Health practitioners and government recognise the need for more effective dementia assessment and treatment.

Take Shapes was developed by an occupational therapist who specialised in treating dementia and stroke patients. She found that existing assessment tools made patients feel anxious and failed to provide the full range of

information she needed to create effective, individually-focused care plans. So she created Take Shapes.

In ‘Living well with dementia: A National Dementia Strategy’, the government highlighted the need for change in dementia care. Its recommendations include putting people and their carers at the heart of planning their lives and delivering services based around the needs of individuals and families. Take Shapes will help meet these objectives.

Patients find the existing assessments threatening

Assessors find they fail to give enough useful information

In ‘Living well with dementia: A National Dementia Strategy’, the government highlighted the need for change in dementia care. Its recommendations include putting people and their carers at the heart of planning their lives and delivering services based around the needs of individuals and families.

The stated aims are to ensure significant improvements to dementia services across 3 key areas:

• improved awareness
• earlier diagnosis and intervention
• a higher quality of care.

Take Shapes meets these objectives