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Tag Archives: Care Act
Insights Into Identifying Lonely Older Adults (Campaign to End Loneliness / University of Kent)
Summary The Campaign to End Loneliness reported that loneliness and isolation may be as harmful to health and wellbeing as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. People who experience severe loneliness tend to visit GPs more often and enter residential care … 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age UK Faversham and Sittingbourne, Agency-Based Referral Schemes, Agent-Based Referral Systems, Amenable Mortality, Approaches to Reducing Loneliness and Isolation in Later Life, Avante Community Support, Avoidable Mortality, Bereavement and Loneliness, Brunel University, Campaign to End Loneliness, Canterbury & District Pensioners’ Forum, Care Act, Care Act 2014, Contact the Elderly, Crossroads Care East Kent, Dorset County Council, Dorset Partnership for Older People Programme, Dorset Safe and Independent Living Scheme, Elderly Accommodation Counsel, Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC), Emotional and Social Isolation, Environmental Factors (Extrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Ethnographic Analysis, Ethnographic Research, Extrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness, First Contact Schemes, Gloucestershire County Council, Hampshire County Council, Hidden Citizens Project, Improving Local Public Health, Independent Age, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Intrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness, Kent and Medway Care Alliance, Kent County Council, Life Events Traumas and Transitions (Extrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Local Authorities (LAs), Local Public Health, Local Public Health Services, Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Isolation, Loneliness and Mortality in Older People, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness Harms Health, Membership of Different Social Groups (Intrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Men: Under-Reporting of Loneliness, Mental Illness Prevention, Neighbourhood Network Schemes, NIHR School for Social Care Research, North London Cares, Nottingham City Council, Organisational Strategies for Identifying Loneliness, Pathways into Loneliness, Pathways into Loneliness: Extrinsic Factors, Pathways into Loneliness: Intrinsic Factors, Personal Circumstances (Extrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Personality (Intrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventative Interventions, Preventative Services, Preventing Isolation, Preventing Loneliness, Prevention Agenda, Psychological Response (Intrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Public Health, Royal Voluntary Service, Social Activities, Social Engagement, Social Identity Approach to Reducing Loneliness, Stigma of Loneliness, Thanet Community Support Partnership, University of Kent, University of Kent: Personal Social Services Research Unit
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Unmet Needs: Inadequate Help for the Elderly Living at Home (BBC News / Independent Age / Strategic Society Centre)
Summary A report from the charity Independent Age and the Strategic Society Centre think tank presents statistical findings about how over two million older people in England struggle to cope in their own homes, due to difficulties with basic tasks … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Activities of Daily Living Impairments, Activities of Daily Living Scale, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Eligibility Threshold, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Assessments and Eligibility, BBC Health News, Benchmarking, Cap on Care Costs, Care Account, Care Act, Care Act 2014, Care Act: Mapping Identifying and Engaging Older Population Groups, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Funding, Census 2011, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Disability and Home Care in England’s Older Population, Domiciliary Care, 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), Estimating Eligible Need After the Care Act, Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, Financial Constraints, Financial Eligibility, Financial Eligibility and Means Test After 2016, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Help for Elderly Living at Home, 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, Implementing the Care Act: Mapping and Benchmarking the Older Population, Independent Age, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Integrated Commissioning, Local Authorities, Local Care Providers, Local Service Providers, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lower and Upper Capital Limits, Means Test, National Eligibility Threshold, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold for Adult Care and Support, Older People With Complex Needs, Preventative Care, Preventative Interventions, Preventative Services, Publicly Funded Support, Short Care Visits, Social Care Providers, Social Isolation, Strategic Society Centre, Support for People with Complex Needs, The Bigger Picture, Unmet Needs
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Commissioning Home Care for Older People Guide (SCIE)
Summary Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s “Commissioning Home Care for Older People” guide has been designed to help commissioners improve the assessment, planning, contracting and monitoring of home care services for older people with complex needs. This guide may also … 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Bristol City Council, Care Act, Care Act 2014, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Caring Support: Croydon, Case Management, Co-Production, Co-Production Network (SCIE), Commissioning Cycle, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People Guide, Complex Needs, Debenham Project, Dementia Quality Standard, Dementia Quality Standard (QS), Dementia Quality Standards, Essex County Council, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, HCP: Home Care Packages, Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Providers, Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care: Commissioning, Home Care: Unit / Reference Costs, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), L4A: Learning for the Fourth Age, Learning for the Fourth Age (L4A), Local Care Providers, Local Service Providers, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Maximising Mobility, Missed Opportunities in the Commissioning Cycle, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Older People With Complex Needs, Providers, Raglan Project: Monmouthshire County Council, Recommendations for Providers, SCA Group, SCIE Guide 54, SCIE's Co-Production Network, Service Providers, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Providers, Social Isolation, Southwark Council, St Monica Trust: Bristol, Support for People with Complex Needs, Swansea University, Transforming Primary Care, Transforming Primary Care Report, United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA), Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Wiltshire Council’s Help to Live at Home Service, Wirral Home Care
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Building on the National Dementia Strategy and the PM’s Dementia Challenge (APPG)
Summary The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) earlier this month released their proposals for a long-term national plan for dementia. This “Building on the National Dementia Strategy: change, progress and priorities” report has been published five years after the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 15-Minute Home Care Visits, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Advice and Support, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), Alzheimer's Society, ASCOF: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Better Care Fund, Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Care Act, Care and Support, Care Coordinators, Care Funding, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaborative Working, Commissioning, Commissioning Local Services, Community Support Services, Community-Based Support, Coordination of Care, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Support, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Coordinator, Dementia Leadership, Dementia Leads, Dementia Pathway Coordinator, Dementia Practice Coordinator, Dementia Strategy, Dementia Support Services, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Supportive Communities, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Diagnosis and Support, Discharge Coordination, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS, Hampshire County Council, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Institute of Public Policy Research, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care Coordinators, Lambeth CCG, Lewisham CCG and London Borough of Lewisham, Living with Dementia, Living With Dementia Group (LWDG), Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local HealthWatch, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Islington, London Borough of Redbridge, Maintaining Independence, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), MSNAP: Memory Services National Accreditation Programme, Named Care Coordinators, Named Clinician, Named GPs for Over-75s, National Collaboration for Integrated Care and Support, National Dementia Strategy, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, NDSE, NDSE: National Dementia Strategy (for England), New Approaches to Coordinating Care, NHF: National Housing Federation, North Norfolk CCG, Nursing Workforce, Orchard Care, Personal Social Services Research Unit, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Peterborough City Council, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Workforce, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association, Unison, University College London Hospitals, University College London Partners, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Strategic Partnerships, West Norfolk CCG, Workforce, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Development, Workforce Issues
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Care Bill Implementation Grant (Department of Health)
Summary The Care Bill implementation grant is a one-off grant available from the Department of Health to support local authorities in the implementation of the Care Bill (now the Care Act), from May 2014 to 2015. The grant has an … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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