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Making Homes Dementia-Friendly: Short Video (BBC News)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary This BBC News online video presents the results of research by the University of Stirling into how simple - and relatively inexpensive - design … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, 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, Online Virtual Care Home, Professor June Andrews (University of Stirling), Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Virtual Care Home, Supportive Design for People with Dementia, University of Stirling, Virtual Care Home (Dementia-Friendly Design Principles)
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CCQ Watchdog Declares Care Improved at New Cross Hospital (Express and Star)
Summary A report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) shows the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust is now meeting all of its targets for the care and welfare of patients, meeting nutritional needs, co-operating with other providers, assessing and monitoring the quality … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, CQC: Care Quality Commission, In the News, Local Interest, Patient Information, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust, Standards, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Care Quality Commission, CCQ, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Express and Star
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Protecting People with Dementia from Financial Abuse (Alzheimer’s Society)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 6, January 2012]. Summary This Alzheimer’s Society report reveals that 15% of people living with dementia – an estimated 112,500 people – have … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse (by Family and Friends), Abuse (Care Workers and Care Homes), Abuse (Threats to Withdraw Care and Support), Adult Safeguarding Co-ordinators, Banking Systems, Cold Calling, Direct Payments, Doorstep Cold Calling, Elder Abuse, Financial Abuse, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Mental Capacity Act, Mis-Selling, Money Management, Nuisance Telephone Cold Calling, Personal Budgets, Postal Scams and Competitions, Rogue Traders, Scam Mail, Stranger Abuse, Substitute Decision-Making Requirements
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Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) Families and Personalisation (Carers UK)
Summary BAME carers have specific cultural needs and often struggle to secure tailored support from traditional services. Personalisation should offer the ideal opportunity for BAME families in this regard, in that the recipients of personal budgets may exercise choice and … Continue reading
Posted in Carers UK, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Information, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2008), Afiya Trust, BAME Carers, Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), Direct Payment, Half a Million Voices: Improving Support for BAME Carers (Carers UK), Individual Budgets, National Black Carers and Carers Workers Network, Personal Budgets, Personalisation, Personalisation of Social Care, Personalisation: Rough Guide (SCIE, Resource Allocation Scheme (RAS), Self-Directed Services
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RCN Resource Page on Dementia and Diversity
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 4, November 2011]. Abstract This web page is another section of the online resources developed to support the RCN Dementia Project. It provides links … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Bibliography, Bisexual, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), BME People with Dementia, Gay, Lesbian, Lesbian Gay Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT), LGBT, Meri Yaadain Website, Patient Information in Different Languages, RCN Dementia Project, Royal College of Nursing, South Asian Communities (in Bradford), South Asian Community
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The NHS is Failing to Care for Elderly Patients: Care Quality Commission (BBC News)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 4, November 2011]. Summary The Care Quality Commission’s Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme continues to investigate whether nutrition and dignity standards are being adhered … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Information, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Care Quality Commission, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Reports
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The New Cross Hospital Dementia Outreach Service (Wolverhampton, UK)
Abstract Julie Willoughby, Consultant Nurse for Dementia Services at New Cross Hospital introduces RWHT’s Dementia Outreach Service and the new Dementia Action Network (DAN). Full Text Link Reference Willoughby, J. (2011). Introducing the New Cross Hospital Dementia Outreach Service. Wolverhampton … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, New Cross Dementia Project, Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust, RWHT Authorial Affiliation, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Dementia Action Network (DAN), New Cross Hospital Dementia Outreach Service, Outreach Dementia Service
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Always On Call, Always Concerned: A Survey of Older Carers (The Princess Royal Trust for Carers)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 6, January 2012]. Summary Of the six million carers in the UK, many are themselves over the retirement age. Carers aged over 60 should … Continue reading
Dementia Choices: Promoting Self-Directed Support for People with Dementia
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 4, November 2011]. Summary This briefing introduces to the Mental Health Foundation’s Dementia Choices project. It explains the basic concepts behind personalisation and dementia … Continue reading
Mental Capacity and Healthcare (Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, POSTnote no.381)
Summary This brief document outlines the purpose and uses of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) (2005) as it applies to adults suffering from dementia and those with learning disabilities, brain injuries or mental illness. When adults have an impaired ability … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Information, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Anticipatory Decision-Making, Best Interests, Community Treatment Orders (CTOs), Decision-Making Capacity, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act 2007, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology
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