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Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework (Skills for Health)

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Skills for Health have produced the Frailty Core Capabilities Framework. This framework was commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, and aims to formalise the skills to provide high quality, holistic, compassionate care and support for persons with … Continue reading →

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Difficult Reflections on Certain Aspects of the NHS: Be Prepared to Look-Away Now (BBC News)

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary You don’t want to know: Full Text Link Reference Gosport hospital deaths: prescribed painkillers ‘shortened 456 lives’. London: BBC Health News, June 20th 2018. You don’t want to know: Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2018). Shipman, Bristol, Stafford, … Continue reading →

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The Hospital Frailty Risk Score: a Simpler Method of Screening for Frailty and Patients at Greater Risk (Lancet)

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Hospital Frailty Risk Score is a risk score designed for the identification of older people at risk of harm or adverse outcomes in hospitals. It is based on standard diagnostic codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases … Continue reading →

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Care and Treatment Reviews: Soon to be Mainstream? (NHS England)

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs) were introduced, as a means to reduce unnecessary admissions and avoid lengthy stays in hospital, within NHS England’s commitment to improving the care of people with learning disabilities. The underlying philosophy behind CTRs is … Continue reading →

An Exploration of the Many Aspects of Safeguarding (CQC / RCN / BMA / LGA / ADASS / NHS Confederation / NIHR SDO)

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary As the title suggests, this contribution is an exploratory “work in progress” towards better understanding of the issues, rather than a definitive review. Updates will be added here, or referenced and linked to elsewhere, as they appear in future. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, RCN, SCIE, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged 24/7 Advice From Mental Health Professionals, Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Access to Mental Health Services, ACPO: Association of Chief Police Officers, Acts of Omission, Acute Hospitals, Adult Prisons and Young Offender Institutions, Adult Safeguarding Improvement Tool, Adult Social Care, Adults at Risk of Harm, Adults Lacking Capacity, Ann Norman: RCN Professional Lead for Criminal Justice and Learning Disabilities, 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Safeguarding Vulnerable People in the Reformed NHS (NHS Commissioning Board)

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This NHS Commissioning Board document replaces earlier guidance issued in September 2012. It explains how safeguarding will work in the NHS from April 2013. Full Text Link Reference NHS Commissioning Board (2013). Safeguarding vulnerable people in the reformed NHS: accountability … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Accountability and Assurance, Adults at Risk of Harm, Capacity and Capability, Care Quality Commission, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Lead for Safeguarding, Commissioning Support, Decision-Making Capacity, GPs, Health Care Reform, Leadership, Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Named GPs, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Reform, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHSCB, Patient-Centred Care, Protecting a Person Without Consent (with Compulsion), Protection, Public Health England (PHE), QSGs: Quality Surveillance Groups, Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs), Reform, Reformed Commissioning System, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs), Safeguarding Boards, Safeguarding Clinical Leadership and Support, Safeguarding in the NHS, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Vulnerable Adults | Leave a comment

Safeguarding Adults: Multi-Agency Policy and Procedure for the West Midlands (SCIE Report 60)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Organisations in the West Midlands and allied local authorities are committed to work together to safeguard adults at risk. This SCIE Report No.60, entitled “Safeguarding adults: multi-agency policy and procedures for the West Midlands”, covers the policy and procedures … Continue reading →

Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Harm: a Legal Guide for Practitioners (SCIE)

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 8, March 2012]. Summary The Department of Health commissioned this document in 2009, which is up-to-date to December 2010. This guide is a response … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Nutrition, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Justice, Adults at Risk of Harm, Autonomy and Choice, Care Quality Commission, Choice, Civil Legal Remedies: Judicial Review and Torts, Coercion, Community Care, Community Care Assessments, Criminal Justice, Crown Prosecution Service, Crown Prosecution Service: Complaints, Deprivation of Liberty, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Disclosing Information and Consent, False Imprisonment, Health and Safety Executive, Housing Providers: Complaints, Human Rights, Human Rights in Care Homes, Infection, Infection Control, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Justice and Empowerment, Legal Framework, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act 2007, National Patient Safety Agency, Negligence: Duty of Care, No Secrets Guidance, Nutrition and Hydration, Police: Complaints, Professional Conduct, Professional Lapses or Misjudgements, Proportionality in Safeguarding, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Protecting a Person Without Consent (with Compulsion), Protection, Psychological Abuse, Respect for Person’s Home Private and Family Life, Right to Life, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding in the NHS, Self-Neglect, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Stranger Abuse, The Bournewood Case, Trespass, Undue Influence, Unsafe Care, Vulnerable Adults, Whistleblowing | Leave a comment

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