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Review of Factors Influencing Carers’ Quality of Life (Alzheimer’s and Dementia)
Summary A review of literature on the factors likely to influence the quality of life for family carers of people with dementia discovered ten broad themes: Demographics. Carer-Patient Relationship(s). Dementia Characteristics. Demands of Caring. Carer Health. Carer Emotional Well-Being. Support … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Practical Support With Caring, Adult Carers in England: Quality of Life, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Asia, Australia, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Building Carer Friendly Communities, Burden on Caregivers, Care and Support Services: Choice and Control, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Support, Caregiver’s Level of Coping, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Anxiety, Carer Assessment, Carer Awareness, Carer Demographics, Carer Depression, Carer Emotional Well-Being, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Friendly Employers, Carer Friendly NHS, Carer Friendly Policies, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Friendly Workplaces, Carer Health, Carer Independence, Carer Isolation, Carer Quality of Life, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Emotional Well-Being, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Health, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Independence, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Self-Efficacy, Carer Quality of Life: Carer-Patient Relationship(s), Carer Quality of Life: Demands of Caring, Carer Quality of Life: Dementia Characteristics, Carer Quality of Life: Demographics, Carer Quality of Life: Future Orientation, Carer Quality of Life: Support Received, Carer Self-Efficacy, Carer Stress, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer-Patient Relationship(s), Carer’s Perspective, Carers, Carers and Families, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Breaks, Carers’ Experiences of Carer’s Assessments, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Caring and Family Finances Inquiry, Centre for Dementia Studies: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Combining Work and Care, Commissioning for Carers Principles, Costs of Caring, Demands of Caring, Dementia Care: Unpaid Care Contribution, Dementia Characteristics, Demographics, Department of Social Policy: London School of Economics, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, European Countries, Experiences, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Financial Issues, Future Orientation, Health Sciences: University of Southampton, Impact of Caring on Ability to Work, Impact of Caring on Carers, Impact of Caring on Carers’ Health, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Information and Advice, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Juggling Work and Care, Kings College London, Lived Experience Advisory Panel: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, London School of Economics Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience: King's College London, Maintaining Relationship, Needs of Carers, North America, Older Carers, Older Carers Awareness, Personal Finances, Poverty, Principles Behind Commissioning for Carers, Professor Sube Banerjee, Quality of Life of Carers, Quality of Life Research, School of Psychology: University of Kent, South America, Spousal Caregivers (SCs), Spouses of Dementia Sufferers, Sube Banerjee: Centre for Dementia Studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Support for Carers, Support for Carers (Hospital Discharge), Support Received, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sustainable Caring, Systematic Review, Typology of Spouse Caregivers, University College London, University of Kent, University of Southampton, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Value of Unpaid Care, Valuing Carers, Views of Informal Carers, Worry About the Future, Zarit Carer Burden Inventory
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UK “Health at a Glance 2017” Using OECD Indicators (BBC News / OECD)
Summary The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Health at a Glance provides “the latest comparable data and trends on the performance of health systems in OECD countries”. Britain appears to be the “most obese nation” in Western Europe, … Continue reading
Posted in Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Care, Access to Services, Access to Treatment, Alcohol Consumption, Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Delayed Discharges, Epidemiology, European Community Health Indicators (ECHI), European Health, European Union (EU), Finance, Financial Context, Financial Issues, Financing of Health Care, Health Expenditure, Health: Financing, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, International Comparisons, International Health Care Comparisons, International Perspectives, Life Expectancy, Men vs. Women (Diseease Prevalence), Mortality, NHS Workforce, Obesity, OECD, OECD Health Policy Studies, OECD Indicators, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Overweight, Public Health, Smoking, Social Epidemiology
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Seventy Thousand Extra Care Home Places Required in England by 2025? (BBC News / Lancet)
Summary Researchers at Newcastle University have confirmed the general view that people are living longer, but that the later years of life often require high levels care (whether in people’s own homes or in residential care). They estimate that there … Continue reading
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Funding (England), Adult Social Care in England, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours, BBC Radio Four, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Causes and Prevention of Frailty, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Collaboration, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies Collaboration, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Demographic Change, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Time-Bomb, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, Dependency Levels, Disability and Home Care in England’s Older Population, Domiciliary Care, Economic Sustainability, Epidemiology and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine: Newcastle University, Financial Constraints, Financial Eligibility, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Frail Older People, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Further Care Home Places Required in England by 2025 (Projection), Further Social Care Requirements in England by 2025 (Projection), Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Hull-York Medical School: University of Hull, Improving Long-Term Care and Support, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Lancet, Late-Life Dependency, London School of Economics and Political Science, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Medical Research Council's Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, MRC Biostatistics Unit: University of Cambridge, MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS), Newcastle University, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, People Living With Frailty, Personal Social Services Research Unit: London School of Economics and Political Science, Prevention, Quality and Sustainability, Social Care, Social Care Expenditure, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Gap, Social Care Funding Shortfalls, Social Demographics, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Transforming Care for Frail Older People, UK Demographics, University of Cambridge, University of Hull, What’s Wrong With Social Care in England, You and Yours (BBC Radio 4)
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More Spent on the NHS Than Previously Thought (BMJ / BBC News)
Summary Previous estimates concerning the proportion of UK GDP spent on the NHS were probably on the low side: Full Text Link (Note: This article requires a suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or payment for access). Reference Appleby, J. … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, International, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability and Integration, Achieving Better Value, BBC Health News, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Closing the Finance and Efficiency Gap, Closing the Funding and Efficiency Gap, Commissioning for Value, Duty of Best Value, Economic Sustainability, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Efficiency Savings, Evidence Versus Mythology, Finance, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Performance, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Financing of Health Care, Finland, France, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Funding of Care and Support, Funding Reform, Germany, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care: Delivering a Secure Funding Future, Health Care Spending as a Percentage of GDP, Health Spending in EU (15 Countries), Italy, Myth-Busting, Mythology of the Times, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Spain, Sustainability, Sweden, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures
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Conservative Manifesto on Social Care: Wiggle Room Re-Discovered to Avoid Toxic Dementia Tax (BBC News)
Summary Call it a re-balancing of emphasis, or call it a U-turn, there has been a welcome decision to consider setting an absolute maximum limit on the amount that individuals may have to contribute to their social care needs. The … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BBC News Election 2017 Reality Check, BBC News Reality Check, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Funding, Care Home Costs, Care Home Fees, Care Tax (So-Called Dementia Tax), Caring and Family Finances, Catastrophic Care Costs, Conservative Government 2017 U-Turn Over Cap on Social Care Costs, Conservative Manifesto (2017), Conservative Manifesto (2017): Forward Together – Our Plan for a Stronger Britain and a Prosperous Future, Conservative Party’s 2017 Election Manifesto, Cost of Social Care for Older People, Dementia Tax, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Issues, Financial Planning, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Health and Social Care Services, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Means Test, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Patient Safety Bill, Queen's Speech 2017, Self-Funders Subsidising the Social Care System, Self-Funding, Sir Andrew Dilnot, Social Care Crisis, State Funded Social Care, Stealth Death Tax: Chargable Against Families' Property Assets, Stealth Taxes, Sustainability, Theresa May Social Care U-Turn (2017), Tory Social Care Plans (2017)
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