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Cognitive Health In Older Adults: Changing Unhealthy Lifestyles and Reducing Risk Factors (PHE)

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Public Health England (PHE) and the Cambridge Institute of Public Health have produced a summary of reviews which offer evidence to support the commissioning of interventions concerning a range of modifiable lifestyle risk factors / unhealthy behaviours in older … Continue reading →

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Supporting Meaningful Activity in the Community: Brief Example (Frame of Mind CIC)

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Frame of Mind is a Community Interest Company providing picture framing and printing services to businesses and residents in the Bognor Regis area. One of their roles involves offering vocational training and wellbeing opportunities for local adults with mental … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK | Tagged Bognor Regis, Cecilia Yardley (Lewy Body Society and Parkinson’s UK), Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Engagement, Elderly Mental Health, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Frame of Mind (CIC), Frame Of Mind (Vocational Training) CIC, Health and Wellbeing, Hobbies and Interests, Hope and Encouragement, Ideas for Activities, Learning in Later Life, Leisure, Leisure Activities and Social Networks, Living Well with Dementia, Living With Dementia Magazine: Alzheimer’s Society, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Maintaining Identity, Maintaining Independence, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity in the Community, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, National Dementia Care Innovation Award (2012), Preventing Isolation, Preventing Loneliness, Regaining Independence, Vocational Training, Vocational Wellbeing For People Living With Dementia, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome | Leave a comment

Living Well Through Activity in Care Homes (BAOT / COT)

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT) and College of Occupational Therapists (COT) have produced a set of free online resources designed to help care home residents maintain health, their sense of purpose and involvement by continuing to engage … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Engagement, Activity, Activity in Care Homes, Adults with Incapacity Act (Scotland), Animals, Arts Crafts and Creative Activities, Balance, Balancing Risk and Choice, BAOT, Benefits of Activity, Best Practice in Care Homes, British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT), Care and Communication, Care Homes, Cognitive Activities, Cognitive Stimulation, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Communication, Community Activities, Community Involvement, Companion Animals May Help People With Dementia, COT, Creative Activities, Creative Activity, Creativity, Decision-Making Capacity, Decision-Making: Talking Mats, Dolls and Soft Toys, Drama Activities, Easing Decision-Making, Encouraging Healthy Behaviour, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Engagement, Folders and Scrapbooks, Friendship, Gardening, Hobbies and Interests, Hope and Encouragement, Ideas for Activities, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning in Later Life, Leisure, Leisure Activities and Social Networks, Life History Information, Living Well in Care Homes, Living Well Through Activity in Care Homes (Toolkit), Making a Life History, MDS-HC (the Minimum Data Set Home Care), MDS-RAI (Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument for Long Term Care Facilities), MDS-RAI (the Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument), Meaningful Activity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Minimum Data Set of the Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS-RAI) Pain Scale, Movement Activities, Multisensory Stimulation, Musical Activities, National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People (NAPA), Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy in Care Homes, Outings, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Pets, Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Physical Activity, Physical and Emotional Contact, Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling, Posture, Preventing Isolation, Recreation, Reflex Ability Level, Relationships, Relatives and Residents Association, Relaxation, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Boxes, Resident Engagement, Residential Care Homes, Risk Management, Rowntree Foundation, Rummaging, Sensory Ability Level, Service User Involvement, Significant Dates (Reminiscence), Skills Mix, Social Activities, Social and Leisure Needs, Spiritual Needs, Supporting Derek, Supporting Older People in Care Homes At Night, Supporting Practice – Evidence and Research (SPEaR), Supporting Relationships, Talking Mats, U3A University of the 3rd Age, User Involvement, Weight Gain, Workforce Development | Leave a comment

Dementia Care: Examples of Best Practice Required (NCCSC / NICE / SCIE)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC) and NICE are working on two resources to support the implementation of the NICE Quality Standard QS30: “Supporting people to live well with dementia”. One resource will cover what the Quality … Continue reading →

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Supporting People to Live Well with Dementia: QS30 (NICE)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published this quality standard “QS30: Supporting people to live well with dementia”, which covers the care and support of people with dementia. QS30 applies to social care settings and … Continue reading →

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Education and Dementia: the Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Cognitive reserve (CR) or brain reserve capacity is a hypothesis about why people with a higher IQ, education or level of occupational attainment appear to have a lower risk of developing dementia, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or vascular dementia (VaD). … Continue reading →

Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult-Life Work Complexity, Age at Onset Studies, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Canada, Cognitive Activity and Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Education and Dementia, Epidemiology, Incidence Studies, Leisure Activities and Social Networks, Modifiable Risk Factors, Pathology and Imaging Studies, Prevalence of Dementia, School of Public Health: University of Saskatchewan, Social Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Work Complexity | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Leisure Activities and Social Networks

Cognitive Health In Older Adults: Changing Unhealthy Lifestyles and Reducing Risk Factors (PHE)

Supporting Meaningful Activity in the Community: Brief Example (Frame of Mind CIC)

Living Well Through Activity in Care Homes (BAOT / COT)

Dementia Care: Examples of Best Practice Required (NCCSC / NICE / SCIE)

Supporting People to Live Well with Dementia: QS30 (NICE)

Education and Dementia: the Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis

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