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Tag Archives: Care and Support Services
Best Practice for Integrated Care (SCIE / LGA / King’s Fund / NHS Providers)
Summary The Local Government Association (LGA) and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) have published practical guidance for local systems in achieving care integration. Fifteen steps are cited, with links to case-studies and further information: Person-centred coordinated care: Risk … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Accountability and Integration, Achieving Better Access to 24/7 Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care, Achieving Integrated Care: Best Practice, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, Asset-Based Approaches, Asset-Based Approaches to Health and Wellbeing, Asset-Based Community Development Approach, ‘Making it Real: I / We Statements, Barriers and Enablers to Implementing New Approaches to Commissioning, Barriers to Integrated Care, Beyond Integrated Care: Population Health Systems, Black Country and West Birmingham STP, Blurring Boundary Between Primary and Secondary Care, Bradford Districts CCG, Building Community Capacity, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough STP Footprint, Care and Support Services, Care Navigators, Case Finding and Risk Stratification, Collaboration (Including Information-Sharing), Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Culture, Collaborative Working, Commissioning Cycle, Common Purpose, Community Capacity, Community Capacity and Peer Support, Community Link Workers, Community Link Workers (CLWs), Community Mapping Toolkit, Community Mapping Toolkit (Preston City Council), Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Complete Care Model (CCM), Connectivity and Shared Records, ConnectWELL, Delivering Integrated Care, Dementia Navigators, Governance and Accountability, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP), Health Navigators, Information Sharing, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Integrated Commissioning, Integrating Better, Integration of Primary Community and Secondary Healthcare, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Intermediate Care Southwark, Joint Workforce Planning, Leading for Integration, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Care and Support Navigators, Local Directory of Services (DOS), Local Government Association: LGA, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Local VCSE Sector, Making it Real, Making it Real for Carers, Making it Real for People with Dementia, MDT Development, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Mix of Formal and Informal Structures (No Single Blueprint), Models of NHS Commissioning Since 1991, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Teamwork, National Voices Five Narratives: I Statements, National Voices I Statements, Navigators: Coordinators of Care, New Care Models, NHS Accessible Information Standard, NHS Airedale Wharfedale and Craven CCG, NHS Bradford Districts CCG, NHS Commissioning Cycle, NHS Providers, NHS South Tyneside CCG, NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG, North Cumbria and Northeast ICS, North East Lincolnshire, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Patient Records, Person Centred and Strengths-Based Approach, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Personal Clinical Records, Personalised Care and Support Planning, Personalised Care and Support Planning Tool (TLAP), Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Care Plans, Personalised Health and Care Framework, Place-Based Care and Support Systems, Place-Based Collaboratives, Place-Based Health, Place-Based Leadership, Place-Based Teams, Population Health Management in England, Population Health Management (PHM), Population Health Systems, Preventive Support: Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Primary Care Home (PCH) Model, Procurement, Rapid Response Teams, Rapid Response: Single-Point of Access, Reablement Service, Reducing Barriers to Integration, Resource Allocation, Risk Stratification, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT), Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Secondments, See and Treat Models, Single-Point of Access, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Prescribing and Community-Based Support, South London Mental Health and Community Partnership, South London Partnership (SLP), South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS, Southwark Enhanced Rapid Response Service, Southwark Supported Discharge Team, Staff Passport Arrangements, Staff Passports, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP, Strengths-Based Approaches to Care, System Approaches to NHS Workforce Challenges, System Wide Collaboration, System Workforce Planning, System-Wide Integration, System-Wide Partnerships Between Local Organisations, Teletriage, TUPE, Vanguard Programme, VCSE Strategic Partners, Vertical Integration (of Primary and Secondary Care), Voluntary and Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, We Statements, West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), Workforce Planning (In a Place), Working Across Boundaries
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Dementia Services: a Survey of Quality (Healthwatch Network / BMJ Open)
Summary A Healthwatch England report summarises feedback from over 1,000 people across the country about their experiences of dementia care, plus the results of findings from over 120 care homes visited. This document attempts to clarify what may be working … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Diagnosis, 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advice and Support, Barriers to Support, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Care and Support Services, Care Home Sector, Care Homes, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, Commissioning Support, Community-Based Support, Comorbidity and Dementia, Dementia and Comorbidity, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Raising, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Friendly GP Surgery, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support, Dementia Services Survey, Dementia Support Services, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Resources, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Department of Psychology: King’s College London, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, East London NHS Foundation Trust, GP Services, GP Surgeries, Healthcare Provision for People With Dementia and Comorbidity, Healthwatch, Healthwatch Barnet, Healthwatch England, Healthwatch Essex, Healthwatch Greenwich, Healthwatch Hampshire, Healthwatch Manchester, Healthwatch Middlesborough, Healthwatch Network, Healthwatch Oxfordshire, Healthwatch Torbay, Institute for Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Psychiatry: King's College London, Integrated Care and Support, Kings College London, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Newcastle University, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support for People with Dementia, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), Torbay Dementia Action Alliance, UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), University of Cambridge, University of Hertfordshire
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Accessible Information Standard (NHS England)
Summary NHS England’s “Accessible Information Standard” has been designed to ensure people with a disability, sensory impairment or sensory loss receive information in a format they can easily read or understand. Support will also be provided to ensure such patients … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, 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, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accessibility, Accessible Communications, Accessible Information About Health and Care Options and Treatment or Support (Involvement Enablers), Accessible Information Standard (NHS England), Accessible Information Standard Implementation Guidance, Accessible Information Standard Specification, Action on Hearing Loss, Advice and Support, Anu Singh: NHS England’s Director of Patient & Public Voice and Insight, Braille, British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters, Care and Communication, Care and Support Services, CHANGE, Communication and Information, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities (CIPOLD), Data Sharing, Deafblindness, Deafblindness: Dual Sensory Loss, Dual Sensory Loss (Deafblindness), Education and Awareness-Raising, Failure of Communications and Inadequate Processes, Flagging of Needs, Good Communication, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health Information Technology, Healthcare Providers, Information Sharing, Information Technology, Large Print, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities: Empowering Individuals, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, NHS England’s Accessible Information Standard, Participation, Patient Advocates, Patient and Public Participation, Patient and Public Participation and Insight, Patient Participation, Patients First and Foremost, Patients With Disabilities, Providers of NHS-Funded Services, Recognition of Sensory Impairment, Recording of Needs, RNIB, Sarah Marsay: Public Engagement Account Manager at NHS England, SCCI1605: Accessible Information Specification, Sense, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Impairments, Sensory Loss, Service Providers, Sharing Information, Sharing of Needs, Speech-to-Text-Reporter (STTR), Support for People with Complex Needs, Support for Self Management, Support for Self-Care, Tadoma, Text Relay, Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA), Web Accessibility
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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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The Co-Production in Commissioning Toolkit (TLAP / Department of Health / SCIE / NEF / NHS England / NESTA)
Summary An online resource, called the “Co-Production in Commissioning Tool”, has been made available via the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). This toolkit presents the work of Think Local, Act Personal (TLAP) – and partners – towards improving the … Continue reading →
Posted in ADASS, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, National Voices, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Association of Director of Adult Social Services (ADASS), C4CC: Coalition for Collaborative Care, Care Act 2014, Care and Support, Care and Support Reform, Care and Support Services, Co-Production, Co-Production for Wellbeing, Co-Production in Commissioning, Co-Production Issues, Co-production Monitoring Group (Think Local Act Personal), Coalition for Collaborative Care, Coalition for Collaborative Care (C4CC), Collaboration, Collaboration (Including Information-Sharing), Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Working, Commissioning for Better Outcomes Framework, Commissioning for Better Outcomes: A Route Map, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Value, Commissioning Local Services, Community Service Volunteers (CSV), Diversity, Economics of Co-Production, Embedding Co-Production, Engagement and Co-Production, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Health Services Management Centre: University of Birmingham, Improving Long-Term Care and Support, Inclusiveness, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Personal Commissioning, Jo Kidd Consultancy, Local Authorities, Local Government Association: LGA, Localism, Localism Act, Market Shaping and Oversight, Micro-Commissioning, More Than Medicine (NESTA), National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA), National Co-Production Advisory Group, National Voices, NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action), nef (the new economics foundation), NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, New Economics Foundation (nef), NHS England's Realising the Value Programme, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s Realising the Value Programme for Patient and Community Empowerment (NHS England)., NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), People Not Process: Co-Production in Commissioning, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Person-Centred Dementia Care and Support, Pritti Mehta: Strategy Lead for Person Centred Care Team at NHS England, Public Service Act, Realising the Value Programme, Regional Voices, Sam Bennett: Director of Think Local Act Personal, SCIE's Co-Production Strategy, Sharon Allen: Chief Executive of Skills for Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Value Act 2012, Supporting Localism, Sustainability, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), Think Local Act Personal Co-production Monitoring Group, TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Tricia Nicoll Consulting, University of Birmingham, User-Led Organisations (ULOs), Well-Led, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach
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UK Policy Report: the Quality of Life for People with Dementia in 2014 (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society has published the third annual report “Dementia 2014: Opportunity for change”, which examines many aspects of the quality of life for people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Similar to the two previous reports … Continue reading →
Posted in 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Advice and Support, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), Alzheimer's Society Policy Reports: Dementia 20xx Series, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers, Alzheimer’s Society Public Policy Team, Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Network, Assessment of Quality of Life, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Audit of Memory Clinics in England, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Barriers to Support, Best Practice in Dementia Care (Triangle of Care), Better Care Fund, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Burden of Dementia, Care Act 2014, Care and Support, Care and Support Services, Caregiver Support, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Charging for Care and Support, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Support Services, Community Support, Community Support Services, Connecting Communities, Dementia 2014: Opportunity for Change, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance’s Carers' Call to Action, Dementia Adviser Service, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Support South Lincs, Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia Without Walls Project, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnostic Waiting Times, Direct Payments, Dixons Allerton Academy, English National Memory Clinics Audit, FITS (Focused Intervention for Training of Staff) Programme, Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Funding of Care and Support, G7 Global Dementia Summit, Good Housing Design, GP Commissioners, 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, Home Care Support, Home Support in Dementia Care, Housing and Dementia, Housing Learning and Innovation Network, Identification and Referral, Improving Dementia Services in Northern Ireland, Increasing Wellbeing, Innovations in Dementia, Involvement and Participation, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Local Authorities, Local Authority Commissioners, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, NHS Clinical Commissioners, NICE Quality Standards, Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool (NISAT), Northern Ireland: Transforming Your Care, Opportunity for Change Report (2014), Participation in Research, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prevention, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Strategies, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Public Sector, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Right to Know Campaign, Salford Institute for Dementia, Salford Institute for Dementia (University of Salford), Social Services and Well-being Act in Wales, South West Commissioning Guidance, Square Hole Club, Staff Training, Support for Carers, Support Networks, Support Services, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Transforming Your Care, Triangle of Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, UK Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, UK Homecare Association, UK Spending on Dementia Research, User Participation, Variable Quality of Care, Waiting Times, Welsh Assembly Government, Widening Participation, Wokingham Hospital, Wokingham Memory Clinic, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, Younger People With Dementia in Gwent
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Personal Health Budgets: Briefing (NHS Confederation / BBC News / Pulse)
Summary This NHS Confederation briefing (Issue 275) offers guidance to commissioners, and providers of NHS-funded care, who are introducing personal health budgets. “A personal health budget is an amount of money to support a person’s health and wellbeing needs, planned … Continue reading →
Posted in 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, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accelerated Development Programme (ADP), Audit Commission, Autonomy and Choice, Basildon and Brentwood CCG, BBC Health News, Benefits of Integrated Care, British Medical Association (BMA), Budget Holders, Care and Support Planning, Care and Support Services, Care Planning, CCGs, Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Coalition for Collaborative Care, Control, Corby CCG, Enablers of Integrated Care, Equal Access to Care, Flexibility, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), Implementation of Personal Budgets in Social Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care Services, Integrated Care Teams, Integrated Personal Commissioning, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC), Integrated Personal Commissioning Programme, Kernow CCG, Local NHS Teams, Making Personal Health Budgets Sustainable, National Voices, Nene CCG, NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG, NHS Corby CCG, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS England Personal Health Budget Learning Community, NHS Kernow CCG, NHS Mandate, NHS Nene CCG, NHS Stoke CCG, NHS-Funded Care, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Peoplehub, Personal Health Budgets, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personal Health Budgets Pilot (PHBE) Project, Personal Health Budgets Pilot Sites, Personal Health Budgets Toolkit, Personalised Integrated Care, Potential Abuse of Personal Health Budgets, Potential Misspending of Personal Health Budgets, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Proxy Budget Holders, Pulse Magazine, Risk Management, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Self-Care, Self-Directed, Self-Directed Care, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Self-Management, Self-Management Support, Shared Decision-Making, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Stoke CCG, Supporting Self-Care, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), Yorkshire and Humber Joint Improvement Partnership
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Developing NICE Standards for Social Care (Department of Health)
Summary As a result of a consultation exercise during 2013, five topics have been identified for formal referral to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Falls: regaining independence for older people after a fall. Care and support of … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Care and Support, Care and Support Planning, Care and Support Services, Developing NICE Standards for Social Care, Elderly Rehabilitation Services, Experiences, Experts by Experience, Independence, Integrated Care and Support, Medicines Management, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Quality Standards, Patient Experience, Reablement, Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Services, Service User Experience, Social Care Reablement Services, Standards and Guidance to Improve the Quality of Social Care, User Experience
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Supporting Working Carers (Carers UK / Department of Health)
Summary This report, by the Employers for Carers and Department of Health Task and Finish Group, explains how supporting carers to combine work and care has many potential benefits for families, business and the economy. The report presents findings and … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Statistics, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged ACAS Code of Practice on Flexible Working, Annex to Final Report of the Carers in Employment Task and Finish Group, Belgium, Care and Support Services, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carer's Needs, Carers, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (DALLAS) Programme, Denis Stokkink, Employers for Carers and Department of Health Task and Finish Group, European Think Tank Pour la Solidarité, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, IDEA Consult, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Pour la Solidarité: European Think Tank, Supporting Caregivers, Supporting Working Carers, Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Working Carers
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