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Improving Quality of Care for People with Dementia in General Hospitals

Summary This summary page, found via the National Dementia Strategy Information Portal, clarifies the key components necessary for improving the standards of hospital care for people with dementia. The RCN Dementia Project states that this objective can be delivered more effectively through … Continue reading

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Dementia Metrics (National Dementia Strategy Information Portal)

Summary A commitment made in the National Dementia Strategy programme has been to develop a framework of dementia-specific quantitative indicators. These metrics are intended to provide information on the progress that Councils and PCTs have made in relation to priority objectives in … Continue reading

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Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research

Summary This page on the National Dementia Strategy Information Portal gives a synopsis of the aims and composition of the new Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research (MAGDR).  MAGDR was established following the 2009 Summit on Dementia Research and its role(s) are … Continue reading

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