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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, Proposed for Next Newsletter, 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

Government Launches Care Comparison Website (Department of Health / NHS Choices)

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Information is available to help people search, choose, compare and comment on residential care homes and home care services. This free service is available via NHS Choices. The intention is to make it possible for citizens to arrive at … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS Choices, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Care and Support White Paper 2012, Care Comparison Website, Care Home Costs, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Market, Care Homes, Care Profiles on Care Services, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Choosing a Care Home, Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers, Costing, Experiences, Home Care, Home Care Inspection Programme (CQC), Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Standards, Home Carers, Money Advice Service, Official UK Care Comparison Website (Department of Health / NHS Choices), Ofsted-Style Ratings for Care Homes, Patient Experience, Residential Care Homes, Star Ratings for Care Services, UK Care Comparison Website (NHS Choices), User Experience | Leave a comment

Five Hours a Day: Systemic Innovation for an Ageing Population (NESTA)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This report explores the impact of ageing on society and what this might mean in terms of innovation. Nesta proposes taking a systematic look at how people live in the context of changing demographics, looking especially at issues which … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, National, Patient Care Pathway, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Involvement Groups, Adult Social Care Funding, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageism, Aging, Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI), Care at Home, Care Funding, Care Integration, Care4Care, Cultural Innovation:, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Diffusion of Innovation, Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Ageing, Economic Modelling, Economic Questions, Economic Sustainability, Encore Careers: USA, Fairer Care Funding, Five Hours a Day, Funding of Care and Support, Funding Reform, Future Funding Models, Future Health, Future Healthcare, Future Long-Term Care Costs, Future Social Care, Future Trends, Future Trends Analysis, General Housing, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Costs, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health Care Reform, Health Economics, Health Reform, Healthy Life Expectancy, Home Care, Housing, Housing for Older People, Housing Policy, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Innovation, Innovation for an Ageing Population, Innovation Infrastructure, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrating Outcomes, Integration, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Intergenerational Relations, Lack of Preparedness for Ageing, Life Expectancy, Living at Home, Living Room, Market Innovation, Meals with Mates: Australia, Men in Sheds, Men in Sheds: Australia, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), NESTA, NHS Reform, Non-Involvement, People Powered Health (NESTA), People Powered Health Programme, Personal Finances, Planning for Life, Policy Innovation, Political Innovation, Product and Service Innovation, Public Health Reform, Public Service Reform, Purposeful Work, Reform, Retirement Housing, Shared Lives Plus: UK, Social Care Funding, Social Care Reform, Social Demographics, Social Economics, Social Housing, Social Policy and Society, Social Prescribing: UK, Staying at Home, Staying Independent, Sustainable Funding, Systematic Experimentation, The Amazings: UK, The Current NHS Model is Outdated, The Experience Corps: USA, Tyze Personal Networks: Canada and UK, Whole Systems Redesign, Working for Longer | Leave a comment

Ready for Ageing? (House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change)

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

Summary A recent report from the Select Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change warns that Government and society at large are unprepared for ageing. A broad range of policy areas are addressed, with comprehensive analyses of the potential impact … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageism, Aging, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Care at Home, Care Funding, Care Integration, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Dying at Home, Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Ageing, Economic Modelling, Economic Questions, Economic Sustainability, Extra Care Housing, Fairer Care Funding, Funding of Care and Support, Funding Reform, Future Funding Models, Future Health, Future Healthcare, Future Long-Term Care Costs, Future Social Care, Future Trends, Future Trends Analysis, General Housing, Good Practice Standards, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Costs, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health Care Reform, Health Economics, Health Reform, Healthcare at Home, Healthy Life Expectancy, Home Care, House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change, Housing for Older People, Housing Policy, Housing Providers, Housing21, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrating Outcomes, Integration, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Intergenerational Cohesion, Intergenerational Fairness, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Relations, Intergenerational Solidarity, International Longevity Centre, Lack of Preparedness for Ageing, Life Expectancy, Living at Home, NHS Reform, Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics’ (ONS), ONS, Pensions and Savings, Personal Finances, Public Health Funding, Public Health Reform, Public Service Reform, Reform, Retirement Housing, Social Care Funding, Social Care Reform, Social Demographics, Social Economics, Social Housing, Social Policy and Society, Staying at Home, Staying Independent, Sustainable Funding, The Current NHS Model is Outdated, Unpreparedness for Ageing, Working for Longer | Leave a comment

Health and Care System Struggling Over Dementia (BBC News / CQC’s Care Update 2013)

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

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has concluded that the health and social care system in England is struggling to cater for the needs of people with dementia. It has found that both hospitals and care homes have been failing … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Burden of Dementia, Care Home Inspections, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Transitions, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), CQC Review of Home Care Services 2013, CQC's Care Update 2013, CQUIN Dementia Goal, Dehydration, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Champions, Dementia Identification, Dementia Thematic Review, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Services, Health Episode Statistics, Home Care, Home Care Services: CQC Survey, Hospital Inspections, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Impact of Dementia on Care Services, Impact of Dementia on Hospital Mortality, Impact of Dementia on Hospital Readmission, Impact of Dementia on Length of Stay, Impact of Dementia on Patients in Hospital, Independent Healthcare, Integration of Health and Social Care, Length of Stay (LoS), Managing Transitions, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mortality Rates, NHS Workforce, Place of Death, Pressure Sores, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Residential Care Homes, Social Care, Social Care Reform, Social Care Workforce, Staff Awareness, State of Care 2011/12 Report, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Unrecorded Cases of Dementia, Urinary Infections, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Putting Care Right Campaign (Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The Alzheimer’s Society‘s “Putting care right” campaign aims to improve the quality of care for people with dementia in a variety of settings. This campaign hopes to improve the quality of life for people with dementia by ensuring they can … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Domiciliary Care, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Home Care, Nursing and Residential Homes, Putting Care Right Campaign, Residential and Nursing Care, Residential Care Homes | Leave a comment

Elderly Suffer from Poor Home Care (BBC News / CQC)

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

Summary The Care Quality Commission found evidence of rushed appointments and poor care assessments in its review of 250 home care services. A quarter of home-care services provided to the elderly in England appear to be failing to meet the necessary quality and … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Survey, BBC Health News, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Community Care Assessments, CQC Review of Home Care Services 2013, Domiciliary Care, Home Care, Home Care Inspection Programme (CQC), Home Care Services: CQC Survey, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Help Services, Social Care Assessments | Leave a comment

Effective Commissioning of Domiciliary Care (LGiU)

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)’s report on home care, entitled “Outcomes matter: effective commissioning in domiciliary care”, summarises results from a recent survey of social care departments and addresses widely held concerns about the “time-task” culture of service … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Discharge Planning, Domiciliary Care, Empowerment, Engagement, Essex County Council, Health and Social Care Integration, Help to Live at Home, Hertfordshire County Council, Hertfordshire County Council’s e-marketplace, Home Care, Home Care Standards, Homecare Reablement, Hospital Discharge, Housing Health and Social Care (Three Pillars of Independent Living), Independent Living, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, LGiU, Local Government Information Unit (LGiU), London Borough of Sutton, Mears (Home Care Provider), Outcome-Based Commissioning, Outcomes, Outcomes and Monitoring, Outcomes in the Public Sector, Payment by Results (PbR), Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Preventative Care, Public Health and Adult Social Care Outcomes Frameworks 2012/13, Public Sector Outcomes, Reablement, Service Integration, Social Care, Three Pillars of Independent Living: Housing Health and Social Care, Time-Task Culture, Umbrella Agreements, Wiltshire County Council: Help to Live at Home Scheme, Wirral Rapid Access Contract | Leave a comment

Impact of Medication Use and Dementia on Fall Risk in Home Health Care (Home Health Care Management and Practice)

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The authors of this article investigated the relationships between medication, dementia and falls in community-dwelling elders receiving home health care services. This population had high rates of psychotropic drug use (61%), dementia (38%) and falls (37%). No significant relationships … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, Falls, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health Foundation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged antips, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Falls, Home Care, Home Health Care Management and Practice, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Psychotropic Medication | Leave a comment

Template Action Plan to Improve Care for People with Dementia in the Community (Department of Health)

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This template action plan was released as part of the Dementia Commissioning Pack in mid-2011, but was not catalogued as a separate document in sufficient detail at the time. The action plan can be used by local authorities and commissioning consortia working together … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Management of Condition, National, Personalisation, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Assistive Technology, Awareness, Awareness Raising, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care Homes, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Framework, Community Care, Day Services, Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Extra Care Housing, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Care, Housing Adaptations, Leadership, Local Authorities, Peer Support, Peer Support Services, Personal Budgets, Reablement, Respite Care, Short Breaks, Social Care, Social Housing, Staff Awareness, Sustainability, Training, Training Needs Analysis, Workforce Development, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

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