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Government’s Care Bill 2013-14 (HM Government / Department of Health)

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

Summary The Care Bill aims to modernise the law and put people’s wellbeing at the heart of the care and support system. The first reading of this bill took place in the House of Lords on May 9th 2013. There are three … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care: Market Oversight, Assessing and Meeting Needs and Payments, Assessments, Asset Protection, Capacity and Capability, Capping Care Costs, Care Account, Care and Support Bill, Care and Support White Paper, Care and Support White Paper 2012, Care Bill 2013-14, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Funding, Care Integration, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carers, Caring for Our Future, Caring for Our Future: Progress Report on Funding Reform, Caring for Our Future: Reforming Care and Support, Clause 57: the Duty to Promote Research, Coalition Government, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Commission on Funding of Care and Support, Commissioning Education and Training, Commissioning Research, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Continuing Care, Cooperation, Decision-Making Capacity, Deferred Payments, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Direct Payment, Direct Payments, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Draft Care and Support Bill, Education and Training, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Extra Care Housing, Fairer Care Funding, Family Carers, Financial Services Products, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Funding Reform, Future Funding Models, Gaming the System, Health and Housing Partnerships, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Care Reform, Health Education England, Health Research Authority, HEE: Health Education England, Hospital Discharge, House of Commons Joint Committee on the Draft Care and Support Bill, Housing, Housing and Health Partnerships, Housing for Older People, Housing Policy, Housing Services for People With Dementia, HRA: Health Research Authority, Human Rights Act (UK Parliament 1998), Immigration Control, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Living Fund, Independent Personal Budget, Information and Advice, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrating Health and Social Care Personal Budgets, Integration, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Education and Training Boards, Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs), Market Oversight, Market Oversight in Adult Social Care, Means Test, Mental Capacity, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Needs Analysis, Needs Assessments, Needs of Carers, NHS Continuing Care, Parliament, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Well-Being, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Public Bodies Act 2011, Public Health Funding, Public Service Reform, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Reduced Gaming of the System, Reform, Reforming Social Care, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Retirement Housing, SAB: Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs), Service Integration, Social Care, Social Care Funding, Social Care Reform, Social Housing, Social Well-Being, Support for Carers, UK Parliament, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Well-Being, Young Carers | Leave a comment

National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care (Department of Health)

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

Summary Department of Health guidance on the principles and processes of the national framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS funded nursing care has been updated to reflect the new NHS created by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, … Continue reading →

Ethics Tool Kit (BMA)

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

Summary The British Medical Association (BMA) has produced a tool kit of information summary “cards” which introduce the core issues concerning common ethical problems and provide practical approaches to those problems / issues. “The tool kit is structured around a number … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), National, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Autonomy and Choice, Best Interests Test, BMA Guidance, British Medical Association (BMA), Capacity and Capability, Communication, Confidentiality, Consent, Cultural Relativism, Decision-Making Capacity, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, Ethics Tool Kit (BMA), General Medical Council, Medical Electives, Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Moral Relativism, People With Dementia Who Lack Capacity, Self-Determination, Social Media | Leave a comment

Safeguarding Vulnerable People in the Reformed NHS (NHS Commissioning Board)

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This NHS Commissioning Board document replaces earlier guidance issued in September 2012. It explains how safeguarding will work in the NHS from April 2013. Full Text Link Reference NHS Commissioning Board (2013). Safeguarding vulnerable people in the reformed NHS: accountability … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Accountability and Assurance, Adults at Risk of Harm, Capacity and Capability, Care Quality Commission, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Lead for Safeguarding, Commissioning Support, Decision-Making Capacity, GPs, Health Care Reform, Health Education England (HEE), Leadership, Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Named GPs, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Reform, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHSCB, Patient-Centred Care, Protecting a Person Without Consent (with Compulsion), Protection, Public Health England (PHE), QSGs: Quality Surveillance Groups, Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs), Reform, Reformed Commissioning System, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs), Safeguarding Boards, Safeguarding Clinical Leadership and Support, Safeguarding in the NHS, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Vulnerable Adults | Leave a comment

Independent Mental Capacity Service: Annual Report (Department of Health)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The Mental Capacity Act 2005 created the Independent Mental Capacity Service to empower and safeguard people who do not have the capacity to make decisions. This Act also introduced the legal duty for NHS bodies and local authorities to … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK | Tagged Accommodation, Adult Social Care, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Advocacy Networks, Care Reviews, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Court of Protection, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), IMCA Reports, IMCAs and Safeguarding, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Capacity Service, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Advocacy, Safeguarding, Serious Medical Treatment (SMT), Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Care | Leave a comment

Prevalence of Dementia in Care Home Residents (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary A survey by the Alzheimer’s Society has discovered that more than 320,000 of the 400,000 people living in the 20,000 care homes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have dementia or severe memory problems. This estimate is almost 30% higher than … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abuse and Infringement of Mental Capacity Legislation, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care: Projections, Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Alzheimer’s Society’s Your handy Guide to Selecting a Care Home, Care Home Comparison Web Sites, Care Home Culture, Care Home Market, Care Homes, Care Homes Public Policy, Care Homes Wellbeing, Choice, Community, Dementia Care in Care Homes, DEMFAM and DEMSTAF, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Demography, Dignity in Care Champions, Home from Home, Human Rights in Care Homes, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, London Borough of Merton, Low Expectations Report, Market Oversight (Care Homes), MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Legislation, PEARL (Positively Enriching And Enhancing Residents’ Lives) Project, Prevalence of Dementia, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Regulation, Residential Care Homes, Social Demographics, Volunteers, Worcestershire Care Home Programme, Worcestershire Dementia Care Training and Development Programme | Leave a comment

Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Harm: a Legal Guide for Practitioners (SCIE)

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 8, March 2012]. Summary The Department of Health commissioned this document in 2009, which is up-to-date to December 2010. This guide is a response … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Nutrition, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Justice, Adults at Risk of Harm, Autonomy and Choice, Care Quality Commission, Choice, Civil Legal Remedies: Judicial Review and Torts, Coercion, Community Care, Community Care Assessments, Criminal Justice, Crown Prosecution Service, Crown Prosecution Service: Complaints, Deprivation of Liberty, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Disclosing Information and Consent, False Imprisonment, Health and Safety Executive, Housing Providers: Complaints, Human Rights, Human Rights in Care Homes, Infection, Infection Control, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Justice and Empowerment, Legal Framework, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act 2007, National Patient Safety Agency, Negligence: Duty of Care, No Secrets Guidance, Nutrition and Hydration, Police: Complaints, Professional Conduct, Professional Lapses or Misjudgements, Proportionality in Safeguarding, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Protecting a Person Without Consent (with Compulsion), Protection, Psychological Abuse, Respect for Person’s Home Private and Family Life, Right to Life, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding in the NHS, Self-Neglect, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Stranger Abuse, The Bournewood Case, Trespass, Undue Influence, Unsafe Care, Vulnerable Adults, Whistleblowing | Leave a comment

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