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Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy (Dementia Action Alliance / Wolverhampton City Council / Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust)

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This page on the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA)‘s website clarifies Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy. “The Joint Dementia Strategy developed by Wolverhampton City Council and Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust sets out how the city will meet the objectives identified … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, New Cross Hospital Dementia Outreach Service, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Admissions, Angela Rippon, Association for Dementia Studies, Avoidable Admissions, Care Fit For VIPS, Care Homes, Carers Support Group, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Citizens’ Journey, Clinical Commissioning, CMHTs, Co-Production, Community Gateway, Creating Dementia Friendly Communities Conference (Wolverhampton), Creating Dementia Friendly Communities in Wolverhampton, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Action Network (DAN), Dementia Café Live, Dementia Cafés (Wolverhampton), Dementia Care in Wolverhampton, Dementia Care Matters, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Opera Project, Dementia Outreach Team, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Demographics, Developing Dementia Friendly Wolverhampton, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Gemma Hammond (New Cross Dementia Carers Support Group), Grand Theatre (Wolverhampton), Improving Standards in Care Homes, Joint Dementia Strategy for Wolverhampton, Joint Dementia Strategy Steering Group (Wolverhampton), Julie Willoughby (Consultant Nurse: Dementia Services at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust), Mapping of Universal and Preventative Services, National Dementia Strategy: Wolverhampton’s Forward Plan, Penn Hospital, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Dawn Brooker, Putting People First, Reablement, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Safe Places, Santosh Kumari (Wolverhampton City Council), Santosh Kumari: Joint Commissioning Officer; Wolverhampton, Services in Wolverhampton, Specialist Dementia Nurses, Statistics, Support for Carers, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, University of Worcester, VIPS Framework of Dementia Care, VIPS Standards, West Midlands Dementia Action Alliance, Wolverhampton Carers’ Strategy, Wolverhampton City Council, Wolverhampton City Council: Joint Dementia Strategy Steering Group, Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton Dementia Action Alliance, Wolverhampton Local Authority, Wolverhampton Partnership Executive Board, Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton Science Park, Wolverhampton Social Services, Wolverhampton UK, Wolverhampton: Dementia Friendly City, Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy, Worcester University | Leave a comment

Agenda for Later Life 2013 (Age UK)

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

Summary This Age UK report explores the challenges facing older people today, looking at both the over-65s and people approaching later life. Section headings include: Key indicators for later life. Challenges and opportunities for 2013. Later life with attitude. … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Age Action Alliance, Age and Ageing, Age Discrimination, Age UK’s Agenda for Later Life, Ageing, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, Ageism, Attitudes to Ageing, Avoidable Admissions, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Emergency Readmissions, Finance, Financial Issues, Financial Planning, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Life Expectancy, Home Care, Home Care Support, Human Rights, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Lifestyle, Money Matters, Pensions and Savings, Personal Finances, Poverty, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Quality of Life, Quality of Life Indicators, Quality of Life Research, Travel, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Volunteering, Work and Learning | Leave a comment

Support for Commissioners of Dementia Care (NICE)

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a guide to support commissioners, clinicians and managers in the commissioning of high-quality evidence-based care for people with dementia and their carers. The NICE support for commissioning dementia … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Respite Care and Breaks, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, Assessment and Diagnosis, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carers, Carers’ Breaks, CCG Outcomes Indicator Set, CCG Outcomes Indicator Set (CCGOIS), Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Dementia Care, Commissioning Dignified Care, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Value, Commissioning Multiagency Teams, Commissioning Outcomes Framework, Commissioning Support, Commissioning Task, Commissioning Using a Dementia Network Approach, CQUINs, Crossroads Care Wokingham, Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia Network Approach (Commissioning), Dementia Networks, Dementia Partnerships, Diagnosis and Assessment, Discharge Destination, Early Diagnosis, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, Enhancing Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Epidemiology, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, High Quality Commissioning, Hospital Discharge, Independence, Informed Choice, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Commissioning Support, Integrated Commissioning Teams, Integrated Needs Assessments And Commissioning Plans, Integrated Teams, Interdisciplinary Teams, Length of Stay (LoS), Living Well with Dementia, Local Multiagency Dementia Partnerships, Local Partnerships, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Treatment, Multiagency Dementia Partnerships, Multiagency Teams, Multidisciplinary Specialist Teams, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Dementia CQUIN, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS England's Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Outcomes Indicator Set (formerly the Commissioning Outcomes Framework), NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework 2013/14, NHSOF: NHS Outcomes Framework, NICE Clinical Guideline 42. Dementia: Supporting People With Dementia And Their Carers In Health And Social Care, NICE Quality Standard 1. Dementia, NICE Quality Standard 13. End Of Life Care For Adults, NICE Quality Standard 30. Supporting People to Live Well with Dementia, NICE Support for Commissioning Dementia Care (CMG48), NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance: TA217, NICE–SCIE Guidance on Dementia, Outcome-Based Commissioning, Palliative Care, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Choice, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Respite Care, SLAs: Service Level Agreements, Staying Independent, Support for Commissioning Dementia Care (NICE: CMG48), Supporting Caregivers, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Value in Commissioning | Leave a comment

Interprofessional Working for Community-Dwelling Older People (NIHR SDO)

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

Summary This National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) report relates to research into interprofessional working to support older people living at home with complex illnesses and disabilities. The researchers examined how professionals work together and how they might best work … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Avoidable Admissions, Care Homes, CCGs, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC), Chronic Care, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Community Care, Community Support Team, Emergency Readmissions, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Care Needs of Care Home Residents, Integrated Teams, Inter-Professional Working (IPW), Interdisciplinary Teams, Interprofessional Working, IPW Models (Case Management Collaboration and Integrated Team) Case Management, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multidisciplinary Teams, Multiple Health Issues, Multiple Needs, Multiple-Morbidities, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), NHS Culture, NIHR, NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, Older People, Palliative Care, Partnership and Collaboration, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Residential Care Homes, Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Social Care, Social Care Professionals, Team Working, TOPIC: inTerprofessional Working for Older People In the Community, University of Hertfordshire, Unplanned Hospital Admissions | Leave a comment

Care Management Programs Reduce Hospital Admissions and Readmissions in Chronically Ill and Vulnerable Patients (Commonwealth Fund)

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Three USA-based case studies are used to illustrate the potential of care management programs for reducing preventable hospital admissions and readmissions by improving the coordination of care and patient transitions. Full Text Link Reference McCarthy, D. Cohen, A. and … Continue reading →

Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Admissions, Avoidable Admissions, Bridging Activities, Care Planning, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Choice Health Plans (USA), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Commonwealth Fund, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Support, Discharge Planning, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Innovations in Care Transitions, Managing Transitions, Palliative Care, Personalised Care Planning, Post-Discharge Activities, Post-Discharge Hotlines, Post-Discharge Support, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Risk Stratification, UCSF Medical Center, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Visiting Nurse Service of New York’s (VNSNY), Vulnerable Adults | Leave a comment

Potential of Information Technology for Improving Health and Social Care (Department of Health / Price Waterhouse Coopers)

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This report, released by the Department of Health and researched by Price Waterhouse Coopers, indicates potential benefits for staff and patients which could be achieved by better use of information and digital technology in the NHS and social care. … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Department of Health, Integrated Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adverse Drug Reactions, Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions, Appointment Reminders, Appropriate Patient Placement, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Digital by Default, Digital First (Formerly Digital by Default), Digital Technology, Electronic Care Record (ECR), Electronic Prescription Service, Emergency Readmissions, ePrescribing and EPS, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Information Sharing, Information Technology, Integrated Care Pilots (ICP), Integration, Kaiser NHS Beacon Sites Programme, Kaiser Permanente, North West London Integrated Care Pilot, Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record, Online Secondary Care Pre-Operative Assessments, Paperless Systems, Power of Information, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Price Waterhouse Coopers, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Reducing Clinical Negligence Claims, Remote Secondary Care Follow-Up, Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, Torbay Care Trust, Unplanned Hospital Admissions | Leave a comment

Alternative Pathway Integrating Housing, Care and Support (National Housing Federation)

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

[A version of this item features in Dementia: the Latest Evidence, Volume 3 Issue 6, February 2013]. Summary This National Housing Federation report, intended for the attention of local commissioners of health and social care, illustrates the advantages of integrated … Continue reading →

Posted in ADASS, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accord Housing Association Ltd, ADASS Housing Network, Admissions to Residential Care, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Alliance Homes, Anchor, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avoidable Admissions, BCHA, Bedford Citizens Housing Association, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Brighter Futures, Caldmore Housing, Calico Homes, Cambridgeshire County Council, Care & Repair England, CDS Co-operatives, Circle Anglia, Coast & Country Housing, Dane Group, Dolphin Square Foundation, East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Extra Care Housing, ExtraCare Charitable Trust, Family Mosaic, Gentoo Group, Guinness, HACT, Halton Housing Trust, Hanover, Hanover Housing, Havebury Housing Association, Health and Housing Partnerships, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Select Committee Report on Social Care, Home from Hospital Services, Home Group, Housing 21, Housing 21's Dementia Specialist Community-Based End of Life Nurse, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Providers, Huntingdonshire District Council, IN Business for Neighbourhoods, Integrated Care Pathway, Integration, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Jeremy Porteus, Kingswood NHS Assessment and Treatment Unit, Leicester City Council, Leicester City Council Adult Social Care, Leicester City Council Supporting People, Liverpool PCT, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Look Ahead, Mencap, Metropolitan Borough Council, MHA Care Group, Midland Heart, Moat, Moxley Court, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group, North Somerset Council, One Housing Group, Orbit Group, Osborne Homes, Peabody Housing Trust, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Redcar & Cleveland Council, Retirement Housing, Riverside, Scope, Service Integration, Short-Term Intermediate Housing, Social Housing, Social Housing Providers, Swan, Synergy, Temple Place, Tower Hamlets Community Rehabilitation and Recovery Service, Viridian, Warrington Health Consortium, Westminster Social Services, Willow Housing, Yarrow | Leave a comment

The Value of Liaison Psychiatry Services (HSJ / NHS Confederation)

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Treatment of patients’ psychiatric conditions can help acute care providers improve physical health, achieve earlier hospital discharge and reduce costs. “In 2007, the National Audit Office reported that more than two-thirds of Lincolnshire acute hospital patients with dementia no … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation), National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Avoidable Admissions, Balance of Care Group, Birmingham City Hospital, Central and North West London Foundation Trust, City Hospital (Birmingham UK), Commissioning Liaison Mental Health Services in Acute Hospitals (JCP-MH), Commissioning Liaison Psychiatry, Dementia Liaison Services, Emergency Readmissions, Evidence Base for Liaison Psychiatry, Health Service Journal (HSJ), Hillingdon A&E, Hillingdon Hospital A&E, Identifying Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Psychiatry in the Hospital Setting, Liaison Services, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Liaison Service Pathway, Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Services for Dementia Care in Hospitals, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Services, Mind Report on Crisis Care: Listening to Experience, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS North West London, No Health Without Mental Health, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Psychiatric Liaison Services, RAID, RAID Service in Birmingham, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), West London Mental Health Trust | Leave a comment

Survey Suggests Adult Social Care Worsening Under Cut-Backs (BBC News)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary More than 85% of respondents to a survey by Age UK and the College of Social Work said that care for vulnerable older people has been suffering because of funding cuts. This survey of 200 social workers suggests that the impact … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Survey, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, College of Social Work, Councils, Dignified Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Local Authorities, Local Councils, Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Social Work, Social Workers | Leave a comment

Quality of NHS and Social Care Declining? (BBC News / Care Quality Commission)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The latest report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has suggested that the quality of services provided to people across the health and care sectors in England may be beginning to suffer. The report presents a summary of over 13,000 inspections … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Aaron Park Mews, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Ageing, Ageism, Airedale General Hospital, Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Programme, BBC Health News, BMI Healthcare, Butterfly Scheme, Care Home Inspections, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Sheffield, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Communication, Community Care, CQC's 16 Essential Standards, Cross-Organisation Learning, Dehydration, Delayed Transfers of Care, Dental Healthcare, Dignity, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Reports, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Dementia, Direct Payment, Direct Payments, Discharge Planning, Domiciliary Care, EHRC, Elder Abuse, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Engagement, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care, Health Care Provision, Health Foundation's MAGIC Programme, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Inspections, Human Rights, Hydration, Improving Care in General Hospital Settings, Independent Community Health Care, Independent Health Care, Independent Hospital-Based Services, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lorna House, MAGIC (Making Good Decisions in Collaboration) Programme, MAGIC Programme, Medicine Record-Keeping, Merevale House, NHS Bed Numbers in England, NHS Community Health Care, NHS Complaints Process, NHS Hospital Activity, NHS Hospital-Based Services, Nuffield Health Shrewsbury Hospital, Nursing Homes, Nutrition and Hydration, Patient Complaints, Patient Discharge, Patient Involvement, Patient Referred to as a Task or as a Number, Personal Health Budgets, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Dental Care, Primary Medical Services, Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Record-Keeping, Residential Care Homes, Safeguarding, Seeing the Task, Self-Funding, Service User Involvement, Social Care, Social Care Workforce, South Tyneside District Hospital, Staff Motivation, Staff Shortages, Staff Training, Staffing (Care Homes), Staffing (Hospitals), Staffing Levels, Task-Centred Care, User Complaints, User Involvement, Whistleblowing, Whiston Hospital, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Planning and Development | Leave a comment

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