The dementia service provides information, health education, assessment, advice and treatment for people who have:
- mild cognitive impairment and at risk of significant decline
- memory loss that is significant enough to impact on the persons abilities to carry out activities of daily living
- a diagnosis of dementia
To be seen by the dementia service people must:
- be registered with a Kingston GP
- no longer under the care of the Memory Clinic or SW London Mental Health Team for Older People
- have clinical as well as social care needs (people with just social care needs should be referred to Kingston Adult Social Care)
The dementia service is nurse led service.
Our aims are to:
- deliver individualised person-centred care
- reduce the risk of crisis management for people living with dementia and their families/caregivers
- share information with families and caregivers about the disease trajectory of dementia in order to better prepare them for their caring role
- improve health outcomes of people living with dementia
- reduce hospital admissions for people living with dementia
- improve quality of life for people living with dementia
- enable people living with dementia to live independently for longer in their preferred place of care
- support family and caregiver relationships with the person living with dementia through Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST)
- facilitate advanced care planning
- ensure that the person living with dementia is able to have a dignified death in their preferred place of care, adopting the principles of Namaste End of Life Care in the persons own home
We work closely with other professionals in health and social care as well as with voluntary organisations in order to deliver an integrated service.
