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Tag Archives: Continuity of Care for Older People
User Experience of Adult Social Care Services: Quality Standard QS182 and Guideline NG86 (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released a quality standard aimed at improving adult social care services end-users’ independence, quality of life, levels of choice and control, and general user-experience. This standard is based on … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care and Wellbeing, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Advice and Support, Commissioning on Grounds of Quality and User Involvement, Continuity of Care, Continuity of Care and Relationships, Continuity of Care and Support, Continuity of Care for Older People, Continuous Quality Improvement, Embedding a Culture of Quality Improvement, Empowering and Engaging Patients, Empowerment, Empowerment and Support, End-User Experience of Adult Social Care Services, Engagement, Holistic Needs Assessment, Improving Experience of Care and Support for Users of Adult Social Care Services: NICE Guidance (NG86), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s Quality Standard on User Experience of Adult Social Care Services, Needs Assessment, Needs Assessments, NICE Care Pathway: People’s Experience Using Adult Social Care Services, NICE Care Pathways, NICE Quality Standard (QS182): Quality Statement 1: Care and Support Needs Assessments, NICE Quality Standard (QS182): Quality Statement 2: Empowering People to Manage Their Personal Budgets, NICE Quality Standard (QS182): Quality Statement 3: Continuity of Care and Support, NICE Quality Standard (QS182): Quality Statement 4: Using People's Views to Improve Services, NICE Quality Standard QS182, NICE Quality Standards, Patient Empowerment, Patient Engagement, People's Experience in Adult Social Care Services: NICE Guidance (NG86), People's Experience of Adult Social Care Services, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Budgets in Adult Social Care, Quality and Continuity of Care, Quality and User Involvement, Quality Improvement Culture, Service User Involvement, User Empowerment, User Engagement, User Experience of Adult Social Care Services, User Feedback to Improve Services, User Involvement
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Home Care in England: a King’s Fund Review (King’s Fund)
Summary A King’s Fund report investigates problems in the commissioning of adult social care with a focus on home care. Issues under consideration include: Recruitment and retention of home care staff. Reductions in fees paid for council commissioned home care. … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care: Local Authority Commissioning, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE), Ageing Population, Alternative Approaches to Commissioning, Autonomous Team Working, Buurtzorg (Neighbourhood Care), Buurtzorg Model, Buurtzorg Model: Netherlands, Buurtzorg Nederland, Buurtzorg: Dutch for Neighbourhood Care, Buurtzorg: Netherlands, Care Funding, Carer Marketplaces, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Community Aging in Place, Community Assets, Community Catalysts, Continuity of Care and Relationships, Continuity of Care for Older People, Cooperative Home Care Associates (USA), Delivering Home Care for Older People, Dementia and Homecare, Devon Cares, Devon Cares: Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, English Local Authorities, Geographical Variations, Gesundes Kinzigital Model, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, High-Quality Home Care (Buurtzorg: Netherlands), Home Care, Home Care For Older People: NICE Care Pathway, Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard No.123, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Inclusion Glasgow, Independent Living With Care, Individual Service Funds (ISFs), Innovation in Adult Social Care, Integrator Models, Intelligent System for Independent Living and Self-Care of Seniors With Cognitive Problems or Mild Dementia (ISISEMD), Kaiser Telehealth (USA), Kotitori Model, Later Life, Lidköping (Sweden), Local Authorities, Local Community Assets, Local Health Services: Variations, Love2Care Devon, Mountain Empire’s Program of All-inclusive Care for Elderly (PACE), New Models of Care, New Models of Home Care, New Models of Service, Outcomes-Based Commissioning, Personal Budgets (PBs), Place-Based Teams, Provider Sustainability, Quality and Sustainability, Recruitment and Retention, Regional Variations, Scotland National Telecare Development Programme, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Carers, Somerset Microenterprise Project, St Monica’s Trust, Staying Independent, SuperCarers, Sustainability, Telemonitoring, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Unacceptable Variations, Values-Based Recruitment, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Social Care Quality and Spending in England, Wellbeing Teams
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Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard QS123 (NICE / BBC News)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard “Home Care For Older People: Quality Standard (QS123)”, which covers recommended minimum standards for home care. It clarifies how social care providers can help … 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, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 30-Minute Recommended Minimum Home Care Visits, BBC Health News, Bridget Warr: United Kingdom Home Care Association (UKHCA), CERA, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Consistent Team of Home Care Workers, Continuity of Care and Relationships, Continuity of Care for Older People, Courtesy, David Rees: PA Consulting, Delivering Home Care for Older People, Dementia and Homecare, Deprivation of Liberty Occurring in Home Care Settings, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, Dr Mahiben Maruthappu: CERA, Empathy, Good Quality Home Care, GPS Tracking Devices, Graham Allen: Hampshire County Council, Hampshire County Council, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Care, Home Care For Older People: NICE Care Pathway, Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard No.123, Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard QS123, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Implementation, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Home Care: Dementia‑Specific Services, Home Care: NICE Guidance [NG21], Home Care: Safety and Safeguarding, Homecare, Homecare and Care Home Workers, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Age, Independent Living At Home, Independent Living With Care, Information Technology, Later Life, Length of Home Care Visits, Maintaining Independence, Mark Minchin: Associate Director of NICE Home Care Project Team, Melanie Carr: NICE Home Care Project Team, Missed Visits (Home Care), Movement Sensors, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Care Pathways, NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC), NICE Guidance NG21: Home Care, NICE Quality Standard QS123: Quality Statements, NICE Quality Standards, PA Consulting, Person-Centred Planning (Home Care), Personal Alarms, Planning For Missed or Late Home Care Visits, Planning Home Care for Older People, Quality Standards Advisory Committee, Quality Standards for Home Care, Quality Statement 1: Person-Centred Planning, Quality Statement 2: Plan For Missed or Late Visits, Quality Statement 3: Consistent Team of Home Care Workers, Quality Statement 4: Length of Home Care Visits, Quality Statement 5: Reviewing the Outcomes of the Home Care Plan, Quality Statement 6: Supervision of Home Care Workers, Reviewing Outcomes of Home Care Plans, Safeguarding: Home Care, Safety Incidents (Reduction), Safety: Home Care, Short Visits (Home Care), Staying Independent, Supervision of Home Care Workers, UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), Visits By Unintroduced Strangers (Home Care), Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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Fifteen Minute Visits for Personal Care Remain (BBC News / Unison)
Summary Research by the union Unison has identified the persistence of 15-minute home care visits, which are too short for all but the most minimal “flying visits”. Such short home care visits are acceptable, for example, when dropping by to … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Home Care Services Guideline (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline concerning high-quality home care services for older people (i.e. home care, sometimes known as domiciliary care). It puts the focus on supporting the aspirations, goals … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People (HSJ / Serco / NHS Confederation)
Summary The Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People reviewed probably the main question facing the NHS, namely how to care for the country’s increasing number of frail older people. The commission’s conclusion is that hospital providers and commissioners … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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