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Tag Archives: Caregiver Training
Pilots to Support Carers Remain in Paid Employment (Department of Health)
Summary Nine pilot areas will be involved in discovering how to help carers balance work and their caring responsibilities. The pilot areas will explore how technology (such as smart phones, social media and email alerts) can be used to ease … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Alex Fox: Shared Lives Plus, Balancing Work With Caring, Burden on Caregivers, Bury, Care Act 2014, Care Coordinators, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care in an Ageing Society, Care in the Community, Care Leave, Care Monitoring, Caregiver Support, Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Fatigue, Carer Support, Carers, Cheshire West, Co-Production, Collective Solutions to Care, Combining Work and Care, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Assets, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Empowerment, Community Institutions, Community Networks, Community Volunteering, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health, Digital Technology, Dr Ros Altmann: Government’s Business Champion for Older Workers, Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Flexible Hours for Carers, Flexible Roles, Flexible Workforce, Flexible Working, Flexible Working Arrangements, Gateshead, Government Equalities Office, Health at Work Network, Improving Flexibility of Care, Independence, Informal Networks, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Innovative Technology, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority and Social Care, Local Authority Commissioners, New Technology, Norman Lamb MP, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), North Somerset, North Tyneside, Northamptonshire, Pilots to Support Carers Remain in Paid Employment, Public Health Responsibility Deal, Public Health Responsibility Deal’s Health at Work Network, Reablement, Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Sefton, Shared Lives Plus, Shared Lives Plus: UK, Social Care Volunteers, Social Networks, Social Networks and Organizations, Social Support / Community Networks, South Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and Stoke, Support for Relatives Friends or Carers, Support Networks, Supporting Caregivers, Supporting Working Carers, Telemonitoring, Time Bank, Time-Banking, Unmet Needs, Unpaid Care and Employment, Unpaid Care Provision, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, User Networks, Value of Volunteering, Voluntary and Community Action, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE), Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) Review, Voluntary Organisations, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector and Ageing, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Provision, Volunteering, Volunteering in Health and Care, Volunteers
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Nutrition and Dementia Research Review (ADI)
Summary This Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) report examines the evidence for appropriate nutrition being able to help improve the quality of life for people with dementia. This document reviews the potential impact of dietary factors throughout life in increasing or … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 10/66 Dementia Research Group (ADI), ADI’s World Alzheimer Reports, Adipokines and Cytokines, Adiposity, Adiposity in Later Life, Advanced Dementia Nutrition, Advice and Support, Agnosia, Aldersgate Village: Mississippi, Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA), Antioxidants, Assistive Tableware, Aversive Feeding Behaviours, B vitamins (Folate B6 and B12), Balanced Diet, BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), Burden of Dementia, Burden of Disease, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Caregiver Training, Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), Compass Group, Dementia: a Public Health Priority, Dental and Oral Health Interventions, Dental Health, Dental Status, Design Solutions, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Choices, Dietary Factors, Dietary Supplements, Dietetic Input, Dieticians, Dining Environment, Dining Rooms, Docosahexanoic Acid (DHA), Domestic Scale Seating and Dining Areas, Downscaling, Dysphagia, Dysphagia in Dementia, Eating in Advanced Dementia, Eating Well, Education and Training, Eicosapentanoic Acid (EPA), Elderly Malnutrition, Family Carers, Family-Style Eating, Feeding Assistance, Fellowship Senior Living: New Jersey, Fish-Oil Supplements, Flavonoids, Food Fortification, Fortification, Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care, Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care: King’s College London, Health Service and Population Research Department: King’s College London, Health Services and Population Research Department: King’s College London, Home Carers, Hydration and Nutrition, Improving Nutritional Care, Increasing Wellbeing, Inflammation, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Kings College London, Macronutrient Supplementation, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Malnutrition in the Community, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Mealtime Environments, Mealtime Experience, Mediterranean Diet, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrients, Midlife Obesity, Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Modifiable Risk Factors, Northeast Health (NEH): New York, Nutrition, Nutrition and Dementia, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutrition Support, Nutritional Assessments, Nutritional Biomarkers, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Screening, Nutritional Supplementation, Nutritional Supplements, Nutritional Support, Obesity, Obesity Time-Bomb, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Omega-3 PUFA Supplementation (Dietary), Oral Health, Oral Health and Cognitive Function, Oral Healthcare, Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS), Oropharyngeal Dysphagia, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG), Periodontitis, Physical Anthropometry, Physical Wellbeing, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA), PREDIMED-NAVARRA Trial, PUFA: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Resistive Behaviours, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Royal College of Art, Serum Vitamin B12, Staff Training, Systematic Inflammation, Tooth Loss, Undernutrition, Undernutrition in Dementia, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña: Dominican Republic, University of Geneva, University of Newcastle, Vascular Risk Factors, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin Pills, Vitamins, Washington Heights Inwood and Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP), Wellbeing, Workforce Training
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Exploring the Impact of Caring on People’s Lives (Carers Trust / SCIE)
Summary The Prepared to care? report, produced for Carers Week earlier this month, shows that suitable support is not always available to carers. This document outlines the emotional, physical and financial pressures which can result when caring. It explains the need … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Support, Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Fatigue, Carer Support, Carer's Allowance, Carer’s Assessment, Carers, Carers Week 2013, Carers’ Breaks, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Find Me Good Care (SCIE), Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Reablement, Social Care TV, Social Care TV: Role of Carers and Families in Reablement, Stress Reduction for Unpaid Family Carers, Support for Carers, Support for Carers (Hospital Discharge), Supporting Caregivers, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Working in Partnership with Carers (SCIE)
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The Heart of Care: Dignity in Action: A Guide to Person-Centred Compassionate Elder Care
Summary Amanda Waring has written a book which has particular relevance given the current debates about how to re-introduce greater dignity and compassion into the day-to-day working of both the NHS and other organisations involved in the provision of health … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers, Care and Compassion, Care Homes, Caregiver Training, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carers, Communication, Compassion, Compassionate Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care Network, Dignity in Dementia, Elderly Care, Empathy and Understanding, Empathy Training, Information Needs of Carers, National Dignity Council, Prevention of Elder Maltreatment, Promoting Dignity in Dementia, Reminiscence
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