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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September 2025
Sometimes I receive beautiful messages from people who have experienced
dementia within the family and who share a passion for care improvement. This
month, I’d like to tell you about a […]
August 2025
Through a friend, I was asked this
month to have a chat with a medical student who wanted to know more about the
Butterfly Scheme. Usually, students are simply asked to […]
July 2025
Please forgive me for repeating some of what I’ve written about on several occasions before, but it’s a situation that crops up again and again.
I’m glad that carers across […]