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Tag Archives: Compassion in Care
Qualitative Research Into Spiritual Care for Persons With Dementia in Nursing Homes (BMC Nursing)
Summary Nurses’ and care workers’ experiences in the provision of spiritual care for people with dementia living in Norwegian nursing homes were explored, based on interviews following a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach to analysis. Participants were unsure about spiritual care in many … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Being Present, BMC Nursing, Care and Compassion, Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, Care Approaches to Spirituality and Dementia, Care Homes. Nursing Homes, Care Integration, Care Workers, Care Workers' Experiences, Centre for Psychology and Religion: Innlandet Hospital Trust, Centre of Caring Research - Southern Norway: Telemark University College, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Cultural Sensitivity, Department of Nursing Science: University of Oslo, Department of Nursing: Hedmark University College, Dignity and Spiritual Care, Education and Staff Training, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Evidence Uncertainties, Experiences, Faculty of Health and Social Studies: Telemark University College, Faculty of Public Health: Hedmark University College, Hedmark University College, Hermeneutic Approaches, Hermeneutics, Innlandet Hospital Trust (Ottestad; Norway), Institute of Health and Society: University of Oslo, Institute of Health Sciences: Telemark University College, Institute of Nurse Education (Nesna Norway), Intuition, Meaning in Life, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Relationships, Norway, Nursing Homes, Oslo School of Theology, Patient and Carer Experiences, Phenomenological Research, Physical Touch, Psychosocial and Spiritual Needs, Qualitative Research, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Religion, Religiosity, Respect for Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Responsiveness, Responsiveness and Intuition, Sensitivity in Communication, Spiritual Care for Persons With Dementia in Nursing Homes, Spiritual Care in Nursing, Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Needs of People With Dementia, Spirituality, Telemark University College, Togetherness, Uncertainty, University of Oslo, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development
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Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2015 (Parkinson’s UK / BBC News)
Summary Parkinson’s Awareness Week 2015 will be April 20th – 26th 2015. This year’s campaign encourages people, everywhere, to be more friendly, patient and forgiving. See the Parkinson’s UK website, at Parkinson’s Awareness Week 2015, to learn more about this … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness of Relationships, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Empathic Curiosity, Empathy, Empathy and Understanding, Friendliness, Hostility, Intelligent Kindness: More Than Basic Care, Kindness, Parkinson's Awareness Week, Parkinson’s Awareness Week (2015), Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week (2015), Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Public Rudeness, Reducing Stigma, Stigma, Symptom Awareness and Campaigns, Tolerance, Up Your Friendly Challenge: Parkinson’s Awareness Week (2015)
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Cultivating Compassion Awareness Toolkit (King’s College London)
Summary The “Cultivating Compassion Awareness Toolkit” has been designed to help enhance compassion in practice, mainly for care homes. It aims to raise the ability of staff to make patients, families and colleagues feel more cared for and respected. The following … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Care Pathways in Dementia, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassion in Practice, Compassionate Care, Cultivating Compassion Awareness Toolkit, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Care Pathway (Conceptual Exploration), Dementia Care Pathway (Definitional Ambiguities), Dementia Care Pathway (False Consensus Presumed), Dementia Care Pathway (Multiple Overlapping Meanings), Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Dementia, European Pathway Association, Kings College London, Living With Uncertainty, LoCS (Longitudinal Care Work Study) Programme, Longitudinal Care Work Study (LoCS), Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum, Policy Institute at King’s College London, Post‐Diagnosis Support, Post‐Diagnostic Support, Safe and Compassionate Care, SCWRU: Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King’s College London), Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, Uncertainty
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Clarity on Debate Over Use of Hidden or Visible Cameras to Monitor Care? (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is expected to issue guidance in the new year for people wishing to install hidden cameras to monitor standards of their own, their friend’s or a relative’s care. Issues such as privacy and dignity … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers, Adult Social Care: Market Oversight, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC’s Panorama, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Better Care Homes, Camera Use to Monitor Care, Care Home Abuse, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Market, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Residents, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCTV in Care Homes, Compassion and Care, Compassion in Care, Compassion in Practice, Covert Care Camera Guidance, Covert Care Cameras, Covert Monitoring, Cruelty, Delivering Dignity, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Dignity in Dementia, HC-One, HCP: Home Care Packages, Hidden or Visible Cameras to Monitor Care Quality, Home Care, Home Care Providers, Home Care Standards, Neglect, Neglectful Care, Panorama (BBC TV), Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Privacy, Privacy and Dignity, Privacy Rights, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Respectful Communication, Respecting Persons with Dementia, Safe and Compassionate Care, Telemonitoring, Views on Telemonitoring Services, Wilful Neglect
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Brief Guide to the New NHS (NHS England)
Summary This updated guide, from NHS England, clarifies the structure and function of the NHS, reflecting changes from the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Topic headings include: Introduction The NHS belongs to us all. Foreword (Sir Bruce Keogh). NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5 Live Investigates (BBC Radio 5), Arm’s Length Bodies, Arm’s Length Bodies (Department of Health's ALBs), Armed Forces Healthcare, BBC 5 Live, BBC 5 Live ‘In Short’ Series, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates, Better Training Better Care, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Senate Assembly or Forum, Clinical Senate Council, Clinical Senates, Clinically-Led Commissioning, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Commissioning NHS Services, Commissioning Organisations, Commissioning Support Units, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Community Services, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Concise NHS Handbook, Culture of Compassionate Care, Differences Between NHS Foundation and NHS Trusts, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Engagement, Everyone Counts, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM), Finance, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financing of Health Care, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Education England, Healthwatch England, Healthwatch Local, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Improving Lives, Improving Public Health, Leadership Development, Local Authorities, Local Education and Training Boards, Local Education Providers, Local Public Health Services, Locally Commissioned Services, Market Competition, Mental Health Services, Money Flows in the NHS, Monitor, Monitoring and Regulation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellows 2013/14, Nationally Commissioned Services, New Structures, NHS Budget, NHS Challenges and New Solutions, NHS Constitution, NHS Finance, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS in Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland, NHS Leadership Academy, NHS Money Flows, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework Domains, NHS Structures, NHS Values, NHS Values and the Constitution, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Offender Healthcare, Patient Involvement, Payment by Results (PbR), Performance Incentives (CQUINs QOFs and Quality Premiums), PHE: Public Health England, Primary Care, Process and Structures, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Public and Patient Involvement, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Quality of Care, Quality Premium, Rehabilitation Services, Resource Challenges, Respect, Secondary Care, Service Redesign, Societal Challenges, Specialised Services, Staff Engagement, Strategic Clinical Networks, Transactional Commissioning, Transformational Commissioning, Trust Development Authority, Working Together for Change
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Under-Cover Work in Elderly Care Home Exposes Sub-Standard Care (BBC News / BBC One Panorama)
Summary Eight staff members have been suspended from the Old Deanery care home in Essex after an undercover investigation by BBC Panorama found cases of malpractice and poor care. Secret filming for the “Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed” Panorama TV … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse (Care Workers and Care Homes), Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Anglia Retirement Homes Ltd, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Care and Compassion, Care Home Abuse, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCTV in Care Homes, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dignity and Respect, Elder Abuse, Essex County Council, Human Rights in Care Homes, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Old Deanery Care Home, Old Deanery in Essex, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Quality of Care, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Research in Care Homes, Safe and Compassionate Care, Secret Filming, Secret Filming in Care Homes, Staff Training, Staffing (Care Homes), Under Cover Working in Care Home, Whistleblowing
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