Dementia Friendly Communities Recognition Process

Karishma Chandaria

Dementia Friendly Communities

Programme Manager

Living well with dementia

Development of DFCs

• Progress in creating dementia friendly communities has been faster than we could have imagined at a local level

• Becoming dementia friendly is a journey and will take time and requires sustained commitment in order to improve the lives of people with dementia who are living in their community.

• To achieve this sustainability and really embed its important that we capture all the great work and good practise in a way which useable, supports the recognition process.

Recognition process

Criteria 1 - Make sure you have the right local structure in place

Criteria 2 - Identify a person or people to take responsibility for driving forward

• Strong independent chair – business, local authority, clinician, experienced volunteer

Recognition process

Criteria 3 - Have a plan to raise awareness about dementia in key organisations and businesses

Criteria 4 - Develop a strong voice for people with dementia living in your communities

• DEEP (Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project) – 60 groups across the England

• Alzheimer’s Society User Involvement Panels or other member contacts

• Walkabout / surveys / talks / ‘dragons dens’

Criteria 5 - Raise the profile of your work to increase

reach and awareness to different groups in the

community

• Launches of group outputs

• Publicising work across local media and radio

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Criteria 6 - Focus your plans on a number of key areas

that have been identified locally

• Ask people with dementia what matters to them locally and determine the target areas for change

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Criteria 7 - Have in place a plan or system to update the progress of your community after six months and one year

• Keep a log of your activity, involvement of people with dementia and plans to report back in your 6 monthly report and annual self assessment framework.

Recognition process

Annual self-assessment process

• To launched in early October

• Designed to be a simple online questionnaire based around the foundation criteria

• Opportunity to submit data in a range of formats

BSI Code of practice on DFCs

• The Alzheimer’s Society has developed a foundation recognition process is for communities that are working towards becoming dementia friendly.

• The purpose of the code of practice is to build on this and set out the next steps to becoming dementia friendly as part of a continuous improvement pathway for lasting change and on-going sustainability

• The code of practice is expected to take a “recommendation” based approach and seeks to gain with broad and rigorous consultation with experts and communities from across the sector to set out consensus and best practice as to what constitutes “Dementia Friendliness” using the evidence we have to date

Code of practice development

16/10/2014

6-9 Months

Launch

SG Review

Review Panel

Targeted and public consultation, the Review Panel includes: industry, government, trade associations, formal standards committees, independent experts, and consumer groups

Steering Group 10-15 key experts in

the subject area

Standard Scope

Research & Content

Generation

Train Technical Experts

Drafting Finalize Draft

Publication

SG Review

Difference between DFC & DAA

Local Dementia Action Alliances are how we get there: • Local DAAs • Website • Annual Event • Network

Dementia friendly communities are where we want to be: • Guidance • Standards • Permission from

head office

How the programmes work together

Local Dementia Action Alliances Own web-page on DAA website DAA Annual Event Member Action Plans DAA Sec Network

Supporters registered

Dementia Friendly Communities Foundation stage recognition process

Complete form with 7 Criteria Six monthly update

Code of practice on DFCs British Standards Institute For communities beyond

year one

Dementia Friends

Thank you

Karishma.Chandaria@www.alzheimers.org.uk

For more information on DFCs go to:

www.alzheimersociety.org.uk/dementiafriendlycommunities