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
Recognition process 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
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 Launch Steering Group 10-15 key experts in the subject area SG Review Standard Scope Review Panel Research & Content Generation Drafting SG Review Targeted and public consultation, the Review Panel includes: industry, government, trade associations, formal standards committees, independent experts, and consumer groups Finalize Draft Train Technical Experts Publication 6-9 Months 16/10/2014
Difference between DFC & DAA Dementia friendly communities are where we want to be: Guidance Standards Permission from head office Local Dementia Action Alliances are how we get there: Local DAAs Website Annual Event Network
How the programmes work together Code of practice on DFCs British Standards Institute For communities beyond year one Dementia Friendly Communities Foundation stage recognition process Complete form with 7 Criteria Six monthly update Local Dementia Action Alliances Own web-page on DAA website DAA Annual Event Member Action Plans DAA Sec Network Supporters registered Dementia Friends
Thank you Karishma.Chandaria@www.alzheimers.org.uk For more information on DFCs go to: www.alzheimersociety.org.uk/dementiafriendlycommunities