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Dementia-Friendly Extra Care Housing: a Compendium of Best Practice (Housing LIN)

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Housing Learning and Improvement Network report provides a compendium of case studies illustrating good practice in extra care housing schemes and other housing-related community-based services. The focus is on supporting people with dementia to maintain meaningful relationships and … Continue reading →

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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Dementia: Skilling the Housing Workforce (Housing LIN)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary To mark Dementia Awareness Week, the Housing Learning and Improvement Network have published a new “Making a start” report (and Resource Pack) designed to provide information and assistance for housing providers. These resources aim to equip the housing workforce with … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abbeyfield Dementia Training, Abbeyfield Society, Age UK Training, Aids and Adaptations, Art of Living, Awareness Raising, Axiom Housing Association, B3Living, Care Fit For VIPS, Centre for Housing and Support, Chartered Institute of Housing, Cultural Competence, DAA Dementia Declaration, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia and Housing Working Group, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Centres and Specialist Dementia Trainers, Dementia Friendly Environments in Sheltered Housing, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Skills Gap, Dementia Support Pilot Services, Dementia Training Sources, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments, EARLI Tool, Education and Awareness, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Generic Mental Health Skills, Gentoo, Gentoo’s Vision, Guinness Partnership, Hanover, Health and Housing, Heantun Housing Association, Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Extra Care, Housing Associations, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing Managers, Housing Organisations, Hull Dementia Academy, Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT), Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Liverpool House of Memories, Loneliness and Isolation, Longhurst Group, Meaningful Activity, Memory Roadshows, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Midland Heart, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, Orbit Charitable Trust (OCT), Orbit Group, Orbit Heart of England (OHE), Positive Risk Taking, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Riverside, Riverside Home Improvement Agency (HIA), Riverside Housing Association, Safeguarding, Sheltered and Supported Housing, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Skills, Staff Awareness, Staff Functions in General Needs Housing, Staff Skills, Staffordshire Housing Association, Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (SCCG), Taunton Deane Borough Council, Tom Kitwood, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 1 – Basic Awareness Raising, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 2 – Foundation Level, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 3 – Extra Topic-Based Sessions, VIP Framework, Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Information Resources on the Links Between Housing and Dementia (Housing LIN)

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Housing Learning and Improvement Network produces and updates several sets (or showcases) of information resources about the potential roles of housing in helping people to live well with dementia. “Research suggests that as many as 30% of residents … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age-Friendly Housing, Built Environment, Caregiver Training, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Friendly Environments in Sheltered Housing, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Friendly Indoor Environments, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Related Internet Sites, Dementia-Related Websites, Design and Built Environment, Enhanced Opportunities Programme, Ethos of Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing, Health and Housing, Health and Housing Partnerships, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Dementia, Housing and Mental Health, Housing and People with Dementia, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Network, Housing With Care, Legislation and Regulation, Local Authority Housing, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Staff Training, Training, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development | Leave a comment

Extra Care Housing at Bletchley Park (Housing LIN)

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Flowers House is an extra care housing scheme with 34 flats providing assisted living for people with dementia in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes. It is built on the site of the former code-breaking Bletchley Park. Flowers House offers a … Continue reading →

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Dementia-Friendly Yorkshire (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) report presents twenty “grassroots” dementia-friendly projects, which are examples of how communities across Yorkshire are being transformed along more dementia-friendly lines. The projects have been based in shops, churches, mosques, legal services, cafes, and … Continue reading →

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Self-Help Groups for People With Dementia Living in Extra Care Housing (Housing LIN)

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Housing LIN Case Study No 80 summarises findings from the Mental Health Foundation’s (still ongoing) evaluation of three peer support groups for people in the early stages of dementia, living in three Housing21 extra care housing schemes. Peer … Continue reading →

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