Introduction

The aim of this programme is to support community dementia services to improve the quality of post-diagnostic support (PDS) and integrated care co-ordination for people living with dementia and carers across Health and Social Care Partnerships in Scotland. It supports integration by facilitating communication and collaboration of community, social and health care, maximising the unique contribution of each. This change package has been created for the programme from the quality improvement (QI) work Focus on Dementia has already undertaken to:

• improve PDS generally
• connect PDS to primary care, and
• improve care-co-ordination.

Services can use this ready-made change package to guide and support their improvement journey. It contains links to useful resources and tried and tested areas to consider, prioritise and implement. This guide also includes guidance on measurement.

NHS Education for Scotland’s QI Zone has more information, tools and resources about measurement in quality improvement. More information on Focus on Dementia generally can be found on the ihub website.