Erewash and Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Groups are local NHS organisations responsible for assessing the needs of the population, deciding which health services to purchase to meet these needs and monitoring the quality of the services that are delivered. We would like to hear from people about specialist support and care for people with dementia.

Over recent years there has been a lot of progress made in developing services for people and their carers experiencing dementia, including:

· The Memory Assessment Service to provide an early or timely diagnosis
· The Dementia Support Service to provide information, advice and support including peer support and activities groups
· The Dementia Rapid Response Team to provide specialist assessment and treatment in the home to prevent a hospital admission
· The Dementia Reablement Service, which is rolling out across the county, to provide short-term flexible care to enable people with dementia live in their own home longer 

The areas that we want to focus on now are: 

· Specialist support after a diagnosis of Dementia
· Evidence-based specialist treatments to enable people with  dementia to stay well for as long as possible

There already are some services available at Midway and Dovedale day hospitals, including:

Living Well With Dementia Programme - an education programme offered to individuals with a recent diagnosis of Dementia who are in the early stages of the condition, and their carers. The course runs over 7 weeks and aims to help and support people in coming to terms with their diagnosis and to offer some practical advice on living well with Dementia. During the sessions, people with dementia and their carers are separated into two groups and receive information separately with their peer group.

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) - involves activities and exercises that are designed to improve memory and communication skills for people with dementia. The exercises are based on day-to-day interests, reminiscence and information relating to the current time and place. CST treatment is NICE recommended for low / moderate dementia and is delivered twice a week for 7 weeks to a group.

We would like your thoughts on the current services, but also any other ideas on how support could be provided to people with Dementia and their carers. We recognise how important care and support is for people with Dementia and we want to make sure services for the future continue to meet the needs of those with Dementia and their carers.

Closing date for survey: Thursday, 31 August

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* 1. Which of the following are you?

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* 2. In which of these venues would you be comfortable accessing Dementia treatment groups? (please tick all that apply)

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* 3. When would the best time for you to access groups? (please tick all that apply)

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* 4. Where would you most likely go for information on treatment options?

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* 5. Living Well with Dementia is an education programme offered to individuals with a recent diagnosis of Dementia who are in the early stages of the condition, and their carers. The course runs over 7 weeks and aims to help and support people in coming to terms with their diagnosis and to offer some practical advice on living well with Dementia. 

If you have experience of attending this programme, please tell us about your experience and what you think was good or if there could be any improvements.

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* 6. It is intended that both the person with dementia and their carer attend the Living Well With Dementia Programme. This programme aims to teach strategies to enable people to live better with the condition. For some of the sessions the group is split into two different groups, people with dementia and carers, to talk about issues separately.

Do you have any thoughts about how this can best work to ensure everyone feels comfortable?

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* 7. Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) involves activities and exercises that are designed to improve memory and communication skills for people with dementia. The exercises are based on day-to-day interests, reminiscence and information relating to the current time and place. 

If you have experience of attending this programme, please tell us about your experience and what you think was good or if there could be any improvements.

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* 8. Groups are proven to be the most helpful way to provide these types of treatments. We are aware that going to a group can make some people feel quite anxious and might prevent someone from attending.

What do you think might make a group more appealing and encourage someone to attend?

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* 9. Other than medications, are you aware of any other evidence-based forms of treatment that you feel would help people with dementia to manage their condition better?

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