Information for commissioners about dementia services
Local commissioners should make sure the right services are in place in their area, so that people living with dementia and their carers get the support and services they need. Examples of the guidance and information to support commissioners are set out below.
NHS England guidance
- Dementia Good Care Planning Information for Primary Care and Commissioners
- Implementation guide and resource pack for dementia care
- Commissioning for Carers: Principles and resources to support effective commissioning for adult and young carers
Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
NICE has produced the following guidance, standards and tailored resources to help with commissioning services:
- Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers
- Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care settings for adults with social care needs
- Dementia: support in health and social care
- Dementia: independence and wellbeing
- Patient experience in adult NHS services
- Social care for older people with multiple long-term conditions
- The named care co-ordinator role from the perspective of older people
- Care of dying adults
- Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs
- Patient experience in adult NHS services: improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS services
- People's experience in adult social care services: improving the experience of care and support for people using adult social care services
- End of life care for adults
