A dementia education and research partnership aims to transform the quality of care for people with dementia and their families through education and research.
The Dementia Enhanced Practice to Promote Excellence (DEEPE) initiative, comprising NHS Highland, NHS Western Isles, the University of the Highlands and Islands and Alzheimer Scotland, was developed from the department of nursing at the University of the Highlands and Islands by Dr Leah Macaden to educate student nurses in best practice dementia care and support.
Recent estimates suggest that there are approximately 90,000 people in Scotland live with a diagnosis of dementia.