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Interventions to Improve Resilience in People Living With Dementia (Frontiers in Medicine)

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Leave a comment

Lifelong Neighbourhoods: Older People Add Value (URBED / Beth Johnson Foundation)

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Leave a comment

Living Well Through Activity in Care Homes (BAOT / COT)

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Leave a comment

Loneliness of Dementia Exposed (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Alzheimer’s Society is campaigning for towns and cities to become “dementia-friendly” in order to improve the social inclusion of sufferers. The results of surveys conducted by the Alzheimer’s Society and YouGov regarding the problems of loneliness and social … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accessible Community Activities, Acknowledgement of Potential, Active and Supportive Communities, Active Engagement, Active Life for Frail Isolated Elders (ALFIE), Active Life for Frail Isolated Elders (ALFIE): Tower Hamlets, AESOP Consortium, Age and Ageing, Age-Friendly Environments, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia: 2013 BAME Inquiry, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Befrienders, Businesses and Services, Circles of Support for People with Dementia, Community, Community Activities, Community Connections, Community Engagement, Community Life, Community Networks, Community Support, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crawley Dementia Action Alliance, Creating Community, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Crystal Blue Consulting, Cuimhne: Irish Memory Loss Alliance, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Empowerment and Engagement Project, Dementia Friendly Environments: Changing Environments, Dementia Friends, Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia-Friendly Churches, Dementia-friendly Churches: North West Midlands, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities (DFCsurvey), Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Supportive Communities, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments for Specific Cultural Communities, Early Diagnosis, Easy-to-Navigate Environments, Economic Case for Dementia-Friendly Communities, Elderly Care Facilitators, Empowerment, Empowerment and Dementia, Engagement, Enjoyment and General Engagement, Environmental Design, Environmental Improvements, GeniUS! York, Gnosall Medical Practice, Greening Dementia, Hampshire Dementia Adviser Service, Happy Safe Out and About (buddy scheme), Inclusion, Independence, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Maintaining Independence, Museum of Liverpool, National Dementia Declaration, Neighbourhoods for Life, Patient Involvement, Plymouth Arts and Heritage Service, Preventing Loneliness, Respectful and Responsive Businesses and Services, Safe Environments, Seldom Heard Groups, Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion, Staying Independent, Stigma, Stigma-Free Environments, Supportive Environments, Think Again Programme, Think Again Programme: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Timely Diagnosis, Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Friends and Neighbours, Transport, Travel, Worcestershire County Council Museum Services, YouGov, Your Community Matters: Merseyside | Leave a comment

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