What Is Nursing Dementia Care?

For residents living with dementia, the world can change very quickly and it’s easy to feel disconnected from much that was once recognisable and familiar. Dementia is not an inevitable part of ageing, but as our population ages, the number of people living with some form of dementia will continue to increase. Most people living with dementia and in a care setting generally have another long-term condition, such as diabetes, arthritis or Parkinson’s disease.

In most of these instances, staff in our residential homes can provide the right level of care for such residents with support from community nursing teams. Some residents living with dementia that have multiple health conditions, and require a higher or more concentrated level of nursing care, are cared for in our care homes with nursing and dementia support. These homes are staffed 24 hours a day by fully qualified and highly experienced nurses that have had professional training in dementia care.