Reaching out to people with dementia and to anyone needing memory support
The Butterfly Scheme provides a system of hospital care for people living with dementia or who simply find that their memory isn’t as reliable as it used to be; memory impairment can make hospitalisation distressing, but it needn’t be. In hospital, dozens of staff can pass through a patient’s life each day and in order to deliver appropriate care, they need to know that a patient has dementia or memory impairment and
how to support them; this is where the Butterfly Scheme comes in. The Butterfly Scheme has now been adopted by nearly two hundred hospitals and healthcare teams across the UK and Ireland. Hospital and healthcare staff really do want to care well and they typically enjoy using the skills and systems provided by the Butterfly Scheme, enabling them to care appropriately for this patient group – including working in partnership with carers.
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June 2024
This month, I’ve been in close contact with a good friend whose parents are needing more and more care as their ability to deal with daily admin themselves decreases; […]
May 2024
You may not realise that a number of hospices have for some time been members of the Butterfly Scheme, but it was very special to welcome another one this […]
April 2024
For the best part of twenty years, I’ve travelled across the UK for every meeting and every teaching day involving the Butterfly Scheme. For me, that’s meant a life […]