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Monthly Archives: November 2019
SPACE Principles in the Care of People Living With Dementia (RCN)
Summary The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has produced a report outlining five principles (SPACE principles) underpinning the commitment to improve care for people with dementia and their families. This report is intended for use across a wide range of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged About Me Document, Activities, Activity Room, Acute Care, Acute Care Pathway, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Addenbrookes Hospital, Advance Care Planning, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, Availability of Space (Day Rooms), Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bay Nursing for Patients With Dementia, Bed/Ward Moves, Best Practice in Dementia Care (Triangle of Care), Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Care and Support Plan, Care and Support Planning, Care and Support Plans (CSP), Care of Older Adults in Acute NHS Trusts, Care of People with Dementia in General Hospitals: and SPACE Principles, Care Planning, Care Planning and Proxy Decision Making, Care Planning in Dementia, Carers’ Passport, Commissioning Acute Care Services, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute District General Hospital, Dementia Care Mapping (DCM), Dementia Care Mapping in General Hospitals, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Indoor Environments, Dementia Nurse Specialist, Dementia Nurse Specialists in Acute Care, Dementia Nursing Care, Dementia Nursing Specialists, Dementia Training for NHS Staff, Dementia-Friendly Care and Support for People With Learning Disabilities, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dignity in Dementia, Dining Environment, Early Diagnosis, Early Identification of Dementia, Enabling Staff, Family Carers, Hospice Care Planning, Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Services, Minimal Moves, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nursing Practice, Nursing Workforce, Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD), Pain Assessment Tool for Patients With Dementia, PAINAD (Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia) Tool, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient Passports, Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Space, Post-Diagnostic Support, Princess Royal Hospital and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital, Profile of Dementia Care, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, RCN, RCN Dementia Care Project, RCN Dementia Project, RCN Development Programme, RCN Foundation, RCN SPACE Principles, Reduction of Ward Moves, Royal College of Nurses, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation Trust (Wonford Hospital), Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Sit and See Tool, SPACE (Staff Partnership Assessment Care Environments) Principles, SPACE Commitment (RCN), SPACE Principle 1: Staff Who are Skilled and Have Time to Care, SPACE Principle 2: Partnership Working With Carers, SPACE Principle 3: Assessment Early Identification of Dementia and Post-Diagnostic Support, SPACE Principle 4: Care and Support Plans Which are Person-Centred and Individual, SPACE Principle 5: Environments Which are Dementia Friendly, SPACE Principles, SPACE Scores, Specialist Dementia Nurses, Staff Education, Staff Skill Development, Staff Training, Strategy for Transforming Dementia Care, Tag and Bay Nursing, Transforming Dementia Care for Hospitals (RCN Project), Transforming Dementia Care in Hospital, Transforming Dementia Care in Hospital Conference 2014, Transforming Dementia Care in Hospitals Evaluation Report, Transforming General Hospital Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, University of Worcester, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester; Institute of Health and Society, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Worcester, Worcester University, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, Working With Carers, World Café Event, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd
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Evidence on the Potential of the Arts for Improving Mental and Physical Health and Wellbeing (WHO)
Summary The World Health Organization has published an evidence review broadly supportive of the notion that engaging with the arts is beneficial for mental and physical wellbeing. In addition to being able to help prevent ill health (physical and mental) … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Aesthetic Engagement, Animations, Arts Activities in Emergency Settings, Arts and Mental Wellbeing, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts and Social Activities, Arts Engagement, Arts Practices in Healthcare, Arts Therapies, Attending Literary Festivals, Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation and Lifestyle, Community Arts Programmes, Community-Based Arts and Health interventions, Concerts, Crafts, Creative Arts, Creative Arts for Dementia, Creativity, Creativity and Artistic Appreciation in Dementia, Cultural Arts Interventions, Cultural Arts Interventions in Dementia Care, Cultural Engagement, Culture, Dance, Dance / Movement Therapy, Dementia and Imagination, Dementia-Focussed Arts Activities, Design, Digital Arts, Dr Piroska Östlin: WHO Regional Director for Europe, Engagement With the Creative Arts by Older People, Evaluation of Arts-Based Interventions, Evocation of Emotion, Exercise Activities, Film, Galleries, Health Behaviours, Health Benefits of Arts Engagement, Health Evidence Network (HEN), Immune System, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care: University College London, Involvement of the Imagination, Literature, Multi-Sensory Stimulation, Multisensory Stimulation, Museums, Music, Online Arts, Painting, Performing Arts, Photography, Physical Activity, Physical Exercise, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Reading, Referral Mechanisms From Health and Social Care to Community Arts Programmes, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Sensory Activation, Sensory Stimulation, Singing, Social Integration, Social Interaction, Social Prescribing, Theatre, Visual Arts, WHO European Region, WHO Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization (WHO), Writing
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Demand for Mental Health Inpatient Beds in England (BBC News / NHS Strategy Unit)
Summary Hundreds more NHS mental health beds would be required in England to end the practice of sending patients far from home for treatment (so called “out-of-area placements”). An NHS Strategy Unit report explores the pressures on inpatient mental health … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Average Distances Travelled by Patients at CCGs and Local Area Teams, Care Integration, Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Community Care, Community Care Beds and Services, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Far-Away Placements in Mental Health Services: Adults in Acute Inpatient Care, Improving Acute Psychiatric Care for Adults in England, Inappropriate Far-Away Placements, Inappropriate OAPs (sic), Inappropriate Out of Area Treatments, Independent Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Mental Health Inpatient Capacity, Mental Health Patients Forced to Travel, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, NHS Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU, NHS Strategy Unit, Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services: Adults in Acute Inpatient Care, Out-of-Area Care, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Reducing Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP), Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs)
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Dementia Services in England: Mega Statistical Package (PHE / NMHDNIN)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has made available a collection of statistical information and analysis to help commissioners and health professionals make more informed decisions about dementia services and interventions. Topics covered include: Understanding dementia locally. Dementia and comorbidities. End … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident and Emergency Admissions, Co-Morbidities, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Common Dementia Comorbidities, Complex Comorbidities, Dementia and Comorbidities, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Comorbidities, Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN) Profile Tool, Dementia Profile (PHE / NMHDNIN), Dementia Profile Tool, Dementia Profile: PHE Fingertips Tool, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Fingertips Dementia Profile, Health Improvement Network, Information on Comorbidities, Local Dementia Prevalence, Local Dementia Services, Local Dementia Statistics, Local Dementia Use of Hospital Services, Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network (MHDNIN), Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Networks, MHDNIN: Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, Multiple Comorbidities, National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network (NMHDNIN), National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Networks, NMHDNIN: National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, PHE National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, Reasons for Short Stay Emergency Admissions, Reasons People With Dementia are Admitted to Hospitals in an Emergency, The Health Improvement Network (THIN), THIN Database, THIN: The Health Improvement Network
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Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Awareness Training for NHS Staff (DHSC / BBC News)
Summary Mandatory learning disability and autism awareness-raising training is to be introduced for healthcare staff. The level of such training will be proportionate to each member of staff’s role and level of contact with people with a learning disability. Full … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Bristol News, Consultation Outcome: Learning Disability and Autism Training for Health and Care Staff, Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Awareness Training, Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Training for Healthcare Staff, Mandatory Training
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Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (Joint Committee on Human Rights / BBC News)
Summary Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) indicates that the human rights of young people with a learning disabilities and / or autism are being breached in mental health hospitals. Proposals for radical reform are advocated. “Too often families of … Continue reading
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