Over 200 people who live in Denbigh and surrounding areas shared their thoughts with us about good dementia care, community, and the support and help that people living with dementia…
Lead Organisation: North Wales Regional Partnership Board
Over 200 people who live in Denbigh and surrounding areas shared their thoughts with us about good dementia care, community, and the support and help that people living with dementia need. This is what they told us.
What good dementia care looks like.
- People have the best quality of life they can and are loved.
- People are treated with dignity, understanding, and patience.
- Care is person-centred and based around what matters to the individual.
- People can make their own choices and decisions about their care.
- Carers, families, and friends are supported too and have opportunities for breaks from caring.
- Care and support in the right place and as close to home as possible.
- Care and support at the right time.
- Access to information and advice.
- Care is available through the Welsh language.
- Plenty of groups and activities for people to choose from.
- People have the practical support they need.
- Communities are dementia friendly, inclusive, and accessible.
- People have access to treatments, medicines, and therapies.
- Care is affordable and people have access to financial help and advice.
- Care workers should be paid well, and have good training and terms and conditions.
- Services work together to provide integrated care that meets people’s needs.
- We also need research into cures for dementia.
What should be available for people living with dementia.
The kind of care described above including access to a wide range of activities based on what matters to them; access to care and support; financial support and help with budgeting and benefits; transport; support with wider health needs; information and advice; support for carers.
What community means to you.
What are the things that will help people living with dementia?
- Having the care and support they need, including paid care.
- Supportive and flexible health services.
- Support for carers.
- Local groups and community support.
- Transport.
- Creating a dementia friendly community.
- Accessible services and environments.
- Valuing care work.
- Making help easier to access.
- Financial help and funding.
- Technology and other aids.
- Research into treatments and interventions.
- Accommodation.
- Safeguarding and confidence.
Date completed
October 2023