Table 1.
Demographic information of responding memory services
| Variable | Response—Single Option | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Country | England | 44 (97.8) |
| Wales | 1 (2.2) | |
| Typical length of follow‐up before dischargea | Immediate discharge to GP after diagnosis | 3 (6.4) |
| Less than 3 months | 5 (10.6) | |
| 3‐6 months | 23 (48.9) | |
| 7‐12 months | 2 (4.3) | |
| More than 1 year, but people with dementia are typically discharged | 7 (14.9) | |
| Cases are followed up until death | 7 (14.9) | |
| Service user population | Urban | 17 (37.8) |
| Rural | 4 (8.9) | |
| Mixed | 24 (53.3) | |
| Length of time since service first launched | 1‐3 years | 1 (2.2) |
| 4‐6 years | 13 (28.9) | |
| 7‐10 years | 16 (35.6) | |
| More than 10 years | 15 (33.3) | |
| Team size | 1‐10 Staff | 14 (31.1) |
| 11‐20 Staff | 18 (40.0) | |
| 21‐30 Staff | 11 (24.4) | |
| 31‐40 Staff | 2 (4.4) | |
| Variable | Response—multiple options | N (%) |
| Support offered to carers after a dementia diagnosisa | 1:1 Sessions | 38 (80.9) |
| Advice during sessions with both the carer and the person with dementia | 46 (97.7) | |
| Carer support group(s) | 30 (63.8) | |
| Carer education group(s) | 33 (70.2) | |
| Written information | 45 (95.7) | |
| Disciplines represented in the team | Nursing | 44 (100) |
| Medicine | 42 (93.3) | |
| Psychology | 41 (91.1) | |
| Occupational therapy | 40 (88.9) | |
| Social work | 16 (35.6) | |
| Speech and language therapy | 7 (15.6) | |
| Physiotherapy | 6 (13.3) | |
| Other (eg, support workers, dementia navigators etc) | 6 (13.3) | |
| Administration | 42 (93.3) |
N = 45 unless otherwise indicated.
a
N = 47.