Articles

Restrictive Practice Governance in Dementia Services: Reducing Risk Without Removing Rights

Restrictive practices can creep into dementia services through routine, risk anxiety or poorly governed decision-making. This article explains how to govern restrictions lawfully, reduce them over time, evidence least restrictive...

Incident Management and Serious Incident Governance in Dementia Services

Incident governance in dementia services must go beyond reporting and immediate fixes. This article explains how to run effective incident management systems, evidence learning and improvement, and meet commissioner and...

Mental Capacity, Consent and Best Interests Governance in Dementia Services

Governance of mental capacity and consent is central to safe dementia care. This article explains how MCA oversight operates in dementia services, how best interests decisions are governed, and what...

Safeguarding Governance in Dementia Services: Systems, Oversight and Accountability

Safeguarding in dementia services relies on robust governance systems that identify risk early, support staff decision-making and protect people’s rights. This article explores how safeguarding governance operates in practice, what...

Leadership Oversight and Accountability in Dementia Quality Governance

Strong dementia services depend on visible leadership oversight that translates values into day-to-day practice. This article explores how leadership accountability operates in dementia governance, how risks are escalated and managed,...

Audit, Assurance and Continuous Improvement in Dementia Services

High-quality dementia services rely on robust audit and assurance systems that go beyond paperwork and genuinely shape practice. This article explains how effective audit frameworks operate in dementia services, how...

Restrictive Practice and Dementia Governance: Reducing Risk While Preserving Autonomy

Restrictive practice in dementia services often develops gradually through routine decisions rather than deliberate intent. This article explains how providers can govern restrictive practice lawfully, prevent drift, evidence least restrictive...

Safeguarding Governance in Dementia Services: From Alert Handling to Evidence of Safer Outcomes

Safeguarding in dementia services is rarely about a single incident — it is about patterns, drift and missed early warning signs. This article explains how to design safeguarding governance that...

Dementia Quality Assurance in Practice: Audits, Learning Cycles and Evidence for CQC and Commissioners

Dementia quality assurance only works when it links directly to day-to-day practice: what staff do on a shift, what managers check, and what changes when something goes wrong. This article...

Dementia Quality and Governance in England: Building a Safety System That Works Day to Day

Quality in dementia services is not a policy folder — it is the reliability of day-to-day practice: safe decisions, consistent routines, rapid escalation, and evidence that risk is understood and...