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Category Archives: End of Life Care
Transforming Health and Social Care for People with Dementia (Department of Health, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary Health and care organisations are working on improvements to dementia services as defined in the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge. The … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Carers UK, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged ADASS, CCQ, Dementia Champions Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Health and Care Group, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, English Community Care Association, Essex County Council, Health and Social Care Integration, Hertfordshire County Council, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing for Older People, Integrated Care, Integration, Memory Services, NHS Institute, NHS South West, NICE, Nursing and Care Quality Forum, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Foundation Trust, Sarah Pickup (ADASS), SE Dementia Group, Service Integration, Sir Ian Carruthers (NHS South West), Sussex Partnership, UK Home Care Association
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QIPP End of life Care Event Report: Great Practice Showcase in Birmingham (NHS National End Of Life Care Programme)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary The “Midlands and East QIPP End of Life Care Great Practice Showcase” event was held in February 2012. It brought … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged AMBER Care Bundle, Birmingham, Deaths in Uusual Place of Residence (DiUPR), E-learning for Care Homes, ELCQuA, End of Life Care Quality Assessment tool (ELCQuA), Find Your 1% Campaign, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Great Practice Showcase, Healthcare at Home, John Taylor Hospice, Key Performance Indicators (KPI): End of Life Care, Mylearningspace, NEoLCP: National End of Life Care Programme, NHS Local, NHS Local Platform Elearning, NHS National End Of Life Care Programme, QIPP End of life Care Event, Supporting KPI Dashboard, Time to Talk Project, Toughpads for Hospice Staff
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Dementia Voice Nurse Service Pilot (Housing 21 – Dementia Voice)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary Housing 21 – Dementia Voice received funding from the King’s Fund for a two-year pilot project employing a dementia specialist … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, NHS, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Community-Based End of Life Nurse, Dementia Specialist End of Life Nurse, Dementia Voice Nurse (DVN) Service, Dementia Voice Nurse Service Pilot, DVN: Dementia Voice Nurse Service, End of Life Nursing (Community-Based), Hospital Discharge, Housing 21, Housing 21 - Dementia Voice, Housing 21's Dementia Specialist Community-Based End of Life Nurse, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Westminster: Dementia Voice Nurse (DVN)
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Critical Success Factors for High Quality End of Life Care (National End of Life Care Programme)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary This report from the National End of Life Care Programme identifies the critical success factors and good practice involved improving … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), National, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), After Death Analysis (ADA), Blackpool Care Home Facilitation Model, CHC EoLC, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Indicators, Community SPC Team, CQUIN Frameworks, CQUINs, Critical Success Factors, Croydon’s End of Life Care Training Approach, East Sussex Nursing & Care Homes Support Project (QIPP), End of Life Care, End of Life Care Policy Team, EoLC QIPP, EoLC Resource Pack, EoLCP: End of Life Care, Fast Track Pathway, Fast Track Pathway (CHC), Gold Standards Framework (GSF), GP Facilitators, Home is where the heart is, Hospice at Home Service, In reach CHC Nurse Assessor, Innovation, JIC Boxes, Lancashire & Cumbria End of Life Network, LCP and GSF Facilitators, LES in Care Homes, Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Local Enhancement Schemes (LES), Macmillan Palliative Care Discharge Facilitator Team, National 2010/11 CQUINs, National End of Life Care Programme, NHS CHC Pathway, North West End of Life Care Model, Pathways: GSF LCP and PPC, Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC), Productivity and Prevention) End of Life Care, QIPP (Quality, QIPP East Sussex Nursing & Care Homes Support Project, RISE, St Christopher’s Hospice, St Cuthbert’s, Trinity Hospice Resource Pack
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