Living with dementia

Part of Dementia

Four people with dementia share their insights and experiences of living with advancing dementia.

Older people and quality of life: better life in residential care

A film that shows older people with high support needs who live in a care home. They talk about what is important in their lives and how they like to be treated.

Older people and quality of life: better life in the community

A film that shows older people with high support needs who live in the community. They talk about what is important in their lives and how they like to be treated.

Commissioning home care for older people

This guide is aimed at health and social care commissioners of home care services for older people with complex needs.

Care leavers: reflections on being in care

Care leavers reflect on their experiences of care in this short film

Care leavers: journeys through the care system

The care leavers in this film talk about how they came into care and their journey through the care system

Care leavers: the making of the care leavers stories project

How the care leavers' films were made; the contribution of interviewers and interviewees

Service user and carer involvement in the supervision of health and social care workers: seminar report

This report presents findings from a seminar of service users and carers, health and social care practitioners and managers to discuss their different experiences of being involved in or having input into supervision. It forms part of a project on the delivery of supervision to health and social care workers in integrated settings. The report also covers the potential benefits of involvement; the potential difficulties with such involvement; ideas about how to increase such involvement.

Mental health transitions: an integrated practice example

Staff and young people in Sheffield discuss how transitions in mental health services are being improved by integrated working in the health and social care trust. This film is a stand alone version of the second part of Transitions 1.

End of life care: why talking about death and dying matters

For people moving towards the end of life a personalised approach gives them a voice and influence over their care. This film looks at how personalised care can be achieved through the Living Well tool, which involves creating a simple one page profile to record a person’s needs and wishes.