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Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework (Skills for Health)

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Skills for Health have produced the Frailty Core Capabilities Framework. This framework was commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, and aims to formalise the skills to provide high quality, holistic, compassionate care and support for persons with … Continue reading →

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Multi-Morbidity Re-Visited (BBC News / Academy of Medical Sciences / Health Foundation)

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Academy of Medical Sciences has produced a report on the unprecedented burden of “multi-morbidity”, i.e. the clustering of two or more physical and mental health conditions in the same patient. This is a summary of emerging evidence on … Continue reading →

Reconnecting Health and Spirituality? (JAMA)

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) article summarises evidence for the view that patients’ spiritual and religious views have been long neglected in mainstream medical literature and practice. It is suggested a greater focus on spirituality … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Brazil, Care Approaches to Spirituality and Dementia, Carer Resilience, Caring for the Whole Person, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston; Massachusetts), Dignity and Spiritual Care, End-of-Life Decision-Making, End-of-Life Support, Faith, Faith at the End of Life, Harvard Kennedy School (Cambridge; Massachusetts), Harvard Medical School, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (Boston; Massachusetts), Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health: Harvard Kennedy School, Health and Spirituality, Healthy Behaviours, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Assessments, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, Nurses’ Health Study, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Optimism, Palliative Care, Personal Resilience, Postgraduate Program in Nursing: Universidade Federal da Bahia. Bahia (Brazil), Purpose in Life, Religion, Religiosity, Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Respect for Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Journal), School of Nursing: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Integration, Social Support, Spiritual Care in Nursing, Spiritual History Taking, Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Needs of People With Dementia, Spirituality, Spirituality Ageing and Quality of Life, Spirituality and Religion in the Culture of Medicine, Treatment Decisions, United States, Universidade Federal da Bahia, USA, Wellness and Resilience, Whole Person Medicine, World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization: Principles | Leave a comment

End of Life Care for People Living With Dementia in Walsall Care Homes (Housing LIN)

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following Housing LIN case study covers end of life care services in Walsall, provided by a collaboration between Pathways 4 Life (itself a partnership between the Accord Group and Age UK Walsall) and St Giles Walsall Hospice. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, End of Life Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 6-Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT), 6CIT, Accord Group, Accord Housing, Accord Housing Group, Activity in Care Homes, Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Age UK Walsall, Black Country (West Midlands), Care Fit For VIPS, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes: Last Year of Life, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community-Based Dementia Support Workers, Cracks in the Pathway (CQC), Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Support Workers, Dementia Support Workers (DSWs), Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Designing the Dementia Journey – a Holistic Approach to the Environment for People with Dementia, Dying Matters, Dying Matters Awareness Week, Dying Matters Awareness Week (2016), End of Life Care in Care Homes, End of Life Care Plans, Gardens in Care Homes, Good Practice in Care Homes, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Holistic Quality Improvement, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN, Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, MUST Nutrition Screening, Namaste Care Intervention to Improve Quality of Dying for People with Advanced Dementia in Care Homes, Namaste Care Programme, Namaste: Honouring the Spirit, NHS Walsall CCG, NHS Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group, On the Brink: The Future of End of Life Care (Macmillan Cancer Support 2016), Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD), Pain Scales, PAINAD (Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia) Tool, Partnership and Collaboration, Pathways 4 Life, Pathways For Life: Joint Partnership Scheme Between Age UK Walsall and Accord Housing Association Ltd, Preferred Place of Death, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Six-Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT), St Giles Walsall Hospice, St. Giles Hospice, This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, VIPS Framework of Dementia Care, Walsall, Wellbeing Action Plans, West Midlands | Leave a comment

Exploring the Emerging Framework For Integrated Personal Commissioning (NHS England / LGA)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England and the Local Government Association (LGA) have published their Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC) Emerging Framework. The aim is to enable patients and their families to commission their own care through personal budgets. This framework explains the future … Continue reading →

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Concerned About Disjointed and Substandard Care For Common Dementia Comorbidities (ILC-UK / Alzheimer’s Society / Pharma Times Online / APPG on Dementia)

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Inadequate care and systemic failures in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities experienced by people with dementia is believed to result in (i) unnecessary costs for the NHS, (ii) widespread and preventable reduced quality of life among patients … Continue reading →

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Long-Term Conditions: Ethnographic Approach Explores Patients’ Support Networks, Social Relationships and Coordination in Care Planning (NHS England / Ipsos MORI / NHS IQ)

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent opinion survey, conducted by the Ipsos Ethnography Centre of Excellence (ECE) on behalf of NHS Improving Quality’s Long Term Conditions Improvement Programme, shows that older people living with multiple long-term conditions are generally happy with NHS services … 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, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Ben Page: Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI, Beverley Matthews: Long Term Conditions Programme Lead at NHS Improving Quality, Care Planning, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Coordination of Care, Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes, Dr Martin McShane: NHS England’s Director for People With Long Term Conditions, End-User Experience, Ethnographic Analysis, Ethnographic Approaches, Ethnographic Research, Ethnography in Policymaking:, Experiences, Experts by Experience, Hermeneutic Approaches, Hermeneutics, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Improving Patient Experience, Integration of Health and Care, Ipsos Ethnography Centre of Excellence (ECE), Ipsos Mori, Local Health and Care Services, Long Term Conditions Improvement Programme, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Case Management, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multidisciplinary Holistic Assessments, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Needs, Multiple-Morbidities, Negative Experiences of Care, NHS England and NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality (IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), NHS Improving Quality’s Long Term Conditions Improvement Programme, Patient and Carer Experiences, Patient Experience, Patients Support Networks, Poor Coordination, Positive Care Experiences, Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Public Perceptions of the NHS and Social Care Tracker (Ipsos MORI), Qualitative Research, Quality in Long-Term Care, Social Networks, Social Relationships | Leave a comment

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