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Review of Internet-Based Support for Family Carers of People With Dementia (JMIR)

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent systematic review investigates: (i) the main components of existing internet-based interventions which support family carers of people living with dementia, (ii) those components which are most valued by caregivers themselves, and (iii) the evidence for the effectiveness … Continue reading →

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Towards Safer Culture and Safer Systems: Launch of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy (NHS England / NHS Improvement)

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Patient Safety Strategy explains how the NHS aims to improve patient safety continuously, across the board. The main section headings in this strategy document comprise: Summary Insight Involvement. Improvement. Introduction Our vision for patient safety. Foundations for … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges: Patient Safety Syllabus, Acute Data Alignment Programme (ADAPt), Adoption and Spread: Priorities, Ageing Population, Aidan Fowler: National Director of Patient Safety (NHS England), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), Antimicrobial Resistance: Patient Safety, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning From NHS Records, Ask Listen Do, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care Education and Treatment Reviews (CETRs), Caring to Change (King’s Fund), Central Alerting System (CAS), Civility Plus Kindness and Respect, Clinical Negligence and Litigation, Clinical 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UK Longevity Council and Government’s Ageing Society Grand Challenge (DHSC / BEIS)

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The UK Longevity Council has been established, with the aim to: “ …advise how best to use innovations in technology, products and services to improve the lives of our ageing population”. Full Text Link Reference Experts to help UK … Continue reading →

New Dementia Quality Standard (NICE)

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s “Dementia Quality Standard (QS184)” is intended to improve: dementia diagnosis rates; the wait time between referral and diagnosis; reductions in hospital admissions, avoidable care home admissions and length of hospital stay; … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Activities to Promote Wellbeing, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Assessment of Care Needs, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Care of People with Dementia: Quality Standard, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning in Dementia, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Choice and Control, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Choice in Health and Social Care, Choirs (Community Singing), Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Commissioning Carer Support Services, Community Singing, Coordinated Care, Coordinating Care, Dementia - Assessment Management and Support for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: NICE Guideline NG97, Dementia - NICE Care Pathway, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset - NICE Care Pathway, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life; Midlife Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset: NICE Guideline (NG16), Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL), Dementia Quality Standard (QS184), Dementia Quality Standards, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementia-Focused Singing Groups, Dementia-Related Quality of Life (DEMQOL), Distress, Distressed Behaviour, Health Promotion, Health Promotion Interventions, Healthy Lifestyles, Informed Choices, Joining Local Choirs, Later Life, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Managing Distress, Managing Psychological and Behavioural Distress in People with Dementia, Meaningful Activity, Mental Health Promotion, Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset of Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life, Modifiable Risk Factors, Named Care Coordinators, National Guidance and Quality Standards, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s Quality Standard on Dementia (2019), Needs of Carers, Neurological Disorders, NICE Guideline NG97: Dementia - Assessment Management and Support for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers, NICE Quality Standard 184 (QS184), Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Physical Activity, Prevention Agenda, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Quality Standard on Care of People with Dementia, Quality Statements, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Singing and Dementia, Singing Groups, Social Care, Structured Assessment (Pre- Non-Pharmacological or Pharmacological Treatment for Distress), Supporting Carers, Supporting Carers of People With Dementia, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Thinking Ahead - Advance Care Planning, Walking Groups | Leave a comment

Ongoing Reflections on Social Care Sustainability (BBC News / ADASS)

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Local authorities will spend £22.5 billion in 2019-20 on social services for older people and younger adults with disabilities, representing an increase of £400 million over spending in the previous year. An Association of Directors of Adult Social Services … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Care, Access to Funding, Access to Services, Access to Social Services, ADASS Budget Survey (2019), Adult Social Care Budgets, Adult Social Care Green Paper (Delayed Six Times), Adult Social Care Precept, Ageing Population, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Barriers to Support, BBC Health News, Better Care Fund (BCF), Capacity Pressures in the Health and Social Care System, Care and Support Reform, Community Care, Community Support Services, Cost Pressures on Social Care Providers, Costs and Cost Pressures, Demographic Pressures, Economic Sustainability, Future Financial Sustainability, Home Care, Home Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Joined-Up Care, Local Government Association: LGA, National Living Wage, National Living Wage in Social Care Sector, NHS-Related Pressures, Patient Experience, Provider Sustainability, Quality and Sustainability, Social Care Crisis, Social Care Crisis: Abandoned by the System, Social Care Green Paper, Social Care Precept, Sustainability, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged) | Leave a comment

Statistical Process Control Applied to Delayed Transfers of Care (NHS Improvement)

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Delayed transfers of care (DToC) are widely recognised to be a significant cause of unnecessary harm to patients, and potentially avoidable financial costs to the taxpayer. NHS Improvement’s “Delayed transfer of care (DToC) improvement tool” incorporates the latest data from … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Areas With the Highest Delayed Transfers of Care, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Cross-Sector Partnerships, Dashboards, Delayed Transfer of Care (DToC) Improvement Tool (NHS Improvement), Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, DToCs Dashboard, Efficiency Opportunities, English Local Authorities, Geographical Variations, Health and Adult Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Health Services: Variations, NHS Improvement's Delayed Transfers of Care Improvement Tool, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Pivot Table Slicers (Excel Tool), Post-Discharge Support, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality and Efficiency Opportunities, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regional Variations, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Social Care Providers, Statistical Process Control, Statistical Process Control (SPC) Principles, Statistical Process Control Methodology, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Performance, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Whole System Dashboards, Whole System Patient Flows | Leave a comment

Integrated Care Research and Practice: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (SCIE / DHSC)

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Integrated Care Research and Practice database, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), aims to provide regularly updated information on the planning, commissioning and delivery of person-centred integrated care. Section headings comprise: Enablers of Integrated … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Achieving Integrated Care, Asset-Based Approaches, Asset-Based Areas, Asset-Based Places, Care and Support in Crisis, Care Planning, Care Transitions, Collaborative Care Planning, Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Integrated Services, Community-Based Integrated Support, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crisis Intervention and Prevention, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Support, Digital Care Records, Enablers of Integrated Care, Information Sharing, Information Sharing and Digital Care Records, Information Sharing: Care Plans, Innovation and Improvement, Integrated and Person-Centred Care, Integrated Care Research and Practice (SCIE / DHSC), Integrated Digital Care Records (IDCRs), Integrated Workforce, Joint Commissioning, Joint Needs Assessment and Care Planning, Joint Needs Assessments, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local System Leadership, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Components, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Enablers, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Impacts and Benefits, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Outcomes, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Population-Based Teams, Multidisciplinary Teams, NHS Social Care Interface Dashboard, Person-Centred Care and Support, Population-Based Budgets, Population-Based Care Person-Focused Care, Preventing Future Crises, Prevention, Prevention and Self Care, Proactive Care Planning, SCIE Logic Model for Integrated Care, SCIE's Logic Model (Integrated Care), Sector Led Improvement and Innovation, Self-Care, Self-Care Resources to Support Person Centred Care, Shared System Leadership, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Support for Self-Care, Supporting Self-Care, System Leadership, Total Transformation of Care and Support: Logic Model(s), Transitions Between Health and Social Care, Transitions of Care, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, Whole Population Approachess | Leave a comment

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