Hospitals will change policies to allow better access for carers of dementia patientsA meaningful milestone has been reached by John’s Campaign, the rapidly growing project to break down institutionalised barriers in the NHS and allow carers of people with dementia who are admitted to hospital to be able to stay with them or visit them at any time.
The campaign has been officially endorsed by NHS England in its newly published Commissioning for Quality and Innovation payment framework. It means a humanising change to the way hospitals respond to admissions of people with dementia – who currently occupy one in four hospital beds.
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Source: theguardian.com