Living Well with Dementia - Devon County Council

Objective 4: Enabling easy access to care, support and advice following diagnosis.
A dementia adviser to facilitate easy access to appropriate care, support and advice for those diagnosed with dementia and their carers.
Overview of Approach:
Currently there is no funding for this post. DH are currently accepting bids from local authorities for funding to be demonstrator sites for this model. DCC
have not made a bid but await feedback to inform the approach. This is not therefore an immediate priority but will be monitored by the programme board
through the responsible officer
Responsible Officer: Jenny Richards
Project Manager/Lead Delivery Officer: Jenny Richards
NDS requirement Devon position Action required Lead Start/end RAG
- This is a new role and
there will be a need first
for the development and
generation of
demonstrator projects
- Following this,
commissioning a local
dementia adviser to
provide a point of
contact
- Contact with a
dementia adviser to be
made following
diagnosis
- Dementia adviser not
to duplicate existing
‘hands-on’ case
management or care
Currently elements of this undertaken by
DPT staff and voluntary sector (Age
Concern – Exeter, TTVS, Torridge)
Some carer support worker functions
may encompass some of this role
Consider demonstrator bid (not proceeding
to bid)
Identify current activities that deliver
elements of this and opportunities to
enhance existing roles
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