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Tag Archives: Cognitive Capacity and Consent
Home Care Services Guideline (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline concerning high-quality home care services for older people (i.e. home care, sometimes known as domiciliary care). It puts the focus on supporting the aspirations, goals … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Scotland’s Updated Care of Older People in Hospital Standards (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)
Summary Revised Scottish standards concerning acute care of older people in hospital address all aspects of the patient care pathway, including initial assessment on admission, rehabilitation, care transitions and discharge planning. There are sixteen standards. Section headings comprise: Standard 1: … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Age Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland, Care of Older People in Hospital Standards, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Consent, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity on the Ward, Discharge Planning, Engagement and Patient Preferences., Frailty, Frailty Syndromes, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Hospital Pharmacies, Hospital Pharmacy Services, Managing Transitions, NHS Education for Scotland, NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Grampian, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian, NHS Tayside, Older People in Acute Care, Patient Flows, Patient Preferences, Patients Charter, Personal Preferences, Pharmaceutical Care, Physical Rehabilitation, Pressure Sores, Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Assessment, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers, Recognition and Diagnosis of Frailty, Recovery and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Care Pathways, Reshaping Care for Older People, Royal College of Nursing Scotland, Safe Staffing Levels, Scottish Government, Scottish Government’s (2011) Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland, Scottish Patient Safety Programme, Staffing Levels, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, Standards for Food Fluid and Nutritional Care, Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Ward Staffing Levels, Whittle Review Group
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NICE Guideline SC1: Managing Medicines in Care Homes (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published the guideline “Managing medicines in care homes (SC1)”, which provides recommendations for good practice on the systems and processes for managing medicines in care homes. This guideline applies … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Care Homes, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes, Antipsychotics, Autonomy and Choice, Care Home Staff Administering Medicines, Care Home Use of Medicines Study (CHUMS), Care Homes, Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Consent, Consent to Treatment and CTOs, Decision-Making Capacity, Dispensing and Supplying Medicines, Human Rights in Care Homes, Improving Pharmaceutical Care in Care Homes, Inappropriate Prescribing, Independence, Independence Choice and Risk, Informed Decision-Making, Maintaining Independence, Managing Medicines, Managing Medicines in Care Homes, Managing Patients' Medicines After Discharge, Medication Reviews, Medicine Record-Keeping, Medicines Management, Medicines Reconciliation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Constitution, NO TEARS Tool (Need / Indication Open Questions Tests Evidence Adverse effects Risk Reduction Simplification / Switches), Patient Safety, Polypharmacy in the Elderly STOPP and START Criteria, Prescribing, Prescription Management, Prevention of Maladministration of Medication Checklist, Psychotropic Medicine Management for People in Care Homes with Dementia, Psychotropic Prescribing, Receiving Storing and Disposing of Medicines, Record-Keeping, Records Management: NHS Code of Practice, Regaining Independence, Respect for Autonomy, Reviewing Medicines, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding and Medicines, Safety of Medicines in Care Homes, Self-Administration, Self-Care, Self-Determination, Seven Steps to Patient Safety, Shared Decision-Making, Standards for Medicines Management, START (Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatment), Staying Independent, STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions), STOPP and START Criteria, Supporting Self-Care
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Sexualities and Dementia Education Resource (Dementia Training Study Centres)
Summary The Dementia Training Study Centres (created by the Australian Government in 2006) has produced an online resource designed to help health professionals understand and develop acceptable approaches to sexual matters and the need for intimacy on the part of … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Aged Care Early Intervention Management Program: Queensland Health, Alzheimer’s Australia, Australia, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, Autonomy and Solidarity, Avoiding Exploitation, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness of Relationships, Barriers to the Expression of Sexuality, Classifications of Sexual Behaviour, Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service, Dementia Training Study Centres, Dementia-Related Sexual Expression, Disinhibition, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Expressions of Intimacy, Griffith Health Institute, HammondCare: New South Wales, Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour, Intimacy, Latrobe University, Medical Ethics, Needs-Based Approaches, New South Wales, P-LI-SS-IT Model of Care, Personhood, Personhood (‘Now’ vs. ‘Then’), Privacy Rights, Psychological Needs-Based Approaches, Queensland Dementia Training Study Centre, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice: Griffith Health Institute, Responding to Sexual Advances, Risk Management, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Older People, Sexual Behaviours, Sexualities and Dementia Education Resource, Sexualities and Dementia Policy, Sexuality, Sexuality and Dementia, Sexuality Assessment Tools, Sexuality in Care Settings, South Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Dementia Training Study Centre
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