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Tag Archives: Local Dementia Friendly Communities
Following a Diagnosis of Dementia: Information for Patients / Families and Friends Who are Carers (DHSC / SCIE)
Summary Patient information is available, from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), for persons diagnosed with dementia and those who care for them. Guidance on the support which can be expected covers: The care plan. The health care … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Diagnosis, 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged About Dementia: Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Access to Respite Care and Breaks, Advance Statement, Advance Statements and Decisions, Advanced Dementia and End of Life Care. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Advice and Information, Advice and Support, Advice for Family and Friends, After a Diagnosis of Dementia. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Barriers and Facilitators to Participation, Care Integration, Care Planning, Carer's Allowance, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers Identified Supported and Involved, Carers of People With Dementia. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Carers UK, Caring for Carers, Collaboration, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Care Planning, Collaborative Commissioning, Commissioning for Carers, Commissioning for Carers Principles, Coordinated Care, Dementia UK, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Discharge Planning, Education and Staff Training, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Family and Carers, Family Carers, Help With Day-to-Day Activities, Hospice UK, Hospital Discharge, Information and Advice Services, Information and Support for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Information Resources on IDementia Care: Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Integrated Commissioning, Join Dementia Research, Living Well With Dementia. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Local Dementia Friendly Communities, Long-Term Health and Social Support, Long-Term Services and Support (LTSS), Long-Term Treatment, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Named Care Coordinators, Named Contacts Providing Continuity, Named Health Care Coordinators, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Office of the Public Guardian, Participation in Research, Participation in Research Studies, Partnership Working, Patient Involvement in Research, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Public Participation in Research, Respite Care, Safe and Compassionate Care, SCIE's Dementia Resources Collection, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Staff Education, Staff Training, Support For People With Dementia. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Symptoms of Dementia. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Timely Diagnosis, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Young-Onset Dementia
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Exploring the Value and Benefits of Music for People With Dementia (ILC-UK / Commission on Dementia and Music)
Summary A report from the International Longevity Centre UK covers the potential roles of therapeutic music services, and digital music streaming technologies, for people living with dementia. “If music publishers and streaming platforms could make music available for free or … Continue reading →
Posted in Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abnormal Vocalisations, Active Engagement, Activities and Engagement, Ageing Population, Ageing With Dementia, Aggressive Behaviour, Aging and Mental Health, Agitation and Aggression, Alexia Quin: Music as Therapy International, All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Art Health and Wellbeing, Allied Health Professions (AHPs), Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Connect Tool, Ambassador for Dementia and Music (Proposal}, Anxiety and Depression, Arts Council England, Arts Therapies, Awareness Raising, Baroness Sally Greengross: Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK, Beatie Wolfe, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Benefits of Music for People With Dementia, Brain Plasticity, British Association for Music Therapy, British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Care Homes, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Commission on Dementia and Music, Community Singing, Community Singing Projects, Community-Based Arts and Health interventions, Cortical Plasticity, Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing (National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing), Cultural Commissioning, Dementia and Music, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia-Care Resource Trolleys, Dementia-Focused Singing Groups, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Digital Interventions, Digital Music Streaming, Digital Technology, Distraction Therapy, Distraction Therapy in the Recovery Room, Emerging Technology, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Engagement, Forget-Me-Not Chorus, Found in Music, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC), International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), JoCo Learning and Development, Kent And Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Live Music Now, Live Music Now (LMN), Living Well with Dementia, Local Dementia Friendly Communities, Local Dementia Strategies, Lost Chord, Manchester Camerata’s Music in Mind Project, Martin Green: Care England, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Relationships, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mindsong, Mood and Engagement, Music as Therapy International, Music Distraction Therapy, Music for Life (Wigmore Hall), Music for the Moment, Music in Care Homes, Music in Hospitals and Care (MiHC), Music Streaming Platforms, Music Therapists, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Music-Based Therapeutic Interventions, Musical Memories Choir, Musical Moments, National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing, National Arts and Health Alliance, Neuroplasticity, Neuroprotection, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Participation, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Participation, Performing Arts, Peri-Operative Care of the Elderly, Perioperative Care, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Playlist for Life, Playlist for Life by 2020, Post-Anaesthetic Care, Post-Operative Care, Postoperative Care, Potential Savings, Professor Alistair Burns, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychological Wellbeing, Psychosocial Interventions, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Sarah Metcalfe: Chief Executive at Playlist for Life, Service Cost Reductions, Sing For Your Life, Singing, Singing and Dementia, Singing For The Brain, Singing Groups, Singing Together Groups, Social Wellbeing, Soundtrack to My Life (STML), Speech and Language Skills (Retention), Spotify (or Amazon Prime) Music Services, Standards of Education and Training (SETs), Standards of Proficiency (SOPs), Targeting Hard-to-Reach Groups, Together in Sound, Utley Foundation, Violence and Aggression, Wellbeing in Older People, With Music in Mind, World Congress of Music Therapy
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Local Dementia Friendly Communities: Guidance for Councils (LGA)
Summary Guidance has been released by the Local Government Association (LGA), in collaboration with the Innovations in Dementia community interest company, which explains the responsibility of councils in helping to support people with dementia through the creation of local dementia … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, BSI, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged AGE UK Coventry and Coventry City Council, AGE UK Social Care, Age UK Solihull, Alzheimer’s Australia WA, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friendly Communities Recognition Process, Alzheimer’s Society Maidstone Peer Support Group, ASK Sara Website, Avon and Wilshire MHP, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, British Psychological Society, British Standards Institute, British Standards Institution (BSI), British Standards Institution (BSI): Code of Practice for Dementia Friendly Communities, BSI Guidance, BSI Publicly Available Specification (PAS) Code of Practice for Recognition of Dementia Friendly Communities in England, BSI Standard, Building Community Assets, Building Community Capacity, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Care Act 2014, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care in the Community, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Code of Practice for Dementia Friendly Communities, Commitment to People with Dementia, Community Engagement, Community Facilities, Community Factors, Community Groups, Community Involvement, Community Networks, Community Partners, Community Perspective, Community-Based Care for People With Dementia, Community-Based Support, Connect Housing Association, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Councils as Employers, Coventry City Council, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, DEEP: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adventure CIC, Dementia Advisory Group, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Cafes, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Challenge Champion Groups, Dementia Champions, Dementia Champions Programme, Dementia Diaries, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP), Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Communities Recognition Process, Dementia Friendly Communities: Guidance for Councils, Dementia Friendly Community Framework: Five Domains, Dementia Friendly High Streets, Dementia Friendly Indoor Environments, Dementia Friendly Outdoor and Public Environments, Dementia Friendly Technologies, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Networks, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Sectors, Dementia-Friendly Shops, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dementia-Friendly York, Dementia-Friendly Yorkshire, Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Diagnosis and Support, Differential Impact of Dementia in BAME Communities, Drivers for Change: Dementia Friendly Bus Transport in Northumberland, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Equality Act 2010, Forget Me Not (Swindon), Forget Me Not Initiative, Gateshead Dementia Action Alliance, Greening Dementia, Greening Dementia Project, Hampshire Dementia Friendly High Street, Hartney Whitney, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Wellbeing and Independence, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing LIN, iD: Innovations in Dementia, Independence, Independence Choice and Risk, Innovations in Dementia, Innovations in Dementia: a CIC, Integrated Whole System Services for People With Dementia, Involvement of People with Dementia and Carers, Involving and Engaging People with Dementia (RIPFA), Izzi Seccombe: Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Kent County Council, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, Lesbian Gay Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT), LGA: Local Government Association, Living Well After Diagnosis, Local Dementia Action Alliances, Local Dementia Action Alliances in England, Local Dementia Friendly Communities, Local Government Association: LGA, Maidstone Mentors: Kent and Medway Primary Trust, My Day My Way, Norfolk Health and Wellbeing Board, North Yorkshire County Council Trading Standards, NSW Dementia Training Study Centre at the University of Wollongong, PAS 1365 (2015): Code of Practice for Recognition of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England, Protection from Doorstop Crime, Public Health, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Reading Dementia Action Alliance, Recognition of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England, Regaining Independence, Singing For The Brain, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Innovation Lab Kent (SILK), Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Supporting People to Stay Connected, Swindon Forget Me Not Group, Think Again Programme, Timely Diagnosis, Transport, UK Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, Voices of People With Dementia, Wolverhampton City Council, York Station, Yorkshire and Humber DAA
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