Category Archives: Community Care

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Care Quality Commission to Monitor Deaths in Elderly Care Homes (BBC News)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Death rates in elderly nursing and care homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission in renewed plans to eliminate poor care. The regulator is piloting a system whereby higher than expected numbers of deaths can trigger an … Continue reading →

Emergency Services and Emergency Care: NHS Needs to Simplify Urgent Care (BBC News)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary A review of emergency services and emergency care, led by NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, has recommended that the NHS in England needs a simpler and more coordinated system of round-the-clock urgent and emergency care. The review has identified that many patients … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Evidence Base from the Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Hospital Emergency Departments, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Direct and NHS 111, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks, Urgent and Emergency Care Review: Evidence Base Engagement Document, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Whole System Integration, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole Systems Redesign | Leave a comment

Elderly Domiciliary Care Firm Suspended (BBC News)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Mosaic Community Care, the firm at the centre of a BBC News scandal about the poor care of an elderly woman in her own home, has been suspended the UK Homecare Association. The UKHCA is investigating Mosaic Community Care and will not recommend Mosaic … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Domiciliary Care, Home Care, Home Care Standards, Mosaic Community Care, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association, UKHCA: UK Homecare Association | Leave a comment

Commissioning Excellence: Commissioning Support Services (NHS England)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The NHS England strategy for ensuring CCGs receive suitable commissioning support services is outlined in this document. CCGs should be enabled to exercise informed choice about how they obtain commissioning support and from whom. An effective market of viable … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, Universal Interest | Tagged Accredited Safe Haven (ASH), Accredited Safe Havens, ACEVO (the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations), Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Business Intelligence, Business Support / Back Office, Caldicott Review, CCG Development Framework, CCG Engagement, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Combined Predictive Model, Commissioning Excellence, Commissioning Support Providers, Commissioning Support Services, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Common Law Duty of Confidence, Communication, Continuity and Consistency, Continuity of Care, Continuity of Supply, Contract Management, Contracts, Creating a Market, CSU Assurance, CSU Business Review and Assurance Process, CSU Development, Decision Support Tools, Developing Informed Customers, Economies of Scale, Francis Inquiry Report, GP Extraction Service (GPES), Health Needs Assessment, Health Needs Assessment (including JSNA), ICO Anonymisation Code of Practice, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Sector Data Services Providers (IDSPs), Information Governance, Informed Customers, Integration, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Level Playing Fields (Markets), Local Authority Commissioners and Providers, Market Information, Market Management, Market Mechanisms, NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), PARR-30, Patient and Public Engagement (PPE), Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), Patients at Risk of Re-hospitalisation (PARR), PPE: Patient and Public Engagement, Predictive Models, Predictive Risk Models, Preventive Support: Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Procurement, Provider Management, Pseudonymised Data, QIPP, Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Risk Management, Risk Models, Risk Prediction Tools, Risk Profiling Tools, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Safeguarding, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), Service Continuity, Service Quality and Standards, Service Redesign, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), SMEs, Triple Fail Event, Value for Money, Voluntary and SME Sectors, Voluntary Organisations, Weakly Pseudonymised Data, Wilson and Jungner Criteria, Winterbourne View Review Concordat | Leave a comment

Engaging with BME Communities (NHS Confederation / BME Leadership Forum)

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The principles of the NHS entail promoting equality and diversity as central to the delivery of high quality services. This report from the NHS Confederation’s BME Leadership Forum presents examples of service providers and commissioners which have developed innovative … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK | Tagged Access for All, African Women Days, BAME Experiences, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Leadership Forum, Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, BME Leadership Forum, BME Older Person’s Carers Network, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Community Engagement, Cultural Leadership, Culture, Dementia Champions, Diversity, Empowerment, Engagement, Engaging BME Communities, Equality, Grassroots Working, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Leadership, Liverpool, Liverpool Primary Care Trust, Marmot Review, Mary Seacole Awards, NHS Confederation's BME Leadership Forum, NHS Culture, NHS Devon and South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Employers' Equality and Diversity Strategic Forum, NHS Merseyside, Patient and Public Engagement (PPE), PPE: Patient and Public Engagement, Project SEARCH (Diversity), Restraint for Psychiatric Patients (RESPECT), Seldom Heard Groups, Services and Support for BAME Communities, Sheffield, Sheffield African Caribbean Mental Health Association (SACMHA), Sheffield Care Trust, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (SHSCT), South Devon, Strategy for Crisis Intervention and Prevention (SCIP), Sub-Cultures, Torbay, Yemeni Health Days | Leave a comment

Stroke Rehabilitation: Long-Term Rehabilitation After Stroke (NICE CG162)

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

Summary Approximately 110,000 people in England, 11,000 people in Wales and 4,000 people in Northern Ireland have a stroke each year. Although most people survive their first stroke there are usually lasting effects. Over 900,000 people in England live with … Continue reading →

Posted in National, NICE Guidelines, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Universal Interest, Standards, Acute Hospitals, Community Care, UK, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Patient Care Pathway, Guidelines, For Social Workers (mostly), Quick Insights, Practical Advice, Person-Centred Care, Stroke, Integrated Care | Tagged Multidisciplinary Teams, Community Support Services, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Reablement, Reablement Services, Dysphagia, NICE Pathways, Poststroke Care, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Psychological Care After Stroke, Stroke Rehabilitation, Psychological Interventions After Stroke, Commissioning Stroke Services, Apraxia, Stroke Units, Community Stroke Care, Aphasia, Interdisciplinary Services (Stroke Units), Community Rehabilitation, Early Supported Discharge Teams, Community Rehabilitation Teams, ESD: Early Supported Discharge, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teams in Rehabilitation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Community Support, Emotional Impact of Stroke, Prevalence of Stroke, Neglect, Dyspraxia, Stroke Patients and Carers, Stroke Care, Long-Term Rehabilitation After Stroke: NICE CG162, NICE Clinical Guideline CG162, Stroke Rehabilitation Standards, Continuing Impairment (After Stroke), Activity Limitation (After Stroke), Participation Restriction (After Stroke), Dysarthria (Difficulty Articulating Words), Hemianopia (Blindness in Half of the Visual Field), Orthosis, Swallowing, Long-Term Health and Social Support, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Regulations, Setting Goals for Rehabilitation, Screening and Assessment (Stroke), Upper Limb Electrical Stimulation, Intensive Rehabilitation After Stroke, Shoulder Pain | Leave a comment

Falls Assessment and Prevention in Older People: CG161 (NICE)

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline covers the assessment and prevention of falls in older people. This guideline updates and replaces the earlier guidance on “Falls (NICE Clinical Guideline 21)” and includes information on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Guidelines, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Cognitive Impairment, Extended Care, Fall and Fracture Prevention, Falls, Falls and Fractures, Falls Assessment, Falls Awareness Week, Falls in Older People, Falls Prevention Programmes, Falls Reduction, Hip Protectors, Home Hazard Assessment and Interventions, Hospital Falls Prevention, Information and Advice, Integrated Falls Prevention Services, Interventions to Reduce Falls in Acute Care Hospitals, Multifactorial Assessment (Falls), Multifactorial Interventions (Falls), National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE, NICE Guidance, NICE Pathways, Osteoporosis, Prevention of Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Living in Residential Care (PROF-COG), Psychotropic Medication, Secondary Prevention of Falls, Sensory Loss, Strength and Balance Training, Syncope Syndrome, Vision Assessment and Referral, Vision Care, Visual Impairment | Leave a comment

Patients at the Heart of Care (NHS Confederation / NHSPN)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This briefing from the NHS Confederation’s NHS Partners Network (NHSPN) offers insights and experiences from some independent sector organisations concerning the packages of care provided to meet the changing needs and demands of patients. The independent sector and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adelaide Medical Centre (Newcastle), Assessing Providers’ Effectiveness, Assessing Quality, Autonomy and Choice, Barchester’s Queens Court Care Home, Care and Compassion, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Choice, Compassionate Care, Customer Focus, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Hospital Guide, Empowerment, Five Ways From Good to Outstanding, From Good to Outstanding: Five Ways, Human Touch, Independent Community Health Care, Independent Healthcare, Independent Providers, Independent Sector, Independent Sector Regulation, Local Empowerment, Local Partnerships, Misperceptions, NHS Partners Network (NHSPN), Organisational Culture and Climate, Partners in Care, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Care, Patient Choice, Patient Dissatisfaction, Patient Power, Patient Satisfaction, Patient Stories, Positive Culture, Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality Patient Care, Small Actions, Transforming Patient Experience, User Satisfaction (Adult Social Care in England), Welcoming Ethos, Whole Person Medicine | Leave a comment

Emergency Services and Emergency Care (Carers UK / King’s Fund / FTN)

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This briefing presents the response of Carers UK to the inquiry into emergency care. It asserts that family carers play an important daily role in the prevention of critical healthcare needs and thereby in preventing the avoidable hospital admissions … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing Population, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Care Integration, Caregiving (Carers), Carers, Community Support, Delayed Transfers of Care, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Empowerment, Engagement, Family Carers, Foundation Trust Network, Health Care Reform, Health Select Committee, Health Select Committee Inquiry, Home and Community Care Services, Hospital Emergency Departments, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Length of Stay (LoS), Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multi-Agency Integration, National Health Service, Needs of Carers, Nicholson Challenge, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Problem Prevention, Reablement, Reablement Services, Rehabilitation, Residential Care Homes, Social Care, Support for Carers, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Whole System Integration, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole Systems Redesign | Leave a comment

Regional Variations in Premature Death (BBC News / Public Health England)

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Public Health England has published the Longer Lives website which ranks local authorities in league tables, using a colour-coded traffic-light system, to highlight regional variations in premature death. Red indicates the worst regions, while green indicates the best areas, when comparing the numbers of people under … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, NHS Choices, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Alcohol Consumption, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Birmingham, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Coventry, Diet, Dietary Choices, Epidemiology, Heart Attack or Stroke, Liver Disease, Local Authorities (LAs), Longer Lives (PHE), Lung Disease, Moderate Drinking, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Obesity, Obesity Time-Bomb, PHE: Public Health England, Premature Mortality, Prevalence of Cerebrovascular Disease, Prevalence of Stroke, Preventable Mortality, Public Health, Public Health and Health Improvement, Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England's Longer Lives Website, Public Health in England, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Health Reform, Public Health Services, Red Amber Green: RAG Coding, Risk Factors, Sandwell, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Socioeconomic Deprivation, Walsall | Leave a comment

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