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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Assessing the Quality of Memory Services (BMJ / CCQI)
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
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Hazel Blears Praises Salford’s Efforts to Support People with Dementia (Manchester Gazette)
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
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Human Rights: Guidance for Commissioners of Home Care (Equality and Human Rights Commission)
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
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Stroke Patients Show Signs of Recovery in Stem-Cell Treatment Trial (BBC News / NHS Choices)
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
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Narrative for Person-Centred Coordinated Care (National Voices / TLAP)
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
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Older People with High Support Needs in Housing With Care (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
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
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