A bit of background
Our Campaigns and Partnerships team are asking people affected by dementia about their experiences of the Emergency Services. They are working nationally with the Emergency Services to make a positive impact.
They are looking to find out about experiences and opinions of people affected by dementia, to find out what is important to you.
Both positive and negative experiences with the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services are welcome.
Can you help?
In particular, it would be really helpful if you could answer any of these questions:
1. Have you ever needed to use any emergency services? If yes, what happened?
2. Is there anything that might put you off from using them?
3. What challenges are there when trying to get help from emergency services? For example: Are 999 call handlers patient and do they explain things well? Do you have to wait a long time for ambulance/police/fire brigade to come out? How do emergency services staff treat people with dementia?
4. What could emergency services do to provide a better service and support for people with dementia?
If you could post a comment below with your experiences by Friday 1 June, that would be appreciated.
Thanks everyone.
Our Campaigns and Partnerships team are asking people affected by dementia about their experiences of the Emergency Services. They are working nationally with the Emergency Services to make a positive impact.
They are looking to find out about experiences and opinions of people affected by dementia, to find out what is important to you.
Both positive and negative experiences with the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services are welcome.
Can you help?
In particular, it would be really helpful if you could answer any of these questions:
1. Have you ever needed to use any emergency services? If yes, what happened?
2. Is there anything that might put you off from using them?
3. What challenges are there when trying to get help from emergency services? For example: Are 999 call handlers patient and do they explain things well? Do you have to wait a long time for ambulance/police/fire brigade to come out? How do emergency services staff treat people with dementia?
4. What could emergency services do to provide a better service and support for people with dementia?
If you could post a comment below with your experiences by Friday 1 June, that would be appreciated.
Thanks everyone.