Commissioning Dementia Services

This booklet explains the approach commissioners may want to take in commissioning services for people with dementia and carer.

• Download the booklet

Other useful resources

• Contracting for quality: driving up standards for people with dementia in care homes
  This booklet sets out best practice in contracting to deliver high quality outcomes for people with dementia living in care homes.  It summarises the major features of excellent care homes and gives advice and examples in delivering these through contracting.
• Public Awareness of Dementia
  This report provides useful advice for commissioners or commissioning teams planning public awareness-raising work. It summarises the existing evidence of levels of public awareness and understanding of dementia, and suggests five key areas that awareness-raising campaigns could focus on.
• Dementia Adviser Service
  Information sheet explaining the dementia adviser service that the Society is able to offer.
• Alzheimer's Society support services
  Information sheet explaining the range of services the Society is able to offer.
• Contacts for commissioners
  Contact one of our area managers to find out how Alzheimer's Society can help advise you.
• Dementia UK Report
  This report commissioned by Alzheimer's Society from King's College London and London School of Economics is the most authoritative source of data on prevalence, projections and costs in relation to dementia.
• National Audit Office Report
  The National Audit Office Report Improving services and support for people with dementia identified how NHS and social care services are not currently meeting the needs of people with dementia and carers, wasting significant sums of money.
• DH Care Networks
  Department of Health website designed to help local health and social care economies get ready for the first ever National Dementia Strategy.