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Tag Archives: DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre
Cognitive Assessment: Differentiating the Three Ds “Dementia, Delirium and Depression” (Nursing Times / University of Stirling DSDC)
Summary Nursing Times Learning has produced a new learning unit to assist in the differential diagnosis between dementia, delirium and depression in older people. The aim is to offer training / continuing professional development which helps ensure patients receive the … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment and Diagnosis, Cognitive Assessment, Confusion (Delirium), Delirium Diagnosis, Delirium Prevention, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium Superimposed on Dementia, Dementia Service Development Centre: University of Stirling, Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling), Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis of Dementia, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Early Diagnosis, Early Differential Diagnosis, Improving Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, Nursing Times, Nursing Times Learning, Post‐Diagnosis Support, Prevention & Early Diagnosis, Recognition of Delirium, Risk Factors for Delirium, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Virtual Care Home, Three Ds: Dementia Delirium and Depression, University of Stirling, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre
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DSDC Training and Advice Services in West Midlands (DSDC / The Lighthouse)
Summary The respected Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at Stirling University will provide a free information event entitled “Changing the Culture of Dementia Care” at Sandwell’s The Lighthouse. The Lighthouse Project has established a dementia resource hub in the West … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Architects, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Best Practice in Care Homes, Birmingham and the Black Country, Black Country (West Midlands), Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Care Home Managers, Care Homes, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Culture Change, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture of Care, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Centre: University of Stirling, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Service Development Centre: University of Stirling, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, DSDC Virtual Care Home, DSDC Virtual Hospital, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Edward Street League of Friends, Housing Associations, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Interior Designers, Iris Murdoch Centre at Stirling University, Lighthouse Project: Black Country Partnership, Lighthouse: Dementia Resource Hub, Lynsey Manson: Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, Occupational Therapists, Positive Culture, Procurement, Professor June Andrews (University of Stirling), Project Planners, Reducing Stigma, Sandwell, Shaping Culture, Stigma-Free Environments, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), The Lighthouse Project, University of Stirling, West Bromwich, West Midlands
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Housing and Dementia Project (CIH Scotland and DSDC)
Summary The “Improving Housing and Housing Services for People with Dementia” project, also known as the housing and dementia project, is run by CIH Scotland and the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC). Information resources are available online. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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The Quest for Dementia Friendly Communities (Housing Learning and Improvement Network)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary This Housing LIN Viewpoint No.25 from the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) examines current policy and practice in relation … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing LIN, Management of Condition, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accessible Environments, Age UK Shropshire Telford and Wrekin, Alzheimer’s Australia NSW, Alzheimer’s Australia WA, Anchor, BBC One’s One Show Report: Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Belong Continuing Care Villages, Belong Villages, Breaking New Ground: Quest for Dementia Friendly Communities, Bristol LINk and South Gloucestershire LINk, Care Homes, Comfortable Environments, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), DemenShare, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Diamond Drop In, Distinctive Environments, Dr Lynne Mitchell: University of Warwick, Drop In Centres, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, EPSRC EQUAL (Extending QUAlity Life) Initiative, EVOLVE Evaluation Tool, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, ExtraCare Charitable Trust, Familiar Environments, Frizes Leasowe Sheltered Housing, General Housing, Global Age Friendly Cities (WHO), Hanover and Methodist Homes Association, Health Innovation Education Cluster Project, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium, Housing With Care, Housing21, Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors (I’DGO) Consortium, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Legible Environments, Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Homes Standards (LHS), Lifetime Neighbourhoods, National Housing Strategy for an Ageing Population, National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), Safe Environments, Sheffield Dementia Programme Board, South West Dementia Partnership, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Virtual Care Home, Strategic Housing Market Assessment, The Lodge and Charnley Fold, University of Warwick, University of Wollongong, Wrekin Housing Trust
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Fife Dementia Strategy: Supporting User Participation in Local Policy Development (Social Policy and Society)
Summary This article reviews the consultation process employed in the development of the Fife Dementia Strategy. Stakeholder engagement and involvement was encouraged and had influence on the final strategy. The involvement of people with dementia was considered to be vital, … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Consultation, Dementia Services Development Centre, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling), DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Engagement, Fife Dementia Strategy, Health and Social Care, Local Authorities, Local Government Policy, Local Policy Development, Policy Development, Service Users, Social Care, Social Care Provision, Social Policy and Society, Stakeholder Involvement, Targeting Hard-to-Reach Groups, University of Stirling, University of Warwick, User Involvement, User Participation, Warwick Medical School: University of Warwick
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