DDOT at the Alexandra Centre, Sunderland Royal Hospital.

DDOT at the Alexandra Centre, Sunderland Royal Hospital. Delirium and Dementia Outreach Team (DDOT) at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. We gain consent for all patient photos.

Congratulations to Bev from C30 who won the voucher the Sleeping Beauty Pantomime at Sunderland Empire! Thanks so much t...
09/12/2025

Congratulations to Bev from C30 who won the voucher the Sleeping Beauty Pantomime at Sunderland Empire! Thanks so much to Sunderland Empire Theatre, for their very kind donation. All other prizes will be drawn on the 18th December. Tickets remain on sale at the Alexandra Centre.

If you’re thinking New Year, new job! Check this out, DDOT are advertising for new HELPAs below. 👇
28/11/2025

If you’re thinking New Year, new job! Check this out, DDOT are advertising for new HELPAs below. 👇

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We’re Bake Sale and Tombola ready at SRH main entrance. In addition we have Christmas cards made by our patients at the ...
24/11/2025

We’re Bake Sale and Tombola ready at SRH main entrance. In addition we have Christmas cards made by our patients at the Alexandra Centre, £1 each. Tombola, 4 tickets for £1 and our Christmas raffle tickets are on sale for £1 per ticket! Come along and treat yourself. All details are below re raffle, we have two additional prizes - meal voucher for Miraflores cafe Pallion and meal voucher for Cake Talk Hylton road. Miraflores South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Today is Health Care Support Workers’ Day. A huge shout out to our brilliant HELPA team for their hard work and dedicati...
23/11/2025

Today is Health Care Support Workers’ Day. A huge shout out to our brilliant HELPA team for their hard work and dedication. Not forgetting our two new HELPA’s Paulina and Rob. South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Remember to bring your pennies to work tomorrow for the DDOT Bake Sale. All details are below 👇 👇 👇 South Tyneside and S...
23/11/2025

Remember to bring your pennies to work tomorrow for the DDOT Bake Sale. All details are below 👇 👇 👇 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

It’s Christmas raffle time at the Alexandra Centre and we have some mint prizes this year. Tickets are on sale now at th...
18/11/2025

It’s Christmas raffle time at the Alexandra Centre and we have some mint prizes this year. Tickets are on sale now at the Alexandra Centre, £1 per ticket 🎟️. The raffle is open to staff and and the public and the winners will be drawn on the 18th December. The tickets for the Sleeping Beauty pantomime will be drawn on the 8th December. Thank you so much to the businesses who have donated - Sana Soul Food Stagecoach Barbour Foundation Beamish Museum Sunderland Empire SRH gym and Dickson’s butchers Pallion. All hampers were donated by the DDOT team. 🎄

A reminder to bring your pennies to work Monday 24th November, DDOT are having a Christmassy Bake Sale and tombola at SR...
12/11/2025

A reminder to bring your pennies to work Monday 24th November, DDOT are having a Christmassy Bake Sale and tombola at SRH main entrance! We will be selling tickets for our Christmas raffle too, £1 per ticket. Prizes include a SRH 3 month gym pass and fit bit, brunch for two are Sana Soul Food, M&S hamper, small Colin the Caterpillar hamper, small Percy Pig hamper, Barbour Voucher, Stagecoach MegaRider vouchers, two one day vouchers for Beamish and a Dickson’s butcher voucher for £10. These prizes will be drawn on the 18th December. We have two tickets for Sleeping Beauty at Sunderland Empire between the 12-18th December, this prize will be drawn on the 8th December. Tickets can also be bought from the Alexandra Centre. All money raised will be used for therapies for our older patients at both sites. South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

We can hear you thinking, what the Elf! But there’s no time like the present….to announce DDOT’s appeal. We’re asking ...
22/10/2025

We can hear you thinking, what the Elf! But there’s no time like the present….to announce DDOT’s appeal. We’re asking you all, if you can, to donate again this year for our older patients at SRH and STDH. Our patients on our Older Persons wards will receive these gifts on Christmas morning. It truly does make a difference and puts a smile on their faces. All details are below 👇 👇 🎄

If you are studying at the University of Sunderland come and a say hi to DDOT today. We’re raising awareness of Alzheime...
22/09/2025

If you are studying at the University of Sunderland come and a say hi to DDOT today. We’re raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease for World Alzheimer’s Awareness day and challenging the stigma surrounding all types of dementia. Come and say hi to Sarah and Michelle! South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Alzheimer's Society

The DDOT HELPAS are taking part in the Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk at South Shields on the 11th October to raise mon...
21/09/2025

The DDOT HELPAS are taking part in the Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk at South Shields on the 11th October to raise money and awareness. If you are able to you can donate via the link or attend and cheer them on!!! Alzheimer's Society South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Help Michelle Gray raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

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Delirium and Dementia Outreach Team (DDOT) at the Alexandra Centre

We are a multidisciplinary specialist team:- Elder Life Specialist Practitioners (ELSPs), Hospital Elder Life Programme Assistants (HELPAs), Matron, Consultants, Pharmacist. We support patients who are at risk of cognitive difficulties (problems with memory and understanding) such as Delirium and Dementia. The team address quality issues, specifically in relation to Delirium prevention and management. We support patients, carers and staff within South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (based at Sunderland Royal Hospital) by providing information, education and specialist input to patients and wards.

These patients have complex needs requiring specialist input. There is good evidence that therapeutic activity and good care improves outcomes. Our HELPA team provide dedicated focused therapies to our patients at the Alexandra Centre. The therapies consist of structured reminiscence, dancing, singing, exercise, crafting sessions. DDOT are in a vital key position to identifiy those patients at risk of Delirium and those with Dementia who will benefit from the support of the HELPA team. The team also visit patients on the ward to implement HELP (Hospital Elder Life Programme)-visit www.hospitalelderlifeprogram.org/. The programme uses a high touch/low tech system of patient care which also ensures adequate nutrition, hydration, reduction of sensory overload, enhancing mobility.

Delirium is a severe neuropsychiatric syndrome of brain dysfunction precipitated by acute illness. It is characterised by acute and fluctuating inattention and other cognitive and perceptual deficits. Delirium is common, affecting at least 20% of older hospital inpatients. Delirium is particularly common in older people with cognitive impairment such as Dementia. Delirium is a serious condition that is associated with poor outcomes, however it can be prevented and treated if dealt with urgently.