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Plans for Meeting the Dementia Challenge by 2020 (DHSC)

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 (2015) involved over 50 commitments for making England the best place in the world for dementia care, research and public dementia awareness in general. Feedback was subsequently collected, during 2018, concerning developments … Continue reading →

Modification of the Physical Environment to Support People With Dementia (Dementia)

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A systematic review investigates the efficacy of physical environment-related strategies for supporting everyday activities in people living with dementia: Full Text Link Reference Woodbridge, R. Sullivan, MP. [and] Harding, E. [et al] (2018). Use of the physical environment to … Continue reading →

Oral Health in Care Homes: QS151 (NICE)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced a quality standard with the aim of improving the quality of life for care home residents. Full Text Link Reference Oral health in care homes: NICE Quality Standard … Continue reading →

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Dementia Assessment and Referral to GPs: DeAR-GP (NICE / HIN)

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It was already known that between 75% – 89% of care home residents have dementia, but many of these persons do not receive a diagnosis. The Health Innovation Network (HIN) worked with five care homes to design the Dementia … Continue reading →

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Dementia Services: a Survey of Quality (Healthwatch Network / BMJ Open)

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Healthwatch England report summarises feedback from over 1,000 people across the country about their experiences of dementia care, plus the results of findings from over 120 care homes visited. This document attempts to clarify what may be working … Continue reading →

Systematic Review of Meaningful Activity in Care Homes / Nursing Homes (JBI Database)

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An Australian systematic review has attempted to determine the relative effectiveness of various meaningful occupation interventions for people living with dementia in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The authors outline conclusions are as follows [quote]: “Providing meaningful or individualized … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, 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, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, Alzheimer’s Australia Consumer Dementia Research Network, Animal-Assisted (Dog) Therapy, Apathy, Australia, Australian National University, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Centre for Research on Ageing Health and Wellbeing (CRAHW): Australian National University, Consumer Dementia Research Network, CQ University Bundaberg, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre: Carers and Consumers (DCRC: CC): Queensland University of Technology, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Division of Occupational Therapy: CQ University Bundaberg, Elderly Mental Health, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Function, JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, Managing Agitation, Mater Health Services (South Brisbane), Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Activity in Care Homes / Nursing Homes, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Occupation Interventions, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mood, Multi-Sensory Interventions, Multi-Sensory Stimulation, Music Therapy, Musical Interventions, Nursing Research Centre, Pets, Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Preferred Music, Queensland Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery: a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Queensland University of Technology, Recreational Activities, Recreational Stimulation, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reminiscence Therapy, Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), Residential Care Homes, School of Human Health and Social Sciences: CQ University Bundaberg, School of Nursing: Queensland University of Technology, Sleep, Snoezelen, Social Interaction, Specialing: Training Staff to Develop Individual Care Plans Using Person-Centered Care, Wandering | Leave a comment

End of Life Care for People Living With Dementia in Walsall Care Homes (Housing LIN)

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following Housing LIN case study covers end of life care services in Walsall, provided by a collaboration between Pathways 4 Life (itself a partnership between the Accord Group and Age UK Walsall) and St Giles Walsall Hospice. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, End of Life Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 6-Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT), 6CIT, Accord Group, Accord Housing, Accord Housing Group, Activity in Care Homes, Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Age UK Walsall, Black Country (West Midlands), Care Fit For VIPS, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes: Last Year of Life, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community-Based Dementia Support Workers, Cracks in the Pathway (CQC), Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Support Workers, Dementia Support Workers (DSWs), Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Designing the Dementia Journey – a Holistic Approach to the Environment for People with Dementia, Dying Matters, Dying Matters Awareness Week, Dying Matters Awareness Week (2016), End of Life Care in Care Homes, End of Life Care Plans, Gardens in Care Homes, Good Practice in Care Homes, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Holistic Quality Improvement, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN, Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, MUST Nutrition Screening, Namaste Care Intervention to Improve Quality of Dying for People with Advanced Dementia in Care Homes, Namaste Care Programme, Namaste: Honouring the Spirit, NHS Walsall CCG, NHS Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group, On the Brink: The Future of End of Life Care (Macmillan Cancer Support 2016), Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD), Pain Scales, PAINAD (Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia) Tool, Partnership and Collaboration, Pathways 4 Life, Pathways For Life: Joint Partnership Scheme Between Age UK Walsall and Accord Housing Association Ltd, Preferred Place of Death, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Six-Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT), St Giles Walsall Hospice, St. Giles Hospice, This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, VIPS Framework of Dementia Care, Walsall, Wellbeing Action Plans, West Midlands | Leave a comment

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