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Tag Archives: Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers
Coordination of Care for People With Long-Term Conditions and Dementia (NIHR Signal / BMJ / Department of Health)
Summary A National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) “Signal” expert commentary refers to research indicating that almost one fifth of people with dementia have other serious conditions, such as stroke and diabetes, whereas current services are not typically aligned to … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Care, Acute Care, Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Best Practice in Dementia Care (Triangle of Care), BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Inclusion, Carer Inclusion and Support, Carer Support, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, Co-Morbidities, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Co-Morbidities In Older Patients, Cognitive Functioning and Ageing Studies, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Common Dementia Comorbidities, Comorbidities: a Framework of Principles for System-Wide Action, Comorbidity and Dementia (CoDem), Complex Conditions, Continuity of Care, Dementia and Diabetes, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Comorbidities, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Department of Psychology: King’s College London, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, Diabetes, Diabetes and Multiple Morbidities, Disjointed and Substandard Care, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, East London Foundation Trust, Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (NIHR), Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Home Model (Integrated Primary Care), Hospital-Based Initiatives, Impact of Dementia and Medical Comorbidities on Quality of Care and Access to Treatment, Improving Health Care for People With Dementia, Institute for Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Psychiatry: King's College London, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, King’s College London, Leicestershire, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Medical Research Council's Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) Pilots, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Signal, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme, NIHR Signal, North Thames Clinical Research Network Dementias and Neurodegeneration (DeNDRoN), Nottinghamshire, Parity of Esteem, Permission to Share Information With Nominated Carers, Permission to Share Information With Particular Family Members, Prevalence of Dementia in People with Diabetes Stroke and Visual Impairment, Prevalence of Diabetes Stroke and Visual Impairment in People with Dementia, Primary Care Home Model, Primary Care Home Model Pilots, PRIMENT Clinical Trials Unit: University College London, Principles For System-Wide Action on Comorbidities, Public Health England (PHE), RAMP Team (Department of Health and NHS England), RAMP: Reducing Avoidable and Premature Mortality, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London Medical School, Sensory Impairment, Supporting Carers of People With Dementia, Supporting Self-Care, System-Wide Action on Comorbidities, Triangle of Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, Type 2 Diabetes, University College London, University College London Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, Untreated Comorbidities, Vale of York Clinical Network, Vision Impairment, Visual Impairment, Workforce Development, Worksop
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Dementia Adviser Services Survey (Department of Health / IpsosMORI / Age UK)
Summary The Department of Health, with Age UK and Ipsos MORI, investigated the provision of services for older people in England, with a particular focus on Dementia Adviser Services. Dementia Advisers provide “a single identifiable point of contact for people … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life 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, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advice and Support, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Anna Carluccio: Research Director at Ipsos MORI, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Befriending Services, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Care at Home, Care Seven Days a Week, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Case Loads of Dementia Advisers, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Charlotte Simms: Senior Research Executive at Ipsos MORI, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Collaborative Working, Commissioners, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Decisions, Commissioning Landscape in England, Commissioning Local Services, Commissioning Support, Commissioning Support Services, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Community Support, Community Support Services, Cost of Commissioning Dementia Advisers, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Day Centres, Dementia / Memory Cafes, Dementia Adviser Services, Dementia Advisers, Dementia advisers Survey, Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Care Advisers, Dementia Navigators, Dementia Nurses, Dementia Roadmaps, Dementia Support Workers, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Health and Care Settings, Dementia-Specific Services, Domiciliary Care, Exercise Classes, Falls Prevention, Foot Care, Home Adaptations, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Integrated Local Services, Ispos MORI, Joint Commissioning, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Services, Memory Advisers, Memory Services, Other Support Workers, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Participation, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality and Safety of Care Provided in Integrated Local Services, Referrals, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Care in Private Sector Care Homes, Services Available For Older People, Singing For The Brain, Single Point of Contact, Support for Carers, Support From Local Services, Survey of Provision of Dementia Adviser Services, Telephone Based Services, Web Based Services
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Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society’s fourth annual report exploring the quality of life for people with dementia (and their families and carers) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is entitled “Dementia 2015: Aiming higher to transform lives is in England”. This … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged 2015 General Election Dementia Manifesto (All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia), Active Lifestyle, Addressing Dementia: The OECD Response (2015), All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Manifesto for 2015 General Election, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Alzheimer's Society Policy Reports: Dementia 20xx Series, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers, Alzheimer’s Society National Dementia Helpline, Alzheimer’s Society Public Policy Team, Alzheimer’s Society’s Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Network, Alzheimer’s Society’s Supporting Diagnosis Project, APPG on Dementia, APPG on Dementia Manifesto 2015, Asda, Assessment of Quality of Life, Attributable Cost of Dementia, Aviva, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Balancing Risk and Choice, Barbara Pointon’s Web of Care, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Burden of Dementia (Statistics), Care and Support, Care and Support Services, Care Homes, Caregiver Support, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Information and Support Programme, Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Carer Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Central Lancashire’s Pathway of Post-Diagnostic Support Services, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Support Services, Community Support, Community Support Services, Cracks in the Pathway (CQC), Crawley Dementia Alliance, Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report, Dementia 2015: Aiming Higher to Transform Lives, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adviser Service, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Swimming Project: Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Research: UK Impact, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Health and Care Settings, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Workplaces, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Referral, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, EasyJet, Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Forget Me Not Dementia Unit (Warrington Hospital), G8 Summit, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing, Health Care Support Received by People with Mental Health Problems, Health Commissioners, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Lifestyles, Home Retail Group (Argos and Homebase), Impact of Dementia (Statistics), Improving Dementia Education and Awareness, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Inadequate Homecare Training, Increasing Wellbeing, Integrated Services in Tower Hamlets, Involvement and Participation, John's Campaign, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Lloyds Banking Group, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Marks and Spencer, National Dementia Helpline, New Models of Care, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s New Models of Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Over-Complexity, Participation in Research, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Dementia Study, Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Dementia, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Public Health England, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Life, Quality of Life (Carers), Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Complexity, Reducing Social Isolation: Side by Side, Right to Know Campaign, Risk Management, Risk Management Assessment, Risk Stratification, Social Isolation, St Gregory’s High School (Warrington), Support for New Models of Care (New Deal), Support Services, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Supreme Court Judgment (March 2015) on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Swimming With Dementia, Systems Complexity, Tower Hamlets, Web of Care, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, World Dementia Council
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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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