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Category Archives: Age UK
Shared Commitment Between NHS and Local Government Leaders to Integrate Care (BBC News)
Summary Figures from Age UK, based on analysis of government statistics, show that elderly hospital patients face increasing delays for social care help before they can be discharged. Hospital patients awaiting discharge typically wait for more than 30 days on average … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Care Integration, Care Minister Normal Lamb, Care Planning, Community Care Assessments, Continuity of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department of Health, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Discharge, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Mind the Gap, Patient Discharge, Personalised Care Planning, Post-Discharge Support, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Service Continuity, Service Integration, Social Care Assessments, Torbay, Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, Torbay Care Trust, Torbay Dementia Leadership Group
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Agenda for Later Life 2013 (Age UK)
Summary This Age UK report explores the challenges facing older people today, looking at both the over-65s and people approaching later life. Section headings include: Key indicators for later life. Challenges and opportunities for 2013. Later life with attitude. … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Age Action Alliance, Age and Ageing, Age Discrimination, Age UK’s Agenda for Later Life, Ageing, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, Ageism, Attitudes to Ageing, Avoidable Admissions, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Emergency Readmissions, Finance, Financial Issues, Financial Planning, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Life Expectancy, Home Care, Home Care Support, Human Rights, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Lifestyle, Money Matters, Pensions and Savings, Personal Finances, Poverty, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Quality of Life, Quality of Life Indicators, Quality of Life Research, Travel, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Volunteering, Work and Learning
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Voluntary Groups Assist Government to Improve Health and Wellbeing (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health has announced the 21 voluntary sector organisations which will participate in the Health and Care Voluntary Sector Strategic Partner Programme for 2013/14. The programme helps to keep policy makers in touch with the many voluntary and community sector organisations which exist already and … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Action for Prisoners’ Families and Clinks, Agency Networks, Big Society, Big Society and Community Development, Carers Trust, CHANGE, Co-operative Community Action, Co-operatives, Community Networks, Community Partners, Community Service Volunteers (CSV), Cooperation, Department of Health Voluntary Sector Strategic Partner Programme, Disability Partnership (Royal Mencap Society; Scope; Sense; The National Autistic Society), Disability Rights UK, FaithAction, Health and Care Voluntary Sector Strategic Partner Programme, Health and Care Voluntary Sector Strategic Partner Programme for 2013/14, Help the Hospices, Local Partnerships, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Men’s Health Forum (MHF), Mental Health Providers Forum (MHPF), NACRO, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA), National Autistic Society, National Care Forum (NCF), National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), National Housing Federation, National Voices, Partners in Care, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Public Health England (PHE), Race Equality Foundation (REF), Regional Voices, Royal Mencap Society, Scope, Sense, Shaping our Lives National User Network, Sue Ryder, UK Health Forum, Voluntarism, Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations, Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector Strategic Partnerships, Volunteering, Volunteers, Women’s Health and Equality Consortium (WHEC)
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Poor Health Contributes to Loneliness in Older People (BBC News)
Summary The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) has interviewed more than 8,000 older people at two-yearly intervals since 2002. It has discovered a strong association between feelings of loneliness and poor health and disability in people aged 52 and over using 2009–2010 ELSA … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Office of National Statistics (ONS), Social Isolation
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Improving Later Life (Age UK)
Summary This electronic book is a compilation of themed insights, each of the sections being written by various experts in their fields, concerning the best evidence available on the main issues in the health and wellbeing of people aged 85 … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Assistive Technology, BBC News, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Achievement: Six Senses, Action on Elder Abuse, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Ageing, Ageing Well, Ageism, Assistive Technology, BBC Health News, Belonging: Six Senses, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Continuity: Six Senses, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Dental Healthcare, Detecting Elder Abuse, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity Code, Elder Abuse, Empowerment, Enabling Technology, Engagement, Exercise, Eye Health, Fourth Age, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care, Heterogeneity, Hospitals, Incontinence, Independence and Relationships, Living Long, Living Well with Dementia, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mentally Stimulating Activity in Old Age, Moderate Exercise, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Health Issues, Multiple-Morbidities, National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People, Nonagenarians, Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age (Age UK), Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Patient Involvement, Personalised Care, Personhood, Physical Exercise Programmes, Preconceptions (Misconceptions), Preparing for a Better Later Life, Preventative Care, Preventing Loneliness, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Professor Alistair Burns, Purpose: Six Senses, Quality and User Involvement, Regular Exercise, Relationship-Centred Care, Remember the Person, Security: Six Senses, Sedentary Behaviour, Seeing The Person, Senses, Service User Involvement, Significance: Six Senses, Silver Book, Six Senses, Six Senses (Security Belonging Continuity Purpose Achievement Significance), Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Disturbances, Sleep Fragmentation, Sleeping Problems, Social Care, Social Care Provision, Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion, Social Isolation, Social Life, Social Networks, Social Relationships, The Silver Book, Urinary Incontinence, User Involvement, Whole Person Medicine
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Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report (Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry)
Summary High mortality rates and poor standards of care provided at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust resulted in concern about services and management in the Trust. This three-volume Francis Inquiry report investigates the causes and lessons learned. “…[the widespread] disconnect between … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS Alliance, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Nutrition, Pain, Patients Association, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Action Against Medical Accidents, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, After Francis: Doing Justice (National Voices), BGS, British Geriatrics Society, Bureaucracy, Candour, Care Bill 2013-14, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission Strategy for 2013 to 2016, Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI), Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Chief Inspector of Primary Care (Exploratory), Chief Inspector of Social Care, Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH), Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Contingency Planning Team (CPT), Culture, Culture of Compassionate Care, Culture of Zero-Harm, Feeding the Beast, Foundation Trust Status, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, General Hospitals, General Medical Council, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Health Protection Agency (HPA), Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health Service Ombudsman, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Inspections and Bureaucracy, Institute of Healthcare Management, Leadership, LINks, Local Government Association, Local Involvement Networks (LINks), Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Monitor, Monitor Contingency Planning Team (CPT), Mortality, Mortality Rates, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals 2011, National Patient Safety Agency, National Voices, Negative Culture, NHS Complaints System: Department of Health Review, NHS Constitution, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), NHS Networks, Nursing & Midwifery Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing Standards, Openness, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Experience, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professional Disengagement, Putting Patients First: NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, Quality Accounts, Quality Improvement, RCGP, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Review of NHS Complaints System, Robert Francis QC, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSENG), Scrutiny, Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (SaSSHA), Somebody Else's Problem (SEP), South Staffordshire PCT (SSPCT), Staff Motivation, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), UK Parliament, Warning Signs, West Midlands, West Midlands SHA (WMSHA), Whistleblowing, Workforce Learning Points From Francis 2013, Workforce Planning Implications From Francis 2013
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Alternative Pathway Integrating Housing, Care and Support (National Housing Federation)
[A version of this item features in Dementia: the Latest Evidence, Volume 3 Issue 6, February 2013]. Summary This National Housing Federation report, intended for the attention of local commissioners of health and social care, illustrates the advantages of integrated … Continue reading
Posted in ADASS, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accord Housing Association Ltd, ADASS Housing Network, Admissions to Residential Care, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Alliance Homes, Anchor, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avoidable Admissions, BCHA, Bedford Citizens Housing Association, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Brighter Futures, Caldmore Housing, Calico Homes, Cambridgeshire County Council, Care & Repair England, CDS Co-operatives, Circle Anglia, Coast & Country Housing, Dane Group, Dolphin Square Foundation, East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Extra Care Housing, ExtraCare Charitable Trust, Family Mosaic, Gentoo Group, Guinness, HACT, Halton Housing Trust, Hanover, Hanover Housing, Havebury Housing Association, Health and Housing Partnerships, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Select Committee Report on Social Care, Home from Hospital Services, Home Group, Housing 21, Housing 21's Dementia Specialist Community-Based End of Life Nurse, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Providers, Huntingdonshire District Council, IN Business for Neighbourhoods, Integrated Care Pathway, Integration, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Jeremy Porteus, Kingswood NHS Assessment and Treatment Unit, Leicester City Council, Leicester City Council Adult Social Care, Leicester City Council Supporting People, Liverpool PCT, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Look Ahead, Mencap, Metropolitan Borough Council, MHA Care Group, Midland Heart, Moat, Moxley Court, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group, North Somerset Council, One Housing Group, Orbit Group, Osborne Homes, Peabody Housing Trust, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Redcar & Cleveland Council, Retirement Housing, Riverside, Scope, Service Integration, Short-Term Intermediate Housing, Social Housing, Social Housing Providers, Swan, Synergy, Temple Place, Tower Hamlets Community Rehabilitation and Recovery Service, Viridian, Warrington Health Consortium, Westminster Social Services, Willow Housing, Yarrow
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Call for Rethink Over Older Cancer Patients (BBC News)
Summary It was already known from previous research into ageism that older NHS patients are less likely to receive surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It has been estimated that if NHS performance was increased to match top international standards then a further 15,000 lives per year could … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, In the News, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Age Discrimination, Age Friendly Cancer Services, Ageing, Ageism, Aging, BBC Health News, Cancer, Comprehensive Care for Older people with Cancer (COCOC) Project, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Comprehensive Health Assessments, Geriatric Oncology Liaison, Improving Cancer Treatment Assessment and Support for Older People Project, International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), Macmillan Cancer Support, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, National Dementia CQUIN, Well-Being
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Survey Suggests Adult Social Care Worsening Under Cut-Backs (BBC News)
Summary More than 85% of respondents to a survey by Age UK and the College of Social Work said that care for vulnerable older people has been suffering because of funding cuts. This survey of 200 social workers suggests that the impact … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Survey, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, College of Social Work, Councils, Dignified Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Local Authorities, Local Councils, Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Social Work, Social Workers
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