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Tag Archives: Living Will
Living With Dementia: Practical, Legal and Financial Considerations (Laker Legal Solicitors / Wright Hassall LLP)
Summary Coinciding with Dementia Awareness Week (May 17th – 23rd 2015), Laker Legal have commissioned an infographic explaining the practical, financial and legal considerations for people who have recently received a dementia diagnosis (and for the consideration of their loved … Continue reading →
Posted in For Carers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK
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Tagged Adult Social Care Eligibility Threshold, Adult Social Care Funding, Advice and Information, Assessments and Eligibility, Care Funding, Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide (CRAG), Continuing Care, Court of Protection, Deprivation of Capital, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, Enduring Power of Attorney, Financial Eligibility, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Gifts, Guest Post: Laker Legal Solicitors (Living With Dementia - Practical Legal and Financial Considerations), Independence at Home, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Information and Signposting Services, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Laker Legal Solicitors, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Power of Attorney: Health and Welfare, Lasting Power of Attorney: Property and Affairs, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Legal Affairs, Legal Guide to Dealing With Dementia (Wright Hassall LLP), Legal Issues, Legal Services, Living Will, Living with Dementia, Living With Dementia: Financial Considerations, Living With Dementia: Legal Considerations, Living With Dementia: Practical Considerations, Maintaining Independence, Office of the Public Guardian, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, Personal Finances, Powers of Attorney, Services Maximising Independence, Wills and Tax Planning, Wright Hassall LLP
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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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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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