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Tag Archives: Carer Involvement in Healthcare
National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals: Spotlight Audit on the Assessment of Delirium (HQIP / RCP / JGCR)
Summary The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) has published a spotlight audit on delirium in the care received by people with dementia in general hospitals in England and Wales. This audit finds: A large proportion (32%) of patients with dementia admitted … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Arts Alive Wales, Arts Alive Wales Based at Brecon War Memorial Hospital, Assessment for Delirium, Auckland (New Zealand), Auckland District Health Board, Audit Into Assessment of Delirium in Hospitals, Audits, Best Practice in Dementia Care (Triangle of Care), Brecon War Memorial Hospital, Capacity and Consent to Change of Residence, Care in General Hospitals, Carer Engagement, Carer Engagement Strategies, Carer Expectations, Carer Involvement in Healthcare, Carer Passports, Caring for Persons With Delirium, Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Championing Dementia: Supporting Staff, Clinical Records, Collaborative Decision Making, College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Comorbid Delirium-Dementia, Complex Best Interests Decision Making, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), Consent to Change of Residence, Delirium, Delirium Diagnosis, Delirium in Elderly Patients, Delirium in Hospitalised Patients, Delirium in Older People in Acute Hospitals, Delirium in Round 3 of NAD, Delirium Management, Delirium Policies / Protocols, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium Recording: Requires Improvement, Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia Matters in Powys (DMiP), Dementia-Friendly Wards, Discharge, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Information and Delirium, Discharge Planning, Discharge Records, Discharge Summaries, Education and Staff Training, Electronic Medical Records, Governance Leadership and Support (Organisational Checklist), Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Hospital Scores Tables, Involving the Person With Dementia in Decision Making, John’s Campaign: Allowing Carers Accompany People With Dementia When Admitted to Hospital, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Misdiagnosis of Delirium, Multidisciplinary Teams, NAD Recommendations, National Audit of Dementia, National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals), National Audit of Dementia (NAD), National Audit of Dementia Care, National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2016-2017 - Third Round of Audit Report: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2017), National Audit of Dementia Project Team, National Audit of Dementia Steering Group, National Audit of Dementia: Messages for Hospital Managers and Commissioners, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), National Clinical Audit Programme, New Zealand, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutritional Needs of People With Dementia, Patient Discharge, Patient Discharge Summaries, Patient Notes, Patient Records, Personal Information Documents in Round 3 of NAD, Personal Information to Support Better Care, Poor Communication, Prevalence of Delirium in Hospitalised Older Adult Patients in New Zealand, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), Royal College of Psychiatrists National Audit Tool, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Centre for Quality Improvement, Screening for Delirium, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Specialty Medicine and Health of Older People: Waitemata DHB, Spotlight Audit on Assessment of Delirium in Hospitals (HQIP / RCP), Spotlight Audit: Assessment of Delirium in Hospital for People with Dementia, Staff Training, Third Round NAD Report: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2017), This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, University of Auckland, Waitemata DHB (Auckland New Zealand), Welsh Government
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Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework (NHS Improvement)
The Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework supports ongoing quality improvement towards the provision of “outstanding care” for people living with dementia during their stay in acute, community or mental health settings. There are eight constituent framework standards: Diagnosis. Person-centred care. … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, Enhancing the Healing Environment, 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Pain, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Best Practice Guidance Relating to Dementia Care, Best Practice in Dementia Care (Triangle of Care), Butterfly Scheme, Care Quality Commission Inspection Ratings, Care Quality Commission New Inspection Ratings System, Carer Involvement in Healthcare, Caroline Lecko: Clinical Improvement Manager at NHS Improvement, Clinical Leadership, Co-Design and Co-Delivery, Community Involvement, Compassionate Leadership, Continuous Quality Improvement, CQC Inspection Regime, Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Dementia Action Alliance), Cultural Leadership, Dehydration, Dementia 2020 Citizens' Engagement Programme, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: Diagnosis, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: Environment, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: Involvement and Co-design, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: Leadership, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: NHS Improvement, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: Nutrition and Hydration, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: Person-Centred Care, Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework: Workforce Education and Training, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Early Diagnosis, End of Life Dementia Care, Forget Me Not, Healthwatch, Healthwatch England, Hydration and Nutrition, Information and Support, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Innovation and Co-Design, Involvement and Participation, Jacqueline McKenna: Director of Nursing and Professional Leadership at NHS Improvement, John’s Campaign: Allowing Carers Accompany People With Dementia When Admitted to Hospital, Judith Morris: Strategic Nurse Advisor at NHS Improvement, Making a Difference in Dementia: Nursing Vision and Strategy, National Audit of Dementia Care, National Policy Relating to Dementia Care, NHS Improvement's Dementia Assessment and Improvement Framework, Nutrition and Hydration, Outstanding Care, Participatory and Citizen Involvement, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient Involvement, Patient Voice, PLACE Audit, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Culture, Review of CQC Reports Pre-December 2016 Relating to Dementia Care, This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, Timely Diagnosis, Triangle of Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, Workforce Development, Workforce Education, Workforce Training
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SCIE Dementia Gateway: Useful Dementia-Related Information Resources (SCIE)
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
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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! 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Delirium: NICE Quality Standard QS63 (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard “Delirium: Quality Standard (QS63)”, which covers the prevention, diagnosis and management of delirium in adults (aged 18 years and over) in hospital and long-term … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Diagnosis, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK
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Tagged Acute Confusional State, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (2013/14), Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Antipsychotic Medication for Delirium, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics for Delirium, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Auditing, Care Homes, Carer Engagement Strategies, Carer Involvement in Healthcare, Checking Medication, Cognitive Stimulation, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Targets for Improving Dementia and Delirium Care, Communication of Diagnosis to GPs, Confusion (Delirium), Confusion in Care Homes, Constipation, Dehydration, Delirium CAM ICU Tool (PP), Delirium Diagnosis, Delirium in Care Homes, Delirium in Elderly Patients, Delirium in Hospitalised Patients, Delirium Management, Delirium Prevention, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium: NICE Quality Standard QS63, Discharge Information, Disorientation, Effects of Medication, Families and Carers, General Hospitals, Geriatric Psychiatry, Good Practice in Care Homes, Hospitalised Older Adults, Hyperactive Delirium, Hypoactive Delirium, Hypoxia, Immobility or Limited Mobility, Impact of Delirium on Length of Stay, Incidence of Delirium, Infection or Other Acute Illness, Information for Carers, Long-Term Care (LTC), Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Misdiagnosis of Delirium, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Outcomes Framework (NHSOF), NICE Care Pathway: Delirium, Pain, Poor Nutrition, Prevalence of Delirium, Public Health Outcomes Framework (2013-16), Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Recognition of Delirium, Reducing Antipsychotic Drugs in Care Homes, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Care Settings, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Stimulation, Sleep Disturbance, Tailored Interventions to Prevent Delirium, THINK Alphabet Checklist for Delirium, THINK Delirium in Intensive Care, THINK Delirium Strategy, Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington and Halton NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust
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