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Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

Dying Well at Home: Integrated Working (SCIE)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) guide is about enabling people to die at home when they wish, and improving the quality of their care. Sections of the guide, online, comprise: Recommendations. Choosing to die at home. Dying … Continue reading →

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Integrated Care and Support: Landmark Shared Commitment (Department of Health)

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

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 | Leave a comment

Avoiding Unnecessary Hospital Admissions (SCIE Social Care TV)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This SCIE Social Care TV video examines how to help reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, concentrating particularly on integrated health and social care for elderly people and those with long-term conditions. Key messages in the narrative indicate: Older people often … Continue reading →

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Social Care Reform Plans in England (Department of Health / NHS Choices)

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The Government has announced new arrangements for the funding of care for the elderly, with a view to at least partially avoiding individuals having to incur unlimited costs. The plan is based loosely on the recommendations made by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS Choices, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Funding, Coalition Government, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Draft Care and Support Bill, Fairer Care Funding, Financial Services Products, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Future Funding Models, Gaming the System, Health Care Reform, Means Test, Public Service Reform, Reduced Gaming of the System, Reform, Reforming Social Care, Social Care, Social Care Funding, Social Care Reform | Leave a comment

Transfer of Responsibilities Under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (SCIE Report 62)

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Primary care trusts (PCTs) cease to exist in April 2013 and their supervisory body responsibilities under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards relating to hospitals then passes to local authorities. This transfer involves local social services authorities and health institutions … Continue reading →

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Personal Health Budgets for Older People (SCIE Report 63)

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This SCIE Report No.63, entitled “Improving personal budgets for older people: a research overview”, examines the evidence from UK research between 2007 and 2012 concerning the implementation and uptake of personal budgets and direct payments for older people. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adults’ Services SCIE Report 63, Allowance and Spend, Autonomy and Choice, Autonomy and Safety, Budget Management, Carer-Controlled Organisations, Choice, Choice and Change Research Project, Contingency Planning, Continuity and Consistency, Direct Payment, Direct Payment Support Services, Direct Payments, Independence, Independent Living, Individual Budgets, Information and Advice, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Proxy Budget Holders, Risk Management, Staying Independent, Types of User Choice, User-Controlled Organisations, User-Led Organisations (ULOs) | Leave a comment

Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia: Draft Dementia Quality Standard (NICE)

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 2, September 2012]. Summary This draft quality standard has been designed to improve quality of care for people living with dementia. The standard is … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Housing, National, NHS, NICE Guidelines, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 2012/13, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, ASCOF: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Care Planning, Choice, Community Empowerment, Dementia Quality Standard, Draft Quality Standard: Social Care, Engagement, Evaluation of Care Models, Informed Choice, Living Well With Dementia: Draft Dementia Quality Standard (NICE), Local Advisor, Memory Assessment Services, Memory Clinics, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), NHS Outcomes Framework, Palliative Care, Patient Choice, Personalised Care Planning, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Quality Statements, Social Care, Supported Accommodation, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia | Leave a comment

Safeguarding Adults: Multi-Agency Policy and Procedure for the West Midlands (SCIE Report 60)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Organisations in the West Midlands and allied local authorities are committed to work together to safeguard adults at risk. This SCIE Report No.60, entitled “Safeguarding adults: multi-agency policy and procedures for the West Midlands”, covers the policy and procedures … Continue reading →

SCIE’s Co-Production Network (SCIE)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The Co-Production Network is central to SCIE‘s co-production strategy. It supports the involvement of user, carer and equality groups’ in SCIE’s strategic decision-making and provides a collective body of stakeholders with which SCIE can work in the co-production of projects and programmes. Network membership comprises a growing number of: National … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), National, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Carer-Controlled Organisations, Co-operatives, Co-Production, Co-production Monitoring Group (Think Local Act Personal), Co-Production Network (SCIE), Equality Group Organisations, SCIE's Co-Production Network, SCIE's Co-Production Strategy, Seldom Heard Groups, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), User-Controlled Organisations | Leave a comment

End of Life Care for People With Dementia Living in Care Homes (SCIE Research Briefing 40)

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary This Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) research briefing examines the care provided in care homes to people with dementia … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NEoLCP, Nutrition, Pain, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abbey Pain Scale, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Care Homes, Disability Distress Assessment Tool (DisDAT), End of Life Care, End of Life Care in Care Homes, End of Life Care Research, EOL, Grieving Carer, National End of Life Care Programme, NHS National End Of Life Care Programme, Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD), Pain Management, Pain Relief, Satisfaction with Care at the End-of-Life (SWCEOLD), SCIE Research Briefing 40, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Spirituality, SWC-EOLD: Satisfaction with Care at the End of Life in Dementia Scale | Leave a comment

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