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Tag Archives: Day Centres
Reading / Literature-Based Interventions for Older People Living With Dementia (CRILS)
Summary Research about a reading-based (literature-based) intervention for improving the quality of life for people living with dementia involved a specific intervention, called “Get into Reading”. The following report covers this intervention based on the reading-aloud of literature in a series … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 50 New Radicals in Britain, Active Engagement, Activities and Engagement, Ageing With Dementia, Bupa Care Services, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care Homes, Care of People with Dementia in Hospital Settings, Carers for People with Dementia, Centre for Research into Reading Information and Linguistic Systems (CRILS), Centre for Research into Reading Information and Linguistic Systems: University of Liverpool, Community Centres, Councils, Day Centres, Dementia Care Homes, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Engagement, Get Into Reading (GIR), Greater Manchester West Mental Health Trust, Halton Borough Council, Happiness and Wellbeing, Headley Trust, Hospitals, Involvement and Participation, Knowsley PCT, Literature-Based Interventions, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Mutual Housing, Living Well with Dementia, Living with Dementia, Local Authorities, Local Councils, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Relationships, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Mersey Care NHS Trust, MerseyBEAT (University of Liverpool and Liverpool PCT), Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q), Older People’s and Dementia Care Settings, Participation, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Participation, Psychological Wellbeing, Reading / Literature-Based Interventions, Reading and Wellbeing, Reading Groups, Reading; Reading Aloud; Reading and Health; Reading Therapy; Shared Reading, Service User Involvement, Shared Reading Groups in Dementia Care Homes, Sheltered Housing, Social Enterprise Mark, Social Wellbeing, University of Liverpool, User Involvement, User Participation, Wellbeing in an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life, Wigan Memory Service, Wirral PCT
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Dementia Green Care Handbook: Therapeutic Design and Practice (Safehouse / Housing LIN)
Summary This document covers the therapeutic use of gardens, gardening and the general design and therapeutic uses of outdoor spaces for people with dementia. The “Dementia Green Care Handbook” presents insights from Chalfont Design and their partners; including Age Concern Central Lancashire, NHS Central Lancashire … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age Concern Central Lancashire, Agitation, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Better Care Homes, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care Homes, Central Lancashire, Chalfont Design, Comfortable Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Day Centres, Dementia Green Care Handbook, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Developing Dementia-Friendly Environment In Intermediate / Sub Acute Care in Community Hospital Sites, Distressed Behaviour, Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), Enriched Environments, Environment, Environmental Design, Environmental Improvements, Ethos of Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardens, HICA Group, Improving the Environment of Care for People with Dementia in the General Outpatient Department of Darlington Memorial Hospital, NHS Central Lancashire, Outdoor Spaces, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Residential Care Homes, Safe Environments, Supportive Environments, Therapeutic Design and Practice
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Investment in Mental Health 2010/11 (Mental Health Strategies / Department of Health)
Summary Two Mental Health Strategies / Department of Health reports present the results of a survey into investment in mental health services. The analysis compares investment in mental health services in England for 2011/12 with data going back to 2006/07. … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Statistics, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assertive Outreach, Assistive Technology, Assistive Technology and Telecare, Care Homes, Community Support Services, Crisis Resolution, Day Centres, Day Hospitals, Dementia Outreach Team, Domiciliary Care, Early Intervention, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Finance Mapping, Home Care, Individual OPMH Services, Investment in Mental Health 2010/11, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Memory Assessment Services, Memory Clinics, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Strategies, Older Adult Mental Health (OPMH), OPMH Direct Services by Percentage Value, OPMH Investment, OPMH Service Groups by Percentage of Value, OPMH: Older Adult Mental Health, OPMHS Direct Services, Outreach Dementia Service, PCT Commissioned Investment, PCT OPMH Investment, Services for Young People With Dementia, SHA Investment per Weighted Head of Population, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Specialist Day / Resource Centres, Telecare, Top 6 OPMH Direct Service Types 2006/07 to 2011/12, Working Age Adult (WAA), Young Onset Dementia Services, Young People With Dementia
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Commissioning Effective Dementia Services in the New World (Alzheimer’s Society and MHP Health Mandate)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 6, January 2012]. Summary This report looks at the impact of current policy on the commissioning of effective dementia services. It offers 20 recommendations … Continue reading
Posted in Age Concern (England), Alzheimer's Society, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, MHP Health Mandate, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care Services, Care Quality Commission, Clinical Networks, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Indicators, Commissioning on Grounds of Quality and User Involvement, CQUIN Frameworks, Day Centres, Domiciliary Care, Funding Arrangements for Dementia Services, Information Revolution for Dementia Care, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWBS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), National Dementia Experience Survey, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Future Forum, NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13, Public Health and Adult Social Care Outcomes Frameworks 2012/13, Quality and User Involvement, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Service Integration, User Involvement, Walsall MBC, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
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