Tag Archives: Loss of Independence

Overcoming Barriers to Timely Adoption of Home Adaptations (Centre for Ageing Better / Northumbria University / University of the West of England)

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research into the lived experience of users home adaptations (and the professionals who work with these users) suggests that people sometimes delay adaptations to their homes due to a perceived “stigma” associated with handrails, ramps etc. Full Text Link … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing and Re-Entry Into the Community, Ageing Population, Appearance and Perceptions of Age and Disability, Barriers to Timely Adoption of Home Adaptations, Big Lottery Fund’s Ageing Better Programme, Big Lottery Funding, Bristol Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing (UWE), Building Research Establishment (BRE), CAPABLE Trial (USA): Reable-Repair-Adapt, Centre for Ageing Better, Centre for Ageing Better (CfAB), Control and Independence, Coping Strategies, Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), Elders Council of Newcastle, Embedding Patient Experience in Service Delivery, Embedding Patient Experience in Service Design, End-User Experience, Experience Based Co-Design, Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD), Experienced Based Design (EBD), Experiences, Experts by Experience, Facilitating Independence Grant (Proposal), HAIL Study (Australia), HIPI Trial (New Zealand), Home Adaptations, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence Choice and Risk, Independence in Older Adults, Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, Lived Experience, Lived Experiences of Home Adaptations, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Maintaining Independence: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Major Adaptations Trial (Sweden), Newcastle City Council, Newcastle University, North Tyneside Council, Northumbria University, Participant Lived Experiences, Practitioner Experiences, Realist Approaches, Realist Reviews, Realist Syntheses, Regaining Independence, Role of Home Adaptations in Improving Later Life, Services Maximising Independence, Smart Home Adaptations, Staying Independent, Staying Independent: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Stigma, Stigma of Ugly Home Adaptations, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Timely Adoption of Home Adaptations, Triggers and Tipping Points (in Housing Adaptation), University of the West of England | Leave a comment

The Subjective Impact of Cognitive Impairment Upon People with Parkinson’s Disease (Parkinson’s Disease)

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Qualitative research which explores the subjective impact of cognitive impairment on people with Parkinson’s Disease and their carers / families. Full Text Link Reference Lawson, RA. Collerton, D. [and] Taylor, JP. [et al] (2018). Coping with cognitive impairment in … Continue reading →

Independence in Older Adults: on the Role of Time-Limited Home-Care Reablement Services (Cochrane Database)

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent systematic review investigated the outcomes reported for reablement (restorative care) services delivered as home-care services for older adults at risk of functional decline. Reablement services of this type are often time-limited (between six to twelve weeks duration) … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Centre of Gerontology and Rehabilitation: University College Cork, Clinical Research Support Centre: Royal Group of Hospitals Trust (Belfast), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Functional Independence of Older Adults, Home-Based Rehabilitation and Reablement, Homecare Reablement, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence in Older Adults, Independence of Older Adults, Ireland, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Maynooth University Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Queen’s University Belfast, Reablement, Reablement Services, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust (Belfast), School of Medicine: University College Cork, Services Maximising Independence, Social Care Reablement Services, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Time-Limited Home-Care Reablement Services, University College Cork | Leave a comment

Facilitating Difficult Conversations About Encroaching Old Age (BBC News / Independent Age)

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Independent Age (using the services of ComRes) conducted a survey which indicates that many people avoid talking about getting old and planning for loss of independence in old age. People tend to find conversations about end-of-life care particularly difficult … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advance Care Planning, Advance Decision, Advance Statement, Ageing Population, Anticipatory Decision-Making, Barriers to Conversation (Difficult Conversations), Barriers to Talking About Ageing, Barriers: Ineffective Advance Care Planning, BBC Health News, Capacity and Advance Decisions, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care in an Ageing Society, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Compassion in Dying, ComRes Polling, Decision Making, Decision-Making at End of Life, Decision-Making Capacity, Delayers, Delayers and Deniers, Delegated Decision Making, Deniers, Difficult Conversations, Difficult Conversations (Families and Carers), Difficult Conversations: Anticipating Reactions, Easing Decision-Making, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Ineffective Advance Care Planning, Facilitating Difficult Conversations, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Health and Care Suitable for an Ageing Population, Home Care, Independent Age, Independent Age Helpline, Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Intergenerational Communication, Janet Morrison (Chief Executive of Independent Age), Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Welfare, Let Me Decide (Advance Care Directive), Living with Dementia, Loss of Independence, Managing My Affairs If I Become Ill, Participatory Decision-Making, Planning Ahead, Power of Attorney, Proxy Decision Making, Shared Decision-Making, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Talking About End-of-Life Planning, Talking About Getting Extra Help at Home, Talking About Moving Home, Talking About Moving Out of Home, Tools For End of Life Care Planning, Unpaid Care Provision, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unwillingness to Consider Residential Care | Leave a comment

Commissioning Rehabilitation Services (NHS England)

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has published guidance on commissioning rehabilitation services in the form of an interactive guide. This document contains links to the latest evidence and examples of good practice. It covers rehabilitation for both mental and physical health conditions, … Continue reading →

Characteristics of Persons With Suspected Dementia Who Refuse a Diagnostic Assessment (Alzheimer’s and Dementia)

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A study investigated the traits and characteristics of patients who screened positive for dementia (in a USA primary care context) but who refused a formal a diagnostic assessment. The Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care (PRISM-PC) … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest | Tagged Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis Assessment and Disease Monitoring (Journal), Case Finding, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Community Screening Instrument for Dementia (CSI-D), Cultural Perceptions, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Dementia Screening Debate, Demographics, Demography, Department of Biostatistics: Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management: Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Department of Medicine: Indiana University School of Medicine, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis at Primary Care Level, Healthy Aging Brain Center (HABC) at Eskenazi Health, Identification and Referral, Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Independence and Relationships, Independence Choice and Risk, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indiana University Practice Based Research Network (IU-PBRN), Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care, Living Alone, Living Alone with Dementia, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Isolation, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Misperceptions, Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Dementia, MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination, Patient Perceptions of Dementia Assessment, Patient Perceptions of Dementia Screening, Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care (PRISM-PC) Questionnaire, Primary Care, Reasons for Refusal of Diagnostic Assessment for Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Referral and Assessment, Rural Older Adult Memory Study (ROAM), Screening for Dementia, skenazi Health (Indianapolis), Social Isolation, Stigma, Stigma of Dementia, Stigma-Free Environments, Timely Diagnosis, United States, USA | Leave a comment

Towards Harm-Free Care: Modifiable Hospitalisation Risk Factors (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society / HSCIC / BBC News / National Health Executive / NHS England)

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent study in the USA found 41% of patients over the age of 70 years who were hospitalised with acute conditions were discharged with lower levels of function compared with when they were admitted to hospital. A number … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, In the News, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Nutrition, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Candour, Candour: Safety and Improvement, Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Campaign, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU): Health and Social Care Information Centre, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Continence Care, CQUIN: NHS Safety Thermometer, Culture of Candour, Decubitus Ulcers, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Department of Health Safe Care Team, Dr David Hopper: Health Innovation Network, Epidemiology, Falls in Older People, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Harm Free Care, HCAI, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Information Centre: Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU), Health Innovation Network, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs), Hospital-Acquired Infections, Hospital-Associated Functional Decline: Role of Hospitalisation Processes, Hospitalization Process Effects on Functional Outcomes and Recovery (HoPE-FOR), Inappropriate Use of Urinary Catheters, Incidents reported to National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Later Life, Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs), Loss of Independence, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, Mandy Fader: University of Southampton, Measuring Harm Free Care, Medication Sedative Load (MSL), Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), MHRA Medical Device Directive, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, National Health Executive, National Patient Safety AgencyNational Patient Safety Agency, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs), National Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs), Never Events, Never Events by Healthcare Provider, Never Events by Type of Incident, Never Events Data, Never Events Taskforce Report (2014), NHE: National Health Executive, NHS England Never Events Taskforce Report, NHS England Never Events Taskforce Report (2014), NHS England Patient Safety Domain, NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN, NHS Safety Thermometer Report (April 2014 to April 2015), No Catheter No CAUTI (Campaign), Official Statistics, Openness and Transparency, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Patient Harms, Patient Harms and Harm Free Care, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Domain of NHS England, Patient Safety Indicators, Patient Safety Strategies, Patient Safety Thermometer, Patient Voice, Patients First and Foremost, Pfeiffer Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, Pressure Ulcers, Prevention of Hospitalisation-Associated Disability, QIPP Safe Care Team, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, Reducing Harm, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Urinary Catheters, Risk Factors, Safer Surgery, Safety Thermometer, STEIS, Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS), Surgical Never Events, Towards Harm-Free Care: Modifiable Hospitalisation Risk Factors, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Types of Harm, United States, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Urinary Catheterisation, Urinary Catheters, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Urology Trade Association, USA, Venous Thromboembolisms (VTEs), VTE (Venous Thromboembolism), Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Zero Harm, Zero Tolerance Healthcare | Leave a comment

Minimising Restrictive Interventions (Department of Health)

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Restrictive interventions include a variety of approaches which limit an individual’s movement, liberty and / or freedom to act independently. “Positive and proactive care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions” provides a framework for adult health and social care … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community 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, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accountability, Assurance, Avoidable Harm, Avoiding Restrictive Interventions, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Problems, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Chemical Restraint, Choice, Commissioners of Services, Compassion, Compassionate Care, Crisis Care Concordat, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Distressed Behaviour, Distressed Behaviour: Triggers, ECHR: European Convention on Human Rights, Effective Governance, Empowerment, European Convention on Human Rights, Executive Directors, Face-Down Restraint, Five PANEL Principles, Frontline Staff, Good Governance, Human Rights Act (HRA), Improving Care for People with Dementia, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independent Living, Individualised Approaches, Involvement and Participation, Leadership, Least Restrictive Practice, Least Restrictive Principle, Legality, Local Policy Frameworks, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Making Decisions on Behalf of People With Dementia Who Lack Capacity, Managing Unforeseen Behaviour, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mechanical Restraint, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Monitoring, Monitoring and Oversight, NHS Protect, PANEL Principles, PBS-Based Approaches, People With Dementia Who Lack Capacity, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Positive and Proactive Care, Positive and Safe, Positive and Safe Programme, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Positive Behavioural Support, Positive Relationships, Post-Incident Reviews, Primary Preventative Strategies, Proactive Care, Recording and Reporting, Recovery Based Approaches, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing and Managing Conflict, Reducing Harm, Reducing Restrictive Interventions, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Regaining Independence, Respect, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint for Psychiatric Patients (RESPECT), Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restriction, Restrictive Intervention Reduction Programmes, Restrictive Interventions, Restrictive Practices, Safe and Ethical Restrictive Interventions, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Staff Training, Staying Independent, Transforming Care, Transforming Care Environments, Transparency, Triggers of Violence and Aggression, Violence, Violence and Aggression, Whole Service Approaches, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning and Development | Leave a comment

Loneliness and Ageing (BBC News)

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Age UK estimates that approximately 450,000 people aged 65 and over will have spent this Christmas alone. Read more: BBC News. Will you be lonely this Christmas?. Reference Triggle, N. (2013). Will you be lonely this Christmas? London: BBC Health News, December … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, British Red Cross, Campaign to End Loneliness, Community Networks, Good Neighbourliness, Local Networks, Loneliness, Loneliness and Mortality in Older People, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loss of Independence, Neighbourliness, NHS Winter Friends Campaign, NHS Winter Friends Pledge, Preventing Loneliness, Red Cross, Social Isolation, Social Networks, Support Networks, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Winter Friends, Winter Friends Pledge | Leave a comment

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