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Brief Audit of the New Cross Hospital Specialised Dementia Unit: a “New” Discovery (European Geriatric Medicine)

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

Summary A short conference abstract relating to the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project has been discovered, entirely fortuitously, over three years after the event held in Brussels. This brief piece communicates the results of an audit into the effectiveness of … Continue reading →

New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle: a “New” Discovery (Health Foundation)

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following case study from the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust covers how the Dementia Care Bundle (DCB) was implemented at New Cross Hospital and how this has improved patient safety. This apparently neglected item from the University of Worcester, … Continue reading →

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Integrated Care for People with Complex Chronic Conditions: Research Summary (King’s Fund)

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This King’s Fund report summarises the findings from a 2-year research project (funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation) which involved looking at five UK-based programmes delivering coordinated care for people with long-term and complex needs. The aim has … Continue reading →

Posted in 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), Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), Advice and Support, Aetna (US), Aetna Foundation, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Assigned Accountability, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell (BUDS), Bexley, Bexley Advanced Dementia Care At Home Project, BUDS: Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell, Burden on Caregivers, Care Closer to Home Project, Care Co-ordination, Care Coordinators, Care Integration, Care Pathway, Care Plan, Care Planning, 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Dementia Care in the Acute General Hospital: Revisited (Journal of Dementia Care)

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

Summary This article summarises the range of interventions involved in improving care for people with dementia at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton. Key components of the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project comprise: A specialist dementia acute medical ward (currently called … Continue reading →

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Integrated Care: the Esteem Team at Sandwell’s Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (King’s Fund)

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This case study from the King’s Fund (funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation) covers one of five UK-based models of care co-ordination. It is about the Sandwell Esteem Team, at the Sandwell Integrated Primary Care Mental Health 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, King's Fund, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK | Tagged Aetna (US), Aetna Foundation, Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell (BUDS), BUDS: Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell, Care Pathway, Co-Production, Community Care, Community Mental Health Teams, Community Support, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Complex Chronic Conditions, Core 10 (Assessment Tool), Core 10 and WEMWBS, Core-OM, Corenet Software, Counselling Services, Esteem Team: Sandwell, Functional Integration, Health and Social Care Integration, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, IAPT Programme, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Liaison Services, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mental Health Liaison Services, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, Multidisciplinary Teams, NHS West Midlands, Patient Experience, Patient Focus, Patient Involvement, Primary Care, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group, Sandwell Esteem Team, Sandwell Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Service, Sandwell Wellbeing Hub, Sandwell: West Midlands, Stepped Care Approach, Team Culture, Team Working, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), West Midlands | Leave a comment

Jeremy Hunt on ‘Complacent’ Hospitals (BBC News)

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has stated that some hospitals are coasting along and settling for minimum standards instead of striving for excellence. He has criticised a culture of “complacency” and low expectations which may be placing unnecessary limits on performance in the NHS. The challenge is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Care in General Hospitals, Coasting, Feedback, FFT: Friends and Family Test, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Friends and Family Test (NHS), General Hospitals, Hard to Reach Groups, Local Surveys, Mediocrity, NHS Friends and Family Test, NHS West Midlands, Patient Care, Patient Choice, Patient Experience, Patient Feedback, Patient Opinion, Patient Satisfaction, Patient Surveys, User Experience, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall NHS Healthcare Trust, West Midlands | Leave a comment

Improving Dementia Identification and Timely Diagnosis: Skills and Competencies for Primary Care Liaison (University of Worcester / Victoria University)

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This article examines possible ways to improve the effectiveness of identification of people with undiagnosed dementia in primary care. The role of Primary Care Liaison is a possible solution. An in-depth consultation, and search of the literature and policy … Continue reading →

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