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South Aberdeenshire Dementia Service Redesign - Update
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November 2025 Update
On 8th October 2025, the Integration Joint Board approved implementation of a new model for an Enhanced Dementia Support Team in south Aberdeenshire. The Enhanced Dementia Support Team will support patients, their families and carers when they have more complex needs that requires specialist, professional input. This new way of working was shaped by the community and staff engagement that took place in 2024.
The Health and Social Care Partnership are also keen to incorporate some elements of a community hub model using some of the space at Scolty Ward in Glen o Dee Hospital to meet some of the needs highlighted in the engagement feedback - for an easily accessible point of contact to access information about dementia and services, a resource for staff training, and potentially unpaid carer support groups and a co-located base for the Community Mental Health Team and the Enhanced Dementia Team. These are being explored.
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.
November 2025 Update
On 8th October 2025, the Integration Joint Board approved implementation of a new model for an Enhanced Dementia Support Team in south Aberdeenshire. The Enhanced Dementia Support Team will support patients, their families and carers when they have more complex needs that requires specialist, professional input. This new way of working was shaped by the community and staff engagement that took place in 2024.
The Health and Social Care Partnership are also keen to incorporate some elements of a community hub model using some of the space at Scolty Ward in Glen o Dee Hospital to meet some of the needs highlighted in the engagement feedback - for an easily accessible point of contact to access information about dementia and services, a resource for staff training, and potentially unpaid carer support groups and a co-located base for the Community Mental Health Team and the Enhanced Dementia Team. These are being explored.
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.
South Aberdeenshire Dementia Service Redesign - Update has finished this stage
The engagement phase closed on 18th November 2024 and feedback is under review.
Under Review
South Aberdeenshire Dementia Service Redesign - Update has finished this stage
Contributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The project team will report back on key outcomes.
Final report
South Aberdeenshire Dementia Service Redesign - Update is currently at this stage
The final outcomes of the consultation are documented here. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.
