Tag Archives: Community Empowerment

Supporting People to Live Well with Dementia: QS30 (NICE)

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published this quality standard “QS30: Supporting people to live well with dementia”, which covers the care and support of people with dementia. QS30 applies to social care settings and … Continue reading

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Dementia Care Patchy: NICE Unveils Standards for Dementia Care in England (BBC News / NICE)

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has assessed the standard of care provided for people with dementia to be ”patchy”.   NICE has released the new standard for dementia care in England, including ten standards, covering issues such … Continue reading

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Developing Integrated Out-of-Hospital Care (NHS Confederation)

Summary The “Making integrated out-of-hospital care a reality” report, from the NHS Confederation  in collaboration with the RCGP, discusses the principles for integrated care, thinking in particular about the implementation of out-of-hospital care, with the emphasis on connecting primary, community … Continue reading

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Overview of Future Health and Social Care Trends (King’s Fund)

Summary This overview represents the King’s Fund’s summary of the main “trends and drivers” which are likely to shape health and social care services over the next 20 years. It analyses these trends as a contribution to the evidence base … Continue reading

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Stronger Collective Voice for People With Dementia (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

[A version of this item features in Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Volume 3 Issue 4, November 2012]. Summary This report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) summarises a one-year investigation into groups and projects involving … Continue reading

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Citizen-Led Change in Public Services (Groundswell Partnership)

Summary This document describes the process of working together for change. It places an emphasis on coming-up with solutions, robust action plans and the identification and measurement of outcomes. A “step by step” method has been designed for use by … Continue reading

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New Ways of Caring for Elderly People (BBC News)

Summary This BBC News item reports on how communities, neighbourhoods and families have been involved in devising projects aiming to enable pensioners feel more confident that they will be cared for in old age. In York, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity has established Hartrigg Oaks, … Continue reading

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

[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

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People Powered Health: Co-Production Catalogue (NESTA)

Summary This document catalogues examples of collaborative public services in action, looking particularly at those involved in health and social care. NESTA believe that co-production is potentially transformative; because it involves “re-framing the problem and re-establishing relationships to enable more … Continue reading

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