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Suppose I Lose It: An Update by Joan Bakewell (BBC Radio 4)

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Joan Bakewell, today on BBC Radio 4, explored the subject of dementia, how dementia affects people and their families, the importance of early diagnosis, various aspects of person-centered care, the services available post-diagnosis, and the importance of dementia-friendly communities. … Continue reading →

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Patient Choice: The NHS Choice Framework (Department of Health)

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Choice Framework clarifies patients’ rights about their choices / options regarding their healthcare, including how / where to find information to help them choose, and how to complain when choices are not available. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advice and Information, Autonomy and Choice, Choice, Choice Framework, Choice in Health and Social Care, Choice of Changing Hospital, Choice of Doctors, Choice of Hospital, Choice of Personal Health Budgets, Choice of Services in Other Parts of Europe, Choice of Services in the Community, Choice of Taking Part in Health Research, Choice of Where To Go For Health Tests, Choosing a GP and GP Practice, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Ability to Change Hospital When Maximum Waiting Times Targets Exceeded, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Access to Treatment in Other European Economic Area Countries, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Accessing Services Provided in the Community, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Choice of GP and GP Practice, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Choice of Maternity Services, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Choice of Personal Health Budget, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Choice Over Hospital For First Appointment as an Outpatient, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Choices Concerning Specialist Tests, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Obtaining a Reasonable Adjustment, Department of Health’s NHS Patient Choice Framework: Obtaining More Information to Assist Choices, Direct Payments, First Outpatient Appointments, Information About Services, Information and Advice Services, Informed Choice, Involvement and Participation, MyNHS, NHS Choice Framework, NHS Choice Framework: Choices Available to Patients in the NHS, NHS Choice Framework: Department of Health, NHS Constitution, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Participation in Research, Participation in Research Studies, Patient Choice, Patient Choice Framework, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personalisation and Choice of Care and Support, Travel to Another European Country for Treatment | Leave a comment

Living With Dementia: Practical, Legal and Financial Considerations (Laker Legal Solicitors / Wright Hassall LLP)

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Coinciding with Dementia Awareness Week (May 17th – 23rd 2015), Laker Legal have commissioned an infographic explaining the practical, financial and legal considerations for people who have recently received a dementia diagnosis (and for the consideration of their loved … Continue reading →

Posted in For Carers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK | Tagged Adult Social Care Eligibility Threshold, Adult Social Care Funding, Advice and Information, Assessments and Eligibility, Care Funding, Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide (CRAG), Continuing Care, Court of Protection, Deprivation of Capital, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, Enduring Power of Attorney, Financial Eligibility, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Gifts, Guest Post: Laker Legal Solicitors (Living With Dementia - Practical Legal and Financial Considerations), Independence at Home, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Information and Signposting Services, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Laker Legal Solicitors, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Power of Attorney: Health and Welfare, Lasting Power of Attorney: Property and Affairs, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Legal Affairs, Legal Guide to Dealing With Dementia (Wright Hassall LLP), Legal Issues, Legal Services, Living Will, Living with Dementia, Living With Dementia: Financial Considerations, Living With Dementia: Legal Considerations, Living With Dementia: Practical Considerations, Maintaining Independence, Office of the Public Guardian, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, Personal Finances, Powers of Attorney, Services Maximising Independence, Wills and Tax Planning, Wright Hassall LLP | Leave a comment

Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool (Health Innovation Network)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health Innovation Network has produced a dementia peer support resource tool, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK and Innovations in Dementia. This tool is designed to assist with establishing and running peer support networks for people … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Advice and Information, AGE UK Checklist for Dementia Friendly Environments, Alzheimer’s Society’s Talking Point Forum, Arts 4 Dementia: Reawakening the Mind, Authoring Dementia-Friendly Information (Style Guides), Big Lottery Fund, Big Lottery Funding, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, Carers Trust, Circles of Support for People with Dementia, City Bridge Trust, Cognitive Stimulation, Commissioning Dementia Support Services, Community and Voluntary Sector, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Websites for People With Dementia, DEEP Guide to Writing Dementia-Friendly Information, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adventure, Dementia Adventure CIC, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Cafes, Dementia Connect: Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Services Directory, Dementia Empowerment and Engagement Project, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP), Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Navigators, Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool: Health Innovation Network, Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling), Dementia Services Directory: Dementia Connect (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Words Matter: Guideline, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Information (Style Guides), Dementia-Friendly Writing, Dire Straits (Not the Rock Band) Support Group, Discussion Forums, DSDC: Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre, Dulwich Helpline, Dulwich Helpline Group, eLearning: The Open Dementia Programme (SCIE), Funding Central, Funding For All, GRANTNet, Guys Hospital, Health Innovation Network, Health Innovation Network South London, Healthy Living Club, Healthy Living Club (HLC), Hope & Doodle Group, How2Fundraise, iD: Innovations in Dementia, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independent Living, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Innovations in Dementia, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Jasmine Cafe, Jasmine Club, Jasmine Club (BAME Group), Lambeth and Southwark Older People’s Information Directory, Lewy Body Society, London Community Foundation, London Dementia Commissioners Network, London Social Care Partnership (Formerly the Joint Improvement Partnership), Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, LSCP: London Social Care Partnership, Maintaining Independence, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Navigators: Coordinators of Care, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Peer Support, Peer Support - Making it Happen, Peer Support – Principles in Practice, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Peer Support Network Model: Evaluation, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Networks: Evaluation, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, Peer Support: Fundraising, Peer Support: Venues and Environments, PQASSO: Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations, Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations (PQASSO), Preventing Loneliness, Regaining Independence, SCIE Open Dementia Programme, SCIE Resource on Dementia-Friendly Environments, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Help Groups, Self-Help Groups for People With Dementia, Services and Support for BAME Communities, Signposting, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Silver Line, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Networking, Social Networks, South London, Staying Independent, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), Talking Point, The Funding Network, UK Community Foundations, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE), Web-Based Discussion Forums, Young Persons Dementia Group South London, Younger People with Dementia Support Group | Leave a comment

Dementia Roadmap for GPs and Patients (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has developed an online dementia resource for GPs, which links to information on patient’s emerging needs as dementia develops, from diagnosis onwards. This “Dementia Roadmap” tool also signposts patients to suitable local resources, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Admissions to Residential Care, Advice and Information, Care and Support Planning, Care Homes, Care in Local Communities, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Roadmap Project, Dementia Roadmap Web-Based Tool, Devon, Diagnosis of Dementia, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, GPs, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Living Well with Dementia, Local Agencies, Local Assets, Local Care Providers, Local Care Services, Local Roadmaps, Memory Clinics, Memory Loss, Memory Problems, Non-Residential Social Services, North Somerset, Nursing and Residential Homes, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Post-Discharge Support, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, RCGP, Referral, Referral and Assessment, Referral to Treatment, Referrals Assessments and Packages of Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Facilities, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, South Gloucester | Leave a comment

NHS Choice Framework (Department of Health)

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Choice Framework explains patients’ rights to choice about their health care, how to access information to help making choices, and how to complain if not offered any choice. The Choice Framework is to be updated annually. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 2014/15 Choice Framework, Advice and Information, Autonomy and Choice, Choice, Choice Framework, Choosing a GP and GP Practice, Direct Payments, Information About Services, Information and Advice Services, Informed Choice, Involvement and Participation, NHS Choice Framework, NHS Constitution, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Participation in Research, Patient Choice, Patient Choice Framework, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personalisation and Choice of Care and Support, Third Party Budgets, Travel to Another European Country for Treatment | Leave a comment

Post Diagnostic Support (NHS England)

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, has written about the importance of support for people after diagnosis. “The need to support people with dementia, their families and carers is the next step following a diagnosis”. Full … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advice and Information, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Coping with Caregiving: Professor Gill Livingstone, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Advisors, Developing Peer Support for Long Term Conditions: Lothian and Lanarkshire, Five Pillars of Post-Diagnostic Support, Guideposts Trust, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Information for Carers, Information for Patients, Information Needs of Carers, Information Prescription, Peer Support, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Roles, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, Post-Diagnostic Support, Professor Alistair Burns, STrAtegies for RelaTives | Leave a comment

Three Patient Information Leaflets from Parkinson’s UK (Parkinson’s UK)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Three further briefings, tailored specifically to the information needs of patients, families and carers, have been produced by the charity Parkinson’s UK. Mild Memory Problems This briefing offers insights into the symptoms of mild cognitive impairment and offers practical … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advice and Information, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Education, Information and Support for Carers, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Lewy Bodies, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Society, Memory Problems, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mild Memory Problems, Parkinson’s Dementia, Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Patient Information, Patient Information Factsheet | Leave a comment

PayingForCare: National Not-for-Profit Information and Advice Service (www.payingforcare.org)

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary PayingForCare is a national information and advice service helping older people (their families, friends and carers) to make informed choices when faced with having to pay the costs of care. This service is impartial, not-for-profit and free to use. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Care Cap Calculator, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Funding, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Information for Carers, Information for Patients, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Means Test, Money Advice Service, PayingForCare (www.payingforcare.org), Residential Care Calculator, Social Care Funding, Telephone Advice Services | Leave a comment

Government Policy: Improving Care for People with Dementia (Department of Health)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary From late March 2013 the Department of Health’s website is being archived and will no longer be updated. It should still be possible to access old content on their previous site using the existing links supplied throughout this information … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Department of Health, Diagnosis, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Assessment, Assessment and Diagnosis, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Call to Action on Antipsychotic Drugs (Dementia Action Alliance), Care Homes, Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Dementia Action Alliance), Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Awareness Campaign, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Toolkit for GP Commissioners, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Pledge, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Diagnosis Rates, GPs' Dementia Toolkit, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information for Carers, Information for Patients, Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia, National Dementia Declaration, National Dementia Strategy, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Health Check Programme, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Raising Awareness, Staff Pledges | Leave a comment

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