Cracks in the pathway: CQC review of dementia care

Cracks in the pathway: CQC review of dementia care A thematic review of the care people living with dementia receive as they moved between care homes and acute hospitals showed a large variation in the quality of care for people with dementia. Whilst there is more good care than bad, it is likely that someone living with dementia will experience poor care at some point while living in a care home or being treated in hospital. Care Quality Commission

See also:

• UK's dementia care betrayal: Nine in ten care homes and hospitals fail patients, says damning report Daily Mail
• Patchy dementia care puts patients at risk of unnecessary suffering, says CQC The Guardian
• VIDEO: Dementia care training concerns BBC News
• New Dementia ‘Ambassadors’ to help GPs and patients NHS England