Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Servcies.

Members noted that the Dementia Strategy responded locally to the Prime Minister’s ‘Dementia Challenge’ by establishing a City-specific approach to caring for our residents whilst tapping into the rich diversity of our community. The aim of the strategy was to provide a responsive, high quality, personalised dementia service meeting the needs of residents of the City of London.

It was underpinned by 10 strategic objectives which form the basis of our Action

Plan:

· Improve public and professional awareness of dementia and reduce

stigma

· Improve early diagnosis and treatment of dementia

· Increase access to a range of flexible day, home based and residential

respite options

· Develop services that support people to maximise their independence

· Improve the skills and competencies of the workforce

· Improved access to support and advice following diagnosis for people

with dementia and their carers

· Reduce avoidable hospital and care home admissions and decrease

hospital length of stay

· Improve the quality of dementia care in care homes and hospitals

· Improve end of life care for people with dementia

· Ensure that services meet the needs of people from vulnerable groups.