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Monthly Archives: June 2012
The Health and Social Care Act 2012: Get in on the Act (Local Government Association)
Summary This narrative review from the Local Government Association offers a quick guide to recent legislation, summarising the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the provisions which are of relevance to local government. This review goes further, in pointing out … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Care Pathway, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Support Services, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Scrutiny, Healthwatch, Healthwatch England, HWBs, Integration, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNA, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, LINks (or Local Involvement Networks), Local Government Association, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Policy, Local HealthWatch, Local Involvement Network (LINk), NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCBA), NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHSCB, NHSCBA, Office of the Health Professions Regulator (OHPA), Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Public Health, Public Health and Health Improvement, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Funding, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Secretary of State (SoS), Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), The Health and Social Care Act 2012: Get in on the Act
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Checklist for Dementia Friendly Communities (Housing Learning and Improvement Network)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary This checklist for developing dementia friendly environments at the housing level offers a list of useful points to consider when … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Management of Condition, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accessible Environments, Alzheimer’s Australia NSW, Breaking New Ground: Quest for Dementia Friendly Communities, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Comfortable Environments, Dementia 2012: National Challenge (Alzheimer's Society), Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Distinctive Environments, Dr Lynne Mitchell: University of Warwick, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Familiar Environments, Global Age Friendly Cities (WHO), Housing and Care for Older People, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing With Care, Jeremy Porteus, Legible Environments, Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods, National Housing Strategy for an Ageing Population, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Retirement Housing, Safe Environments, University of Warwick
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The Quest for Dementia Friendly Communities (Housing Learning and Improvement Network)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary This Housing LIN Viewpoint No.25 from the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) examines current policy and practice in relation … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing LIN, Management of Condition, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accessible Environments, Age UK Shropshire Telford and Wrekin, Alzheimer’s Australia NSW, Alzheimer’s Australia WA, Anchor, BBC One’s One Show Report: Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Belong Continuing Care Villages, Belong Villages, Breaking New Ground: Quest for Dementia Friendly Communities, Bristol LINk and South Gloucestershire LINk, Care Homes, Comfortable Environments, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), DemenShare, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Diamond Drop In, Distinctive Environments, Dr Lynne Mitchell: University of Warwick, Drop In Centres, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, EPSRC EQUAL (Extending QUAlity Life) Initiative, EVOLVE Evaluation Tool, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, ExtraCare Charitable Trust, Familiar Environments, Frizes Leasowe Sheltered Housing, General Housing, Global Age Friendly Cities (WHO), Hanover and Methodist Homes Association, Health Innovation Education Cluster Project, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium, Housing With Care, Housing21, Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors (I’DGO) Consortium, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Legible Environments, Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Homes Standards (LHS), Lifetime Neighbourhoods, National Housing Strategy for an Ageing Population, National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), Safe Environments, Sheffield Dementia Programme Board, South West Dementia Partnership, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Virtual Care Home, Strategic Housing Market Assessment, The Lodge and Charnley Fold, University of Warwick, University of Wollongong, Wrekin Housing Trust
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Guiding Framework for Education and Awareness in Person Centred Dementia Care. National Dementia Education Project (Republic of Ireland’s Health Service Executive)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 1, August 2012]. Summary In Ireland there are over 41,000 people living with dementia currently, and this number is expected to increase to over … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), International, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Standards, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI), An Bord Altranais (ABA): Republic of Ireland, Centres of Nurse and Midwifery Education (CNME): Republic of Ireland, Delirium, Dementia Services Information and Development Centre (DSIDC): Republic of Ireland, Dublin City University, Enhancing and Enabling Well-Being for the Person with Dementia Programme, Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhise Slainte (Health Service Executive): Republic of Ireland, Guiding Framework for Education and Awareness: Republic of Ireland, Health Service Executive (HSE): Republic of Ireland, HETAC Level 8 Dementia Champion Module, HSE Dementia Champion Initiative: Republic of Ireland, National Dementia Education Project: Republic of Ireland, National Dementia Training Steering Group: Republic of Ireland, Person-Centred Dementia Care, Republic of Ireland’s Health Service Executive
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