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Category Archives: Models of Dementia Care
Dementia Awareness Week: Thinking Ahead (UKMi)
Summary This edition of Thinking Ahead, from UK Medicines Information (UKMi), has been written for Dementia Awareness Week May 19th – 25th 2013. Full Text Link (MS Word format). Reference Hall, J. (2013). Thinking Ahead: Worrying changes nothing. Talking changes everything. … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Information, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease: Medicines, Dementia Awareness Week 2013, Dementia Awareness Week: Thinking Ahead, Depression in Dementia, Management of Medicines, Medicines Management, MHRA Drug Safety Updates, NICE Pathways, NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance: TA217, Saga Homecare: Dementia Awareness Week™, Supporting People to Live Well with Dementia: QS30 (NICE), UK Medicines Information (UKMi), UKMi
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Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy (Dementia Action Alliance / Wolverhampton City Council / Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust)
Summary This page on the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA)‘s website clarifies Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy. “The Joint Dementia Strategy developed by Wolverhampton City Council and Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust sets out how the city will meet the objectives identified … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, New Cross Hospital Dementia Outreach Service, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Admissions, Angela Rippon, Association for Dementia Studies, Avoidable Admissions, Care Fit For VIPS, Care Homes, Carers Support Group, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Citizens’ Journey, Clinical Commissioning, CMHTs, Co-Production, Community Gateway, Creating Dementia Friendly Communities Conference (Wolverhampton), Creating Dementia Friendly Communities in Wolverhampton, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Action Network (DAN), Dementia Café Live, Dementia Cafés (Wolverhampton), Dementia Care in Wolverhampton, Dementia Care Matters, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Opera Project, Dementia Outreach Team, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Demographics, Developing Dementia Friendly Wolverhampton, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Gemma Hammond (New Cross Dementia Carers Support Group), Grand Theatre (Wolverhampton), Improving Standards in Care Homes, Joint Dementia Strategy for Wolverhampton, Joint Dementia Strategy Steering Group (Wolverhampton), Julie Willoughby (Consultant Nurse: Dementia Services at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust), Mapping of Universal and Preventative Services, National Dementia Strategy: Wolverhampton’s Forward Plan, Penn Hospital, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Dawn Brooker, Putting People First, Reablement, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Safe Places, Santosh Kumari (Wolverhampton City Council), Santosh Kumari: Joint Commissioning Officer; Wolverhampton, Services in Wolverhampton, Specialist Dementia Nurses, Statistics, Support for Carers, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, University of Worcester, VIPS Framework of Dementia Care, VIPS Standards, West Midlands Dementia Action Alliance, Wolverhampton Carers’ Strategy, Wolverhampton City Council, Wolverhampton City Council: Joint Dementia Strategy Steering Group, Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton Dementia Action Alliance, Wolverhampton Local Authority, Wolverhampton Partnership Executive Board, Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton Science Park, Wolverhampton Social Services, Wolverhampton UK, Wolverhampton: Dementia Friendly City, Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy, Worcester University
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PEARL Specialised Dementia Service Confirms Reduced Requirement for Antipsychotic Medication (Four Seasons Health Care)
Summary This report covers the progress of Four Seasons Health Care in halving use of antipsychotic medication for adults with dementia through their specialist PEARL (Positively Enriching And enhancing Residents’ Lives) care programme. Many positive outcomes are reported. Full Text … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, Depression, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Animal Assisted Therapy, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes in the United States, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care Homes, Dementia Care Mapping, Dementia Care Mapping (DCM), Doll Therapy, Four Seasons Health Care, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, PEARL (Positively Enriching And enhancing Residents' Lives) Care Programme, PEARL Specialised Dementia Service, Pets, Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Photographs and Memory Boxes, Positively Enriching and Enhancing Residents' Lives: PEARL Care Programme, Professor Dawn Brooker, Reduced Requirement for Antipsychotic Medication, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Residential Care Homes, Rummage and Memory Boxes, Supportive Care, Supportive Design for People with Dementia, Supportive Environments, University of Worcester, University of Worcester; Institute of Health and Society, Worcester University
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Integrated Care and Support: Landmark Shared Commitment (Department of Health)
Summary This Department of Health framework document on the integration of health and social care establishes the agreement to create “joined-up” care. It explains how multi-agency working in local areas can use existing structures to bring together Local Authorities, the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avoidable Admissions, Care Integration, Care Minister Normal Lamb, Care Planning, Co-Production, Commissioning Environment, Community Budgets, Community Care Assessments, Continuity of Care, Cooperation, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department of Health, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Early Supported Discharge Teams, ESD: Early Supported Discharge, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Education England (HEE), Health Select Committee on Integrated Care and Support, HEE: Health Education England, Hospital Discharge, Housing, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Health Partnerships, Housing Associations, Housing Policy, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Joint Commissioning, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Empowerment, Local Government Association, Local Government Association: LGA, Managerial, Mind the Gap, Monitor, National Collaboration for Integrated Care and Support, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Voices, NHS England, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Improving Quality, Patient Discharge, Personalised Care Planning, PHE: Public Health England, Policy, Post-Discharge Support, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Public Health England (PHE), Reablement, Reablement Services, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Rehabilitation, Retirement Housing, Service Continuity, Service Integration, Social Care Assessments, Social Care Institute for Excellence, Social Housing, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Year of Care Payment Approach
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Improving Dementia Education and Awareness (IDEA)
Summary Improving Dementia Education and Awareness (IDEA) is a free online resource hosted by the University of Nottingham, which aims to improve the care and quality of life for people with dementia. IDEA offers access to free online courses, audio-visual and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Credit Framework Units for Awareness of Dementia, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Forums, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, Improving Dementia Education and Awareness (IDEA), Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Nottingham, Nottingham Experience, Nottingham University Hospitals Charity, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Raising Awareness, Skills for Care, Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Care Qualifications, Staff Awareness, Tackle Issues or Problems and find Support (TIPS), University of Nottingham
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