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Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism (STOMP) Campaign (NHS England / Royal College of Psychiatrists / BPS)

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, has written to raise awareness about the over-medication of people with learning disabilities or autism, on the first anniversary of the Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism … Continue reading →

Over-Medication of People With Learning Disabilities? (BBC News / BMJ / PHE)

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Analysis of GP data over a decade has revealed that over one quarter of 33,000 adults with learning disabilities (and / or some forms of dementia) may have been prescribed antipsychotics unnecessarily, usually as a result of challenging behaviour. … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Anxiolytics and Hypnotics (Including Benzodiazepines), Baily Thomas Charitable Fund, BBC Health News, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Challenging Behaviour, Chemical Restraint, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Drugs for Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, Improving Prescribing Practice, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Learning Disabilities, Mood Stabilisers, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Over-Medication, Over-Medication for People With Learning Disabilities, Over-Prescribing, Overprescribing, People With Learning Disabilities, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Learning Disabilities, Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London (Royal Free Campus), The Health Improvement Network (THIN), University College London | Leave a comment

Updates to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (SCIE Social Care Online / Department of Health)

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) “At a Glance” document summarises the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and their use, particularly in the light of a recent Supreme Court Judgement (March 2014). The Supreme Court judgment (March 2014) … Continue reading →

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The Winterbourne View: Time for Change Report (BBC News / ACEVO / NHS England)

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The government may be failing many people with learning disabilities, by sending them to hospitals too far from home for too long, according to the “Winterbourne View: Time for Change” report, commissioned by NHS England. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, 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, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations), ACEVO Transforming Care and Commissioning Steering Group, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Alternatives to Hospital-Based Treatments, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Mortality, BBC Health News, Bradley Report Five Years On, Building Capacity in the Community, Care Closer to Home, Challenging Behaviour Foundation, Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF), Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group, Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group Charter, Charter of Rights for People With Learning Disabilities, Chemical Restraint, Closure Programme for "Inappropriate" In-Patient Facilities, Closures of Inpatient Institutions, Co-Commissioning with Charities and Social Enterprises, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Complementary Approaches to Reform, Direct Payments, Dr Margaret Flynn: Author of Winterbourne View Serious Case Review, Education and Training, Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Health Education England, Inappropriate Use of Restraint Seclusion and Anti-Psychotics, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Jan Tregelles: Chief Executive of Mencap, Learning Disabilities, Life in the Community Social Investment Fund, Mandatory Commissioning Framework, Mencap, National Workforce Academy, NHS Reform, NHS Workforce, Patients’ Right to Challenge, Payment for Outcomes Fund, People With Learning Disabilities, Personal Budgets, Personal Health Budgets, Residential Services for People With Learning Disabilities, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Right to Challenge, Seclusion (Supervised Confinement), Sir Stephen Bubb: Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Skills for Care, Skills for Health, Social Care Reform, Social Investment Fund for Community-Based Services, Social Investment Fund: Life in the Community, Social Property Fund, Specialised Housing, Staff Training, Supported Housing for People With Learning Disabilities, Third Sector, Third Sector Commissioning, Training and Capacity-Building, Training and Support, Training for Carers, Transforming Care and Commissioning Steering Group, Vivien Cooper: Chief Executive of Challenging Behaviour Foundation, Winterbourne Joint Improvement Programme, Winterbourne View, Winterbourne View Concordat, Winterbourne View Hospital, Winterbourne View: Time for Change Report, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Care Homes Can Learn From Alternative Residential Care Settings (JRF)

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation review explores learning from: (a) care in residential services for children and young people, (b) residential services and supported housing for people with learning disabilities and (c) hospice care. The report explores the possibility of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 2013 Learning Disabilities Census, Aberlour Sycamore Services, Adult Safeguarding, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advocacy, Alternative Residential Care Settings, Background Quality Report: Learning Disability Census 2013, Barriers to Involvement, BBC Health News, Camphill Communities, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Inspectorate in Scotland, Challenging Behaviour Foundation, CHASE Hospice Care for Children, Chemical Restraint, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Circle of Support, Common Assessment Framework (CAF), Community Engagement, Control, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Dignity Therapy, Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS), Electronic Systems for Coordination of Care, End of Life Care Quality Assessment tool (ELCQuA), Facilities for Families, Flexible Response Service, Flexible Response Service (FRS), Frontline Staff, Get a Plan Project, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre (Adult Social Care Statistics Team: Community and Mental Health Team), Holding the Space (HTS), Homeliness, Hospice Care, HSCIC (Adult Social Care Statistics Team: Community and Mental Health Team), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Human Rights in Care Homes, Improving Standards in Care Homes, In Control, Involvement and Participation, Joint Risk Assessment, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning Disabilities Census Report for England, Learning Disability Survey, Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering (LOROS) Hospice, Lessons for Care Homes From Alternative Residential Care Settings, Lifespace (Care Delivery Approach), Listening to Residents, Mencap, Namaste: Honouring the Spirit, National Skills Academy, Over-Medication, Patient Choice Rating Systems, Patient Involvement, Physical Environment, Positive Culture, Proximity to Family, Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA), Recruitment of HCAs, Regulation, Rehab Project, Rehabilitation and Self Management, Relationship-Based Care, Research in Care Homes, Residential Care, Residential Care Settings, Residential Services for Children and Young People, Residential Services for People With Learning Disabilities, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Risk Management, SAB: Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safe and Compassionate Care, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs), Safeguarding Older People, Scenario-Based Interviewing, Schwartz Care Rounds, Self-Care, Service User Involvement, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for People, Social Pedagogy, Spiritual Places, Staff Awareness, Staff Commitment, Staff Skill Development, Staff Skills, Staff Support, Staff Training, Staffing (Care Homes), Supported Housing for People With Learning Disabilities, Supportive Relationships, Transferability of Learning, User Involvement, User Involvement in Staff Selection, Value Based Recruitment, Voice Choice and Control, VOICES Survey, Westminster Learning Disability Partnership, Workforce Development, Workforce Issues | Leave a comment

Minimising Restrictive Interventions (Department of Health)

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Restrictive interventions include a variety of approaches which limit an individual’s movement, liberty and / or freedom to act independently. “Positive and proactive care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions” provides a framework for adult health and social care … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accountability, Assurance, Avoidable Harm, Avoiding Restrictive Interventions, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Problems, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Chemical Restraint, Choice, Commissioners of Services, Compassion, Compassionate Care, Crisis Care Concordat, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Distressed Behaviour, Distressed Behaviour: Triggers, ECHR: European Convention on Human Rights, Effective Governance, Empowerment, European Convention on Human Rights, Executive Directors, Face-Down Restraint, Five PANEL Principles, Frontline Staff, Good Governance, Human Rights Act (HRA), Improving Care for People with Dementia, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independent Living, Individualised Approaches, Involvement and Participation, Leadership, Least Restrictive Practice, Least Restrictive Principle, Legality, Local Policy Frameworks, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Making Decisions on Behalf of People With Dementia Who Lack Capacity, Managing Unforeseen Behaviour, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mechanical Restraint, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Monitoring, Monitoring and Oversight, NHS Protect, PANEL Principles, PBS-Based Approaches, People With Dementia Who Lack Capacity, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Positive and Proactive Care, Positive and Safe, Positive and Safe Programme, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Positive Behavioural Support, Positive Relationships, Post-Incident Reviews, Primary Preventative Strategies, Proactive Care, Recording and Reporting, Recovery Based Approaches, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing and Managing Conflict, Reducing Harm, Reducing Restrictive Interventions, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Regaining Independence, Respect, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint for Psychiatric Patients (RESPECT), Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restriction, Restrictive Intervention Reduction Programmes, Restrictive Interventions, Restrictive Practices, Safe and Ethical Restrictive Interventions, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Staff Training, Staying Independent, Transforming Care, Transforming Care Environments, Transparency, Triggers of Violence and Aggression, Violence, Violence and Aggression, Whole Service Approaches, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning and Development | Leave a comment

Royal College of Nursing Consultation on Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care (RCN)

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has been commissioned by the Department of Health to review and develop guidance on positive behaviour support (PBS) and the minimisation of restrictive practices across health and adult social care. The consultation closes … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Attitudinal Change, Avoidable Harm, Behaviour Support Plans, Best Practice in PBS, Chemical Restraint, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Harm Free Care, Least Restrictive Principle, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mechanical Restraint, Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Legislation, Northern Ireland, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Proportionality in Safeguarding, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Respect, Respecting Persons with Dementia, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restrictive Practices, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Older People, Scotland, Transforming Care, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Use of Reasonable Force, Wales, Winterbourne View Hospital | Leave a comment

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