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A Framework of Promising Interventions for Improving the Support of People Living With Dementia (Age UK)

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An Age UK report investigates a variety of interventions which may be of assistance in the support of people with dementia and their families / carers. Case studies of services and projects designed to support wellbeing / living well … Continue reading →

Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool (Health Innovation Network)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health Innovation Network has produced a dementia peer support resource tool, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK and Innovations in Dementia. This tool is designed to assist with establishing and running peer support networks for people … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Advice and Information, AGE UK Checklist for Dementia Friendly Environments, Alzheimer’s Society’s Talking Point Forum, Arts 4 Dementia: Reawakening the Mind, Authoring Dementia-Friendly Information (Style Guides), Big Lottery Fund, Big Lottery Funding, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, Carers Trust, Circles of Support for People with Dementia, City Bridge Trust, Cognitive Stimulation, Commissioning Dementia Support Services, Community and Voluntary Sector, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Websites for People With Dementia, DEEP Guide to Writing Dementia-Friendly Information, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adventure, Dementia Adventure CIC, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Cafes, Dementia Connect: Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Services Directory, Dementia Empowerment and Engagement Project, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP), Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Navigators, Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool: Health Innovation Network, Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling), Dementia Services Directory: Dementia Connect (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Words Matter: Guideline, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Information (Style Guides), Dementia-Friendly Writing, Dire Straits (Not the Rock Band) Support Group, Discussion Forums, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Dulwich Helpline, Dulwich Helpline Group, eLearning: The Open Dementia Programme (SCIE), Funding Central, Funding For All, GRANTNet, Guys Hospital, Health Innovation Network, Health Innovation Network South London, Healthy Living Club, Healthy Living Club (HLC), Hope & Doodle Group, How2Fundraise, iD: Innovations in Dementia, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independent Living, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Innovations in Dementia, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Jasmine Cafe, Jasmine Club, Jasmine Club (BAME Group), Lambeth and Southwark Older People’s Information Directory, Lewy Body Society, London Community Foundation, London Dementia Commissioners Network, London Social Care Partnership (Formerly the Joint Improvement Partnership), Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, LSCP: London Social Care Partnership, Maintaining Independence, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Navigators: Coordinators of Care, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Peer Support, Peer Support - Making it Happen, Peer Support – Principles in Practice, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Peer Support Network Model: Evaluation, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Networks: Evaluation, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, Peer Support: Fundraising, Peer Support: Venues and Environments, PQASSO: Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations, Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations (PQASSO), Preventing Loneliness, Regaining Independence, SCIE Open Dementia Programme, SCIE Resource on Dementia-Friendly Environments, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Help Groups, Self-Help Groups for People With Dementia, Services and Support for BAME Communities, Signposting, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Silver Line, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Networking, Social Networks, South London, Staying Independent, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Talking Point, The Funding Network, UK Community Foundations, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE), Web-Based Discussion Forums, Young Persons Dementia Group South London, Younger People with Dementia Support Group | Leave a comment

SCIE Dementia Gateway: Useful Dementia-Related Information Resources (SCIE)

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced, and maintains, an uptodate and impressively broad collection of links to dementia-related websites and information resources. A wide range of topics and themes in dementia care are covered, including: Dementia-Friendly … Continue reading →

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The Greening of Dementia (Natural England / BBC News / PNAS)

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Natural England, Dementia Adventure and the Woodland Trust have published a literature review concerning the benefits – and barriers – for individuals living with dementia in having access to the natural environment and local greenspace. The broad aim of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accessible Environments, Allotment and Gardening Projects, Balancing Risk and Choice, Barriers and Facilitators to Participation, Barriers to Engagement, Barriers to Engagement With the Natural Environment, Barriers to Older People Accessing Help and Support, BBC Health News, Benefits of Engagement With the Natural Environment, Care Farming UK, Care Farms, Care UK, Center for Conservation Biology: Stanford University, Centre for Policy and Ageing (CPA), Dementia Adventure, Dementia Adventure CIC, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Department of Biology and Woods Institute: Stanford University, Department of Psychology: Stanford University, Ecotherapy, Education and Awareness, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources: Stanford University, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Environmental Issues, Epidemiology, Equality of Access, Exercise, Forest Bathing, Gardening, Gardens, Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Green Agenda, Green Exercise, Greening Dementia, Greening Dementia Project, Greenspace Organisations, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Improving Access, Improving Public Health, Increasing Wellbeing, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Laureate Institute for Brain Research (Tulsa), Let Nature Feed Your Senses (LEAF), Little Gate Care Farm, Local Green Spaces, Local Greenspace, Local Public Health, Local Wellbeing, Marmot Review, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, MindScape, Moderate Exercise, Monitoring of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE), Multi-Sensory Engagement, National Wellbeing, Natural Choice: Securing the Value of Nature, Natural England, Natural England’s “Outdoors for All” Programme, Natural Environment, Natural Environment White Paper (2011), Nature Experience Reduces Rumination, North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Outdoor Learning Programme, Outdoors for All Programme, Overcoming Barriers, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Activity Rehabilitation Schemes, Physical Barriers, Physical Exercise, Physical Wellbeing, Preventative Care, Prevention, Psychological and Social Barriers, Psychological Wellbeing, Public Health, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Aversion, Risk Management, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Rumination, School of Community Medicine (Tulsa USA), Scrubditch Care Farm Project, Shinrin-Yoku: Taking in the Forest Atmosphere aka Forest Bathing, Social Epidemiology, Social Prescribing, Social Wellbeing, Spitalfields City Farm, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Subgenual Prefrontal Cortex (sgPFC), Subgenual Prefrontal Cortex Activation, Sweden, Tailored Dementia Friendly Activities, The Hive: Worcester, Upstream Interventions, Urbanization and Mental Illness, VisitWoods Project, Wellbeing, Wildlife Projects, Wildlife Trust, Woodland Trust, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust | Leave a comment

Making It Real (Think Local Act Personal)

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Making it Real encourages organisations involved in the provision (and commissioning) of social care services to get real about improving people’s lives. Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) reached the first anniversary of their Making it Real programme this month … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ace of Spades Community Gardening Company, Active and Supportive Communities, Ageing Well, BME Communities, Brokerage Hubs, Building Community Capacity, Butterfly Approach, Care Homes as Brokerage Hubs, Care Integration, Carers and Confidentiality, Carers Trust, Catherine Wilton, City Bridge Trust, Community Catalysts, Community Catalysts and Walsall Council, Community Mapping, Companions, Contented Dementia Trust, Cross Sector Working, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Crossroads Care Bexley, Crossroads Care Cambridgeshire, Crossroads Care Cambridgeshire (CCC), DemenShare: Social Media Resource, Dementia Adventure, Dementia Care Matters, Dementia Friends, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Supportive Communities, EDUCATErs group (Early Dementia User’s Co-operative Aiming To Educate), Gill Phillips, Good Care Group, Health and Social Care Integration, Helen Sanderson Associates, Home Instead Senior Care Wimbledon and Kingston, Information and Advice, Integration of Health and Social Care, JackDawe, Local and Community Level Well-Being, Local Authorities, Local Authority and Social Care, Local Councils, Local Government Association, Making it Real, Making it Real for Carers, Making it Real for People with Dementia, Multi-Agency Working, My Home Life, National Co-Production Advisory Group, Nottingham City Council’s Dementia Service, Nottingham On Call, Nutshell Communications, One Page Profile, Optalis, Partnership Working, Peer Support Networks, People Hub, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance, Putting People First, Reading Museum, Reminiscence Services, Risk Enablement, Risk Management, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Skills for Care, Social Media, Stockport Borough Council, Stockport Council and Borough Care Ltd, Streetly Dementia Support, Suffolk Lodge Care Home: Wokingham, Supportive Communities, Think Local Act Personal, TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, UKHCA, Walsall, Walsall MBC, Whose Shoes?, Whose Shoes? Interactive E-resource, WhoseShoes?®: Making It Real, Wokingham, Worcestershire Carers Pathway, Wren Hall | Leave a comment

Making it Real for People with Dementia (TLAP)

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Making it Real for People with Dementia” report has been written by Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) to explain how the Making it Real Programme can work to help people living with dementia, their families and carers. This document has been developed by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ace of Spades Community Gardening Company, Active and Supportive Communities, Ageing Well, BME Communities, Brokerage Hubs, Building Community Capacity, Butterfly Approach, Care Homes as Brokerage Hubs, Care Integration, Catherine Wilton, City Bridge Trust, Community Catalysts, Community Catalysts and Walsall Council, Community Mapping, Companions, Contented Dementia Trust, Cross Sector Working, Crossroads Care Bexley, DemenShare: Social Media Resource, Dementia Adventure, Dementia Care Matters, Dementia Friends, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Supportive Communities, EDUCATErs group (Early Dementia User’s Co-operative Aiming To Educate), Good Care Group, Health and Social Care Integration, Helen Sanderson Associates, Home Instead Senior Care Wimbledon and Kingston, Information and Advice, Integration of Health and Social Care, JackDawe, Local and Community Level Well-Being, Local Authorities, Local Authority and Social Care, Local Councils, Local Government Association, Making it Real, Making it Real for People with Dementia, Multi-Agency Working, My Home Life, National Co-Production Advisory Group, Nottingham City Council’s Dementia Service, Nottingham On Call, One Page Profile, Optalis, Partnership Working, Peer Support Networks, People Hub, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance, Putting People First, Reading Museum, Reminiscence Services, Risk Enablement, Risk Management, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Skills for Care, Social Media, Stockport Borough Council, Stockport Council and Borough Care Ltd, Streetly Dementia Support, Suffolk Lodge Care Home: Wokingham, Supportive Communities, Think Local Act Personal, TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, UKHCA, Walsall, Walsall MBC, Whose Shoes?, Whose Shoes? Interactive E-resource, Wokingham, Wren Hall | Leave a comment

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