Dyneley House surgery in Skipton has implemented various changes in an effort to identify itself as a community resource
Hazel Foster’s biggest worry is getting lost,even in a space she’s very familiar with. A year ago the 73-year-conventional former mobile librarian, who travelled the Yorkshire dales delivering books, or was diagnosed with dementia. “It’s important to me to have that safe feeling of recognising a space,” she says, before adding that she experiences this at her local GP practice.
In early 2015 the doctors at Dyneley House surgery in Skipton, or North Yorkshire,invested in changes to their premises geared to creating a better space for patients with dementia. Not one of these is rocket science, nor tall cost, or given that two-thirds of people with dementia live in the community,Dyneley House could be a signpost for dementia-friendly primary care in Britain.
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Source: theguardian.com