1. Thumbs up for our local dementia action plan

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    Lambeth Dementia Action Alliance is a network of local organisations, services and businesses that are working to make Lambeth more dementia friendly.

  2. Seven pieces of information that you should expect to receive after being diagnosed with dementia

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    Take a look at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) quick guide to discussing and planning support following a dementia diagnosis.

  3. ‘Going Home’ Pilot Project Learning and Next Steps

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    A pilot project aimed to test out an approach for building a picture of older people’s experiences of health and social care services following a stay in hospital.

  4. Evaluation of the Caring with Carers Course adapted for community setting

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    We evaluated the adaptation of an existing hospital-based initiative designed by the Guy's and St Thomas' Trust, to help carers of elderly family members with dementia prepare for their return home after a stay in hospital.

  5. Care at home that puts people more in control

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    Over the past year, we have been working with Lambeth Council on a project looking into how home care can be improved. The aim was to use design approaches to find ways for home care to be more joined up with other services and to empower people.

  6. Review of Dementia Services for people living independently, and family carers

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    We carried out a follow up investigation in summer/autumn 2015 to gather views on services for people living with dementia independently in their own homes.

  7. Enter & View: Dulwich Care Centre

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    We visited Dulwich Care Centre, a nursing home for 93 residents, providing nursing or personal care to older people, including people with physical disabilities and people living with dementia.

  8. Enter & view: Dementia Services in Clapham Park, SW4

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    We undertook a review of dementia services in the Clapham Park area of Lambeth during the second half of 2014, in order to gain an insight into the experiences of local residents with dementia and their carers (both paid and unpaid)

  9. Enter & View: Helmi House extra care housing

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    We carried out Enter and View visits at Helmi House, a Sanctuary Home Care for 46 tenants, currently providing care and support to 26 people of mixed ages including wheelchair users and two residents living with dementia.

  10. Enter & View: Lingham Court extra care housing

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    We did an Enter and View visits at Lingham Court, an extra care housing facility for 30 tenants, providing care and support to older people including wheelchair users and five residents living with dementia.

  11. Enter & View: Hillyard House extra care housing

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    We did an Enter and view at Hillyard House, an extra care housing facility for 41 tenants providing care and support to a mixed clientele including older people, learning disabled adult and younger disabled people, and residents living with dementia.

  12. Enter & View: Clarence Avenue extra care housing

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    A visit to this extra care housing facility was carried out to seek the views of residents (particularly those with dementia) about the services and also how they accessed health and care services from the community.

  13. Enter & View: Collingwood Court

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    We visited Collingwood Court Nursing Home, unit for people with mental health problems and a palliative care unit. Almost all the residents had dementia or dementia like symptoms.

  14. Enter & View: Excelcare Care Homes

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    In September and October 2019 we carried out enter and view visits at three local care homes run by Excelcare, following a quality and safety review by Lambeth Council which indicated improvement was needed.

  15. Coronavirus and people living with Dementia

    Advice and Information -

    Dementia is a disease of the brain and reduces the capacity of people to reason and make choices. So the UK and global response to Coronavirus 19 is particularly challenging for families and people living with dementia.

  16. Vascular Dementia Inequalities for Lambeth’s Black Communities

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    In October 2020, we held an online event with South London and Maudsley Trust (SLaM) and Black Thrive for local people to explore the inequalities linked to vascular dementia experienced by Lambeth’s Black communities.

  17. Our Annual Report 2020-21

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    Find out in our Annual Report about how we have made a difference for people in Lambeth, our resources and how we have engaged and supported people in 2020-21.

  18. Ageing Well Festival

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    Healthwatch Lambeth was delighted to participate in Lambeth's Ageing Well Festival which launched Age Friendly Lambeth.