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Scotland’s Updated Care of Older People in Hospital Standards (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Revised Scottish standards concerning acute care of older people in hospital address all aspects of the patient care pathway, including initial assessment on admission, rehabilitation, care transitions and discharge planning. There are sixteen standards. Section headings comprise: Standard 1: … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Age Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland, Care of Older People in Hospital Standards, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Consent, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity on the Ward, Discharge Planning, Engagement and Patient Preferences., Frailty, Frailty Syndromes, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Hospital Pharmacies, Hospital Pharmacy Services, Managing Transitions, NHS Education for Scotland, NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Grampian, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian, NHS Tayside, Older People in Acute Care, Patient Flows, Patient Preferences, Patients Charter, Personal Preferences, Pharmaceutical Care, Physical Rehabilitation, Pressure Sores, Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Assessment, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers, Recognition and Diagnosis of Frailty, Recovery and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Care Pathways, Reshaping Care for Older People, Royal College of Nursing Scotland, Safe Staffing Levels, Scottish Government, Scottish Government’s (2011) Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland, Scottish Patient Safety Programme, Staffing Levels, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, Standards for Food Fluid and Nutritional Care, Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Ward Staffing Levels, Whittle Review Group | Leave a comment

Extra NHS Funding Provision For Winter Pressures (BBC News / Department of Health / NHS England)

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Further emergency funding has been made available for the NHS in England to help prepare for the recurrent winter crisis in rising demands for health care. This special funding is reported to have been increased by 75% compared to … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Falls, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged A&E Four-Hour Wait Standard, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Accident & Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Altnagelvin Area, Ambulance Response Times, Ambulance Services, Ambulance Targets, Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Antrim Area, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE), Attendances at A&E: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Ayrshire & Arran, BBC Health News, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, BMA: British Medical Association, Borders, British Medical Association (BMA), Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, Care in Appropriate Settings, Care Integration, Causeway, Circle Holdings, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Colchester General Hospital, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Cold Weather Plan, College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), College of Paramedics, Community Pharmacies, Confidential Consultation: Commonplace NHS Oxymoron, Coordinated Care, Courting the News / Media (Gaming the System), CQC Report on Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Craigavon Area, Cwm Taf University Health Board, Daisy Hill, Dr Clifford Mann: President of the College of Emergency Medicine, Dumfries & Galloway, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Admissions: NHS Local Performance Tracking Service (NHS Winter Project), Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Services, Enhanced Rapid Response Service, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Fife, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Planning, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Forth Valley, Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Funding Challenges, Funding of Care and Support, Gaming the System, Gaming the System: Playing the News / Media, General Hospitals, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, GP Out-of-Hours Services, GP Services, Grampian, Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Health and Social Care Integration, Healthcare Targets, Highland, Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Privatisation), Holiday Closure of Community Care Services, Holiday Closure of Community Pharmacies, Holiday Closure of GP Surgeries, Holiday Closure of Pharmacies, Hospital Bed Capacity, Hospital Emergency 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England, Wales: Major A&E Units, Weaponising the NHS (Labour: Attributed Phrase), West Midlands Ambulance Service, Western Isles, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures | Leave a comment

Peer Support in Long Term Conditions (Mental Health Foundation)

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This document, from the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) and partners, offers guidance to organisations wishing to deliver peer support for people with long-term conditions. A research project (2010 to 2011), funded by the Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (LTCAS), … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation), National, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Angus Cardiac Group, British Heart Foundation Scotland, Care Integration, Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland. Diabetes UK Scotland, Integration, Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (LTCAS), Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (LTCAS) Self Management Fund, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian, Partnership Working, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Royal College of General Practitioners (Scotland), Waverley Care | 1 Comment

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