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Tag Archives: Information About Care and Support Options
Residential Care: Exploring the Options, the Costs and the Alternatives (BBC News / Good Care Group)
Summary Following a recent review of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections, which revealed that perhaps one in four care homes may to be failing in terms of safety and the adequacy of care provided, a BBC News item provides a … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Adult Social Care Services, Advice for Family and Friends, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Australia, BBC Health News, BBC's State of Care Theme, BBC’s Care Calculator, Care Home Inspections, Care Homes, Care in People's Own Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Extra Care Apartments, Extra Care Housing, Extra-Care Sheltered Housing, Geographical Variations, Good Care Group, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, High-Intensity Care in Own Home, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Home Care Support, Home Share and Befriending, Home-Share Arrangements, Housing and Extra Care, Information About Care and Support Options, Integration of Health and Social Care, Live-in Carer Recruitment: General Guidance, Live-in Carer Recruitment: Sought Skills in Potential Employees, Live-in Carers, Maintaining Independence, New Zealand, Nursing and Residential Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Nutrition and Hydration, Patient Safety, Residential Homes, Retirement Villages, Safe and Compassionate Care, Self-Funders, Seven Advantages of Live-in Care, Seven Advantages of Live-in Care (Good Care Group Infographic), Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Model, Shared Lives Plus: UK, Sheltered Housing, Sheltered Housing Schemes, South Africa, State of Care Theme (BBC News), The Case Against Live-In Care: Disadvantages, The Case for Live-In Care: Advantages, Variations in Quality of Care
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BBC’s State of Care Theme (BBC News)
Summary Following recent news items on the problems of sustainability for social care provision, and the related impact this funding crisis has on older people, the BBC has launched an online calculator indicating how much local care services might typically … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Advice for Family and Friends, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, BBC Cost of Care Project, BBC Health News, BBC's State of Care Theme, BBC’s Care Calculator, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Befriending, Befriending Schemes, Befriending Services, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Plans, Care Cap Calculator, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Tax (So-Called Dementia Tax), Costs and Cost Pressures, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Dementia Tax, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Eligibility and Means Test After 2016, Financial Performance, FOI: Freedom of information, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Freedom of Information, Geographical Variations, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Health Inequalities, Home Adaptations, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Home Care Shortfall, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Share and Befriending, Home-Share Arrangements, Housing Adaptations, Independence, Inequity, Information About Care and Support Options, Integration of Health and Social Care, Maintaining Independence, Means Test, Moving in With a Carer (Shared-Lives), Nursing Care, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, People Paying to Top Up Their Care, Reliance on Family and Friends, Residential Care, Retirement Villages, Self-Funders, Self-Funders Cross-Subsidising Everyone Else, Self-Funders Cross-Subsidising Non-Savers, Self-Funders Subsidising the Social Care System, Self-Funding, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Model, Shared Lives Plus: UK, Sheltered Housing, State of Care Theme (BBC News), Unacceptable Variations, Unpaid Care Provision, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unwarranted Variations, Upward Spending Pressures, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People
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Home Care Services Guideline (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline concerning high-quality home care services for older people (i.e. home care, sometimes known as domiciliary care). It puts the focus on supporting the aspirations, goals … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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BBC’s Cost of Care Project (BBC News)
Summary The BBC has launched an online calculator, and guide, explaining how the care system for people aged over-65 works in England. It illustrates how much services might actually cost. Full Text Link Reference Holt, A. [and] Triggle, N. (2015). … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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