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Tag Archives: Long-Term Conditions (LTCs)
Recent Self-Care Resources, Campaign Materials and Comment: Plus Some Speculation (PHE / Self Care Forum / NHS Confederation / JGCR)
Summary Public Health England is running a “Help Us, Help You” campaign, which aims to support the public in promoting self-care and reduce pressures on the NHS over the winter period. The Help Us Help You campaign is planned to … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest, Wales, Wolverhampton, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged Best Practice, Bibliotherapy, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Wolverhampton Healthy Minds, BMA Patient Liaison Group, Books on Prescription, Books on Prescription: Reading Agency, City of Wolverhampton, Dr Selwyn Hodge: Former Chair of Self Care Forum, Effectiveness of Reminiscence Therapy, Every Mind Matters Campaign (Mental Health Awareness), Every Mind Matters Campaign (PHE), General Practitioner / Primary Care, General Practitioners, GPs, Healthy Sleeping, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Lesley Bentley: Chair of BMA Patient Liaison Group, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Material for Self Care Week, Mental Health Literacy, Mental Health: Self-Care, National Academy for Social Prescribing, National Self Care Week (2019), NHS Libraries, NHS National Academy for Social Prescribing, Northumberland, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Public Libraries, Reading Agency’s Books on Prescription Scheme, Reading Therapy, Reading Well, Reading Well Books On Prescription Scheme, Reading Well for Dementia, Reading Well for Long Term Conditions, Reading Well for Mental Health, Reading Well for Young People’s Mental Health, RemArc: Reminiscence Archive, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Archive (BBC), Reminiscence Therapy, Reminiscence Therapy for Dementia, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Self Care Forum, Self Care Week, Self Care Week (2019), Self Care Week 2019: Resources, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Sleep Hygiene, Sleep Problems, Social Prescriber Link Workers, Social Prescribing, Social Prescribing Academy, Social Prescribing Support Workers, Social Prescribing: Fundamental to Prevention, Social Prescribing: Link Workers, Social Prescribing: Removing Barriers With Other Sectors (Social Care or Community Care or Mental Health Providers), Social Prescribing: UK, Social Prescriptions, Welsh Government, Wolverhampton Healthy Minds, Wolverhampton Healthy Minds and Wellbeing Service, Wolverhampton Information Network, Wolverhampton Public Libraries, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Ageing Well and Older People’s Mental Health: Guidance on Implementing the NHS Long Term Plan (Royal College of Psychiatrists, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry)
Summary The Royal College of Psychiatrists has issued guidance to help local areas organise specialist mental health services for older people, involving old age psychiatrists. Various aspects of older adults’ mental health are mapped to themes in the NHS Long … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Severe Mental Illnesses (SMI) Community Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty, Ageing Well: Frailty and Dementia, Anticipatory Care Planning and Integration, Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service, Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), Cambridgeshire Physical and Mental Health Services for Older People, Camden and Islington’s Home Treatment Team, Camden Frailty Hub, CGAs: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments, CHAT: Care Home Assessment Team, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Common Mental Illnesses, Community Mental Health Framework, Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults, Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Dementia Connect Service, Dementia Crisis Teams, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, DIS: Dementia and Intensive Support, Downshall Intergenerational Provision, Dr Dr Amanda Thompsell: Chair of Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Eastern Academic Health Science Network (EAHSN), EMIS: Egton Medical Information Systems, Enfield’s Care Home Assessment Team (CHAT), Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Framework, Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Model, Enhancing Support for Carers, Expanded Community MDTs, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry: 2016 Literature Review on Integration and Older Adults' Mental Health, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty and OPMH Research, Frailty Services, Gateshead Virtual Ward, GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale, Improved Care for Dementia and Delirium, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), Inappropriate Care Settings, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Integrated Care Systems, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Local Transformation Plans (LTPs): Improving Mental Health Care for Older People, Long Term Plan (LTP), Long Term Plan: Mental Health Commitments, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medichec, Medicine for Older People (MOP), Memory Problems and Dementia: Patient Information (RCP), Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Teams, Mental Health of Older Adults and Dementia Clinical Academic Group at SLaM, Mental Health Workforce, Mindwave Ventures, National Collaborating Central for Mental Health, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Long Term Plan (2019), NHS Long Term Plan: Living Longer Living Better Programme, NHS Long-Term Plan, NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan (NHS England 2019), NHS Mental Health: Implementation Plan For 2019/20 – 2023/24 (NHS England), NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG, North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT), North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Old Age Psychiatrists, Old Age Psychiatry, Older Adult Mental Health (OPMH), Older People’s and Adult Community (OPAC), Older People’s Mental Health Needs, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older People’s Mental Health Teams, OPMH: Older Adult Mental Health, Outpatient Older-Adult Liaison Psychiatry Services and Frailty (South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and King’s College Hospital), Patient Information, People Living With Frailty, Primary Care Networks, Provider Collaboratives (Formerly New Care Models), Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Inappropriate Stays in Hospital, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych): Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Saffron Ward: Stepping Hill Hospital, Severe Mental Illness (SMI), South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), Support for Carers, Support for Carers of People with Dementia, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: Enhanced Dementia Care Ward, Urgent Community Response and Recovery Support
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More on the Healthy Lives Strategy (Health Foundation)
Summary A further report from the Health Foundation adopts a characteristically “blue-sky thinking” approach to tackling population health improvement. This report argues for a more ambitious, “whole-government” approach to long-term investment prioritising the nation’s health (as opposed to isolated reactive, … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Potential Harms From Polypharmacy in the Elderly (BBC News / Age UK / EJCP / Bazian / Lancet Psychiatry)
Summary An Age UK report investigates the potential harms of over-prescribing medicines for older people. Older persons often remain on too many prescribed medicines, putting them at risk of side-effects, potentially resulting in falls and other forms of serious harm. … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Antipsychotics, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Fielding School of Public Health: University of California Los Angeles, Value for Money, Value Improvement, Vietnam, Wellbeing in Care Homes, Wolfson Centre for Palliative Care Research: University of Hull, Z-Drugs (Sleeping Tablets), Zhan Criteria
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Reducing Hospital Admissions From Care Homes (Health Foundation / PCC)
Summary A Health Foundation report indicates that perhaps over 40% of emergency hospital admissions on the part of permanent care home residents aged ≥65 years could have been avoided with better preventive primary care, community support / NHS care in care … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, Ageing Population, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, Care Home Assessment Teams (CHATs), Care Home-Associated Deconditioning, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes-Related Deconditioning, Chronic Disease and Frailty, Chronic Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, Co-Production, Co-Production for Wellbeing, Co-Production in Commissioning, Co-production in Quality Improvement, Continuing Health Care, Coproduction, Deconditioning, Deconditioning in Hospital, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia: People With Dementia in Care Homes, Embedding Co-Production, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, Enfield Care Home Assessment Team (CHAT), Enhanced Care Packages (Care Homes), Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Framework, Enhanced Specification of General Practice Care for Frail Older People Living in Care Homes, Enhanced Support, Frailty, Haringey, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Admissions, Hospital-Associated Deconditioning, Hospital-Related Deconditioning, Hydration and Nutrition, Improved Support from Community Nurses for Nurses Employed in Care Homes, Improvement Analytics Unit (IAU), Improvement Analytics Unit (NHS England and Health Foundation Partnership), Improvement Analytics Unit: Health Foundation, Influence of Primary Care Quality Upon Hospital Admissions by People with Dementia in England, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration of Health and Care, Interface Between Primary and Secondary Care, Later Life, Living Well in Care Homes, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medication Reviews, Medication Reviews in Care Homes, Medicine Reviews, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multispecialty Community Providers (Integrated Out-of-Hospital Care), Multispecialty Community Providers (MCPs), Named GPs, Named GPs for Over-75s, New Care Models, New Care Models: Vanguard Sites, New Models of Care, New Models of Primary Care, NHS Nottingham City CCG, Nottingham City, Out-of-Hours Urgent Care, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Pharmacist-Led Care Home Medication Reviews, Pneumonia, Pneumonitis (Inflammation of Lung Tissue) Caused by Inhaled Food or Liquid, Pressure Sores, Pressure Ulcers, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Quality and Safety Improvement Approaches in Care Homes, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Rates of Hospital Admissions by Care Home Residents, Reducing Hospital Attendance, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Regular Medication Reviews, Residential Care Homes, Rushcliffe, Staff Training, Support for Care Homes, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Sutton, Sutton Homes of Care Vanguard, Training and Support, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Wakefield, Wakefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
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Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework (Skills for Health)
Summary Skills for Health have produced the Frailty Core Capabilities Framework. This framework was commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, and aims to formalise the skills to provide high quality, holistic, compassionate care and support for persons with … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Social Prescriber Link Workers: Part of a Universal Care Plan (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary There are plans for NHS England to recruit around 1,000 social prescribing “link workers” by 2020-21 to facilitate social prescribing with a view to increasing patient involvement in social activities including exercise groups and art classes. “Link workers are … Continue reading →
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