Living at home with dementia JSNA (2025)

This JSNA refers to people living at home with a diagnosis of dementia and who are aged 65 and over, however, some of the recommendations would apply to people with young-onset dementia and people living in care homes. It is acknowledged that further research around people living with dementia, including those with early onset, in residential and nursing homes, and of all ages, is advisable for a more comprehensive understanding.

Please see the full document for recommendation impacts, time frames, owners and consequences of inaction.

1. Establish a Strategic Dementia Working Group.

2. Ensure the recommendations of the JSNA include people living in a care home and young-onset dementia and their carers.

3. Look into current care home and assisted care provision and start to plan for how this can be increased to support the increased numbers of the population living with dementia.

4. Actively adopt and support the Cheshire and Merseyside Dementia Strategy when it is finalised, adapting it to suit the needs and requirements of Cheshire West.

5. Work with the All Age Carers Board to expand the support for carers of those living with dementia and include it more fully in their plans.

6. Consider which assistive technologies would be useful to adopt as part of the strategy, in line with Cheshire and Merseyside recommendations.

7. Increase the dementia diagnosis rate.

8. Work with other teams to address the 14 risk factors associated with reducing dementia and put in prevention strategies.