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Technological Support for People Living With Dementia / Their Carers (SCIE)

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced a collection of web pages which explore the potential of new technology to support people living with dementia, and their families / carers. Suggested applications of information technology include access … Continue reading →

Person-Centred Approaches in Healthcare: a Framework (HEE / Skills for Health / Skills for Care)

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Education England, Skills for Health and Skills for Care have produced a framework which is designed to help staff (at every level) communicate effectively, both verbally and non-verbally, in order to better tailor the care and advice they … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Listening, Advance Care Planning, Advance Decision, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Affirmation, Bespoke Care, Best Interest Decisions, Breakdowns or Failures in Communication, Care and Communication, Care and Support Planning, Care Navigation, Co-Production, Collaborative Care Planning, Collaborative Communication, COM-B, Communicating With the Person, Communication, Communication and Relationship Building Skills, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Communication Tools, Communication-Friendly Communities, Dementia Communication, Effective Communication: Step 1: Conversations to Engage with People, Effective Communication: Step 2: Conversations to Enable and Support People, Effective Communication: Step 3: Conversations with People to Collaboratively Manage Complexity and Risk, Empathy, Empowering and Engaging Patients, Empowerment, Empowerment and Support, Environmental Awareness, Good Communication, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Wellbeing, Health Education England (HEE), Health Literacy, HEE: Health Education England, Informed Consent, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC), Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Making Every Contact Count Programme (MECC), NHS Constitution, NHS Constitution: Updated 2015, NHS England's Realising the Value Programme, NHS England’s Realising the Value Programme for Patient and Community Empowerment (NHS England)., Non-Verbal Communication, Normalisation, Patient Activation, Patient Activation Measure (PAM), Patient Empowerment, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Person-Centred Approaches ((HEE / Skills for Health / Skills for Care)), Person-Centred Approaches in Healthcare, Person-Centred Approaches: Step 1: Conversations to Engage with People, Person-Centred Approaches: Step 2: Conversations to Enable and Support People, Person-Centred Approaches: Step 3: Conversations with People to Collaboratively Manage Complexity and Risk, Person-Centred Care and Support, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Person-Centred Dementia Care, Person-Centred Risk Management, Personal Budgets, Personalised Care and Support Planning, Prevention, Realising the Value, Realising the Value Programme, Respectful Communication, Right Care Shared Decision Making, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Self-Care, Self-Management, Self-Management Support, Sensitivity in Communication, Shared Decision-Making, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Health, Skills for Health (SfH), Support for Self-Care, Supporting Self-Care, Wellbeing | Leave a comment

SCIE Dementia Gateway: Useful Dementia-Related Information Resources (SCIE)

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | 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 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Government Funded Assistive Technology Research and Development Projects (Department of Health)

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Department of Health report gives an overview of government-funded projects to support the development, introduction and evaluation of assistive technology. Assistive technologies are intended to broaden the activities, independence and / or wellbeing of disabled and older people. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Falls, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Stroke, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged AAC Services, AAL-WELL: Ambient Assisted Living technologies for Wellness Engagement and Long Life, ABC: Adaptive Brain Computations Initial Training Network, ACCOMPANY: Acceptable robotiCs COMPanions for AgeiNg Years, Adaptive Technologies, Adaptive Technologies for Enhancing the Accessibility of Digital TV, Advanced FES Rehabilitation Tool, AEGIS: Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork Infrastructure Standards, AKTIVE: Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in Later Life, ALICE: Assistance for Better Mobility and Improved Cognition of Elderly Blind and Visually Impaired, All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry, Any Qualified Provider (AQP), Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Programme, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Assessing and Suppressing Upper Limb Tremor to Enable Independence, ASSISTANT: Aiding SuStainable Independent Senior TrAvellers to Navigate in Towns, Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home for People with Dementia: ATTILA Trial, ASTERICS: ASsistive TEchnology Rapid Integration and Construction Set, ASTUTE: Acute Stroke Telemedicine: Utility Training and Evaluation, ATHENE: Assistive Technologies for Healthy living in Elders: Needs Assessment by Ethnography, ATIS4all: Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All, ATRAS, ATRAS: Assistive Technologies for Rehabilitation of the Arm Following Stroke, ATTILA Trial: Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Services, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering (BIME), BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Brain Plasticity: Exercise-Induced, Brain-Neural Computer Interfaces (BNCI), Care Bill 2013-14, CARE@HOME: CARE AT HOME, Carer+ Ageing Well in the Community and At Home, Caring for Our Future: Reforming Care and Support, CCE: Connected Care for Elderly Persons Suffering from Dementia, CCmI Project, CELS Business Services, Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Health (CATCH), Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, CHRONICLES: Providing Access to Life Stories for Adults with Communication and Language Impairment, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), COBALT: Challenging Obstacles and Barriers to Assisted Living Technology, COGWATCH, Collaborative Cross Modal Interfaces, Commissioning Specialised Assistive Technology Services, Communication, Communication Matters, Communication-Friendly Communities, Community Stroke Care, Constraint Induced Therapy Following Stroke (LifeCIT), CSO: Chief Scientist Office, CuPiD, D4D HTC: Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Cooperative, DALi: Devices for Assisted Living, DAP Connect: Toolkits for Assisted Living, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Digital First (Formerly Digital by Default), Digital Technology, eCaalyx Project, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), EPSRC: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council, EU AAL: European Union Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme, EU Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Programme, EU CIP: European Union Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, EU Erasmus Mundus: European Union Erasmus Mundus, EU FP7: European Union Framework Programme 7, EU Health Programme: European Union Health Programme, EU ICT PSP: European Union ICT Policy Support Programme, EU Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), EU LLP: European Union Lifelong Learning Programme, EU Marie Curie: European Union Marie Curie Programme, EU Northern Periphery: European Union Northern Periphery Programme, FAST, Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST), Foundations Independent Living Trust (FILT) Warm Homes Service, Freedom to Roam, Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Rehab Tool, Golden-Oldies Charitable Trust, GUIDE: Gentle User Interfaces for Disabled and Elderly Citizens, HAPTIMAP, Health Channel on Smart TVs, Health Information Technology, Health Technologies, Healthy Communities, Hear It Project, Hopes Project, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Care for Older People, Inclusion, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Information Technology, Integrated Care and Support, Integrating Health and Social Care Personal Budgets, INTERREG IVA 2 Seas: Inter-Regional 2 Seas Programme, INTERREG IVB NWE: Inter-Regional North West Europe Programme, INTERREG IVC: Innovation and environment regions of Europe sharing solutions – financed by European Regional Development Fund, inTouch Project, inTouch: Video Link System for Inclusion for People with Dementia, JISC: Joint Information Systems Committee, LLHW: Lifelong Health and Wellbeing., Long Term Care Revolution, Mandate to NHS England, MATCH, MATCH: Mobilising Advanced Technologies for Care at Home, Medical Research Council (MRC), Mobile Technology, MRC (Medical Research Council) and AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council), MRC: Medical Research Council, MyDocStore Project by iANSYST Ltd, MyLife, MyLife Project, MyUI Project, National Stroke Quality Strategy Quality Marker, NDA: New Dynamics of Ageing programme. A collaboration between 5 UK Research Councils: ESRC, New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA), New Technology, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Mandate, NIHR CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, NIHR HS&DR: Health Services and Delivery Research, NIHR HTA: Health Technology Assessment Programme, NIHR HTD: Health Technology Devices programme, NIHR i4i: Invention for Innovation programme, NIHR PGAR: Programme Grants for Applied Research, NIHR PHR: Public Health Research, NIHR RfPB: Research for Patient Benefit, NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, Nottinghamshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), Office of the Communication Champion, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Health Budgets, Portrait System for Care Staff of People with Dementia, Poststroke Care, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, RCUK Digital Economy: Research Councils UK Digital Economy Programme, Reablement, Reach112 Total Conversation Project, Ready for Ageing, Recall Project, Rehabilitation, Release Project, Research and Development, Route Mate, SeniorEngage Project, SFC: Scottish Funding Council, SilverGame Project, Sir David Nicholson, Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), Smart TV, Social Inclusion, Social Networks, SomnIA, South Yorkshire CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Stroke Rehabilitation, Telecommunications, TSB ALIP dallas: Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale Programme, TSB ALIP: Assisted Living Innovation Platform, TSB Assisted Living Innovation Programme (ALIP), TSB SBRI: Small Business Research Initiative, TSB: Technology Strategy Board, Vivoca2 Project, VOCA, Welfare Reform Act 2012, Welsh Government A4B: Academic Expertise for Business, Whole System Demonstrator (WSD), Wii STAR, WSD: Whole System Demonstrator Programme | Leave a comment

Housing and Care for Vulnerable Older People: Social Housing Providers and Older People’s Organisations Working Together (Orbit Charitable Trust)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report from the Orbit Charitable Trust discusses the outcomes from a programme of research and policy work into the needs of older people with dementia, mental illness and other health-related problems and the ways in which different organisations … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accord Group, Accord Housing Association Ltd, Age UK Newcastle, Age UK Norfolk, Age UK Walsall, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Big Conversations, Big Conversations (York Birmingham and London), Breaking the Mould, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Communication-Friendly Communities, Customer Service and Communication, Dignity, Dimensions, Extra Care Housing, Fit for Purpose Organisations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing for Vulnerable Older People: Social Housing, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Options Information and Advice, Housing Providers, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Localism, Low Level Support, National Housing Federation, Older People's Organisations, Orbit Charitable Trust, Orbit Charitable Trust (OCT), Partnership and Collaboration, Person Centred Working, Preparing for a Better Later Life, Riseborough Research & Consultancy Associates, Social Capital, Social Housing Providers, Volunteering and Community Outreach | Leave a comment

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