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Tag Archives: Barriers: Access to Funding
Unmet Social Care Needs of Older People Living in Their Own Homes (Ipsos MORI / NIHR / Age UK / NatCen Social Research / Independent Age)
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
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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
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Care Home Residents’ Access to GPs For Basic Health Care: Far Sighted or Short Sighted GP Contract Changes? (BBC News)
Summary Care home residents are generally 50% more likely to be admitted to hospital as an emergency than other older persons, and might be expected to be a high priority for primary care. Paradoxically, there are reports that GPs have … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access and Equity For Care Home Residents to Local NHS Services, Access to Care, Access to General Practice, Access to GP Services, Access to Hospital Services, Access to Primary Care, Access to Services, Age Discrimination, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Access to Funding, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Inconsistency in Care Standards, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Timely and Appropriate Diagnosis, Barriers: Potential Age Discrimination, Care England, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Residents, Care Home Sector, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes: Quality Indicators, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Charges for GP Visits, Clinical Input Into Care Homes, Consumer Vulnerability, Corporate Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Empowering GPs to Help Vulnerable Patients (and Carers) to Access Services, Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Factors Contributing to Vulnerability, General Practice, GP Access, GP Contracts, GPs, Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, Health Care Needs of Care Home Residents, High Quality Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Integrated Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS) Vanguard Sites, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, Nursing Homes, Older Care Home Residents, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Preventable Harm, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS), Primary Care: GP Consultations / Visits, Quality and Continuity of Care for Vulnerable Patients (New Deal), Rationing, Rationing Care, Residential Homes, Retainer Fees for GPs, Support to Care Home Residents, Supporting Vulnerable People, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups
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Home Care Services Guideline (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline concerning high-quality home care services for older people (i.e. home care, sometimes known as domiciliary care). It puts the focus on supporting the aspirations, goals … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 15-Minute Home Care Visits, 30-Minute Recommended Minimum Home Care Visits, Access to Funding, Adult Social Care Funding, Alistair Burt: Minister for Community and Social Care, Barriers: Access to Funding, BBC Health News, Bridget Warr: UK Home Care Association, Capacity to Consent, Care Act 2014, Care Funding, Care Quality Commission: Not Just a Number Review of Home Care Services, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Consent, Continuity of Care, Continuity of Care and Relationships, Continuity of Care for Older People, Courtesy, CQC Review of Home Care Services 2013, Dementia and Homecare, Deprivation of Liberty Occurring in Home Care Settings, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, Draft NICE Quality Standards for Home Care, Empathy, Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre), Flying Visits (Home Care), Funding Challenges, Funding Gap (Home Care), Funding Gaps, Funding of Care and Support, Future Care Workforce, Good Quality Home Care, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Implementation, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Home Care: Dementia‑Specific Services, Home Care: NICE Guidance [NG21], Home Care: Safety and Safeguarding, Homecare, Homecare and Care Home Workers, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Age, Independent Living At Home, Independent Living With Care, Information About Care and Support Options, Integrating Health and Social Care, Janet Morrison (Chief Executive of Independent Age), Joint Working Between Health and Social Care, LGO: Local Government Ombudsman, Local Government Association, Local Government Ombudsman, Maintaining Independence, Mark Minchin: Associate Director of NICE Home Care Project Team, Melanie Carr: NICE Home Care Project Team, Missed Visits (Home Care), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC), NICE Guidance NG21: Home Care, NICE Quality Standards, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Prof Gillian Leng: NICE Deputy Chief Executive, Quality Standards for Home Care, Research in Practice, Research in Practice for Adults, Safeguarding: Home Care, Safety: Home Care, Short Visits (Home Care), Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Shortfalls, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Workforce, Specialist Dementia Support, Staying Independent, UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), Unison, United Kingdom Home Care Association (UKHCA), United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA), Visits By Unintroduced Strangers (Home Care), Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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Inequalities in Access to Palliative Care in the UK (BBC News / LSE / Marie Curie Cancer Care / International Journal of Palliative Nursing)
Summary Research by the London School of Economics on behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care suggests that over 100,000 people a year who could benefit from palliative care fail to receive it. Patients sometimes lack suitable pain relief and respite, … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Access to Palliative Care, Ageing Population, Awareness, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Barriers: Access to Funding, Barriers: Access to Hospice Care, Barriers: Access to Palliative Care, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Failure to Identify Dementia as a Cause of Death, Barriers: Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, BBC Health News, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Dementia as Cause of Death, End of Life in Dementia-Satisfaction With Care Scale (EOLD-SWC), End-of-Life Care at Home, End-of-Life Care Pathways, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Access to Palliative Care, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Discrimination, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Inappropriate Interventions, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Lack of Recognition of Dementia as a Terminal Condition, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Poor Pain Management, End-of-Life Nursing Services, End-of-Life Transitions, EOLD-Comfort Assessment in Dying Scale (EOLD-CAD), Equality & Health Inequalities, Equity in the Provision of Palliative Care in the UK, Ethnic Inequalities, Health Inequalities, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Inappropriate Interventions, Inequalities of Health Care, Ireland, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Marie Curie Cancer Care, Marie Curie Nursing Service (MCNS), Marie Curie Nursing Services, National Survey of Bereaved People in England (2013), National University of Ireland, Our Lady’s Hospice (Ireland), Pain Management, Palliative and End of Life Care for Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups in UK, Palliative Care, Palliative Care in Dementia (and Dementia Severity), Palliative Care in the UK, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Place of Death, Preferred Place of Death, PSSRU at London School of Economics and Political Science, PSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit (LSE), Recognition of Dementia as a Terminal Condition, Reducing Health Inequalities, School of Nursing and Midwifery: University of Ireland, School of Nursing Midwifery and Health Systems: University College Dublin, Specialist Palliative Care, Specialist Palliative Care Teams, Sue Ryder, Supportive and Palliative Care, UK Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, University College Dublin, University of Ireland, VOICES Survey
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End-of-Life Care: Under-Recognition of People With Dementia? (BBC News / Marie Curie Cancer Care)
Summary A report by Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Alzheimer’s Society asserts that dementia sufferers may not always get the quality of care needed, possibly because their condition is not recognised sufficiently (at a societal level and in commissioning … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Funding, Access to Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning, Ageing Population, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Barriers: Access to Funding, Barriers: Access to Hospice Care, Barriers: Access to Palliative Care, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Failure to Adapt Practice to Reflect the Different Nature of Dementia, Barriers: Failure to Identify Dementia as a Cause of Death, Barriers: Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Barriers: Inappropriate Interventions, Barriers: Inconsistency in Care Standards in Hospitals, Barriers: Ineffective Advance Care Planning, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Recognition of Dementia as a Terminal Condition, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Barriers: Lack of Timely and Appropriate Diagnosis, Barriers: Poor Pain Management, BBC Health News, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Care Standards in Hospitals, Carer Support, Cause of Death, Continuing Care, Continuity of Care, Decision Support Tools, Dementia as Cause of Death, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Severity, Discrimination, Dying Matters, Dying Matters Coalition, End Stage Dementia, End-of-Life Care Pathways, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Access to Funding, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Access to Hospice Care, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Access to Palliative Care, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Discrimination, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Failure to Adapt Practice to Reflect the Different Nature of Dementia, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Failure to Identify Dementia as a Cause of Death, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Inappropriate Interventions, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Inconsistency in Care Standards in Hospitals, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Ineffective Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Lack of Recognition of Dementia as a Terminal Condition, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Lack of Timely and Appropriate Diagnosis, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Poor Pain Management, End-of-Life Nursing Services, End-of-Life Transitions, European Association for Palliative Care’s White Paper, Funding of Continuing Care, Hospice Care, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Inappropriate Interventions, Kings College London, Local Dementia Prevalence, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Marie Curie’s and Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Report, My Life Until the End: Dying Well With Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society), National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals), National Care of the Dying Audit for Hospitals, National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), National Dementia Prevalence, NHS Continuing Care, Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD), Pain Management, PAINAD (Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia) Tool, Palliative and End of Life Care for Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups in UK, Palliative Care, Palliative Care in Dementia (and Dementia Severity), Recognition of Dementia as a Terminal Condition, Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Stigma, Support for Carers, Terminal Illness, Terminal Trajectories Typical of Cancer and Dementia (adapted from (Sachs [et al] 2004), Timely Diagnosis, UK Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities
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