Dementia resources and information

As part of our research we have developed several free resources that may be of interest.

Assura, Designing for Everyone environmental assessment toolkit for primary care premises

The suite of tools, which includes easy read versions, is available free to download via the Dimensions website.

Care Fit for VIPS

Care Fit for VIPS is a free, online toolkit to help care homes improve the quality of their dementia care. You can find more information about it here.

CHARM manual to help care homes conduct research

The CHARM Framework Manual and an associated library of resources are available here.

Crossing the Line website and booklets

The Caring Help website created from the Crossing the Line project provides information to support family carers providing personal care to people living with dementia. It contains a series of 15 booklets as well as short video clips from family carers sharing their experiences and tips about what has helped them.

DemECH booklets about extra care housing

Three booklets have been developed to provide key insights from this research project, and are aimed at different audiences:

• A booklet for people and families affected by dementia
• A booklet for organisations providing Extra Care Housing for people living with dementia
• A booklet for adult social care commissioners and professionals

Environmental assessment tools

A suite of assessment tools and related resources relating to making your home and garden dementia friendly, as well as a guide for making village halls dementia friendly, can be found here.

Get Real with Meeting Centres

All of the booklets and videos of the research findings can be found here.

Meeting Centres

The following two videos indicate what Meeting Centres are, focusing on two different audiences:

• Members and carers
• Referrers

Additional Meeting Centre resources can also be found here.

Namaste Care

The following resources have been produced as a result of a research project and are available to use:

• Guidance for Care Homes
• Guidance for Namaste Care Workers
• A short film about Namaste Care
• The full version of the Namaste Care film - Seeing is Believing

SCIDem booklets about sustainable community initiatives

We have produced three booklets aimed at different audiences that outline what was found in the SCI-Dem review, which can be downloaded here:

• Keeping community groups and activities going: Recommendations for practice from the SCI-Dem Project
• Sustaining community groups and activities for people affected by dementia: Recommendations from the SCI-Dem Project for commissioners and policy-makers
• Helping your community group or activity club to keep going strong: Suggestions for members of groups and clubs from the SCI-Dem Review

Further resources

You can also take a look at some of our books and resources, plus information relating to the language we use and Global Action on Personhood in Dementia.