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Tag Archives: Community Volunteering
Dementia-Friendly Communities Provision, Viewed as a Social Determinant of Health (JGCR / NHS England / WHO)
Summary Researchers in Japan reconsider the importance of age-friendly and dementia-friendly communities in providing certain dimensions of social engagement, inclusion and pro-social / altruistic activity; which are likely to support holistic, low-cost, approaches to healthy ageing, possibly even (cautiously applied) … 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing Population, Aiesha Turner: Locality Link Officer at Integrated Plus (Dudley and Netherton), Altruism, Carer Inclusion, Center for Development of Advanced Medicine for Dementia:: National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan), Co-Benefits, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Volunteering, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities: Extension of Healthy Life Expectancy, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Resources, Dudley, Dudley Council for Voluntary Service (DCVS), Economic Sustainability, Facilitating the Ability to Contribute in Later Life, Health Counsellor System (Japan), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing 2020 International Conference [Online] (GeriCaRe), India, Integrated Plus (Dudley and Netherton), International Comparisons, Japan, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Low-Cost and No-Cost Sustainability, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Social Roles, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan), Older People Helping Children Read and Learn (Experience Corps), Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO), Pro-Social and Altruistic Activity, Reciprocal Social Relationships, Social Distancing, Social Engagement, Social Inclusion, Social Model of Dementia, Social Participation, Social Prescribing, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, The Experience Corps: USA, Toho Gakuen Graduate School (Japan), Volunteerism, WHO Ottawa Charter, World Report on Ageing and Health: 2015 (WHO)
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Social Prescriber Link Workers: Part of a Universal Care Plan (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary There are plans for NHS England to recruit around 1,000 social prescribing “link workers” by 2020-21 to facilitate social prescribing with a view to increasing patient involvement in social activities including exercise groups and art classes. “Link workers are … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Arts and Social Activities, Arts for Health, Arts for Health Activities in Care Homes, Arts in Health, Arts Practices in Healthcare, Arts Therapies, BBC Health News, Chronic Care, Chronic Conditions, Chronic Diseases, Community Classes, Community Referrals, Community Volunteering, Community-Based Support, Complex Interventions, Complex Interventions (Arts-Based Activities for People With Dementia), Complexity, Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care, Creative Health: the Arts for Health and Wellbeing, Dr Nikita Kanani: NHS England’s Acting Medical Director of Primary Care, Helen Stokes-Lampard: Chair of RCGP Council, Hertfordshire and West Essex STP Footprint, James Sanderson: NHS England’s Director of Personalised Care, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Mental Health Conditions (LTMHCs), Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Conditions, NHS Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care, NHS Leeds Social Prescribing Scheme, Participation in Social Activities, Personalised Care Operating Model (NHS England), Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Primary Care Networks, Self-Care, Self-Care Programmes, Social Activities, Social Prescriber Link Workers, Social Prescribing, Social Prescribing and Community-Based Support, Social Prescribing: Fundamental to Prevention, Social Prescribing: Link Workers, South Oxhey, Staying Healthy for Longer, Universal Care Plan
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First Government Strategy on Tackling Loneliness (BBC News / HM Govt)
Summary The first cross-government strategy to tackle loneliness recommends more emphasis on social prescribing, whereby – by 2023 – GPs in England will be able to refer lonely patients to community activities, voluntary services and other community infrastructure services; such … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Alex Smith: Cares Family, Art Groups, Art Spaces, BBC Health News, British Red Cross, Care of Older People, Care of Older People Living at Home, Cares Family (Charity), Caroline Dinenage MP: Minister of State for Care, Caroline Dinenage: Care Minister, Chronic Care, Chronic Conditions, Chronic Diseases, Civil Service, Co-operative Group (Co-op), Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Cafes, Community Infrastructure: Empowering Social Connections, Community Referrals, Community Spaces, Community Volunteering, Community Workers, Community Working, Connected Communities, Connected Society: Strategy for Tackling Loneliness (2018), Cookery Classes, Culture Change, Culture Change in Health and Care, Culture Supportive of Connected Communities, Dance Lessons for Loneliness and Social Isolation, Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport, Department for Education, Department for Transport, Economic Sustainability, Employers, Experiences of Loneliness, Flexible and Inclusive Volunteering, Former Prime Minster: Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Government Strategy on Tackling Loneliness (2018), Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health Volunteering, HM Government, Influence of Social Connections on Disease Morbidity and Mortality, Information and Signposting Services, Involvement in Social Relationships, Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness, Jo Cox Foundation, Jo Cox Loneliness Commission, Leadership for Culture Change, Liverpool, Local Community Services, Loneliness Policy Test (Embedded in Government's Social Planning), Margot James: Minister for Digital and Creative Industries, Ministry for Housing Community and Local Government, National Grid, New Malden, NHS Sustainability, Office for Civil Society, Organisations Supporting and Enabling Social Relationships, Parks and Gardens, Postal Delivery Workers Checking on Isolated People, Public Sector Employers, Reducing Downstream Spending (Connected Society), Reducing Downstream Spending (Prevention Public Health and Self-Care), Referral and Signposting, Relationships Education Classes (Primary and Secondary Schools), Royal Mail, Royal Mail: Postal Workers Front-Line Role in Tackling Loneliness, Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Former Prime Minster), Rt Hon Tracey Crouch: MP for Chatham and Aylesford, Sainsbury's, Signposting Frameworks, Signposting to Local Community Services, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Social Connections, Social Prescribing, Social Prescribing: Case Studies, Social Prescribing: Removing Barriers With Other Sectors (Social Care or Community Care or Mental Health Providers), Social Relationships, Staying at Home, Staying Independent, Sustainability, Sustainable Funding, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Tracey Crouch: Minister for Loneliness, Transport for London, Understanding Loneliness, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Sector, Volunteering, Walking Clubs, Whitby, Whole Systems Redesign
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Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)
Summary The guide to Improving Care for Older People, developed by NHS England in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, is actually a collection of resources (some dating back several years). This collection … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Ageing, Active and Healthy Ageing, Age and Ageing, Age-Friendly Housing, Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty (NHS England), Ageing Well With Technology, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bladder Problems, Burden on Caregivers, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Admission Delay, Care in an Ageing Society, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers Strategy, Carers Trust, Carers UK Adviceline, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Benefits, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family 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Affairs at Carers UK, Falls Prevention, Falls Reduction, Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT), Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Feeling Under the Weather (Campaign), Fire and Rescue Service Delivering Home Modifications, Fire and Rescue Services (FRS), Fire and Rescue Services (FRS): Health Ambassadors, Fire and Rescue Services Act (2004), Fire and Rescue Services Checks on Older People, Fire and Rescue Services Checks on People With Long Term Health Conditions, Fire as a Health Asset: Consensus, Fire Safety Check Programmes, Fires, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty Identification and Frailty Care, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, FRS Volunteers, Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe), Greater Manchester FRS Community Risk Intervention Teams (CRITs), Guide to Healthy Ageing, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing Conference 2018 (India), Healthy Ageing in India, 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Patients Without Hospital Admission, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospitalisation, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Infections, Use of Social Media, Vaccination Programmes, Visual Impairment, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary Sector, Warm Homes, Winter Friends
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Focus on the Baby Boomer Generation: CMO’s UK Health Profile (Department of Health / BBC News / NHS Choices)
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 →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access To and Usage of Healthcare, Active Engagement, Active Lifestyle, Activities and Engagement, Adult Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) in England, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing in the UK, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Well, Ageing Well With Technology, Ageing Workforce, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Dependence, Alcohol or Substance Misuse, Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2015, Anxiety Disorders, Baby Boomers: Fit for the Future, Baby-Boomer Generation, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behind the Headlines, Boredom, Bowel Cancer Screening, Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP), Brain Ageing, Breast Screening Programme (BSP), Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cervical Screening Programme (CSP), Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Cigarette Smoking, Closing the Disability Employment Gap, CMO Annual Report 2015: Health of the Baby Boomer Generation, Cognitive Stimulation at Work, Common Mental Disorders in Adults, Community Engagement, Community Groups, Community Volunteering, Computer Use, Dementia Risk Factors, Demographic Changes, Demographics, Demography, Dietary Risk Factors, Digital Technology, Disability Employment Gap, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Employment Opportunities and Retention for Older People, Engagement, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Epidemiology and Statistics, Flexible Working and Phased Retirement, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Future Of Ageing: Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Health and Employment, Health and Employment in Older Age, Health Inequalities, Health Screening Programmes, Health Survey for England, Health Survey for England (HSE), Healthy Ageing, Healthy and Active Ageing: Life-Course Approach (WHO), Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Lifestyles, HPV Triage and Test of Cure Protocol, Hypercholesterolaemia, Immunisation Programmes, Improving Lives: Work Health and Disability Green Paper, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Influenza Immunisation, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD), Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Keeping Active, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy Gaps, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Community Groups, Maintaining Independence, Mental Health and Employment, Mental Health Inequalities, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Abnormal Brain Development, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Older Demographics, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Exercise, Physical Mental and Sexual Health of 50-70 Year Olds in UK, Positive Engagement, Premature Mortality, Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Retirement Policy, Risk Factors, Screening and Immunisation, Screening Programmes, Self-Harm, Sexual Health, Sexual Health and Well-being Among Older Men and Women in England, Smoking, Social Demographics, Social Engagement, State of the Public’s Health, Staying Active, Substance Dependence, Suicide and Self-Harm, Suicide Rates, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, UK Demographics, Volunteering, Volunteering and Civic Engagement, Volunteering and Wellbeing in Later Life, Work Health and Disability: Consultation, Workplace Interventions
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Cognitive Health In Older Adults: Changing Unhealthy Lifestyles and Reducing Risk Factors (PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) and the Cambridge Institute of Public Health have produced a summary of reviews which offer evidence to support the commissioning of interventions concerning a range of modifiable lifestyle risk factors / unhealthy behaviours in older … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Ageing, Agewell Trial, Alcohol, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Barriers and Facilitators in Lifestyle Changes (Agewell Trial), Behaviour Change Opportunities, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Health In Older Adults, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Training, Community Volunteering, Community-Based Volunteering, Culture and Behaviour Change, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Depression, Determinants of Health, Diabetes Epidemic, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Diet and Exercise, Dietary Interventions, Dietary Recommendations, Dietary Risk Factors, Diseases and Medical Conditions Associated With Dementia Risk, Education and Awareness, Encouraging Healthy Behaviour, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Ethnicity, Evidence Syntheses, Exergaming, Group Cognitive Activities, Health Determinants, Health Improvement, Health Inequalities, Health Policy, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Health-Creating Society, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Behaviours Evidence, Healthy Communities, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, High Blood Pressure, Improving Local Public Health, Improving Public Health, Interactive Video Gaming, Interventions to Increase Patient Activation, Investment in Dementia Prevention, Leisure Activities and Social Networks, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Activity in the Community, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Relationships, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Modifiable Risk Factors, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Obesity is the New Smoking, Occupational Therapy, Overlapping Risk Factors, Patient Activation, Patient Empowerment, Patient Empowerment Movement, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Strategies, Patient Factors (Demand Side), Patient Involvement, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity, Physical Exercise, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention of Dementia: Public Health England, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Promoting Brain Health (Blackfriars Consensus Statement), Protective Factors, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Promotion Campaigns, Risk Factors, Self-Care, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Smoking-Related Brain Changes, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Structured Health Promotion Courses, Supporting People to Manage Their Health, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Smoking, Type 2 Diabetes, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Vascular Risk Factors, Volunteering
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Primer on Social Prescribing (LGA / King’s Fund / CRD / BMJ Open / NHS England)
Summary An investigation into the concept of social prescribing, with case studies. “Social prescribing – sometimes called community referrals – is a means of enabling primary care services to refer patients with social, emotional or practical needs to a range … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Green Spaces, Ageing Population, Alliance Manchester Business School: University of Manchester, Allotment and Gardening Projects, Blackburn with Darwen, BMC Health Services Research, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Bristol Health and Wellbeing Board, Bromley by Bow Centre, Care of Older People, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (York), Centre for Reviews and Dissemination: University of York, Chronic Care, Chronic Conditions, Chronic Diseases, Community Referrals, Community Volunteering, Community Wellbeing Board, Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care, Costwold District Council, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Debt, Doncaster, Dr Michael Dixon: College of Medicine, Dr Richard Kimberlee: University of the West of England, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Forest of Dean District Council, Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardens and Health, Halton St Helens and Knowsley, Health Volunteering, Healthy London Partnership, Institute of Population Health Sciences: University of Liverpool, Izzi Seccombe: Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, LGA's Community Wellbeing Board, LGA: Local Government Association, Life Rooms Model, Liverpool, Local Authorities, Local Government Association: LGA, Loneliness and Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Luton Council, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Museums, NHS Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care, NHS Rotherham CCG, NHSNetworks, NIHR ARC NWC (Liverpool), NIHR CLAHRC NWC, NIHR CLAHRC NWC (Liverpool), Non-Judgemental Support, Parks and Gardens, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personalised Care and Support Planning, Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP), Poor Housing, Primary Care Network Teams, Primary Care Networks (PCNs), Rotherham, Rotherham Social Prescribing Pilot, Rotherham Social Prescribing Service, School of Healthcare: University of Leeds, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Social Prescriber Link Workers, Social Prescribing, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Blackburn with Darwen, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Costwold District Council, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Doncaster, Social Prescribing Case Studies: East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Forest of Dean District Council, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Halton St Helens and Knowsley, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Luton Council, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Rotherham, Social Prescribing Case Studies: Tower Hamlets, Social Prescribing Link Workers' Resource Pack (NHS England), Social Prescribing Network, Social Prescribing: Case Studies, Social Prescribing: Removing Barriers With Other Sectors (Social Care or Community Care or Mental Health Providers), Social Prescribing: UK, Stress, Supported Self-Management Programme, Tower Hamlets, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, University of the West of England, University of Westminster / College of Medicine, University of York, University of York: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, Voluntary Action Rotherham’s Social Prescribing Pilot, Voluntary Sector, Volunteering, Wellcome Trust Seed Awards, What Matters to Me Approaches, York Trials Unit: University of York
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Safe and Well Visits: Partnership Working Between Health, Social Care, Fire and Rescue Services and Volunteers (NHS England, PHE, LGA / CFOA / Age UK)
Summary Further information has become available concerning the programme of “health checks” for the homes of elderly people and patients with complex long-term conditions. Collaboration on establishing the working principles of these “Safe and Well” visits has involved cooperation between … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing Population, Alcohol, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Burns and Scalds, Candles, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Chief Fire Officers Association, Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA), Chief Fire Officers Association: Ageing Safely Strategy, Cognitive Impairment, Cold Homes, Collaboration, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community Response Intervention Teams, Community Risk Intervention, Community Risk Intervention Team (CRIT), Community Volunteering, Complex Needs, Consensus Statement on Improving Health and Wellbeing (2015), Consent to Share Information, Cooking Arrangements, Culture Change in Health and Care, Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes, Dementia Long-Term Care and Support, Dementia Long-Term Services, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Design Principles for Safe and Well Visits, Determinants of Health, Drugs, E-Cigarettes, Electrical Equipment, Employment, Escape Plans, Falls, Falls Prevention, Falls Reduction, Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT), Fire and Rescue Service Delivering Home Modifications, Fire and Rescue Services (FRS), Fire and Rescue Services (FRS): Health Ambassadors, Fire and Rescue Services Act (2004), Fire and Rescue Services Checks on Older People, Fire and Rescue Services Checks on People With Long Term Health Conditions, Fire as a Health Asset: Consensus, Fire Safety Check Programmes, Fires, Frailty, FRS Volunteers, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester FRS (GMFRS), Greater Manchester FRS Community Risk Intervention Teams (CRITs), Health, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care Integration, Hoarding, Home Adaptations, Home Modifications, Home Safety, Home Security, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Jacquie White: NHS England’s Deputy Director for People with Long Term Conditions, Learning Disability, LGA: Local Government Association, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Links Between Mental Health and Fire Risk, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Authority: Beyond Fighting Fires, Local Health and Care Services, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long Term Health Conditions, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mental Health, Mobility, Modifiable Risk Factors, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multi-Morbidity, National Long Term Conditions Year of Care Commissioning Programme, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), Older People With Complex Needs, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Partnership(s) Between NHS and Fire Service, PHE: Public Health England, Portable Heaters and Open Fires, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Prescription Medicines, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Provision of Clinical and Other Equipment in Home Potentially Increasing Fire Risk, Provision of Risk Appropriate Domestic Fire Detection and Warning, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Social Care and NHS Outcomes To Which Home Adaptations Contribute, Public Health Social Care and NHS Outcomes To Which Safe and Well Visits Contribute, RCGP e-learning Package For GPs, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Risk Factors, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Alcohol, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Burns and Scalds, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Candles, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Consent to Share Information, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Cooking, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Drugs, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: E-Cigarettes, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Electrical Equipment, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Employment, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Escape Plans, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Falls, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Fire, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Frailty, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Health, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Hoarding, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Home Security, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Learning Disability, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Loneliness and Social Isolation, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Mental Health, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Mobility, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Portable Heaters and Open Fires, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Prescription Medicines, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Provision of Clinical and Other Equipment in Home Potentially Increasing Fire Risk, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Provision of Risk Appropriate Domestic Fire Detection and Warning, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Safety of Under Five Year Olds, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Sensory Impairment, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Smoking, Safe and Well Visit (Light Touch) Checks: Weight, Safe and Well Visits, Safety of Under Five Year Olds, Sensory Impairment, Smoking, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Support for People with Complex Needs, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary Sector, Weight, Working Together: Health and Social Care Plus Fire and Rescue Services
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Realising the Value: Background to “Health as a Social Movement” (NHS England / Health Foundation / Nesta)
Summary A report has been published concerning the “Realising the Value Programme”, which in turn supplies the theoretical background for NHS England’s “Health as a Social Movement” programme. This report explores the concept of people and communities being put at … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing Policy in the UK, Anu Singh: NHS England’s Director of Patient & Public Voice and Insight, Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions: Coventry University, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness Raising, Bangor University, Barriers to Self-Management in Early Stage Dementia, Behavioural Insights Team, Co-Production, Co-Production for Wellbeing, Coalition of the Willing, Commissioning and Funding, Commissioning for Value, Commissioning on Grounds of Quality and User Involvement, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Services, Community Volunteering, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Constrained Funding, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Coventry, Coventry University, Culture, Culture and Leadership, Culture Change, Demand and Capacity, Demand-Side Effectiveness, Demand-Side Factors, Economic Sustainability, Embedding Co-Production, Empowerment, Engagement, Exemplar Social Movements, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Forward View Into Action: New Care Models, Funding Challenges, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care Costs, Health and Social Care Integration, Health as a Social Movement (NHS England), Health Demand, Health Determinants, Health Improvement, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Health-Creating Society, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Improving Local Public Health, Improving Public Health, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Interventions to Increase Patient Activation, Joined-Up Care, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Empowerment, Mental Health Services for Older People (Juniper Centre) Birmingham, National and Local Information Campaigns, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA), National Campaigns, National Voices, NAVCA, NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action), nef (the new economics foundation), NESTA, NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, New Care Models, New Care Models: Vanguard Sites, New Economics Foundation (nef), Newcastle University, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Nudge, Obesity Time-Bomb, Overlapping Risk Factors, Patient Activation, Patient Empowerment, Patient Empowerment Movement, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Strategies, Patient Factors (Demand Side), Patient Involvement, Paul Healy: NHS Confederation, Peer Support, People Not Medicine to Save the NHS (NEF), Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Preventing and Managing Demand, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Pritti Mehta: Strategy Lead for Person Centred Care Team at NHS England, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Campaigns, Public Health Promotion Campaigns, Raising Awareness, Realising the Value, Realising the Value Programme, Redesigning More Productive Services, Reducing Demand (Treatment and Recovery), Reducing Downstream Spending (Prevention Public Health and Self-Care), Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regional Voices, Risk Factors, Royal Society of Arts, RSA Action and Research Centre, School of Psychology: Bangor University, Self-Administration, Self-Care, Self-Determination, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Self-Help, Self-Management, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management in People With Early Stage Dementia, Self-Management Interventions in Early Stage of Dementia, Self-Management Programmes, Self-Management Support, Service User Involvement, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Epidemiology, Social Movements, Social Networks, Social Prescribing, Social Wellbeing, Staying Healthy for Longer, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting People to Manage Their Health, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Transformation Funding, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, University of Wolverhampton, Vanguard Programme, Vanguards: New Care Models Programme, Volunteering Matters, Wellbeing
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Health as a Social Movement (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has launched a three-year programme to support what is hoped will become a broad social movement to encourage wider patient and public participation in improving health and care. Full Text Link Reference Health as a social movement. … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Evidence, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Accountable Clinical Network for Cancer, Accountable Clinical Network for Cancer (Acute Care Collaboration), Accountable Clinical Networks, Accountable Clinical Networks for Cancer, Active and Healthy Ageing, Acute Care Collaboration (ACC) Vanguards, Acute Care Collaboration Vanguards, Ageing Policy in the UK, Airedale and Partners, Airedale and Partners (Enhanced Health in Care Homes), Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness Raising, Better Care Together, Better Care Together (Morecambe Bay Health Community) (Integrated Primary and Acute Care System), Better Care Together (Morecambe Bay Health Community) Vanguard, Campaigning, Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, Co-Production, Co-Production for Wellbeing, Coalition of the Willing, Commissioning and Funding, Commissioning for Carers Principles: Principle 2 Support What Works For Carers Share And Learn From Others, Commissioning for Value, Commissioning on Grounds of Quality and User Involvement, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Services, Community Volunteering, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Constrained Funding, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Culture, Culture and Leadership, Culture Change, Demand and Capacity, Demand-Side Effectiveness, Demand-Side Factors, Dementia: People With Dementia in Care Homes, Economic Sustainability, Embedding Co-Production, Empowerment, Engagement, Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Epidemiological Concepts, Epidemiology, Exemplar Social Movements, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Forward View Into Action: New Care Models, Funding Challenges, GM Cancer Vanguard, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care Costs, Health and Social Care Integration, Health as a Social Movement (NHS England), Health Demand, Health Determinants, Health Improvement, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Health-Creating Society, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Improving Local Public Health, Improving Public Health, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Primary and Acute Care Systems, Integrated Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS), Integrated Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS) Vanguard Sites, Interventions to Increase Patient Activation, Joined-Up Care, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Empowerment, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Vanguard Site: Airedale NHS Foundation, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes Vanguard Sites, Multispecialty Community Providers (MCPs) - Vanguard Site: Stockport Together, National and Local Information Campaigns, National Campaigns, nef (the new economics foundation), NESTA, NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, New Care Models, New Care Models: Vanguard Sites, New Economics Foundation (nef), New Models of Acute Care Collaboration: Vanguard Sites, NHS Airedale Wharfedale and Craven CCG, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Erewash CCG, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Nudge, Obesity Time-Bomb, Overlapping Risk Factors, Patient Activation, Patient Empowerment, Patient Empowerment Movement, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Strategies, Patient Factors (Demand Side), Patient Involvement, People Not Medicine to Save the NHS (NEF), Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Preventing and Managing Demand, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Campaigns, Public Health Promotion Campaigns, Raising Awareness, Redesigning More Productive Services, Reducing Demand (Treatment and Recovery), Reducing Downstream Spending (Prevention Public Health and Self-Care), Reducing Waste in the NHS, Risk Factors, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Society of Arts, RSA Action and Research Centre, Self-Administration, Self-Care, Self-Determination, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Self-Help, Self-Management, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management Support, Service User Involvement, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Epidemiology, Social Movements, Social Networks, Social Prescribing, Social Wellbeing, Staying Healthy for Longer, Stockport Together, Stockport Together (Multispecialty Community Provider), Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting People to Manage Their Health, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Transformation Funding, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, Vanguard Programme, Vanguards: New Care Models Programme, Wellbeing, Wellbeing Erewash – Your Life Your Way (Multispecialty Community Provider), Wellbeing Erewash: Your Life Your Way, What Works
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