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Tag Archives: Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN)
Evaluation of the Guinness Partnership Dementia Project (Housing LIN / Guinness Partnership)
Summary The Housing LIN conducted an independent evaluation of progress (on the part of the Guinness Partnership) towards becoming a dementia-friendly housing organisation. “ …dementia-friendly thinking is a part of our day-to-day approach”. (p.2) Full Text Link Reference Independent evaluation … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Suitable Care and Support, Aids and Adaptations, Awareness Raising, Carers Network for Staff, Catriona Simons: Chief Executive of Guinness Partnership, Customer Liaison Officer (CLO), Dementia Awareness, Dementia Day Clock, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project Guides, Dementia Flagging System, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Housing Charter, Dementia Friends, Dementia Housing Working Group, Dementia Housing Working Group (DHWG), Dementia Research Consortia (HDRC), Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Specifications, Design and Built Environment, Design for People with Dementia, Development of a Dementia Friendly Living and Best Practice Showcase, Feel Good Stay Well Club (Manchester), Growing in the City (Men’s Shed Manchester), Guinness Care, Guinness Partnership, Guinness Partnership’s Dementia Project, Guinness Partnership’s Dementia Project (Housing LIN Evaluation), Guinness’s Housing for Older People Steering Group, Hospital Passport, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium, Housing and Dementia Research Consortium (HDRC), Housing for Older People, Housing for Older People Quality Assessment, Housing for Vulnerable Older People: Social Housing, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN, Independent Living Managers, Jeremy Porteus, Paul Watson: Managing Director of Guinness Care, Signage, Take a Break Service, This is Me, This is Me: Person-Centred Care, Tom Walker: Deputy Chief Executive of Homes England, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Wendy Wells: Housing and Dementia Project Lead at Guinness
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Delayed Transfers of Care, Public Health and Sustainability in the NHS: the Home Adaptations Dimension (Care & Repair England / BBC News)
Summary The Care and Repair England Integration Briefing No.3 “Home adaptation could ease delayed transfers of care”, which has the backing of Public Health England (PHE), explains how increased funding for home adaptations has the potential to help reduce delayed … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing Population, Assistive Technology and Telecare, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund: Policy Framework, Building Research Establishment (BRE), Care & Repair England, Care & Repair England’s Catch 22 Project, Care Act 2014, Care and Repair England, Care and Repair England Integration Briefing No.1, Care and Repair England Integration Briefing No.2, Care and Repair England Integration Briefing No.3, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Centre for Ageing Better (CfAB), Cost to the NHS of Poor Housing, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Dementia-Friendly Housing, Determinants of Health, Directors of Public Health, Disabled Facilities Grant, Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), Disabled Facilities Grant Finance, Disabled Facilities Grant Funding via Better Care Funds, Disabled Facilities Grants, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, EAC FirstStop, Falls Prevention, Handyman, Health and Housing Policy, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Home Adaptations, Home Adaptations Consortium, Home Adaptations Wigan, Home Adaptations: Integration and Care Act, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Dementia, Housing for Older People, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Integration, Integration and Care Act, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration Transformation Fund (aka Better Care Fund), Length of Stay (LoS), Local Councillors, Local Examples of Integrated Provision and Funding for Home Adaptations, Lord Carter Review, Money Well Spent, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Sustainability, Patient and Service User Representatives, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, PHE: Public Health England, Post-Discharge Support, Preventative Housing Interventions, Preventing and Managing Demand, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Social Care and NHS Outcomes To Which Home Adaptations Contribute, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Secondary Prevention, Tertiary Prevention
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Green House® Model of Dementia Care Home Living (Housing LIN)
Summary The Green House® Model of personalised care originated in the USA about a decade ago. Housing & Care 21 (formerly Housing 21) translated the Green House® model, adapting it to dementia care home living to achieve an example of supporting people with dementia … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adults with Learning Difficulties, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, Association of Dementia Studies, Australia, Beeches Manor (Wokingham), Care Homes. Nursing Homes, DeHogeweyk in Weesp, Dementia Housing Developments, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Deprivation of Liberty, Dignified Independent Living With Care, Downsizing in Later Life, Eden Alternative, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Green House® Model of Dementia Care Home Living, Green House® Model of Personalised Care, Green House® Shared Facilities, Green Houses®, Housing & Care 21, Housing & Care 21 (Formerly Housing 21), Housing and Ageing, Housing and Safeguarding, Housing Associations, Housing for Older People, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing Services for Older People: Scheme Managers Dementia Training Programme, Housing Services for People With Dementia, Housing With Care, Housing With Care Research, HWC: Housing With Care, Independent Living With Care, Nursing Homes, Quattro Design Architects, Residential Care Facilities, Retirement Communities, School of Health and Human Sciences: Southern Cross University, Sitra, Southern Cross University (Australia), Specialist Housing Services for People with Dementia, University of Worcester, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Wellspring (the Wellspring Innovative Solutions Inc.), Wellspring and Green House Models, West Midlands, Wokingham, Wokingham Borough Council
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Housing LIN’s Healthwatch Resource Mapping and Health & Housing Dashboard (Housing LIN)
Summary The Housing Learning and Improvement Network, with assistance from the Papworth Trust, have updated their Healthwatch webpages. They have also produced a section providing easy access to the latest in health intelligence (further details below). Topic area headings currently … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care Outcomes (HSCIC), Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Care Pathways for Older People, Community Information Data Set, Creative Use of NHS Land (Housing), Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Discharge Planning, Framework for Personalised Care and Population Health, Going Home Project, Health and Housing, Health and Housing Partnerships, Health and Housing Policy, Health and Social Care, Health Dashboard (Housing LIN), Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Survey for England (HSE), Healthwatch (Housing LIN), Helping Older People Live Independently, Hospital Discharge, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Dementia, Housing and Long-Term Conditions, Housing and Public Health, Housing for Older People, Housing Hospital and Care Pathways, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing LIN’s Health Dashboard, Housing Policy, Housing Providers, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Jeremy Porteus, Local Authority Data, Local Health and Care Economies, Local Health and Care Services, Local Health and Wellbeing, Local Health Economy, Local Health Profiles, Local Health Services: Variations, Local Health Statistics, Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), NHS Estates, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Papworth Trust, Personalised Care, Personalised Care and Population Health, Plymouth Hospital to Housing Support Service, Population Health, Prevention, Prevention Reablement and Housing, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England's Health Profiles, Public Health Profiles, Public Health Profiles (2014), Reablement, Redesigning Local Healthcare Systems, Reducing Health Inequalities, Retirement Housing, Tackling Health Inequality Through Housing, Unhealthy State of Homelessness, Workforce Issues
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Dementia: Skilling the Housing Workforce (Housing LIN)
Summary To mark Dementia Awareness Week, the Housing Learning and Improvement Network have published a new “Making a start” report (and Resource Pack) designed to provide information and assistance for housing providers. These resources aim to equip the housing workforce with … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abbeyfield Dementia Training, Abbeyfield Society, Age UK Training, Aids and Adaptations, Art of Living, Awareness Raising, Axiom Housing Association, B3Living, Care Fit For VIPS, Centre for Housing and Support, Chartered Institute of Housing, Cultural Competence, DAA Dementia Declaration, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia and Housing Working Group, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Centres and Specialist Dementia Trainers, Dementia Friendly Environments in Sheltered Housing, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Skills Gap, Dementia Support Pilot Services, Dementia Training Sources, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments, EARLI Tool, Education and Awareness, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Generic Mental Health Skills, Gentoo, Gentoo’s Vision, Guinness Partnership, Hanover, Health and Housing, Heantun Housing Association, Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Extra Care, Housing Associations, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing Managers, Housing Organisations, Hull Dementia Academy, Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT), Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Liverpool House of Memories, Loneliness and Isolation, Longhurst Group, Meaningful Activity, Memory Roadshows, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Midland Heart, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, Orbit Charitable Trust (OCT), Orbit Group, Orbit Heart of England (OHE), Positive Risk Taking, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Riverside, Riverside Home Improvement Agency (HIA), Riverside Housing Association, Safeguarding, Sheltered and Supported Housing, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Skills, Staff Awareness, Staff Functions in General Needs Housing, Staff Skills, Staffordshire Housing Association, Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (SCCG), Taunton Deane Borough Council, Tom Kitwood, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 1 – Basic Awareness Raising, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 2 – Foundation Level, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 3 – Extra Topic-Based Sessions, VIP Framework, Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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