The dementia environment in a care home

Part of Dementia

This film for care staff, managers and local authorities illustrates how simple changes to create a more dementia-friendly care home environment can have a positive impact on a person living with dementia's emotional wellbeing and independence.

Getting to know the person with dementia: the impact of diagnosis

Part of Dementia

This film for health and care staff, managers, people with dementia and those who know them, is about the importance of getting to know the person with dementia, learning about their memories and experience, understanding their history and their likes and dislikes.

The role of carers and families in reablement

Part of Reablement

Watch this video to hear how important it is for families and carers contribute to reablement.

The business case for reablement

Part of Reablement

This film for health and adult social care commissioners introduces reablement. Watch the video to find out more.

Quality in social care: achieving excellence in supported living services

In this video, we see examples of excellence in supported living settings. It shows people with learning disabilities and mental health problems finding employment, developing skills, and becoming more independent, and looks at the role of social care staff in supporting people to improve their lives.

Living with young onset dementia

Part of Dementia

This video for dementia health and care managers and staff shows two people who were diagnosed with dementia in their 50s. They are both supported by the Forget Me Not Centre, which provides counselling and support to younger people with dementia and takes a reablement approach.

Reablement: maintaining independence

Part of Reablement

Hear how people are benefiting from falls prevention service and exercise classes.

Telecare - providing more personalised care

This film is for health and social care commissioners, and people thinking about using telecare for their support needs and their supporters. It demonstrates a range of the available technology and shows how it has helped to maintain people’s independence, reducing their reliance on carers.

Prevention: Reablement

Part of Reablement

Watch this video to learn more about how reablement supports people to regain their independence.

Telecare - the ethical debate

This video for social care commissioners and staff describes some of the ethical concerns of using telecare and offers practical advice about overcoming them and ensuring people who use it gain the maximum benefit offered by telecare technology.