Hospitals are failing to link up sufficiently with the carers of
patients suffering from dementia, an audit carried out by the Royal
College of Psychiatrists has found.
Despite improvements over the last two years, a third of hospitals
still do not have guidance in place on the involvement of and
information sharing with the person’s carer, according to the latest
National Audit of Dementia.
The audit, the first of which was carried out in 2011, found case
notes often do not include information that could aid communication with
carers, while information important to future care is not routinely
summarised at the point of discharge.
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