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Tag Archives: Carer Resilience
Reconnecting Health and Spirituality? (JAMA)
Summary A recent Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) article summarises evidence for the view that patients’ spiritual and religious views have been long neglected in mainstream medical literature and practice. It is suggested a greater focus on spirituality … Continue reading
Posted in End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Brazil, Care Approaches to Spirituality and Dementia, Carer Resilience, Caring for the Whole Person, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston; Massachusetts), Dignity and Spiritual Care, End-of-Life Decision-Making, End-of-Life Support, Faith, Faith at the End of Life, Harvard Kennedy School (Cambridge; Massachusetts), Harvard Medical School, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (Boston; Massachusetts), Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health: Harvard Kennedy School, Health and Spirituality, Healthy Behaviours, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Assessments, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, Nurses’ Health Study, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Optimism, Palliative Care, Personal Resilience, Postgraduate Program in Nursing: Universidade Federal da Bahia. Bahia (Brazil), Purpose in Life, Religion, Religiosity, Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Respect for Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Journal), School of Nursing: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Integration, Social Support, Spiritual Care in Nursing, Spiritual History Taking, Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Needs of People With Dementia, Spirituality, Spirituality Ageing and Quality of Life, Spirituality and Religion in the Culture of Medicine, Treatment Decisions, United States, Universidade Federal da Bahia, USA, Wellness and Resilience, Whole Person Medicine, World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization: Principles
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Supporting Employees Caring for Persons With Dementia (Carers UK)
Summary The impact of dementia is an increasingly significant issue in the workplace. People are often struggling to combine work with caring for family member or friend. Carers UK and Employers for Carers performed a survey of employers and employees … Continue reading
Posted in Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adaptive Technologies, Advice and Information, Affordability of Care, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Alarms, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, AT: Assistive Technology, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Burden of Dementia, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Distress, Caregiver Support, Caregivers, Carer Awareness, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Resilience, Carer Support, Carer's Experience of Dementia, Carer's Needs, Carers Survey, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Employee Assistance Programmes, Employee Experience, Employees Caring for Persons With Dementia, Employer Policy, Employers for Carers, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Flexible Working Arrangements, Flexitime, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Integrated Care Services, Part-Time Working, Recruitment, Remote Care Monitoring, Remote Health Monitoring, Remote Working, Resilience, Resilience Model, Resilient Communities, Sensors, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Social Demographics, Special Leave, Stress Reduction, Supporting Caregivers, Supportive Technologies, Telehealth (Remote Monitoring), Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Wellness and Resilience, Wider Societal Burden, Worker Retention, Workforce Retention Recruitment and Resilience
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End of Life Care in Acute Hospitals (BBC News / NCPC)
Summary A Glasgow University report has found that approximately one in three patients admitted to hospital in Scotland die within a year. Almost one in 10 patients die during their current hospital admission. Figures for the rest of the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Active Engagement, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Assessment, Assessment and Diagnosis, BBC Health News, BBC Scotland, Care and Compassion, Care in General Hospitals, Care Planning, Care Planning and Proxy Decision Making, Carer Education, Carer Engagement Strategies, Carer Expectations, Carer Inclusion, Carer Isolation, Carer Relationships with Hospital Staff, Carer Resilience, Carer Satisfaction, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Carer’s Perspective, Carers, Compassion in Practice, Compassionate Care, Difficult Conversations, Family Carers, Glasgow University, National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), Palliative and End of Life Care, Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Hospitals, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Supporting Carers in Hospital, Triadic Relationship of Care, Triangle of Care, University of Glasgow, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers
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Leicester City Council / Shared Lives Foster Placements for Elderly People (BBC News)
Summary A fostering scheme for the elderly is being introduced in Leicester, whereby families will be paid to take elderly people into their homes. Carers will be paid £224 a week (roughly four times the amount unpaid carers on basic Carer’s … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Communities, BBC Health News, Befriending, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care in the Community, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Resilience, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Allowance, Carer's Needs, Carers, Carers’ Benefits, Commissioning for Carers, Community, Community Care, Community Life, Community Networks, Community Perspective, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Friends, Fostering, Fostering Schemes for Elderly People, Friends, Friendship, Good Neighbourliness, Inclusion, Informal Networks, Leicester City Council, Leicestershire, Leicestershire Age UK, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Neighbourliness, Peer Support Networks, Preventing Loneliness, Proposals to Improve Care for Vulnerable Older People, Protecting Vulnerable People, Shared Lives Plus, Shared Lives Plus: UK, Social Inclusion, Social Networks, Vulnerable Older People, Winter Friends
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