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Telecare for Older People in Adult Social Care (King’s College London)

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The UTOPIA Project, conducted by King’s College London (and partners), surveyed English local authorities on their use of assistive technology and telecare to support older people. It investigates a conundrum: “An important context to the study was an earlier, … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, 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, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care and Wellbeing, Adult Social Care Departments (ASCDs), Adult Social Care in England, Assessments For Telecare, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), ASTRID: Social and Technological Response to Meeting the Needs of Individuals With Dementia and Their Carers, Barriers to Technology Use, Carer Support, De Montfort University, Delaying and Reducing the Need for Care and Support, Dementia Friendly Technology, Dementia-Friendly Technology and Service Providers, Digital Technology, Electronic Assistive Technology or Telecare (ATT), Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, Enhancing Quality of Life for People With Care and Support Needs, Helping Disoriented People, Housing and Telecare Learning and Improvement Network, Housing LIN, Information Generated by Telecare, Integrated Whole System Services for People With Dementia, Jeremy Porteus, Keeping People Living With Dementia Oriented, King’s College London, King’s Research Portal, Loneliness, Loneliness and Isolation, Managing Risk, National Institute for Health Research School for Social Care Research (NIHR SSCR), NIHR School for Social Care Research, NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR), Orientation, Positive Experiences of Care and Support, Preventing Loneliness, Prevention of Carer Breakdown, Promoting Safety, Queen Margaret University, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Rehabilitation and Dementia, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, School for Social Care Research (SSCR), SCWRU: Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King’s College London), Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, Social Contact, Social Isolation and Loneliness, South Lanarkshire Dementia Technology Initiative, Support with Orientation, Supporting the Independence of People With Dementia, Technology in Dementia Care, Telecare and Dementia, Telecare LIN, Telecare Prolonging Community Living in Dementia, Telecare Services Association Codes of Practice for Telecare and Teleheath, Telecare: Barriers and Facilitators, Telehealth, Telemonitoring, UK Whole System Demonstrator Trial, Unpaid Carers, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, UTOPIA Project, Whole System Demonstrator (WSD), Whole System Demonstrator Programmes, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, WSD: Whole System Demonstrator Programme | Leave a comment

National Audit of Intermediate Care 2017 (NAIC)

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Audit of Intermediate Care (NAIC)’s latest annual report attempts to provide comprehensive data on intermediate care services. It supplies a refreshed audit of intermediate care services delivering care and support to “older people living with complex conditions; … Continue reading →

Posted in 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, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accessibility of Intermediate Care, Ageing Population, AGILE, AGILE: Professional Network of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Bed Based Intermediate Care, Bed Based Intermediate Care Services: Workforce, Bed Based Services, Bed Occupancy, Bed-Based Intermediate Care Services, Bed/Home and Step Up/Down Provision, Benchmarking, BGS, British Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Care Integration, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Claire Holditch: Programme Director of NHS Benchmarking Network, Cognitive Impairment, College of Occupational Therapists, College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People (COTSS-OP), Community Care Services, Community Hospitals, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, COTSS-OP: College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People, Crisis Home Treatment, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT), Crisis Response, Crisis Response Services, Crisis Support, David Bramley: Deputy Head and Programme Lead for Long-Term Conditions Older People and End of Life Care Team Medical Directorate at NHS England, Dawne Garrett: Older People and Dementia Care at Royal College of Nursing, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Demand for Intermediate Care, Demographics and Processes, Dependency Levels, Destination on Discharge, Discharge Destination, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Dr Dawn Moody: Associate National Clinical Director for Older People (NHS England), Dr Martin Vernon: National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Care, Elderly Rehabilitation Services, Finance, Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), Home Based Intermediate Care, Home Based Services, Hospital Discharge, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care Beds, Intermediate Care Capacity, Intermediate Care Geriatrician, Intermediate Care Teams, Intermediate Care: Commissioner Spend, Iola Shaw: Long Term Conditions Older People and EOLC Medical Directorate at NHS England, Later Life, Length of Stay, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Strategic Planning, Mental Health Provision in Intermediate Care Services, Modified Barthel Index (MBI), Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), NAIC 2017, NAIC Steering Group, National Audit of Intermediate Care, National Audit of Intermediate Care (2017), National Audit of Intermediate Care: NAIC 2017, NHS Benchmarking, NHS Benchmarking Network, NHS RightCare, Occupational Therapists, Older People’s Specialists’ Forum, Partnership Working, Patient Flows, Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM), RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Re-ablement Services, Re-admission Avoidance Scheme (RAS), Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Reference Costs, Referrals, Rehabilitation Services, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), Services Maximising Independence, Services Reducing Use of Hospitals, Skills / Disciplines Mix, Staffing Levels, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, Step Down, Step Up, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, Sunderland Community Scheme, Therapy Outcome Measure (TOMS), Trans-Disciplinary Roles, Variation in Commissioning, Vulnerable Adults, Whole System Impact, Whole System Patient Flows, Workforce | 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

Sustainability of Funding for NHS and Adult Social Care (House of Lords Select Committee)

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS has identified a culture of short-termism regarding the funding of NHS and adult social care. All governments have short-sightedly failed to plan effectively for the long-term, … Continue reading →

Recent Assessments of Adult Social Care in England (House of Commons Library / BBC News / Health Foundation)

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary BBC News has recently run a mini-series of pieces investigating the state of social care and the inter-dependencies between performance in this sector and ongoing pressures within the NHS. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2017). 10 charts that … Continue reading →

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Care Funding Omitted From Autumn Statement (BBC News / NAO)

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The chancellor has offered no additional resources for the NHS or for social care in the Autumn Statement, much to the surprise of many commentators. Existing departmental spending plans announced last year hold firm, meaning now has to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Autumn Statement (2016), Chancellor’s Autumn Statement (2016), Delayed Transfers of Care, Ed Humpherson: UK Statistics Authority, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressure on Hospitals, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Financial Sustainability of NHS Bodies, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Interdependencies, Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Party Leader), Lady Ros Altmann, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Lord Lansley, Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Expenditure, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Sustainability, Open Letter From Sarah Wollaston of Commons Health Select Committee to Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP (October 2016), Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Professor Jane Dacre: President of Royal College of Physicians, Rt. Hon. John McDonnell: Shadow Chancellor, Siva Anandaciva: Head of Analysis at NHS Providers, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016) - Ignored, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Sustainable Social Care Programme, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures | Leave a comment

Care Homes Sector (Still) In Crisis (BBC News / CQC)

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC), reflecting on trends in care home closures, has suggested that the care market for older and disabled people in England could be at risk. The number of care homes has declined by roughly 1,500 … Continue reading →

Tag Archives: Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)

Telecare for Older People in Adult Social Care (King’s College London)

National Audit of Intermediate Care 2017 (NAIC)

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

Sustainability of Funding for NHS and Adult Social Care (House of Lords Select Committee)

Recent Assessments of Adult Social Care in England (House of Commons Library / BBC News / Health Foundation)

Care Funding Omitted From Autumn Statement (BBC News / NAO)

Care Homes Sector (Still) In Crisis (BBC News / CQC)

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