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Category Archives: Dementia Action Alliance
Summary of Recent Progress on Dementia Friendly Communities (Department of Health)
Summary The following brief communication supplies an update on the Government’s and Department of Health’s national progress in the creation, development, promotion and evaluation of dementia-friendly communities. Ambitions for the end of 2015 include: There being at least 20 cities, … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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National Dementia Policy: Formation of Dementia Advisory Group (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)
Summary The Department of Health intends to publish a renewed “vision” for strategic direction, with plans up to 2020, on the future of dementia policy in England. It should be ready by early 2015. This will continue and extend existing … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, 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, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Research UK, Assistive Technology, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Awareness and Understanding, Bridget Warr: UK Home Care Association, Bruce Bovill (Carer), Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Care England, Care Models, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Clara Swinson: Chair of Dementia Advisory Group, Clara Swinson: Director for Social Care Policy at the Department of Health, Cost Neutral Plans on Policy Development, Cross-Boundary Care Pathways, Cross-National Research, Cross-Organisation Learning, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Cross-System Modelling, David Pearson: Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Advisory Group, Dementia Care: Unpaid Care Contribution, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Policy, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Champions Group, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia UK, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health's National Dementia Strategy (Continuing Development), Department of Health: Dementia Policy Team, Digital Technology, Domestic Dementia Policy (England), Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, English National Dementia Strategy, Future Commissioning Models, Future of Dementia Advisory Group (aka the Dementia Advisory Group), Graeme Whippy: Lloyds Banking Group, Graeme Whippy: PM Challenge Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Graham Stokes: Chair of Dementia Action Alliance, Health and Care Champion Group, Health Technology, Helen Kay: Local Government Association, Helena Herklots: Carers UK, Hilda Hayo: Chief Executive of Dementia UK, Information Technology, Innovative Models, International Activity, International Collaborations, International Comparisons, Involvement and Participation, Jeremy Hughes (Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive), Jill Rasmussen: Royal College of General Practitioners Dementia Champions, Joy Watson (Person Living With Dementia), Local Government Association: LGA, London School of Economics, Lorraine Jackson: Deputy Chair of Dementia Advisory Group, Lorraine Jackson: Deputy Director for Dementia Domestic Policy, Martin Green: Care England, Martin Knapp: London School of Economics, Mobile Technology, National Council for Palliative Care, National Dementia Plans, National Dementia Policy, National Dementia Strategy, NDSE: National Dementia Strategy (for England), NDSE: National Dementia Strategy (Renewed Plans for England), New Models of Care, New Technology, Outcomes for People with Dementia: Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Paul Lincoln: UK Health Forum, Post-Diagnostic Support, Prevention, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Dawn Brooker, Professor Martin Knapp: Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Professor Martin Rossor: Former Director of the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Network (DeNDRoN), Professor Martin Rossor: NIHR National Director for Dementia Research, Professor Martin Rossor: UCL Institute of Neurology, Public Engagement, Public Involvement in Research, Quality Outcomes for People with Dementia: Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Research Champion Group, Risk Reduction, Sarah Pickup (ADASS), Sarah Pickup: Hertfordshire County Council, Sarah Pickup: PM Challenge Health and Care Champion Group, Service Models, Simon Chapman: National Council for Palliative Care, Tim Parry: Alzheimer’s Research UK, Tom Wright: Age UK, Tony Watson (Carer), UK Dementia Policy Framework, UK Dementia Policy Framework Development, UK Health Forum, UK Home Care Association, University of Worcester, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, User Involvement
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Improving Access to Post-Diagnosis Care and Support (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)
Summary The Secretary of State for Health has written to health and wellbeing boards and local authorities, encouraging collaborative working with local NHS employees to increase awareness of dementia and diagnosis rates, and to improve all aspects of support for … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Care England, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carers Call to Action, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Challenge on Dementia, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Care Teams, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Healthcare Practice, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Working, Commissioning Local Services, Dementia Action Alliance Carers’ Call to Action, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Towns, English Local Authorities, Five Pillars of Post-Diagnostic Support, Health and Wellbeing, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Health and Wellbeing, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Local Integration, Local Interventions, Local Service Providers, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Care Plans, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Services, Reminiscence Therapy, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Secretary of State for Health, Support for Carers, Support for Carers of People with Dementia, Working with Local Authorities
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Mainstream Dementia Pathways Literature (British Psychological Society)
Summary This document was released last year by the Dementia Work Stream of the Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) at the British Psychological Society. It reflects a literature review performed between 2011 and 2012 to find important … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Dementia Action Alliance, For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, SCIE, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services, Age Discrimination, Age Discrimination in Mental Health, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Anti-Psychotic Drugs for Dementia, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Aromatherapy, Atypical Antipsychotics, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behaviour, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, British Geriatric Society (BGS), British Psychological Society, British Psychological Society: Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP), Challenging Behaviour, Clinical Psychology, Commissioning Clinical Psychology Services for Older People, Commissioning Dementia Services, Commissioning Effective Dementia Services, Coping With Behavioural Disorders, Counting the Cost, DCP: Division of Clinical Psychology, Delirious About Dementia (BGS), Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia Pathway, Dignity in Dementia, Dr Linda Buettner, Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), Extra Care Charitable Trust’s (ECCT) Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), FPOP: BPS Faculty of the Psychology of Older People, Functional Analysis-Based Interventions for Challenging Behaviour, Good Practice Compendium, Guidelines for Clinical Psychology Services, Healthcare for London, Improving Patient Care at Home: How to Cope, Inappropriate Prescribing, Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Liaison Mental Health Services, Life Story Network (LSN), Living Well with Dementia, Managing Psychological and Behavioural Distress in People with Dementia, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals, National Dementia Strategy, NHS Atlas of Variation, NHS Atlas of Variations in Diagnostic Services, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Peer Review in Social Protection and Social Inclusion, Policy Innovation and Research, Policy Research Unit, Professor Clive Ballard, Professor Esme Moniz-Cook, Professor Sube Banerjee, PSIGE: Faculty for Old Age Psychology (British Psychological Society: Division of Clinical Psychology), Psychological and Behavioural Distress, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Research E-Journal Issue 11 (Scientific Version), Royal College of Speech & Language, Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy, Stepped Care Model of Assessment and Intervention, University of Bradford, University of Bradford Dementia Group, US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service, World Alzheimer Report (2012)
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