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Long-Term Conditions: Ethnographic Approach Explores Patients’ Support Networks, Social Relationships and Coordination in Care Planning (NHS England / Ipsos MORI / NHS IQ)

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent opinion survey, conducted by the Ipsos Ethnography Centre of Excellence (ECE) on behalf of NHS Improving Quality’s Long Term Conditions Improvement Programme, shows that older people living with multiple long-term conditions are generally happy with NHS services … Continue reading →

Posted in 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, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Ben Page: Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI, Beverley Matthews: Long Term Conditions Programme Lead at NHS Improving Quality, Care Planning, Complex Care, Complex Needs, Coordination of Care, Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes, Dr Martin McShane: NHS England’s Director for People With Long Term Conditions, End-User Experience, Ethnographic Analysis, Ethnographic Approaches, Ethnographic Research, Ethnography in Policymaking:, Experiences, Experts by Experience, Hermeneutic Approaches, Hermeneutics, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Improving Patient Experience, Integration of Health and Care, Ipsos Ethnography Centre of Excellence (ECE), Ipsos Mori, Local Health and Care Services, Long Term Conditions Improvement Programme, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Case Management, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multidisciplinary Holistic Assessments, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Needs, Multiple-Morbidities, Negative Experiences of Care, NHS England and NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality (IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), NHS Improving Quality’s Long Term Conditions Improvement Programme, Patient and Carer Experiences, Patient Experience, Patients Support Networks, Poor Coordination, Positive Care Experiences, Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Public Perceptions of the NHS and Social Care Tracker (Ipsos MORI), Qualitative Research, Quality in Long-Term Care, Social Networks, Social Relationships | Leave a comment

How Primary Care Could Help Reduce Emergency Admissions (University of Bristol / NIHR / BMJ Open)

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care reviewed the international evidence about how GPs might help reduce attendances at emergency departments. They have discovered that seeing the same GP each time patients visit their doctor’s … Continue reading →

Doctors’ Online Resource: Better Care for Older People (General Medical Council)

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A new online resource, developed by the General Medical Council (GMC) working with the British Geriatrics Society and Age UK, has been designed to support doctors with day-to-day care of older patients. It provides several video interviews plus practical … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Wales | Tagged 1000 Lives Plus (Wales), Access to Care, Advance Care Planning, Age and Ageing, Age Discrimination, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Allocating Resources, Better Care for Older People (GMC), BGS, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), British Medical Association, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Co-Morbidities In Older Patients, Coalition for Collaborative Care, Commissioning Services, Complex Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Needs, Conflicts of Interests, Delivering Dignity, Equal Access to Care, Esther Network, Exercise And Lifestyle For Older People, Fair Access to Care, Falls and Fractures, Family and Carers, Financial and Commercial Arrangements, General Medical Council (GMC), General Medical Council Guidance, General Medical Council: Better Care for Older People, Geriatric Discharges, Gold Standards Framework, GSF, Guidance on Commissioning, Health and Care of Older People, Healthy Living: Mind And Body, High Quality Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, House of Care, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Intermediate Care Fund: Welsh Government, Involving Older People In Service Planning / Commissioning, Jönköping in Sweden (Esthers), John Young: NHS England, MacMillan, Medical Protection Society, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multimorbidity, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple-Morbidities, National Council for Palliative Care, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Improving Quality, NHS IQ, NHS IQ Transform Programme, Niall Dickson, Niall Dickson: Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, Nutrition and Hydration, Occupational and Physical Activity Interventions, Palliative Care, Personalised Carer Support, Planning Services, Professor John Young, Quality of Life for People With Long Term Conditions, RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, Safe Compassionate Care for Frail Older People, Safeguarding, Setting Priorities, Signposting, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Staying Steady, Strength and Balance, Tools Tests And Checklists For Working With Older Patients, Virtual Learning Zone, Welsh Government, Working in Partnership With Older People | Leave a comment

Prisons and Health (WHO)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Europe, publication on prisons and health examines prisoners’ wellbeing and the potential impact of prison health on society. International experts offer advice on improving prison health practices across the board. … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Life Care, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO) | Tagged Accelerated Ageing, Access to Mental Health Services, Ageing and Re-Entry Into the Community, Ageing Inmates, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Chronic and Severe Illness, Chronic Care, Chronic Illnesses, Chronic Mental Health Problems, Complex Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Needs, Copenhagen, Correctional Health Care, Denmark, Dental Health, Diversion and Liaison, Elderly Mental Health, Equivalence of Care (Prison Versus Society), Forget Me Not: Dementia in Prison, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Geriatric Syndromes, Health and Wellbeing of Detainees, Health Inequalities, Impact of Prison on Mental Health, Incontinence, Inequalities of Health Care, Infectious Diseases in Prison, Instrumental ADL (IADL), Liaison and Diversion Programme, Liaison Mental Health Services, Life After Imprisonment, Mental Health in Prison, Multimorbidity, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple-Morbidities, National Liaison and Diversion Service, NCDs: Noncommunicable Diseases, Older Inmates, Older Prisoners, People Deprived of Their Liberty, Polypharmacy, Preparation for Release, Prison Health, Prison Health Practices, Prisoners, Prisoners’ Rights, Prisons, Prisons and Health (WHO), Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Sensory Impairment, Support for People with Complex Needs, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe | Leave a comment

Accountable Care Organisations in the USA and England (King’s Fund / BBC News)

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This King’s Fund report investigates Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs) in the United States and England. The relevance of ACOs for integrated care initiatives in England are assessed. “In the United States, accountable care organisations ACOs – a group of … 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), Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abolition of the Purchaser/Provider Split, Accountability, Accountable Care Communities (ACCs), Accountable Care Organisations, Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), ACO Eligibility Criteria, ACO Models, ACO-Type Organisations, Active Engagement, Advocate Health Care in Chicago, Affordable Care Act (Office of Legislative Counsel 2010), Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Balance Between Care by Specialists and Generalists, Barriers to Integration, BBC Health News, Benefits of Integrated Care, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Budgets, Care by Specialists and Generalists, Care Integration, Care Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.), Chronic Illnesses, Clinical Leadership, Co-operative Network in Rural North Dakota, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Care Teams, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Working, Commissioning Support Tools, Community Care of North Carolina, Conditions for Integration, Cost and Quality Measures, Enablers of Integrated Care, Engagement, England, Evolution of ACOs, Financial Fragmentation in the NHS, Fragmentation of Services and Commissioning, Fragmented Care, Fragmented Resource Allocation, Geisinger Health System in Western Pennsylvania, GP Commissioning in the NHS in England, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound Washington State, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Care Reform, High Quality Care for All, House of Care Model, Impactability Models, Incentivising Integrated Care, Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), Information Sharing, Innovations in Payment Systems and Contracting, Integrated Care in English NHS, Integrated Delivery Systems, Integration of Health and Social Care, Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Investment in Information Technology, Kaiser Permanente, Lessons for England From the US, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Macmillan Cancer Support, Massachusetts Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), Mayo Clinic, Medicare, Medicare and Medicaid, Monarch in California, Multi-Specialty Group Practices, Multi-Specialty Teams Across Hospital and Community, Multiagency Teams, Multidisciplinary Teams, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Needs, Multiple-Morbidities, Networks and Alliances, NHS Plan (2000), NHS Reform, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient Engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (US 2010), Patient Targeting and Risk Stratification, Payment by Results, Payment Systems and Incentives, Physician Hospital Organisations (PHOs), Pioneer and the Shared Savings Programme, Pioneer Programme, Population Risk Stratification, Prevention, Preventive Care, Purchaser/Provider Split, Right Outcomes Linked to Incentives, Risk Stratification, Shared Savings Programme, Specific Objectives, Support Tools, Team-Based Approaches, Types of ACOs, United States, USA, Virginia Mason in Washington State, Virtual Physician Organisations (VPOs), Working Arrangements | Leave a comment

Dementia Action Alliance Webinars for 2014 (DAA)

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) has organised a series of free webinars on dementia and related topics. The list of events, so far, includes: What Living With Dementia Is All About. Presented by Peter Ashley, Living With Dementia. Thursday … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Cancer and Dementia, Challenges of Living with Dementia, Co-Morbidities, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Competent and Capable Staff, Complex Care, Complex Needs, COTSS-OP: College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Older People, Cultural Relevance, Cultural Sensitivity, Culturally Competent Dementia Care, Culturally Sensitive Services, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Action Alliance Webinar Programme (2014), Dementia Action Alliance Webinar Registration, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Education and Training, Enabling Occupation, Free Webinars (DAA), Living with Dementia, Living With Dementia Group (LWDG), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Macmillan Cancer Support, Management of Co-Morbidities, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Health Issues, Multiple Needs, Multiple-Morbidities, Older People With Complex Needs, Respect for Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Training, University of Worcester, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Worcester University, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Commissioning Guidance on Care for Frail Older People (NHS England)

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has released practical guidance on the implementation of a care pathway for frail older people. This document summarises evidence on the effects of an integrated pathway of care. It also offers suggestions about using commissioning levers and … Continue reading →

Posted in 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, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Avoidable Harm, Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Self-Management for People with Dementia, Care Closer to Home, Care Integration, Care Pathway Model, Care Pathways, Chronic and Severe Illness, Chronic Care, Chronic Illnesses, Commissioning Guidance, Commissioning Guides, Commissioning Levers, Commissioning Research, Commissioning Skills, Commissioning Support, Commissioning Task, Comorbidity and Dementia, Compassionate Care, Complex Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Needs, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, CQUIN Payments, CQUINs, East London and City, Frail Elders, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Health and Social Care Integration, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Joint Emergency Team (JET), Kent, Kent County Council, Leeds, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Treatment, Maintaining Independence, Multiple Chronic Disease, North West London, Older People With Complex Needs, Patient Experience, Quality of Life, Regaining Independence, Safe Compassionate Care for Frail Older People, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), Self-Care, Self-Determination, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Efficacy (Carers), Self-Efficacy (Patients), Self-Management, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management Support, South Devon and Torbay, Southend, Support for People with Complex Needs, Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest East London and City (WELC) | Leave a comment

South Devon and Torbay: Community Virtual Wards and Proactive Case Management (King’s Fund)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This King’s Fund case study (funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation) investigates community virtual wards based in GP practices within South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The community virtual wards were introduced by Devon Primary Care … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Aetna (US), Aetna Foundation, Avoidable Admissions, Care Coordinators, Case Management, CCGs, Chronic and Severe Illness, Chronic Care, Chronic Diseases, Chronic Illnesses, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Combined Predictive Model, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Nursing, Community Support Services, Community Virtual Wards, Coordinated Care, Coordination of Care, Dedicated Care Coordination, Devon County Council, Devon Predictive Model (DPM), Devon Primary Care Trust, Direct Enhanced Service (DES) Payments, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Exeter City Council, GP Facilitators, GP Practice, GP-Led Commissioning, GPs, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, Integrated Care Coordinators, Integration, Locality Working, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multiagency Teams, Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Team Care, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Needs, Patient Assessment, Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC), Patient Care, Personalised Case Management, Plymouth, Predictive Modelling, Predictive Risk Models, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prevention, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Preventive Support: Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Proactive Care, Proactive Case Management, Quality of Care, Responsible GPs, Risk Prediction and Stratification Activities, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), Shortlisting, South Devon, South Devon and Torbay, South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Torbay, Torbay Council, Torbay Primary Care Trust (PCT), Virtual Wards, Virtual Wards to Reduce Readmissions | Leave a comment

Research Funding to Tackle Major Health Challenges (Department of Health)

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers from 13 UK pioneering research teams have received £124m funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to support the next five years working on projects aimed at benefiting patients. The aim is to develop innovative treatments and techniques in … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NIHR, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing and Dementia, Alcohol, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Chronic Care, Chronic Diseases, CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Dementia Research, Diabetes, Early Intervention in Mental Health and Dementia, Enduring Disabilities and Disadvantage, Health Minister Lord Howe, Infection, King's College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Minimally Disruptive Healthcare, Multiple Chronic Disease, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NIHR CLAHRC East, NIHR CLAHRC East Midlands, NIHR CLAHRC Oxford, NIHR CLAHRC South London, NIHR CLAHRC South West, NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Palliative and End of Life Care, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), Patient Safety, Peninsula Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Psychosis, Public Health, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Service Redesign in Mental Health and Dementia, Stroke, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Women’s Health | Leave a comment

Improving Later Life (Age UK)

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This electronic book is a compilation of themed insights, each of the sections being written by various experts in their fields, concerning the best evidence available on the main issues in the health and wellbeing of people aged 85 … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Assistive Technology, BBC News, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Achievement: Six Senses, Action on Elder Abuse, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Ageing, Ageing Well, Ageism, Assistive Technology, BBC Health News, Belonging: Six Senses, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Continuity: Six Senses, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Dental Healthcare, Detecting Elder Abuse, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity Code, Elder Abuse, Empowerment, Enabling Technology, Engagement, Exercise, Eye Health, Fourth Age, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care, Heterogeneity, Hospitals, Incontinence, Independence and Relationships, Living Long, Living Well with Dementia, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mentally Stimulating Activity in Old Age, Moderate Exercise, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Health Issues, Multiple-Morbidities, National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People, Nonagenarians, Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age (Age UK), Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Patient Involvement, Personalised Care, Personhood, Physical Exercise Programmes, Preconceptions (Misconceptions), Preparing for a Better Later Life, Preventative Care, Preventing Loneliness, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Professor Alistair Burns, Purpose: Six Senses, Quality and User Involvement, Regular Exercise, Relationship-Centred Care, Remember the Person, Security: Six Senses, Sedentary Behaviour, Seeing The Person, Senses, Service User Involvement, Significance: Six Senses, Silver Book, Six Senses, Six Senses (Security Belonging Continuity Purpose Achievement Significance), Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Disturbances, Sleep Fragmentation, Sleeping Problems, Social Care, Social Care Provision, Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion, Social Isolation, Social Life, Social Networks, Social Relationships, The Silver Book, Urinary Incontinence, User Involvement, Whole Person Medicine | Leave a comment

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