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Well pathway for Dementia

This page lists the indicators in each domain along the well pathway for Dementia. For enquiries or feedback relating to the Dementia profiles, email NDI@dhsc.gov.uk 

Preventing well

    • Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (narrow aged 40 to 64 years)
    • Coronary heart disease. Recorded prevalence (all ages)
    • Depression recorded prevalence (aged 18 and older)
    • Diabetes QOF prevalence (aged 17 and older)
    • Estimated smoking prevalence (QOF)
    • Hypertension recorded prevalence (all ages)
    • Obesity recorded prevalence (aged 18 and older)
    • People receiving an NHS health check per year
    • Percentage of adults (aged 18 and older) classified as overweight or obese (current method)
    • Percentage of physically inactive adults (current method)
    • Smoking prevalence in adults (18 and older) (current smokers)
    • Smoking recorded prevalence (aged 15 and older)

Diagnosing well and prevalence

Diagnosing well

    • Estimated dementia diagnosis rate (aged 65 and older)

Prevalence

    • Dementia (aged under 65 years) as a proportion of total dementia (all ages) per 100
    • Dementia. Crude recorded prevalence (aged under 65 years) per 10,000
    • Dementia. Recorded prevalence (aged 65 and older)
    • Dementia. Recorded prevalence (all ages)

Living well and supporting well

Living well

    • Dementia care plan has been reviewed in preceding 12 months
    • Dementia. Proportion of people with dementia (with no formal diagnosis of psychosis) prescribed anti-psychotic medication in the preceding six week
    • Dementia. DSR of emergency admissions (aged 65 and older)
    • Dementia. Short stay emergency admissions (aged 65 and older)

Social care support

    • Dementia. Percentage of assessed residential care and nursing home beds (aged 65 and older)
    • Dementia. Quality rating of residential care and nursing home beds (aged 65 and older)
    • Dementia. Residential care and nursing home bed capacity (aged 65 and older)

Dying well

    • Direct standardised rate (DSR) of mortality of people with dementia (aged 65 and older)
    • Place of death. Care homes and people with dementia (aged 65 and older)
    • Place of death. Home and people with dementia (aged 65 and older)
    • Place of death. Hospital and people with dementia (aged 65 and older)