Monthly Archives: May 2013

Assessing the Quality of Memory Services (BMJ / CCQI)

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This article discusses work underway to assess the quality of memory services across the UK as the provision of these services expands. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has launched the Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), which adopts a three … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accreditation (Memory Services), College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Memory Services, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), MSNAP Accreditation, MSNAP Accreditation Committee, MSNAP Project Team, MSNAP Review Team, MSNAP: Memory Services National Accreditation Programme, Quality and Accreditation, Royal College of Psychiatrists’ MSNAP Team, Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Service Quality and Accreditation Projects, South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation | Leave a comment

Hazel Blears Praises Salford’s Efforts to Support People with Dementia (Manchester Gazette)

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Hazel Blears, Salford and Eccles MP, praised work in Salford to support people with dementia during an event marking Dementia Awareness Week. Read more: Hazel Blears Praises Salford’s Efforts to Support People with Dementia. Manchester Gazette. Reference Hazel Blears Praises Salford’s Efforts to Support … Continue reading →

Posted in All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, In the News, National, NHS, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, APPG on Dementia, Dementia Awareness Week, Hazel Blears, Humphrey Booth Resource Centre (Swinton), Salford, Salford Royal Hospital | Leave a comment

High-Dose Painkiller Heart Risk (NHS Choices / BBC News)

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Commonly-used painkillers, such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, can increase the risk of heart problems slightly if taken in high doses over a long time. This conclusion was arrived at by meta-analysis of data from 639 separate clinical trials. The risks remain … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pain, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Chronic Pain, Coxib and Traditional NSAID Trialists' (CNT) Collaboration, Coxibs, Diclofenac, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Ibuprofen, Inflammatory Arthritis, Lancet, Musculoskeletal, Naproxen, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS), NSAIDS: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Osteoarthritis, Pain Management, Pain Relief, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Oxford | Leave a comment

Human Rights: Guidance for Commissioners of Home Care (Equality and Human Rights Commission)

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This guide has been created to assist local authority elected members and staff, involved in the commissioning and procurement of home care, to understand the obligations upon them under the Human Rights Act 1998. The main section headings cover: … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Absolute Rights, Accountability, Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, Autonomy and Choice, Citizen Participation, Commissioners of Home Care, Commissioning Home Care, Dignity in Care Champions, ECHR, ECHR: European Convention on Human Rights, Elderly Human Rights, Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), Equality and Human Rights Commission, European Convention on Human Rights, FREDA Principles, Home Care, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Human Rights, Human Rights Act (UK Parliament 1998), Human Rights Culture, Local Accountability, Mental Wellbeing, Participation, Participation and Respect, Participation of Older People, Perspective of Service User, Physical Wellbeing, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Psychological Wellbeing, Public Function Test, Qualified Rights, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Older People, Self-Determination, Service User Experience, Service User Involvement, Service Users, Shared Values, Subjective Wellbeing, User Participation, Wellbeing | Leave a comment

Stroke Patients Show Signs of Recovery in Stem-Cell Treatment Trial (BBC News / NHS Choices)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An early piece of research into the safety and tolerability of stem cell therapy called ReN001 for the treatment of ischaemic stroke (where blood supply to the brain is blocked by blood clots) suggests that the nine people included … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Scotland, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Ischaemic Brain Damage, Ischaemic Stroke, PISCES Trial, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cells, Stroke Rehabilitation, Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA), Transient Ischaemic Attacks, University of Glasgow | Leave a comment

Mandate to Health Education England (Department of Health)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Department of Health document is the government’s mandate to Health Education England (HEE). It covers strategic objectives for workforce planning, health education, and training and development. HEE works, with the networks of employers and Local Education and Training Boards, … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accountability, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Barriers and Facilitators to Participation, Care and Compassion, Commissioning Dignified Care, Compassionate Care, Competent and Capable Staff, Culture, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Education and Dementia, Education and Training, Education Outcomes Framework (EOF), Excellent Education, Fairness, Flexible Workforce, Francis Inquiry, HCAs, Health Education, Health Education England, Health Education England Mandate, HEE: Health Education England, IAPT Programme, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Integration of Health and Social Care, Leadership and Culture, Local Accountability, Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mandate to Health Education England, Mandate to NHS England, Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Medical Education and Training, Mental Health Services, NHS Culture, NHS Reform, NHS Values, Participation, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Voice, Patient-Centred Culture, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, Policy, Positive Culture, Public Health, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Health Reform, Public Health Services, Raising Awareness, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Research and Innovation, Research Awareness, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Secretary of State for Health, Shaping Culture, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Care Qualifications, Skills for Health, Skills for Health (SfH), Social Care Workers: Skills for Supporting People with Dementia, Staff Awareness, Staff Training, Supporting Research and Innovation, Training, Training Needs Analysis, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, User Participation, Value for Money, Values and Behaviours, Widening Participation, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Planning Implications From Francis 2013, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Funding Extra Care Housing Technical Brief (Housing LIN)

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

This Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) Technical Brief explains the methods of Funding Extra Care Housing. This document provides details about the sources of capital and revenue funding available to support investment for developing new extra care housing, and for maintaining existing extra care housing … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Affordability, Affordable Homes Programme, Care and Support Housing Fund 2013-17, Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Continuing Healthcare, Council Tax Benefit (CTB), Direct Payment, Direct Payments, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), EBITDA, Eligibility for Care, Exempt Accommodation, Extra Care Fund, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Extra Care Housing Fund, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Funding Extra Care Housing, Funding of Care and Support, Funding Reform, Future Funding Models, Gross Development Value (GDV), HCA’s Affordable Homes Programme, Health and Housing, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), High Net Worth Individuals, Homes and Communities Agency, Homes and Communities Agency’s Affordable Homes Programme, Housing, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (HAPPI), Housing Policy, Housing With Care, Local Authorities with Adult Social Care Responsibilities (LA ASCRs), Local Authority Housing, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS Funding, OEIC: Open Ended Investment Companies, Personal Budgets, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Personal Independence Payments, Property Company (PropCo), Retirement Housing, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Social Care Funding, Social Housing, Staying at Home, Staying Independent, Supported Housing, Sustainable Funding, Welfare Reform Act (WRA) | Leave a comment

Narrative for Person-Centred Coordinated Care (National Voices / TLAP)

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This narrative on care integration has been developed to encourage local areas accept the challenge of re-designing services with due regard to the perspectives of their users. “National Voices welcomes ambitions to make joined-up health and care the norm by 2018, … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Andrew Webster: Local Government Association, Care Integration, Catherine Pollard: Monitor, Chris Ham: The King’s Fund, Consultation and Enagement, Consultation Hub, Counties Manukau: New Zealand, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Dementia Integrated Care Pathway, Department for Communities and Local Government, Don Redding: National Voices, Enagement, Göran Henriks: Jönköping County Council (Sweden), Geraint Martin: Counties Manukau (New Zealand), Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Services Management Centre: University of Birmingham, ICP: Integrated Care Pilots, Incentivising Integrated Care, Integrated Care Pathway (ICP), Integrated Care Pioneers, Integrated Care Pioneers Panel, Integration of Health and Social Care, Jönköping County Council: Sweden, Jennifer Dixon: Nuffield Trust, Jenny Owen: ADASS, John Young: NHS England, Jon Glasby: Health Services Management Centre (University of Birmingham), Jon Rouse: Department of Health, Kaiser Permanente, Local Government Association: LGA, Making it Real, Models of Care: Integrated Models, Narrative for Integrated Care, National Support for Whole System Integration Pioneers, National Voices, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Improving Quality, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Principles of Integration, Public Service Transformation Network, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Sally Warren: Public Health England, Sharon Levine: Kaiser Permanente (USA), Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Whole System Integration, Whole System Integration Pioneers | Leave a comment

Older People with High Support Needs in Housing With Care (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) briefing discusses the promises and the challenges of Housing With Care (HWC) as a model for improving the quality of life of older people with high support needs. The main messages and practice examples … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accord Housing, Action on Hearing Loss, Affordability, Anchor’s Older LGBT Group, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Background Enabling, Brokerage, Clarity of Roles and Responsibilities, Community Life, Contour Homes, Control, Dementia Awareness, Diversity, Empowerment, Enablement, Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), Extra Care Charitable Trust, Extra Care Charitable Trust’s (ECCT) Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), Family Housing Association, Family Housing Association in South Wales, Flexibility, Flexible Roles, Good Neighbourliness, Hanover Housing Association, Harrogate Neighbours, Hear to Help and Hear to Meet, High Support Needs, Housing With Care, Housing With Care Research, HWC Communities, HWC Model, HWC: Housing With Care, Inclusion, Independence, Knightstone Housing (Somerset), Linc-Cymru, Mutual Support, National Housing Federation (NHF), Navigators: Coordinators of Care, Older People with High Support Needs, Plaxton Court, Privacy, Raising Awareness, Resident-Led Initiatives, Role Confusion, Scarborough-Based OLGA Network, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Southdown Housing (East Sussex), St Monica’s Trust, Supported Housing, Supportive Communities, Supportive Relationships, Tolerance, Visibly Better, Welcoming Ethos | Leave a comment

Patient-Centred Leadership: Rediscovering NHS Purpose (King’s Fund)

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report explores findings from the Francis Inquiry about failings of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust regarding NHS leadership and culture. It discusses what steps might help to avoid comparable failures in future, and looks into three … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Boards, Bullying, Candour, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission, Clinical Leadership, CNO Summit (2014), Command-and-Control Leadership, Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH), Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Contractual Duty of Candour, Culture, Culture Change, Culture of Compassionate Care, Culture of Zero-Harm, Defensive Leadership, DIMPLE (Diabetes Improvement through Mentoring and Peer-led Education) Project, Doctors as Clinical Leaders, Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD), Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, Foundation Trust Status, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, General Hospitals, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, King’s Fund Leadership Survey 2013, Kingston General Hospital: Ontario, Leadership, Leadership and Culture, Leadership by Patients, Leadership Concept, Leadership Development, Leadership for Culture Change, Leadership in the NHS, Leadership: Professionals From BME Backgrounds, Listening into Action (LiA), Low Morale, Managers in Partnership, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Monitor, National NHS Leadership, NHS Constitution, NHS Culture, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Leadership, NHS Leadership Academy, NHS Leadership Academy (NHS LA), NHS Professionals, NHS Quest, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), Nurses as Clinical Leaders, Nursing Standards, Openness, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Experience, Patient-Centred Culture, Patient-Centred Leadership, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Positive Culture, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professional Disengagement, Putting Patients First: NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, Quality Improvement, RCGP, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Rediscovering NHS Purpose, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Midwives, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust, Shaping Culture, Sir Robert Francis QC, Six C’s (Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England), Staff Motivation, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Target-Driven Priorities, Task-Centred Care, Teams, Tick Box Culture, Time-Task Culture, Warning Signs, West Midlands | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: May 2013

Hazel Blears Praises Salford’s Efforts to Support People with Dementia (Manchester Gazette)

High-Dose Painkiller Heart Risk (NHS Choices / BBC News)

Stroke Patients Show Signs of Recovery in Stem-Cell Treatment Trial (BBC News / NHS Choices)

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