South Aberdeenshire Dementia Service Redesign - Update

February 2025 Update
Thank you to everyone who provided views on current dementia assessment services in South Aberdeenshire. All of the feedback has been collated and has informed two workshops that have been held to develop possible options for service redesign, for consideration going forward. Work is continuing on developing the options and a further update will be provided here once next steps are confirmed.

Background
We asked South Aberdeenshire residents and Health and Social Care staff to help us design the future of dementia assessment services in South Aberdeenshire. We wanted to hear from people who:

• Have experience of living with dementia or caring for someone that does
• Have experience of working with people with dementia

Following the closure of our dementia assessment ward, Scolty, at Glen O’ Dee Hospital, we want to work with our communities to assist us to redesign a service that serves the large, rural area of South Aberdeenshire and that will be sustainable for the future. Our engagement also builds on feedback we received last year across Aberdeenshire on dementia services and older adult community mental health services.

Surveys for the Community and Staff were available but closed on 18th November 2024.

We have also undertaken some face-to-face engagement with people with lived experience, and also with Health and Social Care staff.

A paper copy version of the community survey is available here.