Soft Market Test - Dementia Support Service at the Dementia Resource Centre

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION

Soft Market Test for Dementia Support Service at the Dementia Resource Centre.

Background:

The DRC was first commissioned by PCC on 2nd February 2014. The service is currently provided by a single provider who delivers a specialist service supporting people living with Dementia and their carers and families, it provides expertise in Dementia as a resource for Council Officers and professionals across the city and contributes to the development of Peterborough as a Dementia friendly city. The aim is to help people to improve the quality of life of people living with Dementia and their carers, supporting them to live at home and independently in their own communities for as long as is possible and to prevent avoidable escalation of need.

Currently the following activities for the core offer at the DRC:

- Information, advice and guidance pre-and post-diagnosis - a 'one-stop shop' for Dementia.

- A range of activities that are attractive to different groups and complement one another.

- Activities that stimulate cognition.

- Providing activities that meet the changing needs of service users at different stages of the disease.

- Drop in facilities over 5.5 hours per day 3 days per week minimum

- Supporting carers in line with the Council's Carers' Strategy

- Providing one to one advice and support via an appointment system

- Improving links and pathways to wider carer services to include providing information about services, self-help and support groups and ensuring that carers are involved in the treatment of individuals, as far as this is possible and appropriate.

- Providing a range of activities and support.

- Promotion and awareness raising of the DRC services and Dementia as a whole within Peterborough

The successful provider will be expected to run the DRC out the premises provided rent free by the Council; it currently operates on the ground floor of 441 Lincoln Road. However, work is underway to relocate the service to Paston Farm Community Centre in Paston. This is scheduled for Summer/Autumn 2026 so should be complete for the contract's inception. The new space will provide a similar floor plan to what is in place in 441 Lincoln Road.