Bupa Care Services Leading The Way In Dementia Care

Bupa Care Services Leading The Way In Dementia Care For New Zealand

Bupa Care Services New Zealand are becoming leaders in dementia care for older people in New Zealand.

Recently established Dementia Pharmacists Clinical Network is being lead by Bupa. Initiated for the pharmacies that supply pharmaceuticals to aged care homes in New Zealand the network is designed as a knowledge sharing source.

Meetings take the form of teleconference with discussion surrounding current papers on dementia or recent pharmaceutical innovation relating to dementia care. The focus of the virtual group being clinical and the aim of increasing the knowledge and awareness of the pharmaceutical needs of residents and customers with dementia.

The group is made up of current pharmaceutical suppliers to Bupa Care Homes along with pharmacists with a special interest in dementia. Bupa believe the strength in this group is the sharing of knowledge and are inviting other pharmacists and medical professionals to get involved if they desire. The intention for this group is not just to necessarily focus on Bupa residents but to help the raise awareness of best practice in dementia care and help pharmacists provide better care for their customers with dementia ( and their families) within their community.

The next teleconference on 26 May will see world dementia specialist Graham Stokes sharing his knowledge. Graham Stokes is Director of Dementia Care at Bupa Care Services with responsibility for shaping their services and supporting the delivery of care to residents living with dementia. Prior to this role he was a consultant clinical psychologist in England in the NHS Older Adults and Adults with Neurodegenerative Diseases. He also holds the titles of Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Medical and human Sciences, University of Manchester; Honorary Tutor in the Department of Psychology and in the Institute of Applied Social Studies at the University of Birmingham, and Honorary Lectururer in the Faculty of Health and Sciences, Stafordshire University.

The Dementia Pharmacists Clinical Network is just one of the many initiatives that Bupa Care Services. This is one of the ways we are of utilising the full range of skills and experience of our partner health professionals in shared learning to benefit our NZ community. Other programmes we are undertaking in a Medication Review Programme in partnership with Waitemata DHB and an Audit Project with Auckland University School of Pharmacy on medication waste management.

About Bupa
Bupa Care Services New Zealand is part of the Bupa Group (British United Provident Association), a leading international healthcare company. Established in New Zealand in 1991, Bupa has three aged care businesses; rest homes and hospitals; retirement villages and personal medical alarms, looking after more than 17,000 New Zealanders.

Established in 1947, the Bupa Group has over ten million customers in more than 190 countries and employs over 55,000 people around the world. Our main interests are care homes for young disabled and older people, health insurance, workplace health services, health assessments and chronic disease management services, including health coaching and healthcare services in the home.

Bupa has no shareholders. It reinvests its money to provide better healthcare for their customers, helping them to live longer, happier, healthier lives.

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