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Tag Archives: Dignity in Care
Independent Mental Health Act Review (BBC News / DHSC / Centre for Mental Health / NHS England)
Summary The independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983, chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, presents recommendations for reform based on four principles: Choice and autonomy. Least restriction. Therapeutic benefit. Understanding people as individuals: whereby patients are recognised and … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Care Planning for People With Mental Illness, Aftercare, Alternative Forms of Support and Respite, Alternatives to Inpatient Care for People With Learning Disabilities, Autonomy, Autonomy and Choice, Autonomy and Safety, Baroness Julia Neuberger, Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups, BME Communities, BME People with Mental Illness, Care and Compassion, Care and Treatment Plan (CTP), Care Closer to Home, Carly Lynch: Mental Health Lead at London Ambulance Service, Centre for Mental Health, Claire Murdoch: NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, Coercion, Community Services, Community Treatment Orders (CTOs), Community-Based Services, Compassionate Care, Compulsory Community Treatment to Prevent Readmissions, Compulsory Detentions in Psychiatric Hospitals, Compulsory Hospitalisation, Compulsory Treatment Orders, Control of Patient's Care if Sectioned: Nominated Persons, Criminal Justice 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Improving the Quality of Care For Care Home Residents With Dementia (NHS England / Clinical Medicine / BBC News)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, discusses multi-pronged progress to improve the quality of care – and to enhance health and wellbeing – for people with dementia living in care homes. It has been estimated … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, 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, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Support For People With Dementia in Eating and Drinking Well (Bournemouth University / Burdett Trust for Nursing)
Summary Researchers at Bournemouth University have announced the release of a workbook and training film, entitled “Eating and Drinking Well: Supporting People Living with Dementia”. These resources have been developed from the Understanding Nutrition and Dementia Study (funded by the … Continue reading →
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Two Further Improvements: Dementia Services Seven Days a Week / Dementia Awareness for People Aged Over Forty (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary Two further aspects of the latest implementation plans for the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 were emphasised a week ago. Seven day NHS services are planned to benefit dementia patients, with more frequent patient assessments and better care … Continue reading →
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Latest Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 contained over 50 commitments towards making England the best place in the world for dementia care, research and societal dementia awareness by 2020. The Department of Health’s updated implementation plan specifies how … Continue reading →
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Barbican Consensus on Better Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes (NHS England)
Summary It has been reported elsewhere that 80% of residents in care homes may have dementia, and that there may still be over-prescription of antipsychotics in these settings to control challenging behaviour. The Barbican Consensus presents a general agreement, arrived … Continue reading →
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Guidance for Commissioners and Providers of Continence Services in England (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has released “Excellence in Continence Care” guidelines for people who commission and provide continence services. Full Text Link Reference This most basic of needs – Dr Martin McShane. London: NHS England, December 4th 2015. This relates to: … Continue reading →
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Commissioning Guidance on Improving Nutrition and Hydration (NHS England)
Summary It is estimated that one-third of patients admitted to hospitals or living in care homes are malnourished (or at risk of malnourishment). Malnutrition affects more than three million people in the UK, and has remained an ongoing concern in … Continue reading →
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Investigating Activity, Nutrition and Hydration Among People With Dementia in Care Homes (Bournemouth University / Burdett Trust for Nursing)
Summary Research in Dorset care homes conducted by Bournemouth University, funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing, has revealed significant individual variations in physical activity, possibly relating to observed variations in calorie and fluid intake among people with dementia. Daily … Continue reading →
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Dignity in Care: SCIE Videos on Caring With Dignity (SCIE)
Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced three new videos about dignity in care, making eight in total. There are said to be eight main factors which contribute to the provision of dignity with care. Choice and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Activity and Social Centre: Practical Assistance, Barriers: Poor Pain Management, Befriending Service: Practical Assistance, Care and Compassion, Care of Laundry, Casserole Club, Choice and Control, Cinnamon Trust: Practical Assistance, Communication, Compassion in Practice, Compassionate Care, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dehydration, Delivering Dignity, Digging Deep: Practical Assistance, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity and Wellbeing, Dignity Factors, Dignity in Care, Dignity in Dementia, Dignity on the Ward, Eating and Nutritional Care, Emotional and Social Isolation, Essence of Care Benchmarking Tool, FutureGov’s Casserole Club, Good Nutritional Care, Handy Help: Practical Assistance, Help at Home: Practical Assistance, Hydration, Hydration and Nutrition, Hygiene and Cleanliness, Hygiene Standards, Keeping in Touch: Practical Assistance, Leadership for Compassionate Care, Loneliness and Social Isolation, NHS Essence of Care, Nutritional Assessments, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Screening, Nutritional Support, Pain, Pain and Disruptive Behaviour, Pain Assessment in Patients with Impaired Cognition, Pain Management, Personal Hygiene, Practical Assistance, Preventing Isolation, Primary Night Care: Practical Assistance, Privacy, Privacy and Dignity, Privacy Rights, Promoting Dignity in Dementia, Reiki Treatment, RISE: Practical Assistance, Safe and Compassionate Care, SCIE’s Dignity Factors, SCIE’s Dignity Factors: Choice and Control, SCIE’s Dignity Factors: Communication, SCIE’s Dignity Factors: Eating and Nutritional Care, SCIE’s Dignity Factors: Pain Management, SCIE’s Dignity Factors: Personal Hygiene, SCIE’s Dignity Factors: Practical Assistance, SCIE’s Dignity Factors: Privacy, SCIE’s Dignity Factors: Social Inclusion, SMILE: Practical Assistance, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion, Social Isolation, Sole Mates: Practical Assistance, St Cuthbert’s Hospice, Supermarkets and Retail Stores: Practical Assistance, Value of Volunteering, Voluntary Care Services, Welcome Home: Practical Assistance, Wren Hall Care Home
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