{"id":1360,"date":"2022-11-11T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/participation\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:20:19","slug":"national-conversation-on-dementia-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/participation\/2022\/11\/11\/national-conversation-on-dementia-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"National Conversation on Dementia Strategy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scotland\u2019s new dementia strategy is currently being developed. I recently caught up with Aidan and Sandhra from the Dementia Policy Unit within Scottish Government. We discussed how they are involving lived experience and other experts in the development of this new strategy, and how you can get involved too! <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a Dementia Strategy?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

A broad range of dementia stakeholders have asked for a new national strategy that sets out clear priorities for how we will support people living with dementia, and demonstrates we have learned lessons from the pandemic. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are keen for the strategy to discuss dementia in its broadest sense. That means talking about prevention and living well with dementia as well as understanding the best ways to provide care and support. \u00a0We are also keen that it reflects innovations in practice being delivered across a wide spectrum of areas here in Scotland, and internationally. This requires making connections right across government, and exploring the potential for new partnerships and new approaches or ways of working. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We also want to take an outcome focussed approach, ensuring that we are trying to deliver what people have told us is important to them. In doing so, we want to broaden the understanding of what dementia is and hear the aspirations and expectations of people living with dementia and their carers. We want to work with people with lived experience to understand how we can enable the delivery of support that works for them and their circumstances. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the \u201cnational conversation to inform a new Dementia Strategy\u201d?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

We are inviting people living with dementia, their families, and carers, as well as anyone with an interest in Dementia to tell us:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. What does dementia mean to you and those around you?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. What supports work well for you?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. What challenges need to be addressed?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. How would addressing these challenges change lives?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. What do we need to build on\/learn from what has been done before?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    People can <\/span>respond to these questions online<\/span><\/a>. We are also running a series of online and in-person discussions to make it as easy as possible to contribute. Some of these events have already taken place but we have 1 upcoming event:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n