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Tag Archives: Aids and Adaptations
Evaluation of the Guinness Partnership Dementia Project (Housing LIN / Guinness Partnership)
Summary The Housing LIN conducted an independent evaluation of progress (on the part of the Guinness Partnership) towards becoming a dementia-friendly housing organisation. “ …dementia-friendly thinking is a part of our day-to-day approach”. (p.2) Full Text Link Reference Independent evaluation … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Suitable Care and Support, Aids and Adaptations, Awareness Raising, Carers Network for Staff, Catriona Simons: Chief Executive of Guinness Partnership, Customer Liaison Officer (CLO), Dementia Awareness, Dementia Day Clock, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project Guides, Dementia Flagging System, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Housing Charter, Dementia Friends, Dementia Housing Working Group, Dementia Housing Working Group (DHWG), Dementia Research Consortia (HDRC), Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Specifications, Design and Built Environment, Design for People with Dementia, Development of a Dementia Friendly Living and Best Practice Showcase, Feel Good Stay Well Club (Manchester), Growing in the City (Men’s Shed Manchester), Guinness Care, Guinness Partnership, Guinness Partnership’s Dementia Project, Guinness Partnership’s Dementia Project (Housing LIN Evaluation), Guinness’s Housing for Older People Steering Group, Hospital Passport, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium (HDRC), Housing for Older People, Housing for Older People Quality Assessment, Housing for Vulnerable Older People: Social Housing, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN, Independent Living Managers, Jeremy Porteus, Paul Watson: Managing Director of Guinness Care, Signage, Take a Break Service, This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, Tom Walker: Deputy Chief Executive of Homes England, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Wendy Wells: Housing and Dementia Project Lead at Guinness
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Better Care Fund: Questions and Assumptions? (BBC News / NAO)
Summary Questions have arisen about the scale of savings achievable from the £5.3bn Better Care Fund (BCF). The BCF aims to improve integration between NHS and social care. A National Audit Office (NAO) review of the assumptions behind the BCF … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services, Aids and Adaptations, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, BCF: Existing Funding But No New Money, BCF: Fund Accountability System Statement, BCF: Local Planning, BCF: Programme Governance, BCF: Risks to Acute Providers and Clinical Commissioning Groups, BCF: Risks to Local Authority Adult Social Care Services, BCF: September Fund, Better Care Exchange, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund (BCF) Planning, Better Care Fund Implementation Support Programme, Better Care Fund Plans, Better Care Fund Timeline, Care in the Community, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaborative Care Planning, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Rehabilitation, Community-Based Services, Continuity of Care, Data Sharing, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department for Communities and Local Government, Discharge Planning, Early Referral System to Mental Health Services (Wolverhampton), Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End-User Experience, Financial Constraints, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Funding and Accountability for the BCF, Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Independence, Independent Living, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information Sharing, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Integration Transformation Fund, Joint Assessments, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local Planning, Mental Health, Multidisciplinary Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Care Coordinators, Named Case Managers, Named Contacts Providing Continuity, Named GPs, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Funding, NHS Spending, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personalised Care Plans, Planning for Better Care Fund, Polypharmacy, Post-Discharge Support, Predictive Modelling, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Service Interventions, Primary Healthcare Provision, Professional Sharing, Public Accounts Committee, Reablement, Reablement Funding, Reablement Services, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Referral and Assessment, Rehabilitation, Self-Care, Service Transformation, Service User Experience, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Seven‑Day Working, Sharing Information, Social Care Reablement Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, User Experience, Value for Money, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Wolverhampton Dementia Hub, Wolverhampton Mental Health / Dementia Hub
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Statistical Focus on the Health and Care of Older People (HSCIC)
Summary The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has published a summary of information about older people living in England. This collection of statistical information presents a broad picture of the health, care and wellbeing of older people in … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Attendances, Access to Hospital Services, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return (ASC-CAR), Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Aids and Adaptations, Bed Days, Body Mass Index (BMI), Care in an Ageing Society, Cause of Death, Community Care Statistics, Community-Based Services, Consultants Working in Geriatric Medicine, Consultants Working in Old Age Psychiatry, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England, Day-Cases, Dementia and Falls, Diabetes Prevalence, Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE), Epidemiology and Statistics, EuroQol Group, Falls in Older People, FCE Bed Days, Geriatric Medicine, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Future Trends, Health Episode Statistics, Health Statistics, Home Adaptations, Home Care, Hospital Admissions, Housing Adaptations, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy, Local Authority Equipment and Adaptations: Unit / Reference Costs, Mental Health Minimum Data Set (MHMDS), National Dementia Prevalence, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce Statistics, Obesity, Obesity Prevalence in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Old Age Psychiatry, Older People, Older People’s Services, Outpatient Attendances, Prescribing, Prevalence of Cancer, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevalence of Ischaemic Heart Disease, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Referrals Assessments and Packages of Care Return (RAP), Secondary Mental Health Services, Services for Older People in England, Smoking, Social Care, Social Care for Older People, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Wellbeing Ageing and Mortality, Wellbeing in an Ageing Population
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Living Spaces for People Living With Dementia and Sight Loss (University of Stirling and Thomas Pocklington Trust)
Summary Research from Stirling University, published by the Thomas Pocklington Trust, shows that good design of living spaces can improve the lives of people living with two common conditions which often occur together: dementia and sight loss. Evidence-based guidelines have … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Community Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aids and Adaptations, Alzheimer Scotland, Bathroom Design, Bathroom Fittings, Bathrooms, Colour, Concurrent Dementia and Sight Loss, Contrast, Cupboards and Cabinet Design, Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia and Sight Loss, Dementia Service Development Centre: University of Stirling, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Design for People with Dementia, Design Techniques, Entrances and Exits, Environmental Design, Environments for Care at End of Life, Eon Creative Ltd, Fixtures and Fittings, Gardens, Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Dementia, Housing and Support for People With Dementia, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Kitchens, Layout and Design, Lighting, Linburn Centre, Maintaining Independence, Neighbourhood Design, Outdoor Areas, Regaining Independence, Renfrewshire Council, RNIB, Scottish War Blinded, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Loss, Sight Loss, Sightloss and Dementia, Smart Home Adaptations, Stirling University, Supportive Design for People with Dementia, Thomas Pocklington Trust, University of Stirling, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Visual Impairment
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