Independent report: Dementia advisers survey The report, from Age UK and IpsosMORI, contains findings from a survey into the provision of dementia adviser services throughout England.
Dementia advisers provide a single identifiable point of contact for people with dementia and their carers following a diagnosis. They have knowledge of and direct access to the whole range of available local services, providing advice, information about where to get care and enabling contact with other services.
Having a single point of contact was highlighted as being an essential element of effective post-diagnostic care in the Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia 2020. Department of Health
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