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The dementia service provides information, health education, assessment, advice and treatment if you have:

  • mild cognitive impairment and are at risk of significant decline
  • memory loss that is significant enough to impact on your ability to carry out activities of daily living
  • a diagnosis of dementia

The dementia service is nurse-led service.

Our aims are to:

  • deliver person-centred care
  • share information with families and caregivers about dementia in order to better prepare them for their caring role
  • 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 as long as possible in their preferred place of care
  • support family and caregiver relationships through Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST)
  • support advanced care planning
  • ensure that the person living with dementia is able to have a dignified death in their preferred place of care.

To be seen by the dementia service you must:

  • be registered with a Kingston GP
  • no longer be 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 who only have social care needs should be referred to Kingston Adult Social Care)

We work closely with other professionals in health and social care as well as with voluntary organisations to deliver an integrated service.

If you feel that your memory is letting you down, and you are struggling to carry out daily activities including household tasks or managing finances, please visit your GP. Your GP may refer you to the memory clinic for further assessment or may refer you to the dementia service for an initial detailed assessment at home.

Your assessment may be at home and will cover your physical and psychological health including a cognitive assessment and medication review where appropriate. We may liaise with your GP if we feel a further medical review is required or an occupational therapist if we feel specialist equipment is required to help make your home safer.

You can talk directly to the Your Healthcare specialist nurse practitioner for dementia for advice. Please contact the Single Point of Access on 020 8274 7088.

The specialist nurse practitioner for dementia may recommend our 12 session Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) programme if she feels that you and/or your family/caregiver would benefit from this. At the end of the 12 sessions you may be offered monthly maintenance sessions.

The dementia service is based at:

Hollyfield House
22 Hollyfield Road
Surbiton KT5 9AL
Telephone: 020 8274 7088 (for referrals)

The dementia service is based at:

Hollyfield House
22 Hollyfield Road
Surbiton KT5 9AL
Telephone: 020 8274 7088 (for referrals)

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