Tuesday, 16 August 2016

New 'care atlas' reveals disparity in dementia care across UK

New 'care atlas' reveals disparity in dementia care across UK Atlas shows care review performed for less than half of patients in some parts of England but for nine out of ten in others

The government has begun to publish detailed information about which areas of England give people with dementia the best support, in an effort to reduce wide variation in the quality of care provided.

The Department of Health’s online “dementia atlas” will show, for example, how many sufferers have their care reviewed every year, as they all should, and how likely they are to end up dying where they normally live, usually at home or in a care home. Continue reading... The Guardian

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