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A Framework of Promising Interventions for Improving the Support of People Living With Dementia (Age UK)

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An Age UK report investigates a variety of interventions which may be of assistance in the support of people with dementia and their families / carers. Case studies of services and projects designed to support wellbeing / living well … Continue reading →

Funding the Shared Lives Model of Support For Living Independently At Home (NHS England / Shared Lives Plus)

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England is to invest £1.75 million in the Shared Lives Plus scheme which aims to help people be cared for at home, rather than in hospitals. “The Shared Lives model will support people who have needs which make … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (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, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Communities, Ageing Society, Alex Fox: Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Alternatives to Hospital-Based Treatments, Befriending, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care in an Ageing Society, Care in the Community, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Resilience, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Allowance, Carer's Needs, Carers, Carers’ Benefits, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Chronic Care, Chronic Conditions, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning for Carers, Community, Community Care, Community Networks, Community Perspective, Community-Based Support, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Day Support, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Friends, Dementia Support Services, Dementia: Community Based Support, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Fostering, Fostering Schemes for Elderly People, Friends, Friendship, Good Neighbourliness, Helping Older People Live Independently, Identifying Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Inclusion, Independence, Independence at Home, Informal Networks, Later Life, Learning Disabilities, Live-In Mental Health Support (Includes Acute Support as Alternative to Hospital-Based Treatment), Living Independently At Home, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Maintaining Independence, Mental Health and Illness, Neighbourliness, Older Carers, Peer Support Networks, Preventing Loneliness, Protecting Vulnerable People, Shared Lives Model, Shared Lives Plus, Shared Lives Plus: UK, Short Breaks, Social Inclusion, Social Networks, Staying Independent, Step-Down Care, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation in the Community, Support For Living Independently At Home, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Vulnerable Older People | Leave a comment

Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People’s Report (BBC News / NHS Confedertation)

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Confederation’s Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People has provided further evidence that many persons aged over-65 are admitted to hospitals via accident and emergency (A&E) unnecessarily, usually with relatively poor outcomes and incurring higher costs … Continue reading →

Reshaping Care for Older People (Audit Scotland)

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This audit from the Auditor General for Scotland assesses progress by NHS boards and councils in Scotland in improving health and care services for older people, looking particularly at developments through the Reshaping Care for Older People (RCOP) programme. It … Continue reading →

Posted in 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accounts Commission: Scotland, Age and Ageing, Age Scotland, Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care: Projections, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Alternatives to A&E, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Association of Directors of Social Work and Scottish Borders Council, Auditor General for Scotland, Care in Local Communities, Care in the Community, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Change Fund, Coalition of Care Providers Scotland, Community Care, Community Care Outcomes Framework (CCOF), Community Support Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Configuration of Services, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, COSLA, Health and Social Care Configuration, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Identifying Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Index of Relative Need (IoRN), Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Resource Framework (IRF), Joint Improvement Team, Joint Improvement Team / NHS Lanarkshire, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Health and Social Support, National Care Standards, NHS Boards Councils and Partners, NHS in Scotland, NHS Scotland, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill, RCOP in Perth and Kinross, Reshaping Care for Older People (RCOP), Scottish Care, Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Service Transformation, Third Sector, Third Sector Commissioning, Transforming Care | Leave a comment

Integrated Care for Older People with Complex Needs: International Case Studies (King’s Fund)

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This King’s Fund report compares evidence from case studies from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, UK and United States to discover generalisable conclusions. Models vary. The underlying similarities and international differences between various programmes for delivering integrated … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Agency Networks, Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Australia, Balance Between Care by Specialists and Generalists, Barriers to Integration, Benefits of Remote Monitoring, Canada, Care by Specialists and Generalists, Care Coordinators, Care for People with Dementia, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Commissioning Multiagency Teams, Complex Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Needs, Dedicated Care Coordination, Electronic Medical Records, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Functional Integration, Generalists, Geriant (Netherlands), Geriant: Noord-Holland Province, GPs, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health Systems in Transition, HealthOne (Australia), HealthOne Mount Druitt: Sydney, High Touch vs High-Tech Care, Improving Care for People with Dementia, Information Sharing, Integrated Care Coordinators, Integration of Health and Social Care, Local Care Services, Local Empowerment, Local Initiatives, Local Networks, Massachusetts General Care Management Programme: Boston, MassGeneral (United States), Micro-Service Level Integration, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multiagency Teams, Multidisciplinary Teams, Named Care Coordinators, Named Case Managers, Named Key Worker, Netherlands, Networks, New Zealand, Normative Integration, Norrtalje (Sweden), Norrtalje Local Authority: Sweden, Older People, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People's Care, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Organisational Integration, Overcoming Barriers, Partners Healthcare, Pioneer Accountable Care Organisation (ACO), Population-Based Care Person-Focused Care, Primary Care Physicians, PRISMA (Canada), Professional Integration, Programme of Research to Integrate the Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy (PRISMA): Quebec, Reducing Admissions to Nursing Care, Reducing Admissions to Residential Care, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospitalisation, Rehabilitation Services for People with Complex Mental Health Needs, Remote Care Monitoring, Self-Management, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management Support, Service Integration, Service-Level Design, Single Point of Entry, Stockholm County Council, Support for People with Complex Needs, Support Networks, Sustainability, Sweden, System Integration, Taxonomies of Integrated Care, Te Whiringa Ora (New Zealand), Te Whiringa Ora: Eastern Bay of Plenty (New Zealand), Telemonitoring, Telephone-Based Support, Top-Down Policy, Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, Torbay Care Trust, World Health Organization | Leave a comment

NHS Re-Configuration (BBC News / NHS Confederation / King’s Fund)

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A coalition of health managers, clinicians, charities and patients’ representatives has proposed that the NHS in England needs to be more radical about closing some hospital services and diverting resources to more community-based care. The alternative to these reforms would be to face a “vicious” spiral … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 24/7 Service, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Access to Care, Achieving Better Value, Acute Savings per Bed Day, Admission Avoidance, Admission Rates, Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Avoidable Admissions, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bedfordshire’s Partnerships for Excellence in Palliative Support, Better Healthcare in Bucks, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham: Healthy Villages Programme, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Care Integration, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Case Management, Central London Community Health Trust, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Change Management, Co-Location, Co-Production, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Innovation Networks, Community Assessment and Rehabilitation Team (CARs), Community Care, Community Hospitals, Community Services, Community Support, Community-Based Emergency Medical Unit (EMU), Complete Care Model (CCM), Complex Needs, Continuity of Care, Cross Sector Working, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Dedicated Transport Group (Access), Delayed Transfers of Care, Department for Communities and Local Government’s Our Place Programme, End-of-Life Care Registers, Engagement, Financial Issues, Generic Mental Health Skills, Greenwich: Joint Emergency Team (JET), Greenwich: Team-Based Approaches to Supporting People at Home, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Health: Financing, Healthy Villages Programme (Birmingham), Hospital Admission Rates, Hospital and Community Team, Hospital Integrated Discharge Team (HID), Identifying Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Impact of Community Approaches on Bed Days, Improving Quality Safety and Outcomes, Innovation Infrastructure, Innovative Leadership, Integrated and Specialist Teams, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT), Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Leadership, Leeds: People Powered Health and Supported Self-Management, Local Leadership, London Stroke Strategy, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Meeting Patients' Changing Needs, Mind the Gap, Multi-Disciplinary Case Management, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, NHS Central Midlands Commissioning Support Unit, NHS Confederation Annual Conference 2013, NHS Leadership, NHS Networks, NHS North West London, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Service Reconfiguration, Nuka System, Oak Group, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Client Council, People Powered Health and Supported Self-Management, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Proactive Case Management, Productivity and Prevention) Long-Term Conditions, QIPP (Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention) Long-Term Conditions Work, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Complexity, Resistance to Change, Risk Aversion, Self-Care, Service Redesign, Service Transformation, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, South London Healthcare, South Somerset Healthcare Federation, Southcentral Foundation in Alaska, Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Stroke Care, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting People at Home, Symphony Project in South Somerset, Transforming Community Services (TCS), Transforming Community Services Programme, University Hospital Lewisham's Urgent Care Centre, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole Systems Redesign, Whole-System Approaches, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan Borough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Wigan Council, Wigan Integrated Neighbourhood Teams Project, Wrap-Around Care, Wrapping Services Around Primary Care, Wrightington | Leave a comment

The Value of Liaison Psychiatry Services (HSJ / NHS Confederation)

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Treatment of patients’ psychiatric conditions can help acute care providers improve physical health, achieve earlier hospital discharge and reduce costs. “In 2007, the National Audit Office reported that more than two-thirds of Lincolnshire acute hospital patients with dementia no … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation), National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Avoidable Admissions, Balance of Care Group, Birmingham City Hospital, Central and North West London Foundation Trust, City Hospital (Birmingham UK), Clinical Interventions in Aging, Commissioning Liaison Mental Health Services in Acute Hospitals (JCP-MH), Commissioning Liaison Psychiatry, Dementia Liaison Services, Department of Geriatric Medicine: Caerphilly, Department of Old Age Psychiatry (Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr; Ystrad Mynach): Caerphilly, Emergency Readmissions, Evidence Base for Liaison Psychiatry, Health Service Journal (HSJ), Hillingdon A&E, Hillingdon Hospital A&E, Identifying Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Psychiatry in the Hospital Setting, Liaison Services, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Liaison Service Pathway, Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Services for Dementia Care in Hospitals, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Services, Mind Report on Crisis Care: Listening to Experience, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS North West London, No Health Without Mental Health, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Psychiatric Liaison Services, RAID, RAID Service in Birmingham, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), West London Mental Health Trust | Leave a comment

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