This quality standard covers the care and support of people with dementia. It applies to all social care settings and services working with and caring for people with dementia.

It should be read alongside the NICE Dementia quality standard (QS1) which covers care provided by health and social care staff in direct contact with people with dementia in hospital, community, home-based, group care, residential or specialist care settings. This quality standard should be considered in conjunction with NICE Quality Standard 1 on dementia (QS1)