out of hospital emergency assessments and short term care when people need it and in the most appropriate setting.
7. Sheffield will continue to provide specialist inpatient assessment and treatment for people who are unable to receive care in their own homes.
8. We will make sure that more people get access to personalised, good quality palliative and end of life care when they need it.
9. We will improve care for people with dementia attending A&E and those admitted to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
10. Care homes will take account of the needs of people with dementia.
11. We will support the clinical and non-clinical research community in Sheffield.
12. We will provide guidance to clinicians in relation to the best medicines for dementia, including when to initiate and review medication.
13. We will monitor the strategy and the implementation plan supporting it.

 

 

What do you think? Please have a read more about our commitments and complete the survey below.

Have your say on the draft commitments here

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If anybody wishes to take part in the survey the link is above.

 

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