The Dementia Care in Hospitals Program (DCHP) is a model of care linked to the use of a Cognitive Impairment Identifier (CII).
The CII is a bedside identifier used by Ballarat Health Services and other health services in Victoria to alert staff to memory and thinking difficulties such as dementia, delirium, and cognitive impairment.
Organisations who have adopted this model of care in partnership with BHS have undergone extensive hospital-wide education on the CII use and philosophy of care attached to the symbol.