Identifying Public Health Concerns for Dementia Patients in England

The Health Report

Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................3
2. UNDERTAKE A VIRTUAL RESEARCH TOUR OF YOUR LOCAL HEALTH, SOCIAL
SERVICES, AND HEALTH SERVICES TO IDENTIFY KEY AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CONCERN......................................................................................................................................3
a. Choosing a locality.............................................................................................................3
b. Collect and discuss social and health data about that area that you have chosen..............4
3. IDENTIFY THE DETERMINANTS, INEQUALITIES AND BARRIERS TO HEALTH.......6
4. REVIEW THE SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE
PUBLIC HEALTH NEED THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN............................................................8
Identify local, national policy, services, charities available for your public health concern. 8
Look at the role of the nurse in health promotion and screening in this area.........................8
5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION.........................................................................10
Thurrock community forum.................................................................................................11
Local authority health profile...............................................................................................11
Services and healthcare available for public health need.....................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

1. INTRODUCTION
Dementia refers to the loss of memory, problem-solving, language and other thinking
abilities which are there able to help in providing better effect to the people with dementia. There
are large population who are suffering form dementia. Reason of the report is to identify the
public health concern that can help to deliver better care services to the dementia patients.
Chosen area is England where there are many people are suffering from dementia. Here, There
are many people of old age who get normally impacted of dementia. Dementia refers to the
general term of loss of memory, problem-solving, thinking abilities and difficulty in language.
Alzheimer is one of the common cause of dementia. It contains various cognitive decline
symptoms along with different types of brain disorder. It is related with mental health. Dementia
cases has increased in the Thurrock where people need for specific care and support at their
home or community. Thurrock is the community forum where Thurrock council focus on
delivering of care and services to the people with dementia disease. They use their own resources
and support public to get equality health services. They focus on local community instead of
national wide. This report consist discussion about the health concern about the people with
dementia and need of health in community. This report consist about the country data
information which can help in the assessment (Manthorpe, (2018)). This report also includes the
public health concern which is related with data, graph and tables. In this report, there is
comparison between national and worldwide data. There is also identification of health
inequalities and determinants which can impact the public health issues. This also provides the
understanding about the community health and social data which includes employment rates,
economic deprive or level of education.
2. UNDERTAKE A VIRTUAL RESEARCH TOUR OF YOUR LOCAL
HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND HEALTH SERVICES TO
IDENTIFY KEY AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN
a. Choosing a locality
England is the country within United Kingdom where dementia is the public health
concern. There are large population suffering from the issue of dementia within county.
According to Alzheimer's society, there are large number of dementia patient in all over England.
About 690,000 people are living with dementia that causes within old age people. There are

about 565,000 people who receive community care or unpaid care or they generally live in care
home. England have large number of dementia patient where there is need to focus on nursing
care that need to get involve the need of assessment of dementia (Chang, (2021)).
b. Collect and discuss social and health data about that area that you have chosen
Finding Statistics and Information:
There is need to provide care and support to patient who are suffering form this disease.
As a nursing professional there is need to understand the need for care to the dementia patient.
Illustratio
n 1: Averaage cost for dementa patient for health (2021)
According to Alzheimer's society, it has been evaluated that there is high annual cost for
treatment of dementia which is around £24.2 billion in year 2015 were about 42% of this was
attributable to unpaid care. Health care cost is about £3.8 billion. Whereas, there are about £10.2
billion invest on the social care which is three time larger than health care cost. There is high
cost investment on the moderate, mild and severe dementia which is £27,450, £24,400, and
£46,050, respectively which is per person per year (The costs of dementia in England, (2019)).