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Tag Archives: Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA)
Advance Care Planning for People With Dementia (NHS England)
Summary NHS England’s Dementia Team and End of Life Care Team have released a guide about advance care planning for people with dementia in all care settings. An aim featured in the Dementia Challenge 2020 was the requirement for all … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, 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, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged ACP and Capacity, ACP Conversation, Adults Lacking Capacity, Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Care Planning for People With Dementia, Advance Decision, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment, Advance Statement, Advance Statements and Decisions, Ageing and Dementia, Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care, Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care (2015), Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care Framework, Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: National framework for Local Action 2015-2020 (Ambitions Framework), Barriers: Ineffective Advance Care Planning, Best Interest Decisions, Best Practice for ACP: Examples, Capacity and Advance Decisions, Capacity and Capability, Carer Support, Conversation Project (Institute for Healthcare Improvement), Decision-Making Capacity, Department of Health Dementia Challenge (2020), Difficult Conversations (Dying Matters), Difficult Conversations for Dementia (NCPC), Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Dying Well: Dementia, Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS), Embedding ACP Into Commissioning Strategy, Empowerment, Empowerment and Dementia, Empowerment and Support, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Discussions, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, End of Life Care Plans, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Ineffective Advance Care Planning, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Key ACP Steps / Actions, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA), Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Welfare, Louise Langham: Tide - Together in Dementia Everyday, Maria Nicolson: Expert by Experience, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, My Future Wishes: Advance Care Planning (ACP) for People With Dementia, NHS England Dementia Team, NHS England’s End of Life Care Team, Older People's Mental Health and Dementia Team (NHS England), Patient Empowerment, Post-Diagnostic Support, Post-Diagnostic Support for People with Dementia, Preferred Place of Death, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT), Referral to Support Organisations, Respect, Respect for Autonomy, Respect for Identity, Respect For Patients, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Shared Decision-Making, Starting the Conversation (Compassion in Dying), Summary Care Records, Summary Care Records (SCRs), Summary Care Records: Extended to Cover Dementia and Learning Disabilities, Thinking Ahead - Advance Care Planning, Time to Talk (Dying Matters), Tina Wormley: Expert by Experience, Together in Dementia (tide - Trade Marked Acronym), Treatment Escalation Plans
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Dementia Revealed: Dementia Guide / Toolkit for GPs (NHS England / Department of Health / RCGP)
Summary NHS England has a commitment to improve dementia diagnosis rates. NHS England has published a guide to help GPs perform better on the timely diagnosis of dementia and to offer advice on post-diagnostic support for the person with the … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 4AT Score, 4AT Screening Instrument for Rapid Initial Assessment of Delirium and Cognitive Impairment, Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS), ACE III: Modified Addenbrooke’s Test, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Acute Change or Fluctuating Course, Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE), Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Advance Directives, Agitation, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, AMT4 (Abbreviated Mental Test - 4), Anticholinergic Drugs, Anticholinergics, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Antipsychotics: Neuroleptic Sensitivity, AT4 (Delirium Scale), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Benefits Advice, Benzodiazepines, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care Homes, Caregiver Assessments, Carers' Assessments, Clomethiazole, Coding of Dementia, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Dementia and Alcohol, Dementia and Driving Guidance, Dementia Coding, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Prevalence Calculator, Dementia Revealed: Dementia Guide for GPs, Dementia Toolkit for GP Commissioners, Dementia Toolkit for GPs, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis at Primary Care Level, Dr Elizabeth Barrett: Shires Health Care (Hardwick CCG), Driving, Driving and Dementia, Early Diagnosis, Fluctuation Assessment Scales, Fluctuations, General Practice, General Practice in England, General Practices, General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), Geriatric Depression Scale, GPCog (The General Practitioner assessment of Cognition), GPs' Dementia Toolkit, IMCAs and Safeguarding, Improving Coding, Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Improving General Practice, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA), Lorazepam, Low Dose Antipsychotics, Managing Agitation, Memantine, Memory Clinics, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mirtazapine, Montreal Cognition Assessment (MOCA), NHS Continuing Care, NHS Hardwick CCG, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Primary Care, Professor Alistair Burns, Quetiapine, RCGP, Risperidone, Rivastigmine, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Sertraline, Shires Health Care, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England (2014-), Social Services, Support for Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Temazepam, Timely Diagnosis, Trazodone, Voluntary Organisations, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Zopiclone
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Dying Well at Home: Integrated Working (SCIE)
Summary This Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) guide is about enabling people to die at home when they wish, and improving the quality of their care. Sections of the guide, online, comprise: Recommendations. Choosing to die at home. Dying … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, National, NEoLCIN, NEoLCP, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 24/7 Expert Support Services for Dying at Home, Accessing Equipment and Services, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Advance Directive, Advance Statement, AMBER Care Bundle, Anticipatory Decision-Making, Assessment of Pain for People Dying With / From Dementia, Autonomy and Choice, Bedfordshire Partnership for Excellence in Palliative Support (PEPS), Bungalow Beds: Sandwell, Care Integration, Caregiver Support, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carers, Central Lancashire Cancer Partnership Group, Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, CMC: Coordinate My Care, Community Intravenous Therapy Team, Comprehensive 24/7 Expert Support Services for the Dying, Coordinate My Care, Deaths in Usual Place of Residence (DiUPR), Decision Making, Decision-Making at End of Life, Decision-Making Capacity, Dementia UK, DiUPR: Deaths in Usual Place of Residence, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Domiciliary Care, Dying at Home, Dying Doesn’t Work 9 to 5 Campaign, Dying Well at Home: Integrated Working, Easing Decision-Making, End of Life Care, EPaCCS, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Scheme, Family Carers, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Housing, Housing Adaptations, Housing for Older People, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing21, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Housing Care and Support, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA), Leicestershire & Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering (LOMOS), Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Living Will, Macmillan Cancer Support, Macmillan Nurses, Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Service, Majlish Homecare Services, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Mental Capacity Act, Message in a Bottle, Message in a Bottle: East Midlands, Midhurst Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Service, National Council for Palliative Care, National End of Life Care Programme, National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP), National Gold Standards Framework Centre in End of Life Care, NEoLCN Resource, NHS National End Of Life Care Programme, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Partnership for Excellence in Palliative Support (PEPS), Pathways: GSF LCP and PPC, Place of Death, Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC), Sandwell, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Skills for Care, Skills for Health, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), St. Catherine‟s Hospice: Carers' Befriending Service, Sue Ryder, Sue Ryder Care Centre, Sussex Community NHS Trust, Treatment at End of Life, Uniting Carers, University of Leicester, Unpaid Carers, Wirral Metropolitan College
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Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support in Scotland (Lewy Body Society / Alzheimer Scotland)
Summary From late March 2013 onwards, a national commitment to support people diagnosed with dementia in Scotland will involve a named support worker tailoring care plans to help people with dementia and their families. The intention is to supply help and advice to assist families to … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advocacy and Advice Services, Agreed Care Plans, Alzheimer Scotland, Care Plan, Care Planning, Dementia Cafes, Financial and Legal Affairs, Five Pillar Model of Post-Diagnostic Support, Five Pillars of Post-Diagnostic Support, Information and Advice, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA), Legal Affairs, Legal Issues, Lewy Body Society, Memory Clinics, National Dementia Strategy for Scotland, Peer Support, Peer Support Services, Personalised Care Planning, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support in Scotland, Scottish National Dementia Strategy
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End of Life Care in Extra Care Housing (NEoLCP)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary The “End of life care in extra care housing: a learning resource pack” offers practical information … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, National, NEoLCP, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Advance Directive, Advance Statement, Anticipatory Decision-Making, Assessment of Pain for People Dying With / From Dementia, Autonomy and Choice, Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Deaths in Usual Place of Residence (DiUPR), Decision Making, Decision-Making at End of Life, Decision-Making Capacity, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Dying at Home, Easing Decision-Making, End of Life Care, Extra Care Housing, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing21, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA), Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Living Will, Mental Capacity Act, National Council for Palliative Care, National End of Life Care Programme, National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP), NEoLCN Resource, NHS National End Of Life Care Programme, Place of Death, Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC), Spirituality
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