DELIVERABLES KEY AREAS Ensure people with dementia and their families and whānau are valued partners in an integrated health and social support system that 1a Q2,4 supports wellbeing and have control over their circumstances Provide DHBs with on-going support and overview so that DHBs identify and strengthen components of dementia care pathways within 1b Q2,4 the parameters of the Support interventions which seek to minimise disparities between Māori and non-Māori in relation to the timely assessment and 1c Q2,4 diagnosis of dementia and subsequent care planning Support South Island DHB’s with the implementation of the South Strengthening 1d Q2,4 Island Dementia Model of Care dementia pathways Improve the quality and consistency of dementia education and support programmes in operation to support family/whanau carers 2 Q2,4 (e.g., Living Well with Dementia) and people living with dementia. Continue to expand Walking in Another’s Shoes programme to foster Person Centred Dementia Care across the health continuum 3 Q1,4 including different levels of staff and management Promote the concept of delirium’ across South Island DHBs ‘Think with regard to delirium prevention. Encourage the development of delirium pathways in all South Island 4 4 DHBs to assist in the prevention, assessment and management of delirium across the care continuum and create consistencies in care. Promote South Island health professions to use the information from comprehensive clinical assessment (interRAI) proactively in plan of 5a 4 care and in service planning/ development. interRAI Monitor interRAI reports to identify trends including any trends or differences that may exist between Māori and non- Māori 5b Analyse specific areas of the data from all South Islands DHBs Support DHBs to develop ACP system implementation with processes to embed ACP as standard practice for those who will 6 Q2,4 Advance Care benefit Planning ACP L1A and L 2 Training is available in a planned manner for staff in 7 each DHB district in South Island (subject to resources)
KEY AREAS DELIVERABLES Strengthening dementia pathways 1a Ensure people with dementia and their families and whānau are valued partners in an integrated health and social support system that supports wellbeing and have control over their circumstances Q2,4 1b Provide DHBs with on-going support and overview so that DHBs identify and strengthen components of dementia care pathways within the parameters of the Q2,4 1c Support interventions which seek to minimise disparities between Māori and non-Māori in relation to the timely assessment and diagnosis of dementia and subsequent care planning Q2,4 1d Support South Island DHB’s with the implementation of the South Island Dementia Model of Care Q2,4 2 Improve the quality and consistency of dementia education and support programmes in operation to support family/whanau carers (e.g., Living Well with Dementia) and people living with dementia. Q2,4 3 Continue to expand Walking in Another’s Shoes programme to foster Person Centred Dementia Care across the health continuum including different levels of staff and management Q1,4 4 Promote the concept of ‘Think delirium’ across South Island DHBs with regard to delirium prevention. Encourage the development of delirium pathways in all South Island DHBs to assist in the prevention, assessment and management of delirium across the care continuum and create consistencies in care. interRAI 5a Promote South Island health professions to use the information from comprehensive clinical assessment (interRAI) proactively in plan of care and in service planning/ development. 5b Monitor interRAI reports to identify trends including any trends or differences that may exist between Māori and non- Māori Analyse specific areas of the data from all South Islands DHBs Advance Care Planning 6 Support DHBs to develop ACP system implementation with processes to embed ACP as standard practice for those who will benefit Q2,4 7 ACP L1A and L 2 Training is available in a planned manner for staff in each DHB district in South Island (subject to resources) 4 4
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