County Hall To Receive Update On Key Multi-Agency Dementia Strategy

An update on a key multi-agency plan to ‘improve the lives of people living with dementia on the Isle of Wight’ will be heard at County Hall this Thursday.

The adult social care, public health and housing needs committee is due to decide whether to approve the council’s continued support for and participation in the delivery of the Isle of Wight Dementia Strategy.

Launched in May 2022, the strategy was developed with partners including Carers Isle of Wight, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, the Alzheimer Cafe Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Age UK and Healthwatch Isle of Wight.

A host of initiatives have been completed since the strategy was initiated, including a dementia training programme for frontline staff, the opening of the Parklands Dementia Hub and community cafe in Cowes and a Dementia Outreach Team, according to a council report.

It says:

“The strategy was written following a long and varied programme of public consultation and engagement, ensuring that the voice of people with lived experience and their unpaid carers is at the heart of the strategy.

“The dementia strategy project of work, bringing together partners from across the system and different sectors, has received acknowledgement and praise nationally resulting in the project being chosen as a finalist at both the Health Service Journal and the Local Government Chronicle Awards.

“This strategy will have no direct financial budget implications but will seek to enable the existing Adult Social Care budget to be used more effectively to meet the needs of people with dementia. This will represent continued local investment for local people.”

The adult social care, public health and housing needs committee will meet at County Hall this Thursday at 5pm.