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Technological Support for People Living With Dementia / Their Carers (SCIE)

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced a collection of web pages which explore the potential of new technology to support people living with dementia, and their families / carers. Suggested applications of information technology include access … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (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, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acoustic Listening Devices, Ageing Population, Alive! Guided Reminiscence, BBC Archive, BBC Archives, BBC’s Reminiscence Archive: Open Source Content, Benefits of Remote Monitoring, British Library Sound Archive, Care and Communication, Care Homes, CareDocs, Carer Support, CareSys, Charity Technology Exchange (CTX), Classic Cinema Online, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Communication and Information, Communication Skills, Communication Tools, Communication-Friendly Communities, Control and Independence, Creativity, Creativity and Technology, Culture Change in Health and Care, Data Sharing, Digital Awareness, Digital Capability, Digital Exemplars, Digital Health, Digital Innovation, Digital Innovations in Health, Digital Service Transformation, Digital Services for Patients, Digital Skills, Digital Skills of Elderly Patients, Digital Skills Training, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Digitised Locking Systems, Efficiencies and Productivity Gains, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Efficiency Opportunities, Efficiency Savings, Future NHS Digital Landscape, Future Social Care Digital Landscape, Games Consoles, Games on Touchscreen Tablets, Get Safe Online, Group Reminiscence Arts Sessions, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Care Technology, Health Apps, Health Information Technology, Helping Persons With Dementia to Communicate, iCareHealth, Independence at Home, Independence in Older Adults, Informal Communication Networks, Information and Intelligence, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Exchange, Information Needs of Patients, Information Pathways, Information Revolution, Information Sharing, Information Technology, Information Technology Connectivity: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Integrated Digital Care: An Information Revolution, Integrated Health and Care Records, Integration of Health and Care, Intellectual Stimulation, Internet Phone Services, Internet Radio, Introducing Unfamiliar New technology: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Investment in Information Technology, Ipad Technology, IT4Communities, Keeping In-Touch: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Life Stories, Life Story, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Local Health and Care Services, Maintaining Independence, Maintaining Independence: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Media Trust, Mentally Stimulating Activity in Old Age, Mobile Technology, Mobile Technology in Care Homes: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Monitoring Patients Remotely, New Technology, New Technology: Skills, Nourish Care, Nursing Homes, Optimising Benefits of Digital Technology, Optimising Patient Outcomes Using Digital Technology, Optimising Use of Digital Technology, Patient Autonomy, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Participation, Person Centered Software, Personalised Carer Support, Radio, Recording and Maintaining a Life Story: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Regular Physical Activity, RemArc: Reminiscence Archive, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Archive (BBC), Reminiscence Arts, Reminiscence Arts in Dementia, Reminiscence Services, Remote Care Monitoring, Remote Health Monitoring, Remote Support, Sekoia Care, Self-Actualisation:, Significant Arts (Reminiscence), Significant Dates (Reminiscence), Significant Events (Reminiscence), Significant Images (Reminiscence), Significant Music (Reminiscence), Significant Others (Reminiscence), Significant Persons (Reminiscence), Significant Places (Reminiscence), Silver Surfers, Skype, Smart Home Adaptations, Smart Home Smart Speakers, Smart Homes, Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Smartphone apps, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA)’s Technology and Innovations in Care Homes, Staying Independent: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Support for Creativity and Self-Actualisation: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Supporting Patient Choice, Tablet Computers, Technology and Innovations in Care Homes: South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA), Technology for Entertainment: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Technology in Care Homes, Technology Integrated Health Management (TIHM), Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Telehealth (Remote Monitoring), TeleTracking, TIHM (Technology Integrated Health Management) for Dementia, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Technology, Transforming Participation in Health and Care, Use of New Technology to Inform Stimulate and Engage: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), User-Centered Design, Voice Controlled Smart Speakers, Voice Over IP (VOIP), YouTube | Leave a comment

Brain Training Game May Improve Symptoms of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment? (NHS Choices / International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology)

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A small research study, involving older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), indicates that cognitive training delivered in the form of a brain training game (the app called “Game Show”) may help improve memory and might potentially reduce / … Continue reading →

Posted in For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, NHS Choices, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Engagement, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES), Behind the Headlines, Brain Training, Brain Training Games, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R), Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery Paired Associates Learning (PAL), Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, CANTAB Choice Reaction Time (CRT), CANTAB Paired Associates Learning, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, Computer Games, Computerised Touch Screen Games, Critical Appraisals, Dementias and Neurodegeneration NIHR Clinical Research Network (Eastern DeNDRon), Department of Clinical Neurosciences and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit: University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry: University of Cambridge, Department of Psychological Sciences: University of East Anglia, Effects of Cognitive Training on General Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Enjoyment and General Engagement, Episodic Memory, Eton College, Game Show app, Game Show Cognitive Training app, Gamification, Gamification (Improved Engagement and Motivation), Gamified Cognitive Training, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS Short Form), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Information Technology, International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Intrinsic Motivation, Involvement and Participation, Ipad Technology, Janssen Pharmaceutical, Johnson and Johnson, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Motivational Enhancement, MRC / Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Neuropsychological Assessment, New Technology, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Paired Associates Learning, Positive Engagement, Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, Rates of Conversion From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, Wallitt Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute: University of Cambridge | Leave a comment

The Dementia Citizens Project (Knowledge Hub / Nesta)

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

Summary The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (Nesta) has launched the Dementia Citizens website. This project aims to bring together researchers and people with dementia (and their carers and families) with a view to discovering novel ways … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Active Citizens, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts in Health, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Assistive Technology Services, Assistive Technology Supporting Independence of People With Dementia, AT: Assistive Technology, Bangor University, Book of You (Nesta backed by Bangor University), Citizen Inclusion, Citizen Participation, Citizenship: Involvement and Participation, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Ctrl Group: Nesta Development Partners, Cultural Arts Interventions, Dementia and Social Citizenship, Dementia Research, Dementia Services Development Centre, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC Wales): Bangor University, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Dementia-Friendly apps, Dementia-Related apps, Digital Arts and Older People, Digital Reminiscence Therapy, Glasgow Caledonian University, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Healthy Living Apps, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Pathways for Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Information Technology, Investment in Information Technology, iOS apps, Knowledge Hub (Philippa Lynch), Life Stories, Life Story, Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Maintaining Independence, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Relationships, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Musical Interventions, Musical Therapies, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, New Technology, Participation in Research, Participatory and Citizen Involvement, Participatory Arts, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Patient Control, Patient Empowerment, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Playlist for Life (Nesta backed by Glasgow Caledonian University), Public Participation in Research, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Regaining Independence, Reminiscence, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Reminiscence Arts, Reminiscence Services, Reminiscence Therapy, Significant Dates (Reminiscence), Significant Events (Reminiscence), Significant Others (Reminiscence), Significant Persons (Reminiscence), Significant Places (Reminiscence), Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Smartphone apps, Smartphone Mobile Applications to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions, Smartphones, Technology and Social Care, Technology and the Arts, Tele-Interventions, Telehealth and Self Care, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Technology, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Community Care, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Wearable Devices, Wearable Devices for People With Dementia, Wearable Sensors, Wearable Technologies Innovation, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology) | Leave a comment

Funding Available For Digital Involvement in the Creative Arts by Older People (Nominet Trust and The Baring Foundation)

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Applications are invited from innovative / entrepreneurial UK organisations for “Digital Arts & Creative Ageing” grant funding, to support the use of digital technology and the internet in improving engagement with the creative arts by older people. Full Text … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abbeyfield, Activity in Care Homes, Ageing Artfully, Ageing Population, Ageing Well With Technology, Alive Activities, Alive Activities’ Guided Reminiscence Sessions, Approaches to Reducing Loneliness and Isolation in Later Life, Armchair Gallery Tours, Art for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts Crafts and Creative Activities, Arts in Health, Assistive Technology (AT), Baring Foundation (The), Baring Foundation’s Technically Older Report, Best Practice in Care Homes, City Arts, Cognitive Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Activity, Creative Ageing, Creative Arts, Creative Arts for Dementia, Creative Self-Expression, Creative Technology, Creative Therapy, Creativity, Creativity and Technology, Cultural Arts Interventions, Digital Approaches for Creative Ageing, Digital Arts & Creative Ageing Grant Funding, Digital Arts and Creative Technology, Digital Arts and Older People, Digital Awareness, Digital Exclusion, Digital Illiteracy, Digital Reminiscence Therapy, Digital Social Innovation, Digital Storytelling, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Drake Music Scotland, Engagement With the Creative Arts by Older People, FACT: Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Frames of Mind®: Stop-Frame Animation, Health and Wellbeing, Health and Wellbeing in Dementia Care, House of Memories: National Museums Liverpool (NML), Imagine Live Streaming, Information Technology, Intergenerational Communication, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Projects, Intergenerational Relations, Involving People Living with Dementia, iPad engAGE, Ipad Technology, Lifelong Health and Wellbeing, Local Health and Wellbeing, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mix@ges, Mobile Technology, Multi-Sensory Stimulation, Multi-Sensory Stimulation For People Living With Dementia, Multisensory Stimulation, Music Therapy, My House of Memories App, National Museums Liverpool, New Technology, Nominet Trust, Nottingham City Council, Older People Living in Care Homes, Participation in the Creative Arts by Older People, Participatory Arts, Participatory Arts With Older People, Playlist for Life, Preventing Isolation, Preventing Loneliness, Reducing Digital Illiteracy, Reducing Social Isolation, Reminiscence, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Reminiscence Arts, Reminiscence Arts in Dementia, Reminiscence Therapy, Screen-Based Participation, Sensory Stimulation, Silver Stories, Silver Stories Research Partnership, Social Isolation, Social Media, Social Networking Across Age Groupss, Spare Tyre, Stop-Frame Animation, Tackling the Digital Divide, Technology and the Arts, Technology in Care Homes, The Baring Foundation, University of Manchester, Using ICT in Activities for People With Dementia, Vicki Hearn: Director of Nominet Trust, Vocational Wellbeing For People Living With Dementia, Whitworth Art Sense app | Leave a comment

Accessible Information Standard (NHS England)

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England’s “Accessible Information Standard” has been designed to ensure people with a disability, sensory impairment or sensory loss receive information in a format they can easily read or understand. Support will also be provided to ensure such patients … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accessibility, Accessible Communications, Accessible Information About Health and Care Options and Treatment or Support (Involvement Enablers), Accessible Information Standard (NHS England), Accessible Information Standard Implementation Guidance, Accessible Information Standard Specification, Action on Hearing Loss, Advice and Support, Anu Singh: NHS England’s Director of Patient & Public Voice and Insight, Braille, British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters, Care and Communication, Care and Support Services, CHANGE, Communication and Information, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities (CIPOLD), Data Sharing, Deafblindness, Deafblindness: Dual Sensory Loss, Dual Sensory Loss (Deafblindness), Education and Awareness-Raising, Failure of Communications and Inadequate Processes, Flagging of Needs, Good Communication, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health Information Technology, Healthcare Providers, Information Sharing, Information Technology, Large Print, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities: Empowering Individuals, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, NHS England’s Accessible Information Standard, Participation, Patient Advocates, Patient and Public Participation, Patient and Public Participation and Insight, Patient Participation, Patients First and Foremost, Patients With Disabilities, Providers of NHS-Funded Services, Recognition of Sensory Impairment, Recording of Needs, RNIB, Sarah Marsay: Public Engagement Account Manager at NHS England, SCCI1605: Accessible Information Specification, Sense, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Impairments, Sensory Loss, Service Providers, Sharing Information, Sharing of Needs, Speech-to-Text-Reporter (STTR), Support for People with Complex Needs, Support for Self Management, Support for Self-Care, Tadoma, Text Relay, Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA), Web Accessibility | Leave a comment

Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard QS123 (NICE / BBC News)

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard “Home Care For Older People: Quality Standard (QS123)”, which covers recommended minimum standards for home care. It clarifies how social care providers can help … 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, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 30-Minute Recommended Minimum Home Care Visits, BBC Health News, Bridget Warr: United Kingdom Home Care Association (UKHCA), CERA, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Consistent Team of Home Care Workers, Continuity of Care and Relationships, Continuity of Care for Older People, Courtesy, David Rees: PA Consulting, Delivering Home Care for Older People, Dementia and Homecare, Deprivation of Liberty Occurring in Home Care Settings, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, Dr Mahiben Maruthappu: CERA, Empathy, Good Quality Home Care, GPS Tracking Devices, Graham Allen: Hampshire County Council, Hampshire County Council, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Care, Home Care For Older People: NICE Care Pathway, Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard No.123, Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard QS123, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Implementation, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Home Care: Dementia‑Specific Services, Home Care: NICE Guidance [NG21], Home Care: Safety and Safeguarding, Homecare, Homecare and Care Home Workers, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Age, Independent Living At Home, Independent Living With Care, Information Technology, Later Life, Length of Home Care Visits, Maintaining Independence, Mark Minchin: Associate Director of NICE Home Care Project Team, Melanie Carr: NICE Home Care Project Team, Missed Visits (Home Care), Movement Sensors, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Care Pathways, NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC), NICE Guidance NG21: Home Care, NICE Quality Standard QS123: Quality Statements, NICE Quality Standards, PA Consulting, Person-Centred Planning (Home Care), Personal Alarms, Planning For Missed or Late Home Care Visits, Planning Home Care for Older People, Quality Standards Advisory Committee, Quality Standards for Home Care, Quality Statement 1: Person-Centred Planning, Quality Statement 2: Plan For Missed or Late Visits, Quality Statement 3: Consistent Team of Home Care Workers, Quality Statement 4: Length of Home Care Visits, Quality Statement 5: Reviewing the Outcomes of the Home Care Plan, Quality Statement 6: Supervision of Home Care Workers, Reviewing Outcomes of Home Care Plans, Safeguarding: Home Care, Safety Incidents (Reduction), Safety: Home Care, Short Visits (Home Care), Staying Independent, Supervision of Home Care Workers, UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), Visits By Unintroduced Strangers (Home Care), Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Healthy Caring Guide (NHS England / PHE / Age UK / Carers Trust / Carers UK)

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England, Public Health England (PHE) and partners (Age UK, the Carers Trust and Carers UK) have released a healthy caring guide, which provides practical advice and information to carers (particularly older carers). Full Text Link Reference New guide gives … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS England, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Adult Carers in England: Quality of Life, Adult Social Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Burden on Caregivers, Care in an Ageing Society, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers Strategy, Carers Trust, Carers UK Adviceline, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Benefits, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Caring into Later Life, CCG Improvement and Assurance Framework for 2016-17, Community Care Assessments, Community-Based Services, Coping With Stress, Emily Holzhausen: Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Healthy Caring Guide, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Information Technology, Maintaining Relationships, Mental Health Needs of Carers, Mobile Technology, Needs of Carers, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Social Media, Support for Carers, Sustainable Caring, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Use of Social Media, Valuing Carers | Leave a comment

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