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Tag Archives: Commissioning for Older People
Facts and Figures on Unmet Needs in Older People in England (Age UK)
Summary Age UK have produced a statistical report investigating needs and experiences of disadvantage in six key aspects of life’s difficulties: Ill health. Care and support. Poor housing. Poverty. Loneliness. Social isolation. Full Text Link Reference Estimating need in older … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Affordable Housing: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Access to Healthcare: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Access to Social Services: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Ageing Population, Assessing Population Needs, Assessment of Care Needs, Assessment of Needs, Bothered by Loneliness, Broad Determinants of Health, Combinations of Needs of Older People in England, Commissioning for Older People, Complex Health and Care Needs in Older People, Complex Needs, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Emotional and Social Isolation, Enduring Disabilities and Disadvantage, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Experiences of Loneliness, Financial Hardship, Health Determinants, Hidden Unmet Needs, High Support Needs, Identifying Patients’ Needs and Priorities, Impact(s) of Unmet Needs, Later Life, Living With Needs in Later Life, Loneliness, Loneliness and Isolation, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness in Older People, Multiple Needs, Needs in Later Life, Needs of Older People in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Older Men at the Margins, Overlapping Needs of Older People in England, Pensioner Poverty, Poor Housing, Poverty, Poverty-Related Concerns, Preventable Ill Health, Qualitative Research, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Determinants of Mental Health, Social Isolation, Social Isolation and Loneliness, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Socioeconomic Deprivation, Struggling to Cope, Tackling Causes of Preventable Ill Health, Unmet Care Needs, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Mental Health Needs of Older People, Unmet Needs and Well-Being, Unmet Social Care Needs, Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups
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Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework (Skills for Health)
Summary Skills for Health have produced the Frailty Core Capabilities Framework. This framework was commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, and aims to formalise the skills to provide high quality, holistic, compassionate care and support for persons with … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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The Hospital Frailty Risk Score: a Simpler Method of Screening for Frailty and Patients at Greater Risk (Lancet)
Summary The Hospital Frailty Risk Score is a risk score designed for the identification of older people at risk of harm or adverse outcomes in hospitals. It is based on standard diagnostic codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Geriatric Medicine: University of Southampton, Adults at Risk of Harm, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Cardiff University, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Charlson Comorbidity Index, College of Life Sciences: University of Leicester, Commissioning for Older People, Count-Based Multimorbidity Measures, Data Analytics Team: Health Foundation, Department of Business Intelligence: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Geriatric Medicine: Lyon Teaching Hospital, Department of Health Policy: London School of Economics, Department of Health Sciences: University of Leicester, Department of Public Health: Cardiff University, Diagnostic Codes, Electronic Care Record (ECR), Electronic Care Records, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Frailty, Frailty Status at Admission to Hospital, France, Fried and Rockwood Scales, Fried Phenotype, Hospital Frailty Risk Score, ICD-10 Codes, Identification of Frailty, Identification of Frailty (Routine Screening), Identifying People Living With Frailty, Identifying Vulnerable People, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Institute for Ageing: Newcastle University, International Classification of Diseases (ICD), International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), Lancet, London School of Economics, Lyon Teaching Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Morbidity and Wellbeing, Multimorbidity Measures, Newcastle University, Optimising Acute Frailty, Patient Targeting and Risk Stratification, Risk Assessment, Risk Evaluation, Risk Stratification, Rockwood Frailty Index, Screening For Frailty, Screening for Frailty (in Hospitals), Targeted Screening, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, University of Leicester, University of Southampton, Vulnerable Adults, World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases: Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
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Dementia-Friendly Personal Budgets (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society wants local authorities in England to remove barriers which may prevent people with dementia having access to personal budgets. Less than one-third of people receiving social care support for problems relating to memory and cognition have … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Screening For Frailty: as Easy as eFI? (NHS England / Age and Ageing)
Summary The “electronic Frailty Index (eFI)” is discussed, by NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People and Person Centred Integrated Care, as a validated tool which might assist in the proactive identification, diagnosis and management of frailty. Potentially, the … Continue reading →
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Improving the Quality of Care For Care Home Residents With Dementia (NHS England / Clinical Medicine / BBC News)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, discusses multi-pronged progress to improve the quality of care – and to enhance health and wellbeing – for people with dementia living in care homes. It has been estimated … Continue reading →
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Joint Declaration on Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care and Support (NHS England / Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary Attention is again drawn to the joint declaration, spanning “government, health, social care and the third sector” (announced earlier in January 2016), which aims to improve the quality of services for persons with dementia, and their families / carers. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Signatories: Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Beth Britton – Freelance Campaigner and Consultant, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Brendan Clifford – Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council for Adults Principal Social Worker Network, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Dementia UK, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Department of Health, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Health Education England, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Local Government Association, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - 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Cross-Sector Declaration on Post-Diagnostic Care and Support for People With Dementia (Department of Health)
Summary A joint declaration “across government, health, social care and the third sector” has been announced, aiming at improving the quality of services for persons with dementia. Full Text Link Reference Dementia: post-diagnostic care and support. London: Department of Health, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Advice and Information, Advice and Support, Advice for Family and Friends, Age Related Diseases and Health Trust, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers and Facilitators to Participation, Care Integration, Care Planning, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers Identified Supported and Involved, Caring for Carers, Collaboration, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Care Planning, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Quality Improvement, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Commissioning for Maximum Value, Commissioning for Older People, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Quality, Commissioning for Transformation, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Compassionate Care, Conditions for Integration, Coordinated Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Beth Britton – Freelance Campaigner and Consultant, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Brendan Clifford – Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council for Adults Principal Social Worker Network, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Dementia UK, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Department of Health, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Health Education England, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Local Government Association, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: National Association of Primary Care, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: NHS England, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: NHS Improving Quality, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Public Health England, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: Royal College of GPs, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support Policy Declaration - Signatories: The Age Related Diseases and Health Trust, Dementia UK, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council on behalf of the Adults Principal Social Worker Network, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: Adults Principal Social Worker Network, Education and Staff Training, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Family and Carers, Family Carers, Information and Advice Services, Information and Support for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Integrated Commissioning, Joint Declaration on Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care and Support, Joint Declaration on Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care and Support Signatories, Leadership for Compassionate Care, LGA: Local Government Association, Liaison and In-Reach Services for Frail Older People, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Integration, London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Health and Social Support, Long-Term Services and Support (LTSS), Long-Term Treatment, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Models of Care: Age-Related Models, Models of Care: Integrated Models, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes, National Association of Primary Care, NHS Improving Quality, Participation in Research Studies, Partnership Working, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Public Health England (PHE), Redesigning Local Healthcare Systems, Redesigning Services, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of GPs, Safe and Compassionate Care, Staff Education, Staff Training, Timely Diagnosis, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development
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The Frailty Fulcrum: A Multi-Dimensional Model for Understanding Issues in Frailty (NHS England / Fusion48)
Summary The “Frailty Fulcrum” provides an animated model to help conceptualise, and balance, the main shifting factors – both positive and negative – potentially at play in frailty. It was developed by Fusion48. The main influencing factors are considered to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Causes and Prevention of Frailty, Commissioning for Older People, Common Problems of Frailty, Dr Dawn Moody: Clinical Associate (Frailty and Complex Care) North Staffordshire CCG, Dr Dawn Moody: Clinical Director for Health Education England (East Midlands) Nottinghamshire Frailty Toolkit and Training Programme, Dr Dawn Moody: Director of Fusion48, Dr Dawn Moody: Frailty Lead for the West Midlands Primary Care Workforce and Improved Patient Access Plan, Everybody Knows This; I Wish I'd Thought of It (Simple But Revolutionary Insights / Models), Frailty, Frailty Services, Fusion48, Fusion48's Frailty Fulcrum, Geriatric Giants: Frailty Syndromes, Health Education England (East Midlands) Nottinghamshire Frailty Toolkit and Training Programme, Identifying Vulnerable People, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Older People At Home, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, People Living With Frailty, Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund Wave 2 Scheme (Shropshire Doctors Co-operative Ltd), Resilience and Vulnerability, Resilience to Dementia Disability and Frailty, Supporting Vulnerable People, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, The Frailty Fulcrum, Vulnerable Adults, West Midlands Primary Care Workforce and Improved Patient Access Plan
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Barbican Consensus on Better Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes (NHS England)
Summary It has been reported elsewhere that 80% of residents in care homes may have dementia, and that there may still be over-prescription of antipsychotics in these settings to control challenging behaviour. The Barbican Consensus presents a general agreement, arrived … Continue reading →
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Activity Levels Among People With Dementia in Care Homes, Airedale NHS Foundation, Alistair Burns, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Care Homes, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes in the United States, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Antipsychotics-Related Mortality Risks, Barbican Consensus: Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, BBC Health News, BBC Radio Four File on 4, Built Environment, Care and Compassion, Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, Care England, Care Integration, Care Planning, Care Staff Education, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Collaborative Care Planning, Commissioning for Maximum Value, Commissioning for Older People, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Quality, Commissioning for Transformation, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community Nursing, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Conditions for Integration, Coordinated Care, Cracks in the Pathway (CQC), Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Challenge, Dementia In-Reach Teams, Dementia Primer for General Practice, Dementia Revealed: Dementia Guide for GPs, Dementia Toolkit for GP Commissioners, Dementia Toolkit for GPs, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia: People With Dementia in Care Homes, Design and Built Environment, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Discontinuation of Antipsychotics, Dr Nick Cartmell: Clinical Advisor for Dementia in the South, East and North Hertfordshire CCG, Education and Staff Training, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Enhanced Personalised Care Plans, Environmental Design, File on 4 (BBC Radio 4), Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Four Seasons Health Care, In Reach, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Integrated Commissioning, Integrating Health and Social Care Personal Budgets, James Cross: National Lead for Dementia at Skills For Care, Leadership for Compassionate Care, Liaison and In-Reach Services for Frail Older People, Local Integration, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Health and Social Support, Long-Term Services and Support (LTSS), Long-Term Treatment, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Medication Reviews, Models of Care: Age-Related Models, Models of Care: Integrated Models, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Vanguard Site: Airedale NHS Foundation, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Vanguard Site: East and North Hertfordshire CCG, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Vanguard Site: Newcastle Gateshead Alliance, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Vanguard Site: NHS Wakefield CCG, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Vanguard Site: Nottingham City CCG, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Vanguard Site: Sutton CCG, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes Vanguard Sites, National Care Forum, New Care Models: Vanguard Sites, New Models of Care, Newcastle Gateshead Alliance, NHS England, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Nottingham City CCG, NHS Sutton CCG, NHS Wakefield CCG, Partnership Working, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Personal Budgets (PBs), Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Proactive Specialist In-Reach, Professor Alistair Burns, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Redesigning Local Healthcare Systems, Redesigning Services, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Safe and Compassionate Care, Skills for Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Staff Education, Staff Training, Statistics on Assaults in Care Homes, Statistics on Challenging Behaviour in Care Homes, Timely Diagnosis, United Kingdom Homecare Association, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development
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