Tag Archives: BME Communities

Independent Mental Health Act Review (BBC News / DHSC / Centre for Mental Health / NHS England)

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983, chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, presents recommendations for reform based on four principles: Choice and autonomy. Least restriction. Therapeutic benefit. Understanding people as individuals: whereby patients are recognised and … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), 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, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Care Planning for People With Mental Illness, Aftercare, Alternative Forms of Support and Respite, Alternatives to Inpatient Care for People With Learning Disabilities, Autonomy, Autonomy and Choice, Autonomy and Safety, Baroness Julia Neuberger, Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups, BME Communities, BME People with Mental Illness, Care and Compassion, Care and Treatment Plan (CTP), Care Closer to Home, Carly Lynch: Mental Health Lead at London Ambulance Service, Centre for Mental Health, Claire Murdoch: NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, Coercion, Community Services, Community Treatment Orders (CTOs), Community-Based Services, Compassionate Care, Compulsory Community Treatment to Prevent Readmissions, Compulsory Detentions in Psychiatric Hospitals, Compulsory Hospitalisation, Compulsory Treatment Orders, Control of Patient's Care if Sectioned: Nominated Persons, Criminal Justice System (CJS), Crisis Home Treatment, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Crisis Response Teams (CRTs), Crisis Support, Criteria for Detention, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD), Delivering Race Equality (DRE) Programme, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Dignity, Dignity and Consent, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Disproportionate Proportion of Black and Minority Ethnic Groups Detained, Early Intervention and Prevention, East London Foundation Trust (ELFT), Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, End-User Experience, Engagement and Patient Preferences., Ethnic Variations in Detention Under the Mental Health Act, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Experiences of Assessment and Detention Under Mental Health Legislation, Formal Legal Detentions (Under Mental Health Legislation), Fusion of MHA and MCA (Proposed), Gellinudd Recovery Centre (Hafal in Wales), Health and Care of People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, How the Law Should Change: Final Report of Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 Recommendations, Inappropriate Discharge and Aftercare: Persistent Failings in Mental Health Services in England, Independent Mental Health Act Review (2018), Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, Informal Admission, Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Learning Disability and Autism, Least Restriction, Length of Detention, Less Frequent Use of Police Cars to Transport Patients, Liberty Protection Safeguards, Lived Experience Working Group (LEWG), London Ambulance Mental Health Nurse and Paramedic Pioneer Scheme, Maintaining Contact with Family and Outside World, Mark Winstanley: Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Act (MHA), Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act and Community Treatment Orders, Mental Health Aftercare, Mental Health and Community Services, Mental Health and Illness, Mental Health Car (London Ambulance Service Scheme), Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Health Legislation, Mode of Transport for Patients, Modernisation of Mental Health Act, Modernisation of Mental Health Care System, Nominated Person (NP) to Replace the Nearest Relative (Proposal), Opportunities to Challenge Detention (More Frequent), Organisational Competence Framework (OCF), Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF), Patient Autonomy, Patient Preferences, Patients in Criminal Justice System (CJS), Patients Treated as Rounded Individuals, Patterns of Compulsory Hospitalisation, Paul Farmer (Mind), Person as an Individual, Personal Preferences, Police Custody, Professor Sir Simon Wessely: President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor Wendy Burn: President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Proportion of Re-Detentions Under Section 136 Within 90 Days of Previous Section 136 Detention, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recommendations in Final Report of Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, Reducing Compulsory Psychiatric Admissions, Reducing Mental Health-Related Hospital Admissions, Reducing the Use of Police Cells, Reduction in Use of Compulsory Treatment Orders, Requirement of Doctors to Record When and Why Patient Requests Ignored, Respect for Autonomy, Restraint and Restrictions, Restriction, Right to Carer Input, Right to Choose a Nominated Person to Control of Patient's Care if Sectioned, Rights of Patients to Challenge Their Treatment (Legal Extensions), Rising Rates of Compulsory Detentions in Psychiatric Hospitals, Safe and Compassionate Care, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Second Opinion Appointed Doctor (SOAD), Second Opinion Appointed Doctors, Section 117 Aftercare, Sectioning under the Mental Health Act, Service User Experience, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Shared Decision-Making, Statement of Wishes and Preferences, Statutory Care and Treatment Plan (CTP), Suicide and Safety in Mental Health, Themes from the Mental Health Act Survey: Independent Mental Health Act Review (Centre for Mental Health), Therapeutic Benefit, Therapeutic Benefit: Patients Supported to Recover, Thinking Ahead - Advance Care Planning, Trisha Bain: Chief Quality Officer at London Ambulance Service, UK National Preventive Mechanism (UKNPM), United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), Use of Ambulances (Section 136 Conveyances), Use of Police Custody as a Place of Safety for People with Mental Health Needs, User Experience, Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) | Leave a comment

Toolkit for Reducing Health Inequalities (NIHR / CLAHRC / Care North West Coast)

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Health Inequalities Assessment Toolkit (HIAT) has been developed, by the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care North West Coast, to help reduce inequalities in health. The main topic headings comprise: Introduction: what HIAT is and … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NIHR, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK | Tagged Access to Care, Access to Services, Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), BAME Challenges, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, Care North West Coast, CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), Differential Health Outcomes, Difficult to Reach Groups, Due North, Enduring Disabilities and Disadvantage, Engaging BME Communities, Geographical Variations, Hard to Reach Groups, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health, Health Inequalities Assessment Toolkit (HIAT), Health Inequalities Assessment Toolkit: National Institute for Health Research, Health Inequalities in England, Health Inequality Monitoring, Improving Access to Healthcare, Local Action on Health Inequalities, Local Action on Reducing Health Inequalities, Mental Health Inequalities, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA), Patient and Public Involvement (Facilitators of Innovation), Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), PROGRESS, PROGRESS Factors, Public Involvement Impact Assessment Framework, Reducing Health Inequalities, Regional Variations, Socially Stratifying Factors, Socio-Economic Barriers to Uptake of Health Checks, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Socioeconomic Deprivation, Socioeconomic Position (SEP), South Asian Communities, Targeting Hard-to-Reach Groups, Toolkit for Reducing Health Inequalities, Unacceptable Variations, Unequal Access, Unwarranted Variations, Variations in Service, Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups | Leave a comment

Dementia Awareness Raising in the African Caribbean Community (HEE)

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Education England (HEE) have released a video which aims to raise awareness, on the part of health and social care professionals, of attitudes towards dementia in the African Caribbean community. The “Finding Patience” video is intended to raise awareness … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged African Caribbean Families, African Caribbean People, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, BAME Challenges, BAME Experiences, Barriers to Conversation (Difficult Conversations), Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, Barriers to Support, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Older People, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Caribbean, Blood Pressure, BME Communities, BME People with Dementia, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Raising in African Caribbean Community, Education and Staff Training, Finding Patience (HEE Video), Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, HEE: Health Education England, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Initial Onset and Diagnosis, Living Well with Dementia, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt: Director of Nursing and Deputy Director of Education and Quality at Health Education England, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Staff Training, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

World Mental Health Day (Department of Health / MHF / NHS England / Health Foundation)

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Today is World Mental Health Day. Full Text Link Reference Osterloh, M. (2015). World Mental Health Day and the power of small gestures. London: Department of Health, October 10th 2015. This is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF): … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Delirium, Department of Health, Depression, Health Foundation, In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Services, Age Appropriate Mental Health Services, Age Appropriate Old Age Psychiatry Services For Older People With Mental Health Problems, Age Discrimination, Age Discrimination in Mental Health, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Elders, BME Communities, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Caregiver’s Mental Health, Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS), Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Common Mental Health Disorders, Common Mental Health Problems (CMHP), Cost of Mental Health Problems, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Support, Dementia: Community Based Support, Dementia: Dementia in General Hospitals, Dementia: Early Identification and Intervention in People With Dementia, Dementia: Intensive Case Management, Dementia: Late Stage Dementia, Dementia: People With Dementia in Care Homes, Dementia: Post Diagnostic Support, Dementia: Reducing Stigma and Raising Awareness, Dementia: Young Onset Services, Deprivation, Developing an Ideal Old Age Service: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2013), Discrimination / Stigma, Dr James Warner: Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Elderly Forensic Psychiatric Services, Elderly People With Mental Illness, Emergency Admissions, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Fundamental Facts About Mental Health 2015, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Work, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Services, Mind, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, No Health Without Mental Health, North Southwark Community Mental Health Team (NSCMHT) for Older People, OASIS: Older Adults Support in Southwark, Old Age Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Old Age Forensic Services, Old Age Psychiatry, Older Adult Mental Health (OPMH), Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older Persons’ Mental Health, OPMH: Older Adult Mental Health, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, People With Learning Disabilities, People With Learning Disabilities Who Develop Dementia, Power of Small Gestures: World Mental Health Day (2015), Prevalence of Mental Illness, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Professor Alistair Burns, Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN) (Royal College of Psychiatrists), Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Reducing Stigma, Rethink Mental Illness, Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Social Deprivation, Social Isolation, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Stigma, Stigma and Discrimination, Substance Misuse in Older People, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Talking Therapies, Think Ahead, Time to Change, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Needs, World Federation of Mental Health, World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day (2015), Young Onset Dementia Services | Leave a comment

Local Dementia Friendly Communities: Guidance for Councils (LGA)

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Guidance has been released by the Local Government Association (LGA), in collaboration with the Innovations in Dementia community interest company, which explains the responsibility of councils in helping to support people with dementia through the creation of local dementia … Continue reading →

An Exploration of the Many Aspects of Safeguarding (CQC / RCN / BMA / LGA / ADASS / NHS Confederation / NIHR SDO)

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary As the title suggests, this contribution is an exploratory “work in progress” towards better understanding of the issues, rather than a definitive review. Updates will be added here, or referenced and linked to elsewhere, as they appear in future. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, RCN, SCIE, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged 24/7 Advice From Mental Health Professionals, Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Access to Mental Health Services, ACPO: Association of Chief Police Officers, Acts of Omission, Acute Hospitals, Adult Prisons and Young Offender Institutions, Adult Safeguarding Improvement Tool, Adult Social Care, Adults at Risk of Harm, Adults Lacking Capacity, Ann Norman: RCN Professional Lead for Criminal Justice and Learning Disabilities, Assessing Mental Capacity, Assessing Risk of Harm (Not Just Past Harm), Association of Chief Police Officers, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, BAME Challenges, BAME Experiences, Best Interests, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH), Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Mental Health UK, Blaming, BMA: British Medical Association, BME Communities, British Medical Association (BMA), Care Act 2014, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Framework, Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Regime, Care Quality Commission’s Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOEs), Child Protection, Children Looked After and Safeguarding Inspections (CLAS), Children’s Services Team (CQC), Clinical Pragmatism and Proportionality, Coercion, Community Health Services, Complaints and Raising Concerns, Complex Best Interests Decision Making, Controlling, Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, CQC Requirements Notices, CQC Warning Notices, CQC Working With Other Inspectorates, CQC’s Intelligent Monitoring, Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Intervention and Prevention, Crisis Planning, Crisis Response, Crisis Support, Cyber Bullying, Data Protection Act, Dawne Garrett: Older People and Dementia Care at Royal College of Nursing, Deprivation of Contact, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Disclosure and Barring Scheme, Discriminatory Abuse, Domestic Servitude, Electronic Cause for Concern Referral Form, Electronic Reporting (Situation Background Assessment and Recommendation), Emergency Services, Emergency Support, Emotional Abuse, Empowerment, Enforcement and Intelligent Monitoring (CQC), Equalities Protected Characteristics (Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage and Civil Partnership Pregnancy and Maternity Race Religion and Belief Sex Sexual Orientation), Equality Act 2010, Equality and Human Rights, Factors Contributing to Vulnerability, Financial Abuse, Financial or Material Abuse, Fiona Smith: RCN Professional Lead for Children and Young People, Forced Labour, Fundamental Standard(s) on Safeguarding, Fundamental Standards of Safety and Quality (2015), GP Out-of-Hours Services, GPs and Safeguarding, Harassment, Health and Justice Team (CQC), Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Relating to CQC), Health Services and Delivery Research, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Human Rights Approach to Regulation (CQC), Human Rights Culture, Human Rights in Care Homes, Human Trafficking, Humiliation, Ian Hulatt: RCN Professional Lead for Mental Health, Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs), Inadequate Responses to Complex Needs, Inadequate Staffing, Inappropriate Medication, Independent Healthcare, Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), Information and Intelligence Sources on Safeguarding, Information Shared Between CQC and PPGs, Information Sharing, Information Sharing by Mental Health Services, Inspection of GP Out-of-Hours Services, Insufficient Knowledge Base Within Services, Intelligent Monitoring, Intimidation, Isolation, KLOEs: Key Lines of Enquiry, Knowledge Sharing in Safeguarding, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Local Authorities, Local Crisis Care Concordat Groups, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Partnerships, Local Safeguarding Adults Boards, Local Safeguarding Adults Boards (LSABs), Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards (LSCBs), Long Term Abuse (Patterns of Abuse and Harm), Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity and Best Interests, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Care and Treatment, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Modern Slavery, Multi-Agency Child Protection Inspections, Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs), Multi-Agency Safeguarding, Multi-Agency Working, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Neglect, Neglect (Patterns of Abuse and Harm), Neglectful Care, NHS Clinical Commissioners, NHS Confederation, NHS GP and Out-of-Hours Services, NHS Patient Safety Paradigm, NHSCC: NHS Clinical Commissioners, NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, North Manchester General Hospital, Nottingham University Business School: University of Nottingham, Opportunistic Abuse (Patterns of Abuse and Harm), Organisational Abuse, Other Inspectorates: CQC Work With HMI Constabulary, Other Inspectorates: CQC Work With HMI Prisons, Other Inspectorates: CQC Work With HMI Probation, Other Inspectorates: CQC Work With Ofsted, Over-Medication, Patterns of Abuse and Harm, Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust, Pennine Package, Police Custody, Poor Care Standards, Poor Professional Practice, Precautionary Principle, Prevent Strategy (2011), Preventing Radicalisation, Protected Characteristics (Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage and Civil Partnership Pregnancy and Maternity Race Religion and Belief Sex Sexual Orientation), Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Psychological Abuse, Raising Concerns, RCN Older People’s Forum, Reducing the Use of Police Cells, Responding to People With Mental Ill Health, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Rigid Routines, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), SAB: Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding Adult Review, Safeguarding Adults, Safeguarding Adults and Children, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs), safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Safeguarding Between Hospital Services and Children’s Social Care, Safeguarding Children and Young People, Safeguarding Committee (CQC), Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, SBAR (Situation Background Assessment Recommendation), School of Medicine Pharmacy and Health: University of Durham, School of Social Policy: University of Birmingham, Seclusion (Supervised Confinement), Secure Training Centres (STCs), Self-Neglect, Sense-Making in Safeguarding, Serial Abuse (Patterns of Abuse and Harm), Serious Case Review, Serious Case Reviews, Serious Case Reviews (SCRs), Sexual Abuse, Situation Background Assessment and Recommendation, Situational Abuse (Patterns of Abuse and Harm), Special Reviews of Child Safeguarding, Specialist Mental Health Services, Supporting Vulnerable People, Systems and Processes, Threats of Harm or Abandonment, University of Birmingham, University of Durham, University of Nottingham, Unreasonable / Unjustified Withdrawal of Services, Unreasonable / Unjustified Withdrawal of Supportive Networks, Urgent and Emergency Services, Use of Police Custody as a Place of Safety for People with Mental Health Needs, Verbal Abuse, Vulnerable Adults, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Guidelines, Withholding of Necessities of Life (Medication Nutrition Hydration and and Heating), Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), Young Offender Institutions (YOIs), Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) | Leave a comment

Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool (Health Innovation Network)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health Innovation Network has produced a dementia peer support resource tool, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK and Innovations in Dementia. This tool is designed to assist with establishing and running peer support networks for people … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, 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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Advice and Information, AGE UK Checklist for Dementia Friendly Environments, Alzheimer’s Society’s Talking Point Forum, Arts 4 Dementia: Reawakening the Mind, Authoring Dementia-Friendly Information (Style Guides), Big Lottery Fund, Big Lottery Funding, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, Carers Trust, Circles of Support for People with Dementia, City Bridge Trust, Cognitive Stimulation, Commissioning Dementia Support Services, Community and Voluntary Sector, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Websites for People With Dementia, DEEP Guide to Writing Dementia-Friendly Information, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adventure, Dementia Adventure CIC, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Cafes, Dementia Connect: Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Services Directory, Dementia Empowerment and Engagement Project, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP), Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Navigators, Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool: Health Innovation Network, Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling), Dementia Services Directory: Dementia Connect (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Words Matter: Guideline, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Information (Style Guides), Dementia-Friendly Writing, Dire Straits (Not the Rock Band) Support Group, Discussion Forums, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Dulwich Helpline, Dulwich Helpline Group, eLearning: The Open Dementia Programme (SCIE), Funding Central, Funding For All, GRANTNet, Guys Hospital, Health Innovation Network, Health Innovation Network South London, Healthy Living Club, Healthy Living Club (HLC), Hope & Doodle Group, How2Fundraise, iD: Innovations in Dementia, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independent Living, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Innovations in Dementia, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Jasmine Cafe, Jasmine Club, Jasmine Club (BAME Group), Lambeth and Southwark Older People’s Information Directory, Lewy Body Society, London Community Foundation, London Dementia Commissioners Network, London Social Care Partnership (Formerly the Joint Improvement Partnership), Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, LSCP: London Social Care Partnership, Maintaining Independence, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Navigators: Coordinators of Care, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Peer Support, Peer Support - Making it Happen, Peer Support – Principles in Practice, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Peer Support Network Model: Evaluation, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Networks: Evaluation, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, Peer Support: Fundraising, Peer Support: Venues and Environments, PQASSO: Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations, Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations (PQASSO), Preventing Loneliness, Regaining Independence, SCIE Open Dementia Programme, SCIE Resource on Dementia-Friendly Environments, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Help Groups, Self-Help Groups for People With Dementia, Services and Support for BAME Communities, Signposting, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Silver Line, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Networking, Social Networks, South London, Staying Independent, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Talking Point, The Funding Network, UK Community Foundations, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE), Web-Based Discussion Forums, Young Persons Dementia Group South London, Younger People with Dementia Support Group | Leave a comment

Act Fast Campaign Extended to Mini-Strokes (BBC News / Public Health England)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary According to Public Health England, the Act Fast Campaign to raise awareness of stroke symptoms, which was launched five years ago, has saved thousands of people from potentially avoidable brain damage and serious disability. A new campaign will aim … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Act Fast Campaign, African Caribbean People, BBC Health News, Black African-Caribbean Communities, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, FAST Test: FACE ARMS SPEECH TIME, Mini-Strokes, Nikki Hill: Stroke Association, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), South Asian Community, Stroke Act Fast (F.A.S.T.) Campaign (NHS Choices), Stroke Association, Stroke Diagnosis, Stroke Helpline, Stroke Indicators, Stroke Information, Stroke Statistics, Stroke Symptoms, Sudden Dizziness, Sudden Unsteadiness, Symptoms of Stroke and Mini-Stroke | Leave a comment

SCIE Dementia Gateway: Useful Dementia-Related Information Resources (SCIE)

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced, and maintains, an uptodate and impressively broad collection of links to dementia-related websites and information resources. A wide range of topics and themes in dementia care are covered, including: Dementia-Friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Alzheimer’s Research UK, Antipsychotics, Assistive Technology, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, International, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, Models of Dementia Care, National, National Voices, New Cross Dementia Project, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Psychiatrists, SCIE, Standards, Statistics, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Action on Hearing Loss, Active Ageing, Activity in Care Homes, ADI’s World Alzheimer Reports, Admiral Nursing DIRECT, Admiral Nursing Service, Age-Friendly Environments, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, Alzheimer Scotland, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) Campaigns, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Alzheimer’s Society Campaigners’ Network, AMCAT: Assessment of Mental Capacity Audit Tool, Arts 4 Dementia, Assessing Mental Capacity, Association for Dementia Studies, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, AT Dementia, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Best Interest Decisions, BILT: British Institute of Learning Disabilities, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, BME People with Dementia, Bournemouth University Dementia Institute, Bradford Dementia Friendly Community Project, Bradford Dementia Group, Bradford Dementia Group Good Practice Guides, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Built Environment, Care and Communication, Caregiver-Patient Communication, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Inclusion, Carer Involvement in Healthcare, Carer Support, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers Direct, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers Trust, Caring Decisions, Caroline Walker Trust, Challenges of Living with Dementia, Clinical Research Network (NIHR), Clive Project, Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication-Friendly Communities, Concurrent Dementia and Sight Loss, Council of Occupational Therapists, Deaf Action, Deaf Action in Scotland, Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre (UCL), Decision Making, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Delegated Decision Making, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adventure, Dementia Advocacy and Support Network International (DASNI), Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia and Sight Loss, Dementia and Sight Loss Interest Group, Dementia and the Health and Social Care System: Key Reports., Dementia Café, Dementia Centre, Dementia Centre: University of Stirling, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Challengers, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP), Dementia Friendly Action Plans, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Gateway, Dementia Information and Resource Centre, Dementia Information Prescription, Dementia Institute: Bournemouth University, Dementia Knowledge Centre, Dementia Partnerships, Dementia Prevalence Calculator, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Centre: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Dementia Service Development Centre: University of Stirling, Dementia Services Development Centre, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling), Dementia UK, Dementia Web, Dementia Without Walls, Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia Without Walls Project, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Yorkshire, Dementia-Related Information Resources, Dementia-Related Internet Sites, Dementia-Related Websites, Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN), Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health National Dementia Strategy Implementation Group, Design and Built Environment, Design Resource Centre, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis Rates, Difficult Conversations, Difficult Situations, Disability Living Foundation, Diversity, Diversity and Dementia, DLF: Disability Living Foundation, DSDC Virtual Care Home, DSDC Virtual Hospital, Dying Matters Coalition, Early Diagnosis, Eating Well, EHE: Enhancing the Healing Environment, Elderly Malnutrition, Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), Equality and Diversity, Ethnic Minorities Dementia Advocacy Project (EMDAP), Exercise, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Extra Care Housing and Dementia Commissioning Checklist, Facing Dementia, Food for Thought, Foundation for Assistive Technology, Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST), Foundations, Frontotemporal Dementia Support Group, Good Communication, Guideposts Trust, Healthtalkonline, Hearing and Sight Loss, Helen Hamlyn Centre, Horsesmouth, Housing and Dementia, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), I CAN! I WILL! Library, iD: Innovations in Dementia, Innovations in Dementia, Journal of Dementia Care, King’s Fund Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme, Knowing the Person, Knowing the Person With Dementia, Learning Disabilities, LGA: Local Government Association, Life Story Network, Life Story Network (LSN), Living Well Through Activity in Care Homes (Toolkit), Living Well with Dementia, Living with Dementia, Local Government Association: LGA, Maintaining Identity After a Dementia Diagnosis, Making Involvement Count, Malnutrition, Malnutrition and Dementia Patients, Malnutrition Task Force, Malnutrition Task Force (MTF), Mealtime Difficulties, Meaningful Occupation, Memory and Alzheimer’s Cafes UK Directory, Memory Services, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mental Capacity Implementation Programme, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), National Dementia Declaration, National Dementia Strategy, National Housing Federation, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Health Scotland, NHS National End Of Life Care Programme, NHS South West, NICE Pathways, NICE Support for Commissioning Dementia Care (CMG48), Non-Cognitive Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Non-Verbal Communication, Northern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, Occupation (Sense of Purpose), Our Health: Dementia Care, Peter and Rosemary Griffin, Physical Activity, Pick’s Disease Support Group, Post‐Diagnosis Support, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Proxy Decision Making, Quality Standard for Dementia, Race Equality Foundation, Remember the Person, Respectful Communication, Road Less Rocky, Royal College of Art, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Dementia Resource, Royal College of Nursing: Dementia, SCIE Dementia Gateway, SCIE Mental Capacity Act Resource, Scottish Dementia Working Group, Scottish Dementia Working Group (SDWG), Sensory Impairment, Sensory Loss, Sight Loss, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), South West Dementia Partnership, South West Dementia Partnership Learning and Education Resources, South West Dementia Partnership Learning Library, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Stirling University: Dementia Services Development Centre, Support for Commissioning Dementia Care (NICE: CMG48), Talking Point, Telecare Learning and Improvement Network, Telecare LIN, This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, Timely Diagnosis, Trent Dementia Services Development Centre, UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), UKHCA: UK Homecare Association, United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA), Uniting Carers, University of Bradford, University of Bradford Dementia Group, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Unlocking Diagnosis, Unusual Behaviour, Useful Dementia-Related Information Resourses (SCIE), Vision2020, Wolverhampton Medical Institute (WMI), Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, World Alzheimer Report (2012), World Alzheimer Report 2009, World Alzheimer Report 2010, World Alzheimer Report 2011, World Alzheimer Report 2013, York Dementia Without Walls, Young People With Dementia, Young-Onset Dementia, YoungDementia UK | Leave a comment

Annual Progress Report(s) on Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The three Dementia Challenge Champion Groups have written brief reports detailing their progress during the past year. These reports feature in a letter to the Prime Minister (see below), which also reiterates achievements since the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge … Continue reading →

Tag Archives: BME Communities

Toolkit for Reducing Health Inequalities (NIHR / CLAHRC / Care North West Coast)

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Google Translate (100+ Languages)

Recommended Sites