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Tag Archives: Life Story
Technological Support for People Living With Dementia / Their Carers (SCIE)
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
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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, Care Research and Technology Centre: Imperial College London, 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, Healthy Dementia Home (Professor David Sharp), Healthy Dementia Homes (UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London), 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, Professor David Sharp: UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London, 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
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The Dementia Citizens Project (Knowledge Hub / Nesta)
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
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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)
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On the Namaste Care Programme For People With Advanced Dementia (St Christopher’s Hospice / King’s College London / eHospice)
Summary The following presentation, given in September 2014 at King’s College London, provides an overview of the elements, benefits and challenges of the Namaste Care Programme. Full Text Link Reference Stacpoole, M. [and] Thompsell, A. (2014). The Namaste Care Programme: … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advanced Dementia, After Death Reflection, Best Practice Dementia Care, Best Practice End of Life Care, Care Home Project Team: St Christopher’s Hospice, Care Homes, Care of The Dying, Care Staff Education, Colour, Comfort and Pain Management, Comfort and Pleasure, Compassion and Care, Compassionate Care, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dignified Care, Dignity and Respect, Dignity and Spiritual Care, Dignity in Death and Dying, Dr Jo Hockley: St Christopher’s Hospice, Dr. Amanda Thompsell: South London and Maudsley Foundation Hospital Trust, End of Life Care, Enhanced Nursing Care Programme, Family Meetings, Five Senses, Hydration and Nutrition, Life Story, Massage, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Min Stacpoole: Nurse Researcher at St Christopher’s Hospice, Music, Namaste Care Programme, Namaste Care Programme: Benefits for Care Home Managers, Namaste Care Programme: Benefits for Care Staff, Namaste Care Programme: Benefits for Relatives, Namaste Care Programme: Benefits for Residents, Namaste Training, Namaste: Honouring the Spirit, Nurse Facilitator for End of Life Care for People with Dementia, Palliative Care, Peaceful Dignified Death, Presence of Others, Professor Ladislav Volicer: University of South Florida, Promoting Dignity in Dementia, School of Ageing Studies: University of South Florida, SCWRU: Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King’s College London), Sensory Stimulation: Five Senses, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, Sooth the Senses, Soothing the Senses, South London and Maudsley Foundation Hospital Trust, St Christopher’s Hospice, St Christopher’s Hospice Namaste Care Programme Training Package, Tastes and Scents, USA
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