Independent Evaluation of the Dementia Whole-System Care Coordination Programme

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The Scottish Government are looking for a Service Provider to independently evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the Dementia Whole-System Care Coordination Programme being delivered within Inverclyde HSCP with improvement support by Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s (HIS) Focus on Dementia (FOD) team. The evaluation has been commissioned by the Scottish Government to understand the impact of the programme in delivering a locality-based whole-systems approach to dementia care and services. The Scottish Government are looking for a Service Provider to independently evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the Dementia Whole-System Care Coordination Programme being delivered within Inverclyde HSCP with improvement support by Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s (HIS) Focus on Dementia (FOD) team. The evaluation has been commissioned by the Scottish Government to understand the impact of the programme in delivering a locality-based whole-systems approach to dementia care and services. It is expected that the evaluation will focus on the following areas a) - Delivery methodology, including engagement of Health and social care staff, people with dementia, unpaid carers, other support providers, dementia groups, peer support, volunteers and evidence-gathering approach deployed. b) - How integrated are dementia services and supports within the locality, and what does this feel like for people with dementia and their families. c) - “The story” of the programme – objectives, timelines, deliverables. d) - Key outputs and outcomes delivered by taking a more integrated, and person centred approach. e) - Key learnings – what did the local/ national system enable, what was more challenging, what could not be delivered? And why? f) - Covid-19 – impact and learning. g) - The Critical Success Factors. What can transfer to other localities? What is for local areas? What is for national policy? h) - What were the inhibitors to progress against original programme objectives and outcomes and how these were overcome?