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Tag Archives: Advance Directive
Dying Well at Home: Integrated Working (SCIE)
Summary This Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) guide is about enabling people to die at home when they wish, and improving the quality of their care. Sections of the guide, online, comprise: Recommendations. Choosing to die at home. Dying … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, National, NEoLCIN, NEoLCP, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 24/7 Expert Support Services for Dying at Home, Accessing Equipment and Services, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Advance Directive, Advance Statement, AMBER Care Bundle, Anticipatory Decision-Making, Assessment of Pain for People Dying With / From Dementia, Autonomy and Choice, Bedfordshire Partnership for Excellence in Palliative Support (PEPS), Bungalow Beds: Sandwell, Care Integration, Caregiver Support, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carers, Central Lancashire Cancer Partnership Group, Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, CMC: Coordinate My Care, Community Intravenous Therapy Team, Comprehensive 24/7 Expert Support Services for the Dying, Coordinate My Care, Deaths in Usual Place of Residence (DiUPR), Decision Making, Decision-Making at End of Life, Decision-Making Capacity, Dementia UK, DiUPR: Deaths in Usual Place of Residence, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Domiciliary Care, Dying at Home, Dying Doesn’t Work 9 to 5 Campaign, Dying Well at Home: Integrated Working, Easing Decision-Making, End of Life Care, EPaCCS, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Scheme, Family Carers, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Housing, Housing Adaptations, Housing for Older People, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing21, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Housing Care and Support, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA), Leicestershire & Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering (LOMOS), Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Living Will, Macmillan Cancer Support, Macmillan Nurses, Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Service, Majlish Homecare Services, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Mental Capacity Act, Message in a Bottle, Message in a Bottle: East Midlands, Midhurst Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Service, National Council for Palliative Care, National End of Life Care Programme, National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP), National Gold Standards Framework Centre in End of Life Care, NEoLCN Resource, NHS National End Of Life Care Programme, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Partnership for Excellence in Palliative Support (PEPS), Pathways: GSF LCP and PPC, Place of Death, Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC), Sandwell, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Skills for Care, Skills for Health, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), St. Catherine‟s Hospice: Carers' Befriending Service, Sue Ryder, Sue Ryder Care Centre, Sussex Community NHS Trust, Treatment at End of Life, Uniting Carers, University of Leicester, Unpaid Carers, Wirral Metropolitan College
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ALCOVE Project: Synthesis Report 2013 (ALCOVE Official Website)
[A version of this collection features in Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWNHST), Volume 3 Issue 7, May 2013]. Summary The European Joint Action on Dementia, ALCOVE, (¨ALzheimer’s COoperative Valuation in Europe¨ is now in its final … Continue reading →
Posted in Antipsychotics, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Declarations of Will (ADW), Advance Directive, ALCOVE Official Website, ALCOVE Project, ALCOVE Recommendations, ALCOVE Toolbox for Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, ALCOVE: ALzheimer's COoperative Valuation in Europe, ALzheimer Cooperative Valuation in Europe Group, ALzheimer's COoperative Valuation in Europe: ALCOVE, Alzheimer’s Early Screening, Archives of Public Health, Assessment and Diagnosis, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Association for Dementia Studies, Athens Association of AD and Related Disorders (AAADRD), Autonomy and Choice, Barriers to the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Dementia in Primary Care, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Support, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carers, Cognitive Screening, Cross-European ALCOVE Dementia Project, Dementia Data Sources in Europe, Dementia Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Dr Bernie Coope: Lead Consultant for Older Adult Services with Worcestershire Mental Health Trust, Dr Karim Saad, Dr Karim Saad: Department of Health Clinical Adviser on the ALCOVE Project, Dr. Angela Giusti, Dr. Armelle Leperre Desplanques: ALCOVE Coordinator, Dr. Bénédicte Gombault, Dr. Catherine Helmer, Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Elderly Human Rights, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Espace Ethique (EEAPHP), EuroCoDe: European Collaboration on Dementia, European Collaboration on Dementia: EuroCoDe, European Commission, European Commission's Public Health Programme, European Healthcare Policies on Dementia, European Union (EU), Family Caregivers, Fondation Roi Baudouin (KBF), Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias (BIOEF), GPs, HAS (French National Authority for Health), Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS), Institut National de la Santé et la Recherché Médicale (INSERM), Institute of Neuroimmunology: Slovak Academy of Sciences (NIU SAV), Instituto Superiori di Sanità (ISS), Jerry Bird: Department of Health Project Manager on the Dementia Strategy, Joint Action Between EU Member States: ALCOVE, Karolinska Institute (KI), Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), Karolinska Institutet Alzheimer Disease Research Centre, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LUHS), Memory Clinics, Ministero della Salute (MINSAL UNIBS), Ministero della Salute (MINSAL), Peter Ashley: Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Prevalence of Dementia, Prof. Michal Novak, Prof. Pierre Krolak-Salmon, Prof. Tomas López-Peña Ordoñez, Professor Alistair Burns, Professor Dawn Brooker, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Public Health, Public Health Research: ALCOVE, Riga Centre of Psychiatry and Addiction Disorders (RPNC), Screening, Social Epidemiology, Support for Carers, Supporting Caregivers, Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos (THL), University of Worcester, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Worcester University
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Outline of the ALCOVE Project (ALCOVE Official Website / University of Worcester’s Association for Dementia Studies)
Summary ALCOVE is an acronym for ¨ALzheimer’s COoperative Valuation in Europe¨. This is a 2 year Joint Action (JA) project, co-financed by the European Commission. The ALCOVE project aims to improve knowledge about dementia and promote the exchange of information with a view to preserving the health, quality … Continue reading →
Posted in Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Declarations of Will (ADW), Advance Directive, ALCOVE Official Website, ALCOVE Project, ALCOVE: ALzheimer's COoperative Valuation in Europe, ALzheimer's COoperative Valuation in Europe: ALCOVE, Alzheimer’s Early Screening, Assessment and Diagnosis, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Association for Dementia Studies, Athens Association of AD and Related Disorders (AAADRD), Autonomy and Choice, Barriers to the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Dementia in Primary Care, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Support, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carers, Cognitive Screening, Dementia Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Dr Bernie Coope: Lead Consultant for Older Adult Services with Worcestershire Mental Health Trust, Dr Karim Saad, Dr Karim Saad: Department of Health Clinical Adviser on the ALCOVE Project, Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Elderly Human Rights, Epidemiology, Espace Ethique (EEAPHP), EuroCoDe: European Collaboration on Dementia, European Collaboration on Dementia: EuroCoDe, European Union (EU), Family Caregivers, Fondation Roi Baudouin (KBF), Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias (BIOEF), GPs, Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS), Institut National de la Santé et la Recherché Médicale (INSERM), Institute of Neuroimmunology: Slovak Academy of Sciences (NIU SAV), Instituto Superiori di Sanità (ISS), Jerry Bird: Department of Health Project Manager on the Dementia Strategy, Joint Action Between EU Member States: ALCOVE, Karolinska Institute (KI), Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), Karolinska Institutet Alzheimer Disease Research Centre, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LUHS), Memory Clinics, Ministero della Salute (MINSAL UNIBS), Ministero della Salute (MINSAL), Peter Ashley: Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Prevalence of Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, Professor Dawn Brooker, Public Health, Public Health Research: ALCOVE, Riga Centre of Psychiatry and Addiction Disorders (RPNC), Screening, Support for Carers, Supporting Caregivers, Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos (THL), University of Worcester, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Worcester University
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Dying Well With Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
[A version of this item features in Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Volume 3 Issue 4, November 2012]. Summary The Alzheimer’s Society’s “My life until the end: dying well with dementia” report gives an overview of … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Pain, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Directive, Anticipatory Decision-Making, Care Fit For VIPS, Care Homes, Care Planning, Care Planning and Proxy Decision Making, Communication, Cornwall Council, Decision Making, Decision-Making at End of Life, Decision-Making Capacity, Delegated Decision Making, Difficult Coversations, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Doloplus-2 Pain Scale, Dying Matters Coalition, Easing Decision-Making, End of Life Care, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, End of Life Care Strategy, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Liverpool Care Pathway, Mental Capacity Act 2005, National Council for Palliative Care, National End of Life Care Intelligence Network, National End of Life Care Programme, National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP), NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, NHS National End Of Life Care Programme, Nursing Homes, Pain Management, Pain Relief, Person-Centred Care, Personalised Care Planning, Place of Death, Proxy Decision Making, Pseudo-Autonomous Decision Making, Public Awareness (EOL), Quality of Life (Ethical Framework for Decision-Making), Relationship-Centred Care, Shared Decision-Making, Talking Point, Treatment at End of Life, VIPS Framework of Dementia Care, VIPS Standards, VOICES Survey, Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment
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End of Life Care in Extra Care Housing (NEoLCP)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary The “End of life care in extra care housing: a learning resource pack” offers practical information … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, National, NEoLCP, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Advance Directive, Advance Statement, Anticipatory Decision-Making, Assessment of Pain for People Dying With / From Dementia, Autonomy and Choice, Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Deaths in Usual Place of Residence (DiUPR), Decision Making, Decision-Making at End of Life, Decision-Making Capacity, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Dying at Home, Easing Decision-Making, End of Life Care, Extra Care Housing, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing21, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA), Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Living Will, Mental Capacity Act, National Council for Palliative Care, National End of Life Care Programme, National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP), NEoLCN Resource, NHS National End Of Life Care Programme, Place of Death, Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC), Spirituality
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