Tag Archives: Aids and Adaptations

Evaluation of the Guinness Partnership Dementia Project (Housing LIN / Guinness Partnership)

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

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 | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Respite Care and Breaks, Advocacy, Aids and Adaptations, Benefits for Over-65s, Benefits for Under-65s, Care After a Hospital Stay, Care After Hospital Discharge, Care and Support Planning, Care and Support Plans (CSP), Care for People With Mental Health Problems (Care Programme Approach), Care Homes, Care Services, Carer Assessment, Carer Breaks, Carer’s Assessment, Carers' Breaks and Respite Care, Carers’ Rights at Discharge, Caring For Children and Young People, Challenging Behaviour, Continuing Healthcare, Continuing Healthcare Funding, Direct Payments, Discharge, Discharge Planning, Equipment, Financial Assessment (Means Test), Help For Young Carers, Help From Social Services and Charities, Helplines, Home Adaptations, Home Help, Hospital Discharge, Housing Adaptations, Means Test, Means Tested Social Care, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mental Health Aftercare, Money Work and Benefits, Moving and Lifting People, Needs Assessments, NHS Choices, NHS Choices (Renamed as NHS Digital), NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC), NHS Continuing Healthcare: Advice, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly NHS Choices), NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS-Funded Nursing Care Rates, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, Paying for Care Home and Domiciliary Care, Paying for Long-Term Care, Paying for Social Care and Support, Power of Attorney, Powers of Attorney, Quick Guide to Social Care and Support (NHS Digital), Reablement, Reporting Abuse, Respite Care, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Sharing Your Home: Advice for Carers, Social Care and Support, Staying Safe at Home, Support And Benefits For Carers, Support for Carers (Hospital Discharge), Support From Local Councils, Work and Disability, Young Carers | Leave a comment

Unmet Social Care Needs of Older People Living in Their Own Homes (Ipsos MORI / NIHR / Age UK / NatCen Social Research / Independent Age)

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Ipsos MORI, in association with the NIHR School for Social Care Research, Age UK, NatCen Social Research and Independent Age, have produced a report exploring the nature and extent of “unmet needs” for social care among older persons living … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, 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, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK NSC, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Funding (England), Adult Social Care in England, Advice and Information, Affordability of Care and Support, Ageing Population, Aids and Adaptations, Allison Dunatchik: NatCen Social Research, Assessments and Eligibility, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers and Facilitators in Lifestyle Change, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Access to Funding, Barriers: Inconsistency in Care Standards, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Care Act 2014, Care Funding, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Disability and Home Care in England’s Older Population, Domiciliary Care, Dr Margaret Blake: Research Director at Ipsos MORI, Eligibility, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, ELSA, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Local Authorities, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Failing Safety Net (Age UK), Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, Financial Constraints, Financial Eligibility, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Health Survey for England, Health Survey for England (HSE), Help for Elderly Living at Home, Hidden Unmet Needs, Home Adaptations, Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care: Commissioning, Housing Adaptations, Impact(s) of Unmet Needs, In-Depth Interviews With Older People, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence of Older Adults, Independent Age, Independent Living At Home, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Integrated Commissioning, Ipsos Mori, Ipsos Public Affairs, Janet Morrison (Chief Executive of Independent Age), Lack of Bespoke Information and Advice, LGA: Local Government Association, Living Alone, Local Authorities, Local Authority Contribution to Care Costs or Adaptations, Local Care Providers, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Service Providers, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Loss of Confidence, Loss of Mobility, Loss of Purpose, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Mobility Problems, NatCen Social Research, NatCen Social Research (NatCen), NatCen Social Research: University College London, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold for Adult Care and Support, Nature and Prevalence of Unmet Need for Social Care, NIHR School for Social Care Research, NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR), Older People With Complex Needs, Patterns of Experience and Factors Contributing to People Developing Care Needs, Personal Well-Being, Predictors of Unmet Need, Preventative Care, Preventative Interventions, Preventative Services, Prevention, Public Transport, Publicly Funded Support, Purpose in Life, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Secondary Analysis of English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Data, Quantitative Secondary Analysis of Health Survey for England (HSE) Data, Reduced Mobility, Reluctance to Admit Unmet Needs, Resilience, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Gap, Social Care Providers, Social Contacts, Social Isolation, Specialist Welfare Advice, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Transport and Mobility, Unmet Needs, Unmet Needs and Well-Being, Unmet Needs of Community-Dwelling Older Persons, Unmet Social Care Needs of Older People Living in Their Own Homes, Well-Being, Willingness to Pay for Care and Support | Leave a comment

Dementia-Friendly Housing Charter (Housing LIN / Housing and Care 21 / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research indicates that 85% of people wish to stay at home as long as possible after a dementia diagnosis. Currently a third of people would not know where to find information on making their homes more dementia-friendly. The Dementia-Friendly … Continue reading →

Layman’s Guide To Understanding – And Helping – People With Dementia (Good Care Group)

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Good Care Group have released a “Dementia: through their eyes” guide on person-centred care for people with dementia who prefer to remain living at home. It offers practical advice on communicating, eating well and improving wellbeing. Section headings … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Nutrition, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advice and Information, Aids and Adaptations, Art Therapy, Arts 4 Dementia, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts Crafts and Creative Activities, Arts4Dementia, Bringing Carers Into the Home, Care and Communication, Caregiver-Patient Communication, Challenges in Communication, Communicating With the Person, Communication Barriers, Communication Skills, Contended Dementia’s SPECAL® Method, Contented Dementia Trust, Continuing Healthcare Funding, Creative Therapy, Dehydration, Dementia and Music, Dementia-Related Information Resources, Dementia: Through Their Eyes Guide (The Good Care Group), Eating Well, Feelings Over Facts, Financing Care At Home, Getting Enough Rest, Good Care Group, Good Communication, GPS Trackers, Home Adaptations, Home Care Options For Dementia, Household Appliances (Adapted), Housing Adaptations, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Information and Advice Services, Location and Tracking Devices, Maintaining Independence, Music Therapy, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Person-First Approach, Physical Activity, Re-Cognition Health, Reminiscence, Sleep Hygiene, Sleep Patterns, Sleep Patterns in Dementia, Sleep Problems, Society of Later Life Advisers, Solicitors For the Elderly, SPECAL® Method: Rule 1. Avoid Asking Direct Questions, SPECAL® Method: Rule 2. Listen to the Expert, SPECAL® Method: Rule 3. Do Not Contradict, Staying Active, TeleTracking, Tracking Devices, Validation Therapy, Young Dementia UK | Leave a comment

Better Care Fund: Questions and Assumptions? (BBC News / NAO)

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

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 | Leave a comment

Housing With Care to Promote Independent Living (BBC News / Demos / Age UK)

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Paul Burstow, the former Care Services Minister, has proposed that surplus NHS land could be used for building dedicated housing for older people. This is just one of a number of suggestions to encourage investment in extra care housing … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (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, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accessible and Adaptable Homes, Adaptable Homes, Adapted Flats, Age Cymru, Age Friendly Homes, Age NI, Age Scotland, Age UK Handy Person Service, Age UK Integrated Care Programme, Aids and Adaptations, Alzheimer’s Association’s Great Illinois Chapter, Anchor, Autonomy, Autonomy and Choice, Autonomy and Self-Determination, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, Better Care Fund, Building Research Establishment (BRE), Business Case for Extra Care Housing, Commission on Residential Care, Commission on Residential Care (CORC), Commission on Residential Care: Chaired by Paul Burstow MP, Committee for the Wagner Review of Residential Care, Commonhold, Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), Complex Needs, Cooperative Mutual or Profit-Sharing Ownership Models, Creative Use of NHS Estate, De Hogeweyk, Delayed Discharges, Dementia Care Awards, Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Demographic Change, Demos, Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), Disposing of Surplus Land, Eden Square (Greater Manchester), Empowerment, Empowerment Through Personalised Support, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficient Homes, English Community Care Association (ECCA), Ethos of Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing, Florence Leonard Centre for Living (Boston), Former Care Services Minister Paul Burstow, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Friends and Neighbours Movement (FaNS), Fuel Poverty, Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency, Funding Challenges, Future of Residential Care, Gifted Housing (Age UK), Glendale Lodge (Kent), Government Housing Grants, Hartrigg Oaks (York), HC-One, Health and Housing, Health and Housing Policy, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Well-being Boards (HWBB), Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Adaptations, Hospital Discharge, Housing & Care 21’s Sycamore Extra Care Scheme (North Yorkshire), Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Extra Care, Housing and Health Partnerships, Housing and Long-Term Conditions, Housing and People with Dementia, Housing Associations, Housing in Later Life, Housing Market for Older People, Housing Organisations, Housing Providers, Housing With Care, Humanitas Bergweg (Rotterdam), Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Inspection, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Lasell Retirement Village (Boston MA), Leonard Cheshire Disability, Liberal Democrat Former Health Minister Paul Burstow, Life Experiences Checklist (LEC), Lifetime Homes Standards (LHS), Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Local Authorities, Local Commissioning, Local Housing Developments, Local Housing Strategies, Maintaining Independence, My Home Life Essex Community Association (MHLECA), My Home Life Essex FaNS, My Home Life Programme, National Care Forum (NCF), National Planning Policy Framework, National Skills Academy for Social Care, NCVO’s Volunteering in Care Homes Pilot, NHS Surplus Land, Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR), Patient Discharge, Paul Burstow (Former Care Services Minister), Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat, Planning Gain Charges (Under S106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy), Poor Housing Poor Health, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Reablement, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Rebranding Residential Care, Regaining Independence, Registration, Regulation, Residential Accommodation, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Care Settings, Residential Forum, Respect for Autonomy, Retirement Housing, Retirement Housing Needs, Retirement Villages, Rt Hon. 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