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Tag Archives: Life Story Work in Dementia Care
Dementia: Skilling the Housing Workforce (Housing LIN)
Summary To mark Dementia Awareness Week, the Housing Learning and Improvement Network have published a new “Making a start” report (and Resource Pack) designed to provide information and assistance for housing providers. These resources aim to equip the housing workforce with … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abbeyfield Dementia Training, Abbeyfield Society, Age UK Training, Aids and Adaptations, Art of Living, Awareness Raising, Axiom Housing Association, B3Living, Care Fit For VIPS, Centre for Housing and Support, Chartered Institute of Housing, Cultural Competence, DAA Dementia Declaration, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia and Housing Working Group, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Centres and Specialist Dementia Trainers, Dementia Friendly Environments in Sheltered Housing, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Skills Gap, Dementia Support Pilot Services, Dementia Training Sources, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments, EARLI Tool, Education and Awareness, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Generic Mental Health Skills, Gentoo, Gentoo’s Vision, Guinness Partnership, Hanover, Health and Housing, Heantun Housing Association, Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Extra Care, Housing Associations, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing Managers, Housing Organisations, Hull Dementia Academy, Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT), Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Liverpool House of Memories, Loneliness and Isolation, Longhurst Group, Meaningful Activity, Memory Roadshows, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Midland Heart, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, Orbit Charitable Trust (OCT), Orbit Group, Orbit Heart of England (OHE), Positive Risk Taking, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Riverside, Riverside Home Improvement Agency (HIA), Riverside Housing Association, Safeguarding, Sheltered and Supported Housing, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Skills, Staff Awareness, Staff Functions in General Needs Housing, Staff Skills, Staffordshire Housing Association, Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (SCCG), Taunton Deane Borough Council, Tom Kitwood, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 1 – Basic Awareness Raising, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 2 – Foundation Level, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 3 – Extra Topic-Based Sessions, VIP Framework, Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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Your Community Matters™ Phase 1 Final Report (Life Story Network)
Summary Life Story Network (LSN)’s “Your Community Matters™” project, funded by the Department of Health, was commissioned to develop life story work as a personalised approach to supporting people with dementia, their families and carers. This project also explored engagement … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Care Home Sector, Care Homes, Care Integration, Community Engagement, Community Support, Community Support Services, Compassion, Compassion in Practice, Compassionate Care, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Developing a Dementia-Friendly Environment in Intermediate / Sub-Acute Care in Community Hospital Sites, Domiciliary Care, Engagement, English Community Care Association (ECCA), Everton in the Community (EiTC) Dementia Project, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Care, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Workers, Housing Associations, Housing Providers, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Whole System Services for People With Dementia, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Leading Change Matters Programme, Life Story Network (LSN), Life Story Network CIC, Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Liverpool, Liverpool Housing Trust (LHT), Merseyside, MHA Care Group, National Voices, NHF: National Housing Federation, Pass on the Memories, Patient and Public Engagement (PPE), Patient Engagement, Person-Centred Dementia Care and Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Public Engagement Exercises, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Resident Engagement, Residents, Sanctuary, Social Care Volunteers, Supporting Integrated Care, Tenants, UK Home Care Association, UKHCA: UK Homecare Association, United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA), Volunteering, Well-Being, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Your Community Matters™, Your Community Matters™ Phase 1, Your Story Matters (YSM) Programme
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Dementia Assessment Unit: Working with Patients and Families to Improve Care (FoNS)
Summary Feedback from relatives and carers had identified that care given was not always person centred. Information was not always available readily and communication with staff could be improved. A workshop identified a common vision for care provision, including having knowledge and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, National, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Bamford Review, Burdett Trust for Nursing, Claims Concerns and Issues, Dementia Assessment Unit, Downe Hospital: Downpatrick, Engagement, FoNS, FoNS Patients First Programme, Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Mealtime Experience, Service User Involvement, User Involvement, Value Clarification Exercise, Working with Patients and Families
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Government Announces £22 Million For Dementia Research (Alzheimer’s Society / Department of Health / NIHR)
[A version of this item features in Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWNHST), Volume 3 Issue 5, January 2013]. Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that Government spending on dementia research will be boosted by two-thirds, with a £22 … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Delirium, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Management of Condition, National, NIHR, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abbreviations and Acronyms (New), Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), Assistive Technology, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home for People with Dementia: ATTILA Trial, AT: Assistive Technology, ATTILA Trial: Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home, Bangor University, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Blood Pressure Drug Losartan, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Cognitive Screening, Comorbidity and Dementia (CoDem), Comprehensive Toolkit for GPs (Diagnosis), Conversation Analysis in Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems, Conversational Analysis, DCM EPIC Trial, Decision Making, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care Mapping, Dementia Care Mapping (DCM), Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Research Projects (NIHR December 2012), Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN), DeNDRoN: Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network, Diabetes, Diagnosis and Management of Dementias of Lewy Body Type in the NHS (DIAMAND-Lewy), Diagnosis and Screening: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, DIAMAND-Lewy: Diagnosis and Management of Dementias of Lewy Body Type in the NHS, Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems, DLB, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, DTC-RP-PG-0311-12001, DTC-RP-PG-0311-12003, DTC-RP-PG-0311-12004, DTC-RP-PG-0611-20005, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme, Eli Lilly’s UK Dementia Research Centre, EME 11/47/01, EME 11/47/03, Eye Testing, Falls, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Fragility Hip Fractures, Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Trial (GREAT), Government Research Funding, GPS Trackers, GPS/GSM Devices, GREAT: Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Trial, Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, Home Support, Home Support in Dementia Care, Homeless Older People, Homelessness and Dementia, Homelessness and Ill-Health, HS&DR 11/1017/04, HS&DR 11/1017/07, HS&DR 11/1017/18, HS&DR 11/2000/05, HS&DR 11/2000/11, HS&DR 11/2000/13, HTA 10/50/02, HTA 11/15/04, HTA 11/15/13, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibition with Simvastatin, ICP, Independence, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Care Pathway (ICP), Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Losartan, MADE Trial: Minocycline in Alzheimer's Disease Efficacy Trial, Mechanically Ventilated Patients at High Risk of Delirium, Minocycline, Minocycline in Alzheimer's Disease Efficacy Trial: MADE Trial, Motion Sensors, National Institute for Health Research, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Pain Management, PB-PG-0211-24044, PB-PG-0211-24078, PB-PG-0211-24079, PB-PG-0211-24123, PB-PG-0211-24140, PB-PG-1111-26063, PERFECTED Project: Peri-operative Enhanced Recovery Hip Fracture Care of Patients With Dementia, Peri-operative Enhanced Recovery Hip Fracture Care of Patients With Dementia: PERFECTED Project, Person Interactions and Environment (PIE) Tool, Personal Alarms, Prevention of Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Living in Residential Care (PROF-COG), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, PROF-COG: Prevention of Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Living in Residential Care, Professor Martin Rossor: Former Director of the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Network (DeNDRoN), Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR), RADAR: Reducing Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease Through Angiotensin TaRgeting, Reducing Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease Through Angiotensin TaRgeting: RADAR Trial, Rehabilitation, Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme, Screening Tools for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), SEED Programme: Supporting Excellence in End of Life Care in Dementia Via an Integrated Care Pathway, Sensory Loss, Shared Decision-Making, Simvastatin, Supporting Excellence in End of Life Care in Dementia Via an Integrated Care Pathway (SEED Programme), Telecare and Dementia, University of Bristol, University of East Anglia, Untreated Pain, Vision Care, Visual Impairment, Wandering Prevention Devices
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