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Tag Archives: Community Activities
Interventions to Improve Resilience in People Living With Dementia (Frontiers in Medicine)
Summary A review of the literature has identified five types of interventions designed to support resilience (coping with adversity) in people with dementia, which comprise: Dementia Advisors. Peer Support Network Services. Visual Arts Enrichment Activities (VAEA). Memory Makers. Early-Stage and … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Arts and Mental Wellbeing, Arts Engagement, Arts Therapies, Centre for Economic and Social Research on Dementia: National University of Ireland, Community Activities, Community Involvement, Coping, Coping and Adjustment, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Coping With Adversity in Dementia, Coping With Dementia, Coping with Memory Loss, Coping with Stigma, Creative Arts for Dementia, Cultural Arts Interventions, Dementia Adviser Services, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisers (DAs), Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Services, Dementia Groups, Early-Stage and Beyond Community Activities (ESBCA), Empowerment of People With Dementia, Engagement, Frontiers in Medicine (Journal), Group Belonging, Group Programmes, Improving Resilience in People Living With Dementia, Increasing Personal and Social Resources, Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Worth, Interventions for Social Isolation and Loneliness, Interventions to Improve Resilience in People Living With Dementia, Ireland, Literature Reviews, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Memory Makers, Mental Resilience, National University of Ireland, Overcoming Adversity in Dementia, Patient and Family Engagement, Peer Support Network (PSN) Services, Peer Support Networks, Personal Resilience, Positive Engagement, Psychological Coping Skills, Psychosocial Interventions to Support Resilience, Reciprocal Support, Reducing Adversity of Social Isolation, Reducing Adversity of Stigma, Reducing Social Isolation, Resilience, Resilience and Vulnerability, Resilience to Dementia Disability and Frailty, School of Nursing and Midwifery: National University of Ireland, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Worth, Social Networks, Stigma-Free Space, Support and Coping Mechanisms, Supportive Social Networks, Systematic Literature Reviews, Visual Arts Enrichment Activities (VAEA), Wellness and Resilience
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Lifelong Neighbourhoods: Older People Add Value (URBED / Beth Johnson Foundation)
Summary This Housing LIN Viewpoint document by Nicholas Falk of URBED (a not-for-profit research and consultancy group) looks into how towns and cities can be re-designed to meet the needs of an ageing population. The underlying premise is that older people … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK
Tagged Action for Market Towns, Age and Ageing, Age Readiness Project, Age Unlimited Programme, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Beth Johnson Foundation, Co-Production, Community Activities, Community Engagement, Community Involvement, Community Life, Community Support, Coping Positively with Change, Coproduction Over Consumption (Values), Creating Community, Ecotowns, Freiburg, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Communities, Homes for Change (Hulme), Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing our Ageing Population Plan for Implementation (HAPPI2), Increasing Wellbeing, Intergenerational Fairness, Intergenerational Inequality, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Relations, Kidbrooke Village, Life Course Model of Ageing, Lifelong Neighbourhoods, Local Wellbeing, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mid-Life Health and Well-Being, Mid-Life Programme, Montpellier, Natural Communities, NESTA, New England Quarter, Nicholas Falk (URBED), North Staffordshire, Painswick, Personal Resilience, Positive Ageing, Positive Ageing Programme, Preventing Isolation, Quality of Life, Quality of Life Promotion, Reciprocity and Wellbeing, Resilience, Revitalising Town Centres, Smart Local Investment, Social Capital, Social Isolation, Social Isolation and Mortality in Older People, Social Well-Being, Stroud, Third Age, Todmorden, Totnes, Transition Towns, Transitions, University of Salford, Urban Renaissance, URBED, Wellbeing in Later Life
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Living Well Through Activity in Care Homes (BAOT / COT)
Summary The British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT) and College of Occupational Therapists (COT) have produced a set of free online resources designed to help care home residents maintain health, their sense of purpose and involvement by continuing to engage … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Active Engagement, Activity, Activity in Care Homes, Adults with Incapacity Act (Scotland), Animals, Arts Crafts and Creative Activities, Balance, Balancing Risk and Choice, BAOT, Benefits of Activity, Best Practice in Care Homes, British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT), Care and Communication, Care Homes, Cognitive Activities, Cognitive Stimulation, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Communication, Community Activities, Community Involvement, Companion Animals May Help People With Dementia, COT, Creative Activities, Creative Activity, Creativity, Decision-Making Capacity, Decision-Making: Talking Mats, Dolls and Soft Toys, Drama Activities, Easing Decision-Making, Encouraging Healthy Behaviour, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Engagement, Folders and Scrapbooks, Friendship, Gardening, Hobbies and Interests, Hope and Encouragement, Ideas for Activities, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning in Later Life, Leisure, Leisure Activities and Social Networks, Life History Information, Living Well in Care Homes, Living Well Through Activity in Care Homes (Toolkit), Making a Life History, MDS-HC (the Minimum Data Set Home Care), MDS-RAI (Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument for Long Term Care Facilities), MDS-RAI (the Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument), Meaningful Activity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Minimum Data Set of the Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS-RAI) Pain Scale, Movement Activities, Multisensory Stimulation, Musical Activities, National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People (NAPA), Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy in Care Homes, Outings, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Pets, Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Physical Activity, Physical and Emotional Contact, Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling, Posture, Preventing Isolation, Recreation, Reflex Ability Level, Relationships, Relatives and Residents Association, Relaxation, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Boxes, Resident Engagement, Residential Care Homes, Risk Management, Rowntree Foundation, Rummaging, Sensory Ability Level, Service User Involvement, Significant Dates (Reminiscence), Skills Mix, Social Activities, Social and Leisure Needs, Spiritual Needs, Supporting Derek, Supporting Older People in Care Homes At Night, Supporting Practice – Evidence and Research (SPEaR), Supporting Relationships, Talking Mats, U3A University of the 3rd Age, User Involvement, Weight Gain, Workforce Development
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