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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Making Personal Budgets Work for People with Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 5, December 2011]. Summary This report recommends that the personal budget system be adapted to meet the needs of people with dementia. Currently more … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Dementia Care, Direct Payment, Personal Budgets, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Self-Directed Support, Social Care
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Scheme to Support Healthcare Assistants Announced (Department of Health)
Summary A scheme to support the training standards of healthcare assistants was unveiled by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on November 15th 2011. Speaking at the NHS Employers conference in Liverpool, Andrew Lansley described plans to develop a code of conduct and minimum training … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers, Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, Healthcare Assistants, Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Health, Voluntary Register(s) for Healthcare Support Workers
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A Fair Deal: Local Authority Fees for Care of Vulnerable Older People (Bupa)
Summary This report shows how care home fees paid by councils have fallen by 3.9% (in real terms) over the past two years, whilst care homes have been exposed to disproportionate increases in their main costs. It provides reasoned evidence to … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Bupa, Care Home, Care Home Costs, Cost Structure for Residential Care Homes, Laing & Buisson / Joseph Rowntree Model, Local Authority Fees, Residential Care Homes: Cost Structure
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Economic Evaluation of a Liaison Psychiatry Service
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 5, December 2011]. Summary This report offers an independent economic evaluation of the Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID) psychiatric liaison service operating at … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Delirium, For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation), National, National Audit Office, NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Birmingham City Hospital, Centre for Mental Health, City Hospital (Birmingham UK), Hospital Discharge, Liaison Psychiatry Services, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Services for Dementia Care in Hospitals, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychiatric Liaison Team, RAID, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID)
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Cholesterol Levels and Use of Statins: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 5, December 2011]. Summary A two-part systematic review looks into the evidence for high cholesterol levels having an influence on the development of Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), International, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Cholesterol (HDL), Cholesterol Levels, Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Epidemiology, High-Density Lipoproteins, Statins, Use of Statins
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