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Tag Archives: Dementia-Friendly Housing
Dementia and Housing: Updated (SCIE)
Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has updated resources on the role of housing in supporting wellbeing and independence for people with dementia. The main sections comprise: Supporting PWD in Different Types of Housing. Design, Adaptation and Outdoor Space. … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adaptation, Aids and Adaptations, Dementia and Housing, Dementia and Housing Working Group (DHWG), Dementia Awareness, Dementia Training, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Housing Workforce, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Resources, Dementia-Friendly Staff, Dementia-Friendly Workforce, Dementia-Related Housing Needs, Design, Design and Built Environment, Design for Dementia, EAC Housing for Older People Awards, Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC), Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Extra Care Housing for People With Dementia, Handy Help: Practical Assistance, Handyman, Handyperson Services, Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Extra Care, Housing and Quality of Life, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing for Vulnerable Older People: Social Housing, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Providers, Housing Workforce, Housing-Related Community Services Supporting People With Dementia, Outdoor Spaces, Smart Home Adaptations, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Housing, Social Housing Providers, Specialised Housing Providers, Specialist Housing Services for People with Dementia, Staying at Home, Staying Healthy for Longer, Staying Independent
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Dementia and Disability (APPG on Dementia / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) released a report in early Summer 2019 about adopting a “rights-based” approach to tackling dementia as a disability, with a view to understanding – and reducing – societal barriers which adversely affect … Continue reading →
Posted in All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing Population, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), APPG on Dementia, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Entitlements, Awareness Raising, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Barriers: Discrimination, Community Life, Debbie Abrahams MP: Co-Chair of APPG on Dementia, Dementia and Disability, Dementia as a Disability, Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Dementia Friendly Housing Charter, Dementia Rights and the Social Model of Disability, Dementia Statements, Dementia Tax, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Training, Dementia-Inclusive Communities, Discrimination, Discrimination / Stigma, Driving and Dementia, Driving Cessation, Employment, Equality Act 2010, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Guinness Partnership: Dementia-Friendly Environment Guide, Halton Borough Council: Welfare Rights Service, Health and Employment in Older Age, Health and Housing, Helping Older People Live Independently, Hidden No More: Dementia and Disability (APPG on Dementia), Housing and Dementia, Inclusion, Inclusive Communities, Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Homes Standards (LHS), Living Independently At Home, Mandatory Training, Non-Discrimination, Participation, People With Dementia and Learning Disabilities: Reasonable Adjustments, Public and Community Transport, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Public Transport, Reasonable Adjustments, Rights-Based Approaches to Dementia, Rights-Based Care, Social Care, Social Model of Disability, Social Protection, Societal Barriers: Rights-Based Alternatives, Specialised Supported Housing, Stigma and Discrimination, Support For Living Independently At Home, Supported Housing, Transport for Greater Manchester, United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), Wigan Borough Council: Dementia-Friendly Communities
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Dementia-Friendly Extra Care Housing: a Compendium of Best Practice (Housing LIN)
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 →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Brendoncare Foundation, Care 24, Dementia Action Week, Dementia Action Week (2019), Dementia Awareness, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Resources, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Related Housing Needs, Design and Built Environment, Design for Dementia, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, East Midlands Homes, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Extra Care Housing for People With Dementia, Extra Care Scheme, Going The Extra Step: A Compendium Of Best Practice In Dementia Care, Guinness Partnership, HomeShare, Housing 21, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Extra Care, Housing and Quality of Life, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing for Vulnerable Older People: Social Housing, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Providers, Housing-Related Community Services Supporting People With Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Meaningful Relationships, North Star Housing Group, Nottingham City Homes, Reducing Social Isolation, Sheffield City Council, Silva Homes, Social Housing, Social Housing Providers, Social Wellbeing in Extra Care Housing, Soha Housing, Specialised Housing Providers, Specialist Housing Services for People with Dementia, Stafford and Rural Homes, Staying at Home, Staying Healthy for Longer, Staying Independent, Tackling Loneliness and Social Isolation: Role of Extra Care Housing, Together Housing Group, West Kent Housing Association, Your Homes Newcastle
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Plans for Meeting the Dementia Challenge by 2020 (DHSC)
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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Diagnosis, End of Life Care, 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, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Alzheimer’s Society Connecting Communities Project, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Burden of Dementia, Care and Compassion, Care at Home, Care Plan Template for Dementia, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Challenge by 2020: National Partners and Stakeholders, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Citizen Participation, Civil Service Learning, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Research, Collaborative Working, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Community Participation, Compassionate Care, Connecting Communities, Connecting Communities Initiative, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Dementia 2020 Challenge: 2018 Review Phase 1 (DHSC), Dementia 2020 Challenge: 2019 Progress Review - Phase 1 (2019), Dementia 2020 Citizens’ Panel, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness and Social Action, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Dementia Data and Metrics, Dementia Friendly Charters, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Dementia Metrics, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Institute, Dementia Research Roadmap for Prevention Diagnosis Intervention and Care by 2025 (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementia State of the Nation, Dementia Treatment and Care Pathway, Dementia UK, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Sectors, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health Dementia Challenge (2020), Diagnosis and Referral, Dignity in Dementia, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Government Research Funding, GPs Taking Leading Role, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Improving Care for People with Dementia, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Information and Metrics, Integration of Health and Care, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Framework for Dementia Research, International Programmes, Involvement and Participation, Join Dementia Research, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Dementia Action Alliances, Meaningful Care, National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals), National Audit of Dementia (NAD), National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2016-2017 - Third Round of Audit Report: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2017), NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, Non-Treatment Research, One You Campaign (PHE), Participation in Research, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Participation, Referrals, Regional Targets (Metrics), Research and Innovation, Research Funding, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Management, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Support for Carers, Sustainable Care, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Well Pathway for Dementia
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Review of Assistive Technology (NIHR / BBC News)
Summary An National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded themed review on the application of assistive technologies covers many interventions, including technology in the home, use of remote monitoring systems and the design of better environments for older people. Full … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged AAL-WELL: Ambient Assistive Living Technologies for Wellness, Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in Later Life Project (AKTIVE), Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), ARCHIE Framework for Effective Telehealth and Telecare Services, Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home for People with Dementia: ATTILA Trial, Assistive Technology to Avoid Hospital Admissions, ATTILA Trial: Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home, Barriers to Mainstreaming Assistive Living Technologies (MALT), Barriers to Telecare Adoption, Bathing Adaptations in Homes of Older Adults: BATHOUT Trial, BBC Health News, Benefits of Remote Monitoring, BESiDE: Built Environment for Social Inclusion in Digital Economy, Care at Home Using Intelligent Robotic Omni-Functional Nodes (CHIRON), Care Research and Technology Centre: Imperial College London, Co-Motion: Mobility and Wellbeing in Later Life, COMODAL: COnsumer MODels for Assisted Living, CompanionAble: Integrated Cognitive Assistive and Domotic Companion Robotic Systems for Ability and Security, Compensating for Cortical Visual Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease, Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid Groups, Consumer Models for Assisted Living (COMODAL), Dementia Friendly Architecture: Reducing Spatial Disorientation in Dementia Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Specifications, Design for Ageing Well: Improving the Quality of Life for Ageing Population Using a Technology Enabled Garment System, Design for People with Dementia, Designing for Wellbeing in Environments for Later Life (DWELL), Ecaalyx: Enhanced Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment, Engagement and Long Life, Ethical Frameworks FOR Telecare Technologies (EFORTT), Future Bathroom: Study of User-Centred Design Principles Affecting Usability Safety and Satisfaction in Bathrooms for People With Disabilities, Health Monitoring, Healthy Dementia Home (Professor David Sharp), Healthy Dementia Homes (UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London), Home Monitoring, Imperial College London, Information Technology to Avoid Hospital Admissions, Kitchen Living in Later Life, Lifelong Health and Wellbeing Cross-Council Programme (LHWCP), Location and Tracking Devices, Mainstreaming on Ambient Intelligence (MonAMI) Project, NANA: Novel Assessment of Nutrition and Ageing, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), New Dynamics of Ageing Programme (NDAP), NIHR CLAHRC, NIHR DC: NIHR Dissemination Centre, NIHR Invention for Innovation (NIHR i4i), NIHR School for Social Care Research (NIHR SSCR), NOCTURNAL: Night Optimised Care Technology for UserRs Needing Assisted Lifestyles, Non-Invasive Telemonitoring, Older People’s Living Environments (EVOLVE), Professor David Sharp: UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London, Project About Loneliness and Social Networks (PALS) Study, Putting Life in Years (PLINY): Telephone Friendship Groups Research Study, Ready Steady Go: Telehealth Implementation Toolkit, Remote Monitoring Systems, RoboSafe: Trustworthy Robotic Assistants, Seamless User-Centred Proactive Provision of Risk-Stratified Treatment for Heart Failure (SUPPORT-HF), SOPRANO: Service Oriented Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans, Supporting Safe Walking for People with Dementia, Technology Platform for Assisted Living of People with Dementia and Their Carers, Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Telehealth, Telehealth (Remote Monitoring), Telemonitoring, TiKL: Transitions in Kitchen Living, TOTALCARE: Digital Healthcare Framework Integrating Secure Personal Monitoring With P2P (Peer to Peer) Medical Condition Community Support Focused on Ageing and Obesity, Tracking and Monitoring Technology to Avoid Hospital Admissions, TSB Assisted Living Platform, UK Dementia Research Institute, UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI), UK Dementia Research Institute: Imperial College London, USEFIL: Unobtrusive Smart Environments For Independent Living, UTOPIA Project: Using Telecare for Older People in Adult Social Care
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Evaluation of the Guinness Partnership Dementia Project (Housing LIN / Guinness Partnership)
Summary The Housing LIN conducted an independent evaluation of progress (on the part of the Guinness Partnership) towards becoming a dementia-friendly housing organisation. “ …dementia-friendly thinking is a part of our day-to-day approach”. (p.2) Full Text Link Reference Independent evaluation … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Suitable Care and Support, Aids and Adaptations, Awareness Raising, Carers Network for Staff, Catriona Simons: Chief Executive of Guinness Partnership, Customer Liaison Officer (CLO), Dementia Awareness, Dementia Day Clock, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project Guides, Dementia Flagging System, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Housing Charter, Dementia Friends, Dementia Housing Working Group, Dementia Housing Working Group (DHWG), Dementia Research Consortia (HDRC), Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Specifications, Design and Built Environment, Design for People with Dementia, Development of a Dementia Friendly Living and Best Practice Showcase, Feel Good Stay Well Club (Manchester), Growing in the City (Men’s Shed Manchester), Guinness Care, Guinness Partnership, Guinness Partnership’s Dementia Project, Guinness Partnership’s Dementia Project (Housing LIN Evaluation), Guinness’s Housing for Older People Steering Group, Hospital Passport, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium (HDRC), Housing for Older People, Housing for Older People Quality Assessment, Housing for Vulnerable Older People: Social Housing, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN, Independent Living Managers, Jeremy Porteus, Paul Watson: Managing Director of Guinness Care, Signage, Take a Break Service, This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, Tom Walker: Deputy Chief Executive of Homes England, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Wendy Wells: Housing and Dementia Project Lead at Guinness
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Modification of the Physical Environment to Support People With Dementia (Dementia)
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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accessible Environments, Activities of Daily Living, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Age-Friendly Environments, Architectural Layout, Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale (BADLS), Brunel University, Built Environment, Closet Simplification, Contrast, Dementia (Journal), Dementia Friendly Indoor Environments, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Design and Built Environment, Dining Environment, Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), Environment Simplification, Environmental Ambiance, Environmental Design, Familiar Cues, Familiar Environments, Gardens, Home Modifications, Homelike Environments, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Institute of Environment Health and Societies: Brunel University London, Lighting, Orientation, Physical Environment, Predictive Homes, Space Orientation, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Time Orientation, University College London
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Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)
Summary The guide to Improving Care for Older People, developed by NHS England in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, is actually a collection of resources (some dating back several years). This collection … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, 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, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Ageing, Active and Healthy Ageing, Age and Ageing, Age-Friendly Housing, Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty (NHS England), Ageing Well With Technology, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bladder Problems, Burden on Caregivers, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Admission Delay, Care in an Ageing Society, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers Strategy, Carers Trust, Carers UK Adviceline, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Benefits, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Caring into Later Life, Case Finding and Risk Stratification, Chief Fire Officers Association, Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA), Chief Fire Officers Association: Ageing Safely Strategy, Cognitive Impairment, Cold Homes, Collaboration, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community Care Assessments, Community Response Intervention Teams, Community Risk Intervention, Community Risk Intervention Team (CRIT), Community Volunteering, Community-Based Services, Complex Needs, Consensus Statement on Improving Health and Wellbeing (2015), Consent to Share Information, Cooking Arrangements, Coping With Stress, Culture Change in Health and Care, Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Design Principles for Safe and Well Visits, Determinants of Health, Electronic Frailty Index, electronic Frailty Index (eFI), Emily Holzhausen: Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK, Falls Prevention, Falls Reduction, Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT), Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Feeling Under the Weather (Campaign), Fire and Rescue Service Delivering Home Modifications, Fire and Rescue Services (FRS), Fire and Rescue Services (FRS): Health Ambassadors, Fire and Rescue Services Act (2004), Fire and Rescue Services Checks on Older People, Fire and Rescue Services Checks on People With Long Term Health Conditions, Fire as a Health Asset: Consensus, Fire Safety Check Programmes, Fires, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty Identification and Frailty Care, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, FRS Volunteers, Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe), Greater Manchester FRS Community Risk Intervention Teams (CRITs), Guide to Healthy Ageing, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing Conference 2018 (India), Healthy Ageing in India, 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Patients Without Hospital Admission, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospitalisation, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Infections, Use of Social Media, Vaccination Programmes, Visual Impairment, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary Sector, Warm Homes, Winter Friends
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A Framework of Promising Interventions for Improving the Support of People Living With Dementia (Age UK)
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 →
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Helping People With Dementia to Stay at Home (Housing LIN / DHWG / Halsall Lloyd Partnership)
Summary Earlier research indicated 85% of people would wish to remain at home for as long as possible when given a diagnosis of dementia. A report published last month covers how housing providers (social housing providers in particular) might support … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abbeyfield Society, Age UK Walsall, Age UK Warwickshire (AUKW), Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Assisted Living, Belong Villages, Bromley Dementia Hub Service, Care and Repair England, Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), Dementia Advisor Services, Dementia and Housing Working Group, Dementia and Housing Working Group (DHWG), Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Dementia Design, Dementia Law Clinic, Dementia Workforce Advisory Group (DWAG), Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care and Support for People With Learning Disabilities, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Technological Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Resources, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Related Housing Needs, Design and Built Environment, Design for Dementia, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Foundations, GP Care Navigator Pilot (South Warwickshire), Guinness Partnership, Halsall Lloyd Partnership, Hampshire Dementia Advisor Service, HAPPI Partnerships, HAPPI Principles, Hare Hill (Rochdale), Home Adaptations, Homeless Link, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing And Care 21, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Dementia, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium (HDRC), Housing and Long-Term Conditions, Housing and Public Health, Housing and Quality of Life, Housing and Safeguarding, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing for Vulnerable Older People: Social Housing, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (HAPPI), Housing Providers, Hull City Council’s Telecare Team, Information Advice and Advocacy (IAA) Services, Knowsley Independent Living Centre, Life Story Network, Life Story Network (LSN), Life Story Network CIC, Liverpool John Moores University, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Localism, Low Level Support, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, Older People's Organisations, Oldham Housing Investment Partnership (OHIP), Pathways for Life Dementia Advisors, Pathways For Life: Joint Partnership Scheme Between Age UK Walsall and Accord Housing Association Ltd, Roseberry Mansions Reablement Service (One Housing), Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI), Selwood Housing, Social Housing, Social Housing Providers, Specialised Housing Providers, Specialist Housing Services for People with Dementia, St. Giles Hospice, Staff Training, Staying at Home, Staying Healthy for Longer, Staying Independent, Stonewall Housing Trust, Supported Living, Tackling Health Inequality Through Housing, Telecare for Older People in Adult Social Care, Tunstall
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