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Under-Claimed SMI Council Tax Discount? (BBC News / MoneySavingExpert)

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary People diagnosed as severely mentally impaired (SMI) should by rights be exempt from paying council tax, with the result that two-person households often qualify for a 25% discount on council tax. Persons with a severe mental impairment living alone … Continue reading →

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Self Care Week 2017: Embracing Self Care for Life (Self Care Forum)

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Self Care Week (2017) awareness campaign, organised by the Self Care Forum, is planned to take place between November 13th – 19th 2017. This year’s theme will be “Embracing Self Care for Life”. Further Self Care Week information … Continue reading →

National Diabetes Week 2017 (NHS England / NEJM / NHS Choices)

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary National Diabetes Week falls between June 11th 2017 to June 17th 2017. To mark this event NHS England has released a short animation for the general public offering basic advice, and promoting the Diabetes Prevention Programme and Healthier You. … Continue reading →

Conservative Manifesto on Social Care: No Solution to Dementia Tax? (BBC News)

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Dilnot Commission’s recommendation, for a “cap” on each individual’s total care cost liabilities, appears to have been thwarted again. The looming probability of “catastrophic” care costs seems set to remain for persons with various long-term neurodegenerative diseases, as … Continue reading →

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King’s Fund Videos Explaining How Social Care Works and is Funded (King’s Fund / NHS England)

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The King’s Fund has produced three videos to raise awareness of how social care operates in England. The topics covered include: What is social care? Who provides social care? How is social care paid for? Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →

Updated Compendium of Patient Information on Parkinson’s Disease (Michael J. Fox Foundation / Parkinson’s UK)

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It is two years since the previous version of this collection, and some significant new patient guides have come to light, from both the USA and the UK. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research offers an interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advice and Information, Amantadine, Anticholinergic Drugs, Anticholinergics, Carbidopa, Caregiving (Carers), Carer's Allowance, Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease, Decarboxylase Inhibitor, Deep Brain Stimulation, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease, Diet and Parkinson's Disease, Dopamine Agonists, Dopamine Releaser / Antiglutamatergic Medication, Drug Treatments for Parkinson's: Parkinson’s UK, Incontinence, Information and Advice Services, Information and Signposting Services, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of Patients, Living Well With Parkinson's Disease, Local Group Finance Guide: Parkinson’s UK, MAO-B Inhibitors, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Navigating Parkinson's Disease, NHS Evidence, Nocturia, Orthostatic Hypotension, Parkinson's Disease Psychosis, Parkinson’s 360º: Michael J. Fox Foundation, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease Medications, Parkinson’s Disease: Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Parkinson’s Disease: Motor Medications and Associated Complications in Early - Middle Years, Parkinson’s Disease: Motor Medications and Associated Complications in Middle - Advancing Years, Parkinson’s Disease: Non-Motor Medications, Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Parkinsonian Symptoms, Participation in Research, Patient Involvement in Research, Public Participation in Research, Real Talk for Patients and Families (Michael J. Fox Foundation), Signposting, Signposting Patient Information, Signposting Services and Knowledge, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Tremor and Parkinson's Disease, Tremor and Parkinson's: Parkinson’s UK Fact Sheet No.94, Urinary Incontinence in Neurological Disease, USA, Using Computers and the Internet : Parkinson’s UK Fact Sheet No. FS60, Voices of People Living With Parkinson's Disease | Leave a comment

Self-Care Guide (Regional Voices)

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Regional Voices briefing supports patients in actively managing their own health. It also promotes wider recognition of the potential role(s) for voluntary and community services in enabling self-care. Full Text Link Reference Self-care: everybody’s talking about it. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Age UK Lindsey, Alzheimer's Society, Bassetlaw CCG, Bassetlaw CVS, Bassetlaw Mind, Big Lottery Fund’s Ageing Better Programme, British Lung Foundation (BLF), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Community Development Foundation, Community Interest Companies (CiCs), Community Lincs, Community Wellbeing Commissioning: Herts County Council, Derbyshire County Council, East Lindsey District Council, Erewash Hardwick and North Derbyshire CCGs, Five Year Forward View, Grants for the Voluntary Sector, Health and Wellbeing, Health Literacy, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Lincolnshire County Council, Lincolnshire East CCG, Local ‘BreatheEasy’Support Groups, Local Infrastructure Organisations (LIOs), Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (LTCAS), Louth Seniors Forum, National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Nene Valley Community Action, NHS Bassetlaw CCG, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Hardwick CCG, North Herts CVS, North Notts Memory Links, Nottingham CCG, Nottingham City Children and Young Peoples Plan, Nottingham City Council’s Healthy Child Programme (HCP), Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Patient Activation, Patient and Community Empowerment, Patient and Public Participation, Patient Choice, Patient Competencies, Patient Control, Patient Empowerment, Patient Empowerment Movement, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Problem Prevention, Purple Pet Power, Regional Voices, Self Help UK, Self-Care, Self-Care Programmes, Self-Determination, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Self-Help, Self-Help Groups, Self-Management, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management Support, Service User Involvement, Staying Healthy for Longer, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Supporting People with Long Term Conditions: An NHS and Social Care Model (2005), Supporting Self-Care, Talk Eat and Drink (TED) Project, TED in East Lindsey, The Hertfordshire Compact, Tudor Trust, VCS and CCG Compact, VCS Providers Networks, Voluntary Action Leicester (VAL), Voluntary and Community Action, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations, Voluntary and Community Sector: Enabling Self-Care, Voluntary Sector Single Point of Access (VSPA) | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Patient Information

National Diabetes Week 2017 (NHS England / NEJM / NHS Choices)

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