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Tag Archives: New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA)
Flexible Hours for Carers: a Growing Care Gap (BBC News / Ageing and Society)
Summary An estimated 675,000 older people depend upon unpaid carers, usually their children. Jeremy Hunt has proposed that a cultural change is needed among employers so that carers have parity of esteem, and receive similar flexible working opportunities to parents … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Age and Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care: Projections, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, BBC Health News, Care Gap, Carer-Blind Versus Carer-Sighted Models of Long-Term Care, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Flexible Hours for Carers, Flexible Roles, Flexible Workforce, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Informal Caregiving, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), London School of Economics (LSE), London School of Economics and Political Science, Long-Term Care (LTC), LSE Health and Social Care, Modelling Ageing Populations to 2030 (MAP2030) Project, NDA: New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA), New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, Prevalence of Unpaid Care, Projections of Supply of Intense Unpaid Care to Older Parents, PSSRU at London School of Economics and Political Science, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Scenarios (Projections and Estimates), Social Demographics, Support for Relatives Friends or Carers, Unpaid Care Provision, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers
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Government Funded Assistive Technology Research and Development Projects (Department of Health)
Summary This Department of Health report gives an overview of government-funded projects to support the development, introduction and evaluation of assistive technology. Assistive technologies are intended to broaden the activities, independence and / or wellbeing of disabled and older people. This … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Falls, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Stroke, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged AAC Services, AAL-WELL: Ambient Assisted Living technologies for Wellness Engagement and Long Life, ABC: Adaptive Brain Computations Initial Training Network, ACCOMPANY: Acceptable robotiCs COMPanions for AgeiNg Years, Adaptive Technologies, Adaptive Technologies for Enhancing the Accessibility of Digital TV, Advanced FES Rehabilitation Tool, AEGIS: Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork Infrastructure Standards, AKTIVE: Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in Later Life, ALICE: Assistance for Better Mobility and Improved Cognition of Elderly Blind and Visually Impaired, All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry, Any Qualified Provider (AQP), Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Programme, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Assessing and Suppressing Upper Limb Tremor to Enable Independence, ASSISTANT: Aiding SuStainable Independent Senior TrAvellers to Navigate in Towns, Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home for People with Dementia: ATTILA Trial, ASTERICS: ASsistive TEchnology Rapid Integration and Construction Set, ASTUTE: Acute Stroke Telemedicine: Utility Training and Evaluation, ATHENE: Assistive Technologies for Healthy living in Elders: Needs Assessment by Ethnography, ATIS4all: Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All, ATRAS, ATRAS: Assistive Technologies for Rehabilitation of the Arm Following Stroke, ATTILA Trial: Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Services, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering (BIME), BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Brain Plasticity: Exercise-Induced, Brain-Neural Computer Interfaces (BNCI), Care Bill 2013-14, CARE@HOME: CARE AT HOME, Carer+ Ageing Well in the Community and At Home, Caring for Our Future: Reforming Care and Support, CCE: Connected Care for Elderly Persons Suffering from Dementia, CCmI Project, CELS Business Services, Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Health (CATCH), Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, CHRONICLES: Providing Access to Life Stories for Adults with Communication and Language Impairment, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), COBALT: Challenging Obstacles and Barriers to Assisted Living Technology, COGWATCH, Collaborative Cross Modal Interfaces, Commissioning Specialised Assistive Technology Services, Communication, Communication Matters, Communication-Friendly Communities, Community Stroke Care, Constraint Induced Therapy Following Stroke (LifeCIT), CSO: Chief Scientist Office, CuPiD, D4D HTC: Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Cooperative, DALi: Devices for Assisted Living, DAP Connect: Toolkits for Assisted Living, Dementia Care and Support Compact, Digital First (Formerly Digital by Default), Digital Technology, eCaalyx Project, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), EPSRC: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council, EU AAL: European Union Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme, EU Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Programme, EU CIP: European Union Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, EU Erasmus Mundus: European Union Erasmus Mundus, EU FP7: European Union Framework Programme 7, EU Health Programme: European Union Health Programme, EU ICT PSP: European Union ICT Policy Support Programme, EU Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), EU LLP: European Union Lifelong Learning Programme, EU Marie Curie: European Union Marie Curie Programme, EU Northern Periphery: European Union Northern Periphery Programme, FAST, Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST), Foundations Independent Living Trust (FILT) Warm Homes Service, Freedom to Roam, Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Rehab Tool, Golden-Oldies Charitable Trust, GUIDE: Gentle User Interfaces for Disabled and Elderly Citizens, HAPTIMAP, Health Channel on Smart TVs, Health Information Technology, Health Technologies, Healthy Communities, Hear It Project, Hopes Project, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Care for Older People, Inclusion, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Information Technology, Integrated Care and Support, Integrating Health and Social Care Personal Budgets, INTERREG IVA 2 Seas: Inter-Regional 2 Seas Programme, INTERREG IVB NWE: Inter-Regional North West Europe Programme, INTERREG IVC: Innovation and environment regions of Europe sharing solutions – financed by European Regional Development Fund, inTouch Project, inTouch: Video Link System for Inclusion for People with Dementia, JISC: Joint Information Systems Committee, LLHW: Lifelong Health and Wellbeing., Long Term Care Revolution, Mandate to NHS England, MATCH, MATCH: Mobilising Advanced Technologies for Care at Home, Medical Research Council (MRC), Mobile Technology, MRC (Medical Research Council) and AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council), MRC: Medical Research Council, MyDocStore Project by iANSYST Ltd, MyLife, MyLife Project, MyUI Project, National Stroke Quality Strategy Quality Marker, NDA: New Dynamics of Ageing programme. A collaboration between 5 UK Research Councils: ESRC, New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA), New Technology, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Mandate, NIHR CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, NIHR HS&DR: Health Services and Delivery Research, NIHR HTA: Health Technology Assessment Programme, NIHR HTD: Health Technology Devices programme, NIHR i4i: Invention for Innovation programme, NIHR PGAR: Programme Grants for Applied Research, NIHR PHR: Public Health Research, NIHR RfPB: Research for Patient Benefit, NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, Nottinghamshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), Office of the Communication Champion, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Health Budgets, Portrait System for Care Staff of People with Dementia, Poststroke Care, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, RCUK Digital Economy: Research Councils UK Digital Economy Programme, Reablement, Reach112 Total Conversation Project, Ready for Ageing, Recall Project, Rehabilitation, Release Project, Research and Development, Route Mate, SeniorEngage Project, SFC: Scottish Funding Council, SilverGame Project, Sir David Nicholson, Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), Smart TV, Social Inclusion, Social Networks, SomnIA, South Yorkshire CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Stroke Rehabilitation, Telecommunications, TSB ALIP dallas: Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale Programme, TSB ALIP: Assisted Living Innovation Platform, TSB Assisted Living Innovation Programme (ALIP), TSB SBRI: Small Business Research Initiative, TSB: Technology Strategy Board, Vivoca2 Project, VOCA, Welfare Reform Act 2012, Welsh Government A4B: Academic Expertise for Business, Whole System Demonstrator (WSD), Wii STAR, WSD: Whole System Demonstrator Programme
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