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Living Well Handbook

Empowering individuals and carers with essential information and support for living well with dementia. Created to meet the diverse needs of those affected, promoting self-care and inclusivity. Developed in collaboration with stakeholders, free of jargon, accessible, and tailored for individual comfort and identity.

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Living Well Handbook

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  1. Living Well Handbook Helen Vaughan, Commissioning Development Manager for Dementia Services

  2. National Dementia Strategy Objective 3: Good-quality information for those with diagnosed dementia and their carers. Providing people with dementia and their carers with good-quality information on the illness and on the services available, both at diagnosis and throughout the course of their care Living Well With Dementia: a National Dementia Strategy (2009)

  3. The Challenge Brian and June Hennell

  4. The Challenge From local people living with dementia who wanted: • Something owned by the person living with dementia • Something like a dementia passport

  5. Essentials • Broad stakeholder engagement • Quality product • Jargon free • Able to meet the needs of the person or carer living with dementia • Widely accessible • Encourage self care

  6. Person Centred Care • Comfort • Identity • Attachment • Occupation • Inclusion

  7. Inside the LWH • Emergency Details 2. Support and Care • Supporting Me • Getting to Know Me • Care Planning 3. Useful Information

  8. Evaluation • Brian • Carer of parents with dementia • Questionnaire • Comments and feedback

  9. Sightings of LWH • Local Authorities: Hampshire, Worcester, Evesham • Wellington, New Zealand • Victoria, Australia • Devon

  10. Next Steps • Supporting self care • Adding practical carers support • Tackling loneliness

  11. Sanger House, 5220 Valiant Court Gloucester Business Park Brockworth Gloucester GL3 4FE 0300 421 1754 helen.vaughan1@nhs.uk

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