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Tag Archives: Evaluating Integrated and Community-Based Care
People With Dementia Living Alone in the Community (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease)
Summary Research, based on experiences and outcomes concerning people with dementia living alone (with and without help from an informal caregiver) in Germany, indicates that it is possible – provided adequate support services are available – to survive without significant … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, Falls Prevention, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged Bayer Activities of Daily Living Scale (B-ADL), Challenges of Living with Dementia, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Community-Dwelling Older People with Dementia, Control and Independence, Culture Change in Health and Care, Dementia Care Management (DCM), DemTect, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: University Medicine Greifswald, Dignified Independent Living With Care, Evaluating Integrated and Community-Based Care, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany, Health and Care of Older People, Help With Medication, Home Care, Home Support for People Living With Dementia, Home-Delivered Meals, Housekeeping Assistance, Improving Outcomes for People Living With Dementia, Improving the Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence in Older Adults, Independent Living, Informal Care, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Institute for Community Medicine: University Medicine Greifswald, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration of Health and Care, International Comparisons, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Living Independently At Home, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well With Dementia: German Statistics, Living with Dementia, Living With Neurological Conditions, Maintaining Independence, Measures of Living Arrangements and Informal Care, People With Dementia Living Alone, Quality of Life-AD (QoL-AD), Screening For Dementia in GP Practices, Staying Independent, Support For Living Independently At Home, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Transforming Participation in Health and Care, University Medicine Greifswald, Unmet Needs of Community-Dwelling Primary Care Patients With Dementia in Germany, Utilization of Health and Nursing Care Services, What Works Resource Pack: Involving People Living with Dementia
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Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People (HSJ / Serco / NHS Confederation)
Summary The Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People reviewed probably the main question facing the NHS, namely how to care for the country’s increasing number of frail older people. The commission’s conclusion is that hospital providers and commissioners … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2015 Challenge Manifesto, 2015 Challenge: NHS Confederation, Acute Frailty Clinical Network, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Age Discrimination, Age-Based Discrimination in Health and Care Services, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Andy Cowper: HSJ and Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Barker Commission, Benefits of Integrated Care, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund (BCF) Planning, Beyond Institutional Boundaries, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Care Closer to Home, Care Closer to Home Project, Care in the Community, Care Transitions of Older People, Cause of Concern (Health Foundation and Nuffield Trust Report), Challenges of Reconfiguration, Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People and City University London, Community Health Services, Compassion in Practice, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Continuity of Care for Older People, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Dame Julie Moore: Chief Executive of University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, Dame Julie Moore:Chair of Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People, Delivering Dignity, Department of Health National Clinical Audits, Essex County Council, Evaluating Integrated and Community-Based Care, Extension of Hospital Services Into the Community, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Foundation Trust Network’s Driving Improvements in A&E Services, Future Hospital Commission, Harm Free Care Campaign, Health Care Quality for an Active Later Life, Health Foundation’s Unblocking A Hospital in Gridlock, Health Service Journal (HSJ), Hospital Reconfiguration, Hospital–Community Interface, Hospital’s Public Health Role, HSJ, Improving Patient Flow, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care Services, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Community Services for Older People, Integrated Out-of-Hospital Care, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC), Integration of Health and Social Care, Jenny Ritchie-Campbell: Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People and Macmillan’s Director of Cancer Services and Innovation, John Appleby: King’s Fund, John Myatt: Serco (Healthcare) and Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People, Julienne Meyer: Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People and City University London, King’s Fund Barker Commission, King’s Fund: Specialists in Out-Of-Hospital Settings, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Magical Thinking (Disparaging Put-Down of Wishful Thinking on Care Integration or WSD Silver Bullets), Magical Thinking and Messiah Concepts, Making Best Use of The Better Care Fund, Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, Managing Risk in Older Inpatient Hospitals, National Audit of Intermediate Care Report 2014, National Clinical Audits, National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Deaths, NHS Confederation’s 2015 Challenge, NHS Service Reconfiguration, NHS Sustianable Development Unit, Older People and Emergency Bed Use, Older People’s Advocacy Alliance, Out of Hours Services, Partnership Working, Patients’ Association CARE Campaign, Preventative Care, Primary / Secondary Care Interface, Priorites Within Acute Hospitals, Professor David Oliver: Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Rehabilitation Services, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Self-Care, Serco, Service Redesign, Shape Of Training Review, Silver Book, Specialists in Out-Of-Hospital Settings, Stigma and Discrimination, Tough Times Tough Choices, Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, Whole System Demonstrator (WSD), Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole Systems Redesign, Workforce and Skill Mix
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Proposals For a Single Health and Care System (Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England / The King’s Fund / BBC News)
Summary The independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England has proposed the creation of a single health and social care system; asserting that the current system is not fit for purpose. The Commission’s interim report … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care Eligibility Threshold, Adult Social Care Funding, Attitudes to Older People, Australia, Barker Commission, Barker Report: Interim Report, BBC Health News, Better Care Fund (BCF), Beyond Dilnot, British Social Attitudes Survey, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Centralisation Versus Decentralisation, Changing Attitudes and Expectations, Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, Community-Based Interventions, Comprehensiveness Versus Limited Benefit Bundles, Continuing Care, Coordinated Care, Coordination, Demographic Changes, Demographics, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Entitlements, Equity Versus Efficiency, Equity Versus Equality, Evaluating Integrated and Community-Based Care, France, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Funding of Continuing Care, Funding Reform, Germany, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Funding, Health Reform, Health System, Home Care, Inequalities of Health Care, Inequalities of Health Versus Inequalities of Health Care, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, International Comparisons, Ireland, Japan, Kate Barker: Chair of Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, King's Fund’s Time to Think Differently Programme, Liberalism Versus Libertarianism, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Market Versus State, Means Test, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold for Adult Care and Support, Needs Versus Wants, Netherlands, NHS, NHS Continuing Care, NHS Funding, NHS Reform, Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Poor Coordination, Prices Versus Rationing, Professor Andrew Dilnot, Public Attitudes and Expectations, Public Service Reform, Public Versus Private, Reform, Republic of Korea, Social Care, Social Care Funding, Social Care Reform, Social Demographics, Social Values, Spending on Local Authority Social Care, Sustainable Funding, Sweden, Taxation, United States, United States of America, Universality Versus Selectivity, USA
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Community Health Care Inspections: a New Approach (Care Quality Commission)
Summary The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) has set-out the plans for a “fresh start” in the regulation and inspection of community health care. The inspection of these services will involve teams which include: Expert CQC inspectors. Sector specialists and clinicians … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountable Integrated Care Systems (AICS), Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Care Integration, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Care Pathways, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Celebrating Good Care, Changes to CQC Regulation Inspection and Monitoring of Care Services, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Health Care Inspections, Community Health Centres, Community Health Services, Community Hospitals, Community Inpatient Services, Community Mental Health Services, Community Nursing, Community Partners, Community Rehabilitation, Community Rehabilitation Teams, Community Rehabilitation Units, Community Support Services, Community Therapist Services, Community Unit Models, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Community-Dwelling Older People with Dementia, Complex Needs, Continence Care, District Nursing Services, End-of-Life Care Delivered At Home, Evaluating Integrated and Community-Based Care, Experts by Experience (CQC), Exposing Poor Care, Five Key Questions for Community Health, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Visiting Services, Hospital at Home, Hospital At Home Services, Inspecting Community Health Services, Inspecting Large Dispersed Services, Inspection Teams, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Intelligent Monitoring, Interdisciplinary Teams, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Monitoring Community Health Services, Multidisciplinary Teams, Occupational Therapists, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care District Nursing Services, Provision of Acute Services in Community Settings, Quality Standards for Community Health Services, Raising Standards: Putting People First (CQC), Rating Systems, Ratings, Regulating Community Health Services, Role of CQC in Improving Dementia Care, Specialist Community Dental Services, Specialist Nursing Services for People With Longterm Conditions, Support for People with Complex Needs, Wound Care
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Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England (King’s Fund)
Summary The King’s Fund has launched a commission to review whether the post-war establishment of separate systems for health and social care remains fit for purpose. The NHS, and proposals for social care, are undergoing significant reform; and this context … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, Northern Ireland, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Barker Commission, Beyond Dilnot, Call for Evidence: Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, Care Funding, Changes Since UK Devolution, Commission on Funding of Care and Support, Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, Community-Based Interventions, Continuing Care, Coordinated Care, Coordination, Demographic Changes, Demographics, Devolution (UK), Dilnot Commission and Government’s Response, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Evaluating Integrated and Community-Based Care, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Funding of Continuing Care, Funding Reform, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Funding, Health Reform, Home Care, Hospital Reconfiguration, House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Kate Barker: Chair of Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, King's Fund’s Time to Think Differently Programme, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold, NHS Continuing Care, NHS Funding, NHS Reform, Nursing Homes, Partnership for Older People Projects (POPPs), Poor Coordination, Professor Andrew Dilnot, Public Service Reform, Reform, Residential Care Homes, Scotland, Social Care, Social Care Funding, Social Care Reform, Social Demographics, Spending on Local Authority Social Care, Sustainable Funding, Time to Think Differently Programme, Time to Think Differently Programme (King's Fund), Trends in Local Authority Independent and NHS Care Provision
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Reflections on the NHS: Sixty-Fifth Year Anniversary Special (Nuffield Trust / Other Selected Commentaries)
Summary The NHS turns 65 today (July 5th 2013). To mark this milestone, the Nuffield Trust has published a compilation of 65 key commentators’ views reflecting on the state of the NHS and its future. These viewpoints – sometimes surprisingly … Continue reading →