Our expert panel discussed the issues people with dementia face when accessing health and social care services
What are the issues that people with dementia face?
George McNamara, head of policy and public affairs, Alzheimer’s Society: Every day we hear about the struggle people with dementia have getting a timely diagnosis. While progress has been made in this area, many people with dementia are also at their wits end with the lack of timely and quality dementia care in their area.
Gill Phillips, creator of Whose Shoes? – Making It Real, a co-production tool helping people work together to improve lives: Finding the right support at the right time for people with dementia and carers. Things joining up. Avoiding hospital admissions – and if hospital is necessary, for staff (particularly non-specialist staff) to be able to understand and care for people as individual human beings.
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