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Category Archives: In the News
Care Quality Commission to Monitor Deaths in Elderly Care Homes (BBC News)
Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Death rates in elderly nursing and care homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission in renewed plans to eliminate poor care. The regulator is piloting a system whereby higher than expected numbers of deaths can trigger an … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), BBC Health News, Better Care Homes, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Improving Standards in Care Homes, Mortality, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Panorama (BBC TV), Preventable Mortality, Residential Care Homes, Safeguarding
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Emergency Services and Emergency Care: NHS Needs to Simplify Urgent Care (BBC News)
Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary A review of emergency services and emergency care, led by NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, has recommended that the NHS in England needs a simpler and more coordinated system of round-the-clock urgent and emergency care. The review has identified that many patients … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Evidence Base from the Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Hospital Emergency Departments, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Direct and NHS 111, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks, Urgent and Emergency Care Review: Evidence Base Engagement Document, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Whole System Integration, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole Systems Redesign
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Elderly Domiciliary Care Firm Suspended (BBC News)
Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Mosaic Community Care, the firm at the centre of a BBC News scandal about the poor care of an elderly woman in her own home, has been suspended the UK Homecare Association. The UKHCA is investigating Mosaic Community Care and will not recommend Mosaic … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Domiciliary Care, Home Care, Home Care Standards, Mosaic Community Care, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association, UKHCA: UK Homecare Association
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Emergency Services and Emergency Care (Carers UK / King’s Fund / FTN)
Posted on June 12, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary This briefing presents the response of Carers UK to the inquiry into emergency care. It asserts that family carers play an important daily role in the prevention of critical healthcare needs and thereby in preventing the avoidable hospital admissions … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing Population, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Care Integration, Caregiving (Carers), Carers, Community Support, Delayed Transfers of Care, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Empowerment, Engagement, Family Carers, Foundation Trust Network, Health Care Reform, Health Select Committee, Health Select Committee Inquiry, Home and Community Care Services, Hospital Emergency Departments, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Length of Stay (LoS), Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multi-Agency Integration, National Health Service, Needs of Carers, Nicholson Challenge, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Problem Prevention, Reablement, Reablement Services, Rehabilitation, Residential Care Homes, Social Care, Support for Carers, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Whole System Integration, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole Systems Redesign
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Regional Variations in Premature Death (BBC News / Public Health England)
Posted on June 11, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Public Health England has published the Longer Lives website which ranks local authorities in league tables, using a colour-coded traffic-light system, to highlight regional variations in premature death. Red indicates the worst regions, while green indicates the best areas, when comparing the numbers of people under … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, NHS Choices, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
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Tagged Alcohol Consumption, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Birmingham, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Coventry, Diet, Dietary Choices, Epidemiology, Heart Attack or Stroke, Liver Disease, Local Authorities (LAs), Longer Lives (PHE), Lung Disease, Moderate Drinking, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Obesity, Obesity Time-Bomb, PHE: Public Health England, Premature Mortality, Prevalence of Cerebrovascular Disease, Prevalence of Stroke, Preventable Mortality, Public Health, Public Health and Health Improvement, Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England's Longer Lives Website, Public Health in England, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Health Reform, Public Health Services, Red Amber Green: RAG Coding, Risk Factors, Sandwell, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Socioeconomic Deprivation, Walsall
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NHS Confederation Member Survey 2013 (Picker Institute Europe / NHS Confederation)
Posted on June 8, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Results from a survey of NHS Confederation members, prior to last week’s NHS Confederation’s Annual Conference, revealed continuing concern about financial pressures, lack of progress towards integrated care, increasing demand for services and the resulting pressures. There is broad consensus regarding the need for culture change in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Care, Achieving Better Value, Avoidable Admissions, Care Integration, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Co-Production, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Innovation Networks, Commissioning Support Services, Community Care, Community Support, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Continuity of Care, Cost Improvement Objectives, Cross Sector Working, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Engagement, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Health: Financing, Improving Quality Safety and Outcomes, Innovative Leadership, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Leadership, Local Leadership, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, NHS Confederation Annual Conference 2013, NHS Confederation Member Survey 2013, NHS Leadership, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Service Reconfiguration, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Client Council, Picker Institute Europe, QIPP (Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention), QIPP Targets and Cost Improvement Objectives, Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Service Redesign, Whole Systems Redesign, Whole-System Approaches
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Virtual Dementia Tour (ABC News)
Posted on June 6, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary A “Virtual Dementia Tour®“ simulates some of the common physical and mental restraints / impairments often associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. The purpose of this exercise is to help families of sufferers, and citizens at large, to gain insights into the condition. View … Continue reading →
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, International, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged ABC News, Activities of Daily Living Impairments, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Awareness, Empathy and Understanding, Empathy Training, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Raising Awareness, Sensory Loss, Simulations, USA, Virtual Dementia Tour (ABC News), Visual Impairment
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NHS Re-Configuration (BBC News / NHS Confederation)
Posted on June 5, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary A coalition of health managers, clinicians, charities and patients’ representatives has proposed that the NHS in England needs to be more radical about closing some hospital services and diverting resources to more community-based care. The alternative to these reforms would be to face a “vicious” spiral … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Access to Care, Achieving Better Value, Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Better Healthcare in Bucks, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Care Integration, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Co-Production, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Innovation Networks, Community Care, Community Hospitals, Community Support, Continuity of Care, Cross Sector Working, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Dedicated Transport Group (Access), Delayed Transfers of Care, Engagement, Financial Issues, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Health: Financing, Improving Quality Safety and Outcomes, Innovative Leadership, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Leadership, Local Leadership, London Stroke Strategy, Meeting Patients' Changing Needs, Mind the Gap, NHS Confederation Annual Conference 2013, NHS Leadership, NHS Networks, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Service Reconfiguration, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Client Council, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Risk Aversion, Service Redesign, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, South London Healthcare, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Stroke Care, University Hospital Lewisham's Urgent Care Centre, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole Systems Redesign, Whole-System Approaches, Wrap-Around Care
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Hearing Loss or Deafness and Long-Term Conditions: Integrated Care (Action on Hearing Loss / DCAL)
Posted on June 5, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary “Joining up”, the Action on Hearing Loss and Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre report, examines issues relating to the provision of health and social care services to people with hearing loss or deafness and who have long-term conditions, … Continue reading →
Posted in National, NHS, For Doctors (mostly), For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Universal Interest, Standards, Acute Hospitals, Community Care, UK, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Patient Care Pathway, For Social Workers (mostly), Charitable Bodies, In the News, Quick Insights, Practical Advice, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke, Commissioning, Integrated Care, Hypertension
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Tagged Diabetes, Service Integration, Cost Savings, Health and Social Care Integration, Care Integration, Integrated Commissioning, Long-Term Conditions, University College London, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Sensory Loss, Visual Impairment, Integration of Health and Social Care, Action on Hearing Loss, Quality of Life (QoL), Poor Eyesight, Hearing Loss, Deafness, Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre, Cardiovascular Disease, Sight Loss, Deaf Community, British Sign Language (BSL), Signers, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Audiology
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Falling in Older People and Poor Eyesight (College of Optometrists / Opinion Matters)
Posted on June 3, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Many people are unaware of the relationship between poor eyesight and falls in older people, according to research to promote Falls Awareness Week. “The research, carried out by Opinion Matters, also showed that almost half of those surveyed (46%) … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Awareness, Awareness Raising, College of Optometrists, Eyesight, Falls and Poor Eyesight, Falls Awareness Week, Falls in Older People, NHS Sight Tests, Opinion Matters, Poor Eyesight, Resources for Falls Awareness Week, Vision Care, Visual Impairment
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