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Tag Archives: Family Involvement
Signs of Dementia Often First Detected at Christmas? (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older Peoples’ Mental Health, has written briefly about the role of family and friends in identifying early signs of dementia when meeting older people / relatives over Christmas. … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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European Study of Unpaid Dementia Carer Burden (JAMDA)
Summary The following article covers a study of people with dementia and their informal carers supported by community services (whether living at home or receiving day care or respite care) across eight European countries. The investigation explored any association(s) between … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community 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, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease, Burden of Dementia, Burden on Caregivers, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care in an Ageing Society, Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Distress, Caregiver Styles and Caregiver Burden, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Burden, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Isolation, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers, Carers and Families, Carers for People with Dementia, Case Managers (Carers), Challenges in Communication, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Commissioning Carer Support Services, Estonia, Experiences of Health Care Services, Experiences of Social Care Services, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Family Involvement, Family-Based Care, Finland, France, Germany, Hallucinations in People with Dementia, Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers, Helping Disoriented People, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Carer Health and Wellbeing, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Carers, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), Netherlands, On the Margins of Admission to Long-Term Care, Personalised Carer Support, RightTimePlaceCare - Seventh Framework European Project, RightTimePlaceCare Consortium, RightTimePlaceCare Study, Seventh Framework European Project: RightTimePlaceCare, Spain, Stress Reduction, Stress Reduction for Unpaid Family Carers, Strugglers (Carers), Support for Carers, Supporting Persons With Dementia, Sustainable Caring, Sweden, Tailored Caregiver Assistance, United Kingdom, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers
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Concerning the Handling of Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Patients: An Isolated Institution or Indications of a Broader Culture? (BBC News / Mazars / NHS England)
Summary If experience at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is anything to go by, there is plenty of scope for progress. According to a report by Mazars, and commissioned by NHS England, examining deaths at this trust in particular, the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, BBC South, BBC’s Panorama, Buckinghamshire, Care and Treatment Reviews, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Connor Sparrowhawk, Critical Incidents, Criticised Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Deaths of Young People in Mental Health Units, Deborah Coles: Director of Inquest, Discrimination, Dorset, Family Involvement, FOI: Freedom of information, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Freedom of Information, Hampshire, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Honesty and Transparency, Katrina Percy: Chief Executive of Southern Health NHSFT, Katrina Percy: Former Chief Executive of Southern Health NHSFT, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities: Data and Information, Learning Disabilities: Empowering Individuals, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability (LD) Transforming Care Programme, Liberal Democrats, Mazars, Mental Health In-Patient Deaths Under-Reported, Mike Petter: Former Chairman of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Norman Lamb: Underfunding of Mental Healthcare is a Form of Discrimination, Openness and Transparency, Oxfordshire, Panorama (BBC TV), Parity of Esteem, People With Learning Disabilities, Prejudice, Premature Mortality, Private Psychiatric Units (Not Subject to FoI Requests), Project Choice, Protecting Vulnerable People, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Serious Incidents Requiring Investigation (SIRIs), SIRI: Serious Incident Requiring Investigation, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Tim Smart: Replacement Chairman of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Transforming Care (Winterbourne View) Improvement Programme, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities Programme, Transparency, Transparency and Public Trust, Under-Reporting of Mental Health In-Patient Mortality, Unexpected Deaths in Hospital, University of Bristol, Vulnerable Groups, Vulnerable Older People, Wiltshire, Winterbourne View: Transforming Care, Young Psychiatric Patients in Private Psychiatric Units (Not Subject to FoI Requests)
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