patients; Patient Information materials on and produce a range of materials and information in the role of RQIA must be in plain English formats suitable to them that will help them understand the various aspects of regulation and quality improvement in the system. RQIA inspections of care for people with The Regulations and Standards developed by the dementia focus too much on the medical Department of Health refer specifically to the care of people side of care with too little attention paid with dementia in a social care setting. A Dementia Learning to the social side and Development Framework was launched in 2016 to support staff development and training. A number of free resources have been developed and RQIA have distributed these resources to care homes across NI. People with experience of dementia (ie. RQIA has a programme to use lay assessors from a range what it is like to be living with dementia of different backgrounds to assist us on inspections and as service user or as a carer) should reviews. Lay assessors bring their own experience, fresh undertake inspections insight and a public focus to our inspections and reviews. All inspectors should be trained on RQIA has an annual Together’ programme for all ‘Learning dementia Alzheimer’s Society willing to – our staff and we have provided Dementia awareness from provide training the Dementia Together NI Project. RQIA would welcome input from the Alzheimer’s Society for our next event and will contact the Alzheimer’s Society to discuss such input.
patients; Patient Information materials on the role of RQIA must be in plain English RQIA inspections of care for people with dementia focus too much on the medical side of care with too little attention paid to the social side People with experience of dementia (ie. what it is like to be living with dementia as service user or as a carer) should undertake inspections All inspectors should be trained on dementia – Alzheimer’s Society willing to provide training and produce a range of materials and information in formats suitable to them that will help them understand the various aspects of regulation and quality improvement in the system. The Regulations and Standards developed by the Department of Health refer specifically to the care of people with dementia in a social care setting. A Dementia Learning and Development Framework was launched in 2016 to support staff development and training. A number of free resources have been developed and RQIA have distributed these resources to care homes across NI. RQIA has a programme to use lay assessors from a range of different backgrounds to assist us on inspections and reviews. Lay assessors bring their own experience, fresh insight and a public focus to our inspections and reviews. RQIA has an annual ‘Learning Together’ programme for all our staff and we have provided Dementia awareness from the Dementia Together NI Project. RQIA would welcome input from the Alzheimer’s Society for our next event and will contact the Alzheimer’s Society to discuss such input.