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Category Archives: BBC News
BBC News (including BBC Health News)
Shared Commitment Between NHS and Local Government Leaders to Integrate Care (BBC News)
Posted on May 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
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, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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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, NHS England, 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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Dementia Rates in Northern Ireland to Double in 20 Years (BBC Northern Ireland News)
Posted on May 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary It is estimated that 19,000 people in Northern Ireland have the condition currently. The number of people in Northern Ireland with dementia is expected to double in the next 20 years. This news item goes on to discuss adaptations … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Information, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, BBC Northern Ireland Health News, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Services Development Centre, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Design for People with Dementia, Design Techniques, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing for Older People, Independence, Independent Living, Northern Ireland, Online Virtual Care Home, Professor June Andrews (University of Stirling), Queen's University Belfast, Staying at Home, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Virtual Care Home, Supportive Design for People with Dementia, University of Stirling, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Virtual Care Home (Dementia-Friendly Design Principles)
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Obesity Risk a Dementia Time Bomb? (BBC News / UK Health Forum / European Congress on Obesity)
Posted on May 12, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Previous research in 2011 has shown that being overweight in middle age increases the risk of developing dementia. Data presented today at the European Congress on Obesity suggests slowing the rise in obesity could help to cut the rising rates of dementia. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, BBC Science News, BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), Dementia Time-Bomb, Demographic Time-Bomb, European Congress on Obesity, European Congress on Obesity (2013), Exercise, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Midlife Obesity, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, Multimorbidity, Obesity, Obesity Time-Bomb, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Regular Exercise, Risk Factors, Risk of Developing Dementia, UK Health Forum
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Safe Staffing Alliance Warning on Hospital Nurses Staffing Levels (BBC News)
Posted on May 12, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The Safe Staffing Alliance has issued a warning about hospital ward staffing levels in England. The recommended nursing staff to patients ratio is thought to be 1 to 4, but is reported that hospital wards regularly have registered nurses looking after eight patients; which could be unsafe … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Patients Association, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Care and Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassion in Practice: Action Areas, Compassionate Care, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity on the Ward, Elderly Care Nurses, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Patient to Nurse Ratios, Patients Per Nurse, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safe Staffing Alliance, Staffing (Hospitals), Staffing Levels, Unison, Ward Staffing Levels
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Improvements to Carer Support from GPs (BBC News)
Posted on May 11, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Roughly seven million people in the UK provide unpaid care to relatives or friends who could not otherwise live independently. The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) estimates that one in 20 patients registered with GP practices may be an unpaid carer. Given the known impact of … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Auditing, Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Distress, Caregiver Support, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Support, Carers, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers Registers in GP Practices, Carers' Champions, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, GP Practices: Carers Registers, GP Surgeries, GPs, Information for Carers, Listening to Carers, Needs of Carers, Preventable Hospital Admissions, RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Staying at Home, Stress Reduction, Support for Carers, Supporting Caregivers, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Young Carers
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Demand on Accident and Emergency Services Unsustainable? (BBC News)
Posted on May 9, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Levels of demand on NHS accident and emergency departments in England have been described as unsustainable by David Prior, the head of the Care Quality Commission. Mr Prior has suggested there is a need for a diversion of resources from hospital services towards greater investment … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, 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, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accident and Emergency Departments: Planning and Design, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCGs, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), College of Emergency Medicine, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, General Hospitals, GPs, Health Care Reform, Home and Community Care Services, Hospital Accident and Emergency Departments, Hospital Admission Rates, Improving Care in General Hospital Settings, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, NHS Reform in England, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Public Service Reform, Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Reform, Unplanned Hospital Admissions
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Social Care in England Faces £800m Further Cut (BBC News)
Posted on May 8, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Social care in England faces bleak future according to council chiefs. Research by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services suggests that a further £800m is likely to be cut from the £16bn budget this year. Read more: BBC News: Social care in England ‘has … Continue reading →
Posted in ADASS, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Draft Care and Support Bill, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Councils, Local Government Association: LGA, Means Test, Queen's Speech 2013, Social Care, Social Care Funding
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Tougher Financial Checks of Care Home Companies by CQC (BBC News)
Posted on May 8, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to check the finances of the 50 and 60 largest care companies in England. Large providers of care homes and home care in England are to have their financial records scrutinised regularly in order to identify and avoid … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, BBC Health News, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Business Insolvencies, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Continuity of Care, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Local Authorities (LAs), Market Oversight (Care Homes), Residential Care Homes, Residential Care Homes: Cost Structure, Scrutiny, Service Continuity, Social Care, Southern Cross, Stephen Grant: Wilkins Kennedy
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Emotional Impact of Stroke (BBC News / Stroke Association)
Posted on May 1, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary A survey of more than 2,700 stroke survivors and their carers in the UK by the Stroke Association has found that many patients and their families / carers experienced emotional suffering. The emotional impact of a stroke is often overlooked and given a lower priority than … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Anxiety, BBC Health News, Carer Support, Communication Support, Community Rehabilitation, Emotional Impact of Stroke, Family Carers, Feeling Overwhelmed: Third Report in Life After Stroke Campaign, Information and Advice, Life After Stroke Campaign, NHS Stroke Improvement Programme, Prevalence of Stroke, Psychological Support (for Carers), Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Services, Stroke Association, Stroke Improvement Programme, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Survivors’ Declaration, Support for Carers
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Police Use GPS Trackers to Locate People with Dementia (BBC News)
Posted on May 1, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Sussex Police is the first force in Britain to pay for a GPS tracking device which may be used by people with dementia and their families / carers. The device promises to be an invaluable aid to finding people with dementia … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Chichester CareLine, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Towns, GPS Trackers, GPS/GSM Devices, MindMe, Risk Management, Sussex Police, Wandering, Wandering in Dementia, Wandering Prevention Devices
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