Lesley Thomas Social Care Development Coordinator Page 17 Adult - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Lesley Thomas

Social Care Development Coordinator Adult Social Care, Tandridge Locality

Lesley.Thomas@surreycc.gov.uk Tel 01737 737500

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What is dementia

• Umbrella term
• Alzheimers
• Vascular
• Lewy body
• Picks
• Young onset
• Progressive

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What is a Dementia Friendly Community

“A city, town or village where people with dementia are understood, respected and supported, and confident they can contribute to community life. In a dementia friendly community people will be aware of and understand dementia, and people with dementia will feel included and involved, and have choice and control

• ver their day-to-day lives”

Building Dementia Friendly Communities – a Priority for Everyone – Alzheimer’s Society 2013

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The scale of the problem

• Two thirds of people with the condition live in the

community and almost a third of those live alone.

• In 2015, only 44% of people with dementia* received

a diagnosis of dementia.

• One out of 20 people are under 65 yrs
• The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020

sets an ambition for over half of those diagnosed to be living in a Dementia Friendly Community

* England, Wales and N Ireland

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East Surrey

1,469 people aged 65+ registered with dementia (June 2018) 6 in 10 people with dementia aged 65+ have a diagnosis (Sept 2017) 2,162 people aged 65+ estimated to have dementia in the NHS East Surrey CCG area (Sept 2017) Half of the people with dementia in our community live on their own

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Story so far

• Awareness Raising Event Oct 2018
• Steering Group formed Nov 18
• Action Plan
• Arts, culture, leisure and recreation
• Businesses and shops
• Children, young people and students
• Community, voluntary, faith groups etc
• Fire and police
• Health and social care
• Housing
• Transport
• High St Blitz date April 2019
• Formal launch May 2019

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Achievements to date

26 members to date

• Shops, including building society, bank, hardware, beauty,

chemist, clothes, coffee

• Master Park
• Health centre
• District Council
• Rotary Club
• 2 care homes
• Domiciliary care agency
• CCG
• Leisure Centre
• CVS eg TAG, Woodhouse, Action for Carers
• Barn Theatre

Information Group

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Way forward

• Expand membership in Oxted
• Extend across Tandridge
• Create model for Surrey
• Deliver work in other areas

eg children & young people, housing and transport

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