Wandworth Local Health and Care Plan - October 2019

56 Age Well – Dementia - what we will do Summary Description of the programme What will be different about our approach Improved care planning and making services and information more accessible to dementia sufferers and their carers Integrating dementia care into the care planning of other services What will we do Description of initiative What will be the impact How will we measure success Improve Care Navigation and planning, integrating dementia care into other care planning streams Streamlined pathways of dementia services, with better interface between community services and specialist mental health 11 services • Improved access to information • More people able to maintain independent living in their own home or place of care • Reduced number of NELs for people on GP dementia registers Early diagnosis rates Fewer emergency admissions Improve support to unpaid carers of people with dementia Aligned pathways for unpaid carers for people having specialist mental health dementia services More proactive engagement with carers • Improved access to information for unpaid carers • Improved support for unpaid carers Improved satisfaction Carer support for people with Dementia Reduction in NELs A and E attendance and outpatient attendances