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Quick Guide to Social Care and Support (NHS Digital)

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS Digital has created an online guide for people who need social care, and their families / carers. Sections include: Introduction to care and support. Help from social services and charities. Care services, equipment and care homes. Money, work … Continue reading →

Pressure on District Nursing Services: the Demand / Capacity Gap (BBC News / King’s Fund)

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent King’s Fund report identifies a fall in community nursing staff, which places district nursing services in England under increasing pressure. Unmanageable workloads may be causing delays and fewer home visits, perhaps leaving patients at risk. According to … Continue reading →

Personal Health and Care Budgets (BBC News / NHS England)

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Vulnerable patients will be offered their own personal health and care budgets, the says Simon Stevens, NHS England’s Chief Executive. Approximately five million people should be offered personal budgets which combine health and social care funding by 2018. Full … Continue reading →

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Framework for Personalised Care and Population Health (Department of Health)

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Department of Health has published a framework to support nurses, midwives, health visitors and allied health professionals in accessing the best evidence and support for their public health role. It is also intended to act as a tool … Continue reading →

Care and Support Jargon Buster Online (TLAP)

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care and Support Jargon Buster is a plain English guide to the meaning of many commonly used social care words and phrases. The Care and Support Jargon Buster won a Plain English Campaign Award in 2013. A version … Continue reading →

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Care Homes Can Learn From Alternative Residential Care Settings (JRF)

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation review explores learning from: (a) care in residential services for children and young people, (b) residential services and supported housing for people with learning disabilities and (c) hospice care. The report explores the possibility of … Continue reading →

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Independent Mental Capacity Service: Sixth Annual Report (Department of Health)

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The sixth annual report on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) service provides statistical information on referrals to this statutory advocacy service. The profile of impairment has not changed; the most common impairments for people receiving the IMCA service are: … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accommodation Decisions, Action for Advocacy (A4A), Action for Advocacy’s Quality Performance Mark for Advocacy / IMCA Services, Adult Social Care, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Advocacy Networks, Care Reviews, Commissioning Arrangements, Commissioning IMCA Services, Court of Protection, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Empowerment Matters CIC, Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Lords MCA Committee, IMCA Instructions by Local Authority, IMCA Reports, IMCAs and Safeguarding, IMCAs as Litigation Friends, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate, Independent Mental Capacity Service, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority Commissioners, Local Authority Commissioners and Providers, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Advocacy, Partnership Working, Post-legislative Scrutiny of the Mental Health Act (2007), Report Writing Evaluation Tool, Safeguarding, Serious Medical Treatment, Serious Medical Treatment (SMT), Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Care | Leave a comment

CQC Monitoring of the Mental Health Act (BBC News / CQC)

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The number of people in England detained under the Mental Health Act has risen by 12% during the past five years, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The Mental Health Act was used over 50,000 times to detain patients … Continue reading →

Mapping London’s Dementia Advocacy Services (Dementia Advocacy Network)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report, from the Dementia Advocacy Network (DAN), presents findings from DAN’s mapping project of dementia advocacy services across 33 London boroughs. Of the 142 organisations contacted, 26 were identified as providing a level of advocacy for people with … Continue reading →

Posted in Age Concern (England), Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK | Tagged Access and Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Advocacy for All in Bexley, Advocacy for Caribbean Elders, Advocacy for Older People in Greenwich, Advocacy in Barnet, Advocacy Networks, Advocacy Partners, Advocacy Plus (now The Advocacy Project), Advocate for Mental Health (now The Advocacy Project), Advocates Advisory Service, African Cultural Association, Age Concern Kingston, Age Concern Westminster, Awareness Raising, Big Lottery Funding, Bilingual Health Advocacy and Interpretation Service, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Older People, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black People's Mental Health Association, Care in London, City & Hackney MIND, City and Hackney MIND, Commissioning IMHA Services, DAN: Dementia Advocacy Network, DASH (Disablement Association of Hillingdon, Dementia Advocacy Network, Dementia Advocacy Network (Dan), Dementia Advocacy Provision in London, Dementia Advocacy Services, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Care in London, Dementia Care Mapping, Greenwich MIND, Hammersmith and Fulham Adults Advocacy Service, IMHA Services, Independent Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) Services, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Lesbian Gay Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT), London, London Boroughs, London Dementia Services, London’s Dementia Advocacy Services, Loud and Clear, Mapping London’s Dementia Advocacy Services, Mapping Resources, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Advocacy, Mental Health Act (MHA), Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act 2007, Mind, MIND in Barnet, MIND in Bexley, MIND in Ealing, MIND in Ealing & Hounslow, Mind the Gap, NHS Complaints Advocacy, Non-Statutory Advocacy, Non-Statutory Mental Health Advocacy, Older Ethnic Minority People, POhWER in Waltham Forest, Raising Awareness, Rethink, Side by Side Advocacy Service, Social Policy and Society, Springfield Hospital, Statutory Mental Health Advocacy, Sutton Advocacy for Mental Health, The Advocacy Project, VADM Centre, Voiceability, VoiceAbility City of London Service, Wandsworth Independent Living Forum | Leave a comment

BGS Commissioning Guidance for Older Care Home Residents (BGS)

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This British Geriatrics Society (BGS) guidance on commissioning for excellence in care homes is aimed at people developing models of health care delivery which meet the needs of care home residents. Around 20% of the 400,000 older people living … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, 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, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK | Tagged Access and Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, BGS, BGS Commissioning Guide for Older Care Home Residents, BGS Quest for Quality Report, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Care Home Literature Review (CHoLiR), Care Home Outcome Study (CHOS), Care Homes, Care Integration, Care Partnerships, Commissioning for Excellence in Care Homes, Commissioning Guidance for Older Care Home Residents, Community Geriatricians, Comprehensive Assessments for Older People in Hospital, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Dementia Care in Care Homes, Health and Social Care Integration, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Dementia Care, Integrated Provision, Joint Working Party Inquiry into the Quality of Healthcare Support for Older People in Care Homes (BGS), Living Well in Care Homes, Local Partnerships, Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Quest for Quality in Care Homes, Research in Care Homes, Residential Care Homes, Staff Interviews in Care Homes (STICH), University of Nottingham | Leave a comment

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