Donate now See menu Shop Support line Search Home About us Our dementia programmes Personal Choice Programme Personal Choice Programme Alzheimer’s Society personalisation programme is working to ensure people with dementia have choice and control over their own care and support. You are here: Personal Choice Programme Know your rights Building a movement Dementia-friendly personal budgets The Personal Choice programme highlights the importance of personalisation and how having choice and control over your own care and support can help people with dementia to live well. We are working towards: All people affected by dementia having personal choice and control over their health and wellbeing from diagnosis to end of life. Ensuring the legal right to self-directed support and personal wellbeing is understood and available to all people affected by dementia. Making all forms of personal budget dementia friendly. Alzheimer’s Society recognised as a global innovator and leader in personalisation and dementia. We will do this by ensuring: We have the knowledge, drive, resources, and services to genuinely put the needs, preferences and ambitions of those we support at the heart of all that we do. Health and Social care leaders, managers and front line staff make personal budgets truly person-centred and accessible to all eligible people with dementia. People with dementia, carers and professionals work together as equals to achieve the behavioural, cultural and systemic changes needed to personalise the dementia landscape Think this page could be useful to someone? Share it: Previous Section You are on the first page Next Section 2. Know your rights Categories Personal budgets Further reading What kind of information would you like to read? Use the button below to choose between help, advice and real stories. Decide what you see Information Personal Choice Network Personal Budgets can help provide choice and control for people with dementia, which is a legal right. Following the Care Act 2014, personalisation is a key part of the social care agenda. Information Alzheimer's Society's view on personalisation What we think about personalisation in care and how it relates to the needs of people affected by dementia. Information Direct payments in Northern Ireland – other resources Get details for organisations in Northern Ireland that can provide information and advice about direct payments. Previous Next Sign up to get twice-monthly e-newsletter updates from Alzheimer’s Society. You can change what you receive at any time and we will never sell your details to third parties. Here’s our Privacy Policy. Useful links Jobs Working for us Contact us Publications and factsheets Training and conferences Blog Legal information Cookies Report a website problem Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube All content © 2021 Alzheimer's Society. Registered office at Alzheimer's Society, 43-44 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AE Alzheimer's Society is a registered Charity No. 296645. Registered as a company limited by guarantee and registered in England No. 2115499 We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use our site, remember your settings and assist our marketing to better support people affected by dementia. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver services to you. Accept All Cookies Manage Cookies