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Focus on the Baby Boomer Generation: CMO’s UK Health Profile (Department of Health / BBC News / NHS Choices)

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The latest annual report from Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England examines the health of people aged between 50 and 70 (broadly, people born between 1945 and 1964). One of the central conclusions drawn … Continue reading →

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Local Dementia Friendly Communities: Guidance for Councils (LGA)

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Guidance has been released by the Local Government Association (LGA), in collaboration with the Innovations in Dementia community interest company, which explains the responsibility of councils in helping to support people with dementia through the creation of local dementia … Continue reading →

Loneliness at Christmas Associated With Expected Increases in Accident and Emergency Admissionss (BBC News / NHS England / Department of Health)

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Members of the public have been urged to keep an eye on elderly friends and neighbours over the Christmas period. It is hoped that good neighbourliness of this kind could help ease pressures on hospital A&E departments. It has … Continue reading →

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Foundation Guidelines for Dementia Friendly Communities (North East Dementia Alliance)

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report, commissioned by the North East Dementia Alliance, might be considered a handbook for people involved in the development of dementia friendly communities. It attempts to identify how dementia friendly communities might be created, covering the core aims … Continue reading →

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Neighbourhood Watch Groups Could Provide Care for Elderly? (Telegraph / BBC News)

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

Summary Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has spoken about Britain’s attitude to the elderly being “uncivilised” and called for the public to acknowledge that lonely and vulnerable pensioners living locally may be in need of help. Norman Lamb would like to encourage neighbourhood watch groups to … Continue reading →

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Dementia Friendly York: Dementia Without Walls (Joseph Rowntree Foundation / Department of Health: Dementia Challenge)

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Department of Health blog post draws attention to a recent report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation concerning developments in the creation of a dementia-friendly city in York, on the Dementia Without Walls programme. The report, published in early October, indicates a number of ways forward: … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, National, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Awareness, Awareness Raising, City of York Council, Community Empowerment, Community Groups, Creating Community, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP), Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia Without Walls Project, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Engagement, Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Public Engagement Exercises, Rowntree Foundation, Staff Awareness, Stigma, York | Leave a comment

Stronger Collective Voice for People With Dementia (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item features in Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Volume 3 Issue 4, November 2012]. Summary This report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) summarises a one-year investigation into groups and projects involving … Continue reading →

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New Ways of Caring for Elderly People (BBC News)

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This BBC News item reports on how communities, neighbourhoods and families have been involved in devising projects aiming to enable pensioners feel more confident that they will be cared for in old age. In York, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity has established Hartrigg Oaks, … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, BBC Health News, Care Credits, Care Credits (Prof. Heinz Wolff), Care Funding, Care Homes, Care4Care, Co-operative Community Action, Co-operatives, Community Care, Community Empowerment, Community Groups, Community Partners, David Blunkett, Isle of Wight, Mark Easton, Mutual Support, Mutuals, Prof. Heinz Wolff, Residential Care Homes, Social Care Funding, University of York, York | Leave a comment

Six Further Smart Guides on Engagement (NHS Networks)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary There are now ten booklets in the “Smart guides to engagement” series. This series of slim guides has been written for persons working in or with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). These readable guides provide straightforward advice on all aspects of patient and public engagement. … Continue reading →

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