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Tag Archives: Age-Friendly Housing
Dementia and Disability (APPG on Dementia / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) released a report in early Summer 2019 about adopting a “rights-based” approach to tackling dementia as a disability, with a view to understanding – and reducing – societal barriers which adversely affect … Continue reading →
Posted in All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing Population, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), APPG on Dementia, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Entitlements, Awareness Raising, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Barriers: Discrimination, Community Life, Debbie Abrahams MP: Co-Chair of APPG on Dementia, Dementia and Disability, Dementia as a Disability, Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Dementia Friendly Housing Charter, Dementia Rights and the Social Model of Disability, Dementia Statements, Dementia Tax, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Training, Dementia-Inclusive Communities, Discrimination, Discrimination / Stigma, Driving and Dementia, Driving Cessation, Employment, Equality Act 2010, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Guinness Partnership: Dementia-Friendly Environment Guide, Halton Borough Council: Welfare Rights Service, Health and Employment in Older Age, Health and Housing, Helping Older People Live Independently, Hidden No More: Dementia and Disability (APPG on Dementia), Housing and Dementia, Inclusion, Inclusive Communities, Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Homes Standards (LHS), Living Independently At Home, Mandatory Training, Non-Discrimination, Participation, People With Dementia and Learning Disabilities: Reasonable Adjustments, Public and Community Transport, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Public Transport, Reasonable Adjustments, Rights-Based Approaches to Dementia, Rights-Based Care, Social Care, Social Model of Disability, Social Protection, Societal Barriers: Rights-Based Alternatives, Specialised Supported Housing, Stigma and Discrimination, Support For Living Independently At Home, Supported Housing, Transport for Greater Manchester, United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), Wigan Borough Council: Dementia-Friendly Communities
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Consensus Statement on Healthy Ageing (PHE / CfAB)
Summary Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better have released a consensus statement, containing widely accepted proposals for making England the “best place in the world to grow old”. Five core principles are given, with the aim of … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health Foundation, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Royal College of Psychiatrists, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Age of No Retirement?’, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Society Grand Challenge, Ageism, Ageism in Britain, Ageism in Wider Society, Ageist Terminology, AGILE, Allied Health Professionals Federation, Anna Dixon, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Association of Directors of Public Health, Awareness of Local Assets, Barriers and Facilitators in Lifestyle Change, Barriers and Facilitators to Participation, Barriers to Employing Older Workers, Barriers to Integrated Care, Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Later Life Learning, Barriers to Support, Barriers to Talking About Ageing, Barriers: Discrimination, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry, British Dental Association, British Geriatrics Society, British Society of Gerodontology, Campaign to End Loneliness, Canal and River Trust, Care and Repair England, Centre for Ageing Better (CfAB), Centre for Mental Health, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Clinical Epidemiology: Keele University, Communities and Service Design, Consensus on Healthy Ageing, Consensus Statement on Healthy Ageing : PHE and the Centre for Ageing Better, Contribution to Society, Council for Work and Health, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dental Professionals Alliance, Design Council, Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England, EngAgeNet, Faculty of Dental Surgery: Royal College of Surgeons of England, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), Faculty of Public Health, Health and Housing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing: Consensus Statement, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing LIN, Independent Age, Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing, Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Institute for Employment Studies, International Longevity Centre UK, Later Life, Living Streets, Making England the Best in the World to Grow Old, Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Inequalities, National Fire Chief’s Council, National Housing Federation, National Oral Health Promotion Group, National Police Chief's Council, Natural England, Negative Impact of Ageist Attitudes, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Overcoming Barriers, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, PHE: Public Health England, Physiological Society, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Better Than Cure, Professor Carol Brayne CBE: Director of Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Medicine: University of Cambridge, Race Equality Foundation, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Royal Osteoporosis Society, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Royal Town Planning Institute, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Societal Contribution, Society of British Dental Nurses, Society of Occupational Medicine, Sport England, St John Ambulance, Turning Point, UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, UK Active, UK Public Health Register, University College London, University of Manchester, University of Northumbria, University of the Third Age, Urban Design Group, Versus Arthritis
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Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)
Summary The guide to Improving Care for Older People, developed by NHS England in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, is actually a collection of resources (some dating back several years). This collection … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Commissioning, Community 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, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Ageing, Active and Healthy Ageing, Age and Ageing, Age-Friendly Housing, Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty (NHS England), Ageing Well With Technology, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bladder Problems, Burden on Caregivers, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Admission Delay, Care in an Ageing Society, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers Strategy, Carers Trust, Carers UK Adviceline, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Benefits, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Caring into Later Life, Case Finding and Risk Stratification, Chief Fire Officers Association, Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA), Chief Fire Officers Association: Ageing Safely Strategy, Cognitive Impairment, Cold Homes, Collaboration, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community Care Assessments, Community Response Intervention Teams, Community Risk Intervention, Community Risk Intervention Team (CRIT), Community Volunteering, Community-Based Services, Complex Needs, Consensus Statement on Improving Health and Wellbeing (2015), Consent to Share Information, Cooking Arrangements, Coping With Stress, Culture Change in Health and Care, Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Design Principles for Safe and Well Visits, Determinants of Health, Electronic Frailty Index, electronic Frailty Index (eFI), Emily Holzhausen: Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK, Falls Prevention, Falls Reduction, Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT), Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Feeling Under the Weather (Campaign), Fire and Rescue Service Delivering Home Modifications, Fire and Rescue Services (FRS), Fire and Rescue Services (FRS): Health Ambassadors, Fire and Rescue Services Act (2004), Fire and Rescue Services Checks on Older People, Fire and Rescue Services Checks on People With Long Term Health Conditions, Fire as a Health Asset: Consensus, Fire Safety Check Programmes, Fires, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty Identification and Frailty Care, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, FRS Volunteers, Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe), Greater Manchester FRS Community Risk Intervention Teams (CRITs), Guide to Healthy Ageing, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing Conference 2018 (India), Healthy Ageing in India, 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Alternative Approaches to Reducing Hospital Admissions / Re-Admissions (BBC News / British Red Cross / NESTA / King’s Fund)
Summary The British Red Cross has proposed that home assessments, and comparatively simple interventions, when discharging old and vulnerable people for hospitals would help to reduce avoidable but predictable hospital re-admissions (and prevent many hospital admissions in the first place). … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Assessment Before Discharge, Assisting Patients Inside Their Homes (Opportunity to Check Home Environment), Aston University, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, BBC Health News, Bed Occupancy Rates, Between Home and Hospital: With British Red Cross, Birmingham, British Red Cross, Community Service Volunteers (CSV), Community-Based Care, Community-Based Support, Community-Based Volunteering, Costs and Harms of Delays in Discharging Older Patients From Hospital, Crises Facing Independent Living Service Users, Crisis Prevention, Criteria Led Discharge, Delayed Discharge: Patient Awaiting Care Package in Own Home, Delayed Discharge: Social Care Delays, Discharge Checklists, Discharge Decisions, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Discharging Older Patients From Hospital, Dr Nick Scriven: Society of Acute Medicine, Early Discharge Support, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Care, Emergency Medicine Journal, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital Within 28 Days of Discharge, Emergency Readmissions Within 30 Days, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Failed Discharges, Feeling Unsafe, Frail Patients on Discharge From Hospital, Future Healthcare Journal, Health and Housing, Health Volunteering, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT), Helping in Hospitals, Home Assessments (on Hospital Discharge), Home Assessments (Prior to Discharge), Hospital Discharge, Hospital Re-Admission Risks, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing Quality, Imelda Redmond: Healthwatch England, In and Out of Hospital (British Red Cross), In-Home Assessments, Inappropriate Discharge, Living Alone, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mike Adamson: Chief Executive of British Red Cross, Missed Opportunities, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Data for Better Analysis of Emergency Readmissions (Proposal), National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, NHS Winter Pressures (aka Winter Crisis 2017-2018), Overnight Effect, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Case Management, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Home Conditions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Proactive Falls Prevention Schemes, Re-Admissions to Hospitals, Readmission Rates, Reasons for Short Stay Emergency Admissions, Red Cross, Reducing Re-Admissions to NHS Hospitals, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, School of Health and Related Research: University of Sheffield, Social Prescribing, Solihull, Solihull Hospital, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, South Warwickshire Foundation Trust, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, Struggling and Caring For Others, Struggling With Everyday Tasks, Tackling Health Inequality Through Housing, University of Sheffield, University of Wolverhampton (Walsall), Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguards: Solihull Together for Better Lives, Value of Volunteering, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Volunteering in General Practice, Volunteering in Hospitals, Warmer and Safer Homes, Winter Pressures
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Future of UK Ageing Population Report (Government Office for Science)
Summary A Government Office for Science report has assembled a range of evidence about the older population, in the attempt to identify trends and make projections of likely relevance for the UK government and others developing policies for an ageing … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Researchers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adaptations to Workplace, Adapting Homes and Neighbourhoods, Age and Ageing, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing and Society, Ageing in the Community, Ageing in the UK, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Population Report (Government Office for Science), Attitudes to Ageing, Attitudes to Ageing - Influence of New Technologies, Attitudes to Ageing - Psychological Factors, Attitudes to Ageing - Social and Cultural Factors, Barriers to Later Life Learning, Barriers to Technology Use, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Built Environment, Central Role for Families, Changing Work Requirements and Environments, Connectivity, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Design and Built Environment, Effect of Technology on Support Networks, Emotional and Personal Resilience, Family Care in the UK, Foresight Evidence Reviews, Foresight Future of Ageing Population Team, Foresight Mapping Tool, Foresight Project on Future of Ageing Population, Foresight Trends, Future Healthcare Costs, Future Of Ageing: Adapting Homes And Neighbourhoods, Future Of Ageing: Attitudes To Ageing, Future Of Ageing: Attitudes To Ageing - Influence Of New Technologies, Future Of Ageing: Attitudes To Ageing - Psychological Factors, Future Of Ageing: Attitudes To Ageing - Social And Cultural Factors, Future Of Ageing: Changing Work Requirements And Environments, Future Of Ageing: Effect Of Technology On Support Networks, Future Of Ageing: Emotional And Personal Resilience, Future of Ageing: Family Care in the UK, Future Of Ageing: Health And Care Infrastructure, Future Of Ageing: Health And Social Care Services, Future Of Ageing: Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Future Of Ageing: Informal Care And Paid Work In Later Life, Future Of Ageing: Learning Processes And Capacity, Future Of Ageing: Life Expectancy And Healthy Life Expectancy Trends, Future Of Ageing: Lifelong Learning, Future Of Ageing: Preventive Health And Social Care Services, Future of ageing: relationships between the generations, Future Of Ageing: Retirement Income And Assets, Future Of Ageing: Retirement Income Market, Future Of Ageing: Transport And Mobility, Future Of Ageing: Volunteering, Future Of Ageing: Workplace Infrastructure, Government Office for Science, Health and Care Infrastructure, Health and Care System Facts (UK), Health and Social Care Services, Healthy Life Expectancy, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Neighbourhoods, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Informal Care, Information Technology Connectivity, Inter-Generational Caring Responsibilities in Families, Intergenerational Caring, Intergenerational Cohesion, Intergenerational Communication, Intergenerational Fairness, Intergenerational Inequality, Intergenerational Relations, Later Life, Later Life Learning, Learning Processes and Capacity, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy Trends, Lifelong Learning, Mapping UK Demographic Changes, New Technology, Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Older Demographics, Paid Work In Later Life, Perceptions of Youth and Old Age (European Social Survey), Prevalence of Unpaid Care, Preventive Health, Professor Sarah Harper, Professor Sir Mark Walport, Regional Variations, Relationships Between the Generations, Retirement Income and Assets, Retirement Income Market, Self-Efficacy, Sir Mark Walport, Social Care Services, Social Physical and Technological Connectivity, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, Transport and Mobility, UK Demographics, Unpaid Carers, Vertical Family Units, Volunteering, Wellbeing in Later Life, Workplace Infrastructure
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Safe and Well Visits: Partnership Working Between Health, Social Care, Fire and Rescue Services and Volunteers (NHS England, PHE, LGA / CFOA / Age UK)
Summary Further information has become available concerning the programme of “health checks” for the homes of elderly people and patients with complex long-term conditions. Collaboration on establishing the working principles of these “Safe and Well” visits has involved cooperation between … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing Population, Alcohol, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Burns and Scalds, Candles, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Chief Fire Officers Association, Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA), Chief Fire Officers Association: Ageing Safely Strategy, Cognitive Impairment, Cold Homes, Collaboration, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community Response Intervention Teams, Community Risk Intervention, Community Risk Intervention Team (CRIT), Community Volunteering, Complex Needs, Consensus Statement on Improving Health and Wellbeing (2015), Consent to Share Information, Cooking Arrangements, Culture Change in Health and Care, Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes, Dementia Long-Term Care and Support, Dementia Long-Term Services, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Design Principles for Safe and Well Visits, Determinants of Health, Drugs, E-Cigarettes, Electrical Equipment, Employment, Escape Plans, Falls, Falls Prevention, Falls Reduction, Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT), Fire and Rescue Service Delivering Home Modifications, Fire and Rescue Services (FRS), Fire and Rescue Services (FRS): Health Ambassadors, Fire and Rescue Services Act (2004), Fire and Rescue Services Checks on Older People, Fire and Rescue Services Checks on People With Long Term Health Conditions, Fire as a Health Asset: Consensus, Fire Safety Check Programmes, Fires, Frailty, FRS Volunteers, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester FRS (GMFRS), Greater Manchester FRS Community Risk Intervention Teams (CRITs), Health, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care Integration, Hoarding, Home Adaptations, Home Modifications, Home Safety, Home Security, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Jacquie White: NHS England’s Deputy Director for People with Long Term Conditions, Learning Disability, LGA: Local Government Association, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Links Between Mental Health and Fire Risk, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Authority: Beyond Fighting Fires, Local Health and Care Services, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long Term Health Conditions, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mental Health, Mobility, Modifiable Risk Factors, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multi-Morbidity, National Long Term Conditions Year of Care Commissioning Programme, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), Older People With Complex Needs, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Partnership(s) Between NHS and Fire Service, PHE: Public Health England, Portable Heaters and Open Fires, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Prescription Medicines, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Provision of Clinical and Other Equipment in Home Potentially Increasing Fire Risk, Provision of Risk Appropriate Domestic Fire Detection and Warning, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Social Care and NHS Outcomes To Which Home Adaptations Contribute, Public Health Social Care and NHS Outcomes To Which Safe and Well Visits Contribute, RCGP e-learning Package For GPs, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Risk Factors, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Alcohol, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Burns and Scalds, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Candles, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Consent to Share Information, Safe and Well Visit (Light 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Delayed Transfers of Care, Public Health and Sustainability in the NHS: the Home Adaptations Dimension (Care & Repair England / BBC News)
Summary The Care and Repair England Integration Briefing No.3 “Home adaptation could ease delayed transfers of care”, which has the backing of Public Health England (PHE), explains how increased funding for home adaptations has the potential to help reduce delayed … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing Population, Assistive Technology and Telecare, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund: Policy Framework, Building Research Establishment (BRE), Care & Repair England, Care & Repair England’s Catch 22 Project, Care Act 2014, Care and Repair England, Care and Repair England Integration Briefing No.1, Care and Repair England Integration Briefing No.2, Care and Repair England Integration Briefing No.3, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Centre for Ageing Better (CfAB), Cost to the NHS of Poor Housing, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Dementia-Friendly Housing, Determinants of Health, Directors of Public Health, Disabled Facilities Grant, Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), Disabled Facilities Grant Finance, Disabled Facilities Grant Funding via Better Care Funds, Disabled Facilities Grants, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, EAC FirstStop, Falls Prevention, Handyman, Health and Housing Policy, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Home Adaptations, Home Adaptations Consortium, Home Adaptations Wigan, Home Adaptations: Integration and Care Act, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Dementia, Housing for Older People, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Integration, Integration and Care Act, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration Transformation Fund (aka Better Care Fund), Length of Stay (LoS), Local Councillors, Local Examples of Integrated Provision and Funding for Home Adaptations, Lord Carter Review, Money Well Spent, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Sustainability, Patient and Service User Representatives, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, PHE: Public Health England, Post-Discharge Support, Preventative Housing Interventions, Preventing and Managing Demand, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Social Care and NHS Outcomes To Which Home Adaptations Contribute, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Secondary Prevention, Tertiary Prevention
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Practical Guide to Dementia-Friendly Environments: the Access Audit (Innovations in Dementia)
Summary Innovations in Dementia (ID) have produced a quick checklist on how to perform an audit with the aim of making buildings more suitable for people with dementia. The “access audit” includes an assessment of how persons with dementia typically … Continue reading →
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Tagged Access Audits, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Cities (WHO), Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Age-Friendly Housing, Alzheimer’s Australia, Alzheimer’s Australia WA, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Built Environment, Contrast, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Products, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Workplaces, Dementia-Proofing, Design and Built Environment, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, EHE: Enhancing the Healing Environment, Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Flooring, Global Age Friendly Cities (WHO), Health and Housing, Helpful Stimuli, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and People with Dementia, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN, Housing Providers, Housing Solutions for Dementia, iD: Innovations in Dementia, Independence, Innovations in Dementia, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Lighting, Lighting Guidance, NSW Dementia Training Study Centre at the University of Wollongong, Quiet Areas, Removing Unhelpful Stimuli, SCIE Resource on Dementia-Friendly Environments, Seating and Quiet Areas, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Loss, Signage, Signage Pictures and Text, Signs, Staying Independent, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Toilets, University of Stirling, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Wollongong, Visibility
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Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020: £300m Government Funding Planned For Dementia Research (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary In the wake of the three-year Prime Minister’s “Dementia Challenge” (2012), David Cameron has announced the follow-up Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020. The plan is to further transform dementia research, dementia care and support. It is anticipated that … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Antipsychotics, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Academia-Industry Partnerships, Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Alzheimer’s Research UK Stem Cell Research Centre, Alzheimer’s Society Connecting Communities Project, Attributable Cost of Dementia, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Barbara’s Story: Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Better Care Fund, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), British Prime Minister's Office, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Burden of Dementia, Butterfly Approach, Butterfly Scheme, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) NHS Memory Clinic, Care and Compassion, Care at Home, Care Certificate, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Citizen Participation, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Research, Collaborative Working, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Community Participation, Compassionate Care, Connecting Communities, Connecting Communities Initiative, Core Knowledge and Skills Framework, Crawley, Crawley Forward Thinking, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Cross-Sector Partnerships, David Cameron, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Friendly Charters, Dementia Friendly Communities Recognition Process: Crawley, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Research, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia State of the Nation, Dementia Voice, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Football Clubs, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Sectors, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementias Platform UK, Dementias Platform UK (DPUK), Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health Dementia Challenge (2020), Dignity in Care, Dignity in Dementia, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, DPUK: Dementias Platform UK, Elderly Human Rights, End of Life Care, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, Engaging Businesses in Dementia Friends, EPAD: European Prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia Consortium, EU Joint Action on Dementia 2015-18, EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), European Joint Action on Dementia: ALCOVE, European Prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia Consortium (EPAD), Finance and Incentives, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Forget Me Not Club, Forget Me Not Initiative, Free Open Access Journals, G8 Dementia Summit: Global Action Against Dementia, GCTF: Global Clinical Trials Fund, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Burden of Dementia, Global Clinical Trials Fund (GCTF), Global Fund on Dementia, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Global Societal Economic Cost of Dementia, Gnosall Model for Dementia, Greenwich Advanced Dementia Service (GADS), Greenwich Carers Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Housing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Hilary Evans: 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Wellbeing Boards, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Maintaining Independence, Marks and Spencer, Medical Research Council (MRC), Men in Sheds, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit 2012, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS England’s Commitment to Carers, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, NICE Quality Standards, NIHR Dementia Translational Research Collaboration, One Million NHS Staff Trained (Dementia Awareness), Open Access Databases, Open Access Journals, Open Access Knowledge Resources, Open Access Research, Open Science, Open Science and Data, Open Source Solutions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Otto Schiff Care Home (Golders Green), Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Participation in Research, Participation in Research Studies, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Participation, PETALS (Person-Centred Empowerment Trust Activities Life History and Stimulation), Peterborough City Council, Pharmaceutical Industry, PM Challenge on Dementia: Health and Care Champion Group Subgroup on Dementia and Homecare, Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Prof; Simon Lovestone: Co-Lead Academic Scientists at Oxford Drug Discovery Institute, Professor Alistair Burns, Public Health England (PHE), Public Participation in Research, Public Sector, Public Sector Outcomes, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Referrals, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH), Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Management, Road Less Rocky, Rosa Kornfield-Matte: Independent Expert on Human Rights, Science and Innovation, Skills for Care, Somerset Care, South Manchester Memory Service, START, START: STrAtegies for RelaTives, State of the Nation Report: Dementia Care and Support in England (2013), Staying Independent, Stem Cell Research Centre, Stigma of Dementia, STrAtegies for RelaTives, Support for Carers, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Tackling Barriers to Innovation, Triangle of Care for Dementia, Trinity Homecare, UK Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, World Dementia Council, World Dementia Envoy
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Older Peoples Day (RVS / Housing LIN)
Summary Today is Older Peoples Day. People are living longer in the UK. It is estimated that 23% of people in the UK will be aged 65 and over by 2035. October 1st 2014 is a day to “celebrate the achievements … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Housing, In the News, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age Discrimination, Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, Ageing Workforce, Attitudes to Ageing, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Discrimination / Stigma, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing LIN Newsletter, Negative Stereotypes, News LINks Service: Housing LIN, Older People’s Day, Older Peoples Day (2014), Reducing Stigma, Royal Voluntary Service (Formerly the WRVS), Stereotyping, Stigma, Stigma and Discrimination
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