This feature looks at good dementia-specific communication skills. There are currently over 800,000 people in the UK living with dementia, including 40,000 younger people. By 2021, the total number of people in the UK living with dementia will exceed one million.  Only one-third of people with dementia are living in care homes, with the remaining two-thirds living in their own homes and communities (Alzheimer’s Society, 2017a). A recent report by the Alzheimer’s Society (Alzheimer’s Society, 2017b) found that 83% of respondents (people with dementia or their carers) said that enabling the person with dementia to stay at home was critical, and 59% said that being an active part of the community was important to the person with dementia.

Dementia, Wound Care

Up to 90 minutes