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On the Namaste Care Programme For People With Advanced Dementia (St Christopher’s Hospice / King’s College London / eHospice)

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

Summary The following presentation, given in September 2014 at King’s College London, provides an overview of the elements, benefits and challenges of the Namaste Care Programme. Full Text Link Reference Stacpoole, M. [and] Thompsell, A. (2014). The Namaste Care Programme: … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advanced Dementia, After Death Reflection, Best Practice Dementia Care, Best Practice End of Life Care, Care Home Project Team: St Christopher’s Hospice, Care Homes, Care of The Dying, Care Staff Education, Colour, Comfort and Pain Management, Comfort and Pleasure, Compassion and Care, Compassionate Care, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dignified Care, Dignity and Respect, Dignity and Spiritual Care, Dignity in Death and Dying, Dr Jo Hockley: St Christopher’s Hospice, Dr. Amanda Thompsell: South London and Maudsley Foundation Hospital Trust, End of Life Care, Enhanced Nursing Care Programme, Family Meetings, Five Senses, Hydration and Nutrition, Life Story, Massage, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Min Stacpoole: Nurse Researcher at St Christopher’s Hospice, Music, Namaste Care Programme, Namaste Care Programme: Benefits for Care Home Managers, Namaste Care Programme: Benefits for Care Staff, Namaste Care Programme: Benefits for Relatives, Namaste Care Programme: Benefits for Residents, Namaste Training, Namaste: Honouring the Spirit, Nurse Facilitator for End of Life Care for People with Dementia, Palliative Care, Peaceful Dignified Death, Presence of Others, Professor Ladislav Volicer: University of South Florida, Promoting Dignity in Dementia, School of Ageing Studies: University of South Florida, SCWRU: Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King’s College London), Sensory Stimulation: Five Senses, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, Sooth the Senses, Soothing the Senses, South London and Maudsley Foundation Hospital Trust, St Christopher’s Hospice, St Christopher’s Hospice Namaste Care Programme Training Package, Tastes and Scents, USA | Leave a comment

SCIE’s Whistleblowing Resources (SCIE)

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) website has a comprehensive section on Whistleblowing. Section headings cover: Whistleblowing for employers. Whistleblowing for employees. Whistleblowing codes of conduct. Whistleblowing: what the research and policy says. “An important part of promoting … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, Universal Interest | Tagged British Standards Institution, Care Standards, Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England, Codes of Conduct, Dignified Care, Dignity, Dignity in Care, Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA), Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, Francis Inquiry Report, Improving Accountability for Performance: Codes of Conduct, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, Nursing Standards, PIDA: Public Interest Disclosure Act, Protected Disclosure, Public Concern, Public Concern at Work, Public Concern at Work (PCaW), Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, Raising Standards, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Vicarious Liability, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Helpline | Leave a comment

Evaluation of the Routes to Success Resources, Tools and Frameworks (NEoLCP)

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report from the NHS National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP) and the Institute of Healthcare Management presents the results of research which reviewed how the series of publications and supporting tools, resource guides and frameworks (developed by … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NEoLCP, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Care Planning Toolkit, Advanced Kidney Disease, Dignified Care, Dignity, e-ELCA, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, EoLC Team: SW Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trusts, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Guidance for Commissioners, Heart Failure, Holistic Needs Assessment, Liverpool Care Pathway, Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Long Term Neurological Conditions, National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP), NEoLCP Support and Fact Sheets, Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC), Route to Success Series, Routes to Success, Routes to Success Resources, This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care | Leave a comment

Survey Suggests Adult Social Care Worsening Under Cut-Backs (BBC News)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary More than 85% of respondents to a survey by Age UK and the College of Social Work said that care for vulnerable older people has been suffering because of funding cuts. This survey of 200 social workers suggests that the impact … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Survey, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, College of Social Work, Councils, Dignified Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Local Authorities, Local Councils, Re-Admission NHS Hospitals, Social Work, Social Workers | Leave a comment

Elderly Treated as Objects by Hospital Staff (NAPC GP Bulletin / Cardiff University)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research conducted on NHS wards concludes that hospital staff are sometimes unaware of how they “ignore vulnerable elderly patients, patronise them and treat them as objects”. The researchers, from Cardiff University, have made a training video called “Dignity: A Tale of … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Ageism, Balancing of Interests, Being Ignored, Being Informed, Cardiff University, Cardiff University: Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (cesagen), Care and Compassion, Care of Older Adults in Acute NHS Trusts, Care Quality, Caring Division of Labour, Caring Roles, Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (cesagen): Cardiff University, Communication, Continuity of Care, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dignified Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Dementia, Dignity in Practice Report, Dignity on the Ward, Dignity: A Tale of Two Wards, Dignity: Whose Interests Matter?, Disempowering Spaces for Older People, Elder Abuse, Elderly Human Rights, Fiona Phillips, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Hospitals as Dangerous Places, Hospitals as Hazardous Places, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Impact of the Environment on Dignified Care, Influences on Dignified Care, Local Ward Cultures, National Association of Primary Care (NAPC GP Bulletin), National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Non-Involvement, PANICOA, PANICOA (Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults), Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Patient Referred to as a Task or as a Number, Patronising Older People, Policy Research Programme (PRP), Power in Place, Privacy, Protocols of Care, Respectful Communication, Right Place Wrong Patient, Seeing The Person, Seeing the Task, Service User Involvement, Staff Dignity, Staffing Levels, Task-Centred Care, Toilet Problems, Trade Offs, Trust Blame and the Culture of Defensiveness, Unintended Consequences, University of Kent, User Involvement, Using the Toilet, Views of Relatives, Washing and Dressing, Working the System and Unintended Consequences | Leave a comment

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