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Tag Archives: NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC)
Home Care For Older People: NICE Quality Standard QS123 (NICE / BBC News)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard “Home Care For Older People: Quality Standard (QS123)”, which covers recommended minimum standards for home care. It clarifies how social care providers can help … 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, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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Patient Transfers / Hospital Discharge Guideline (SCIE / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new national guideline entitled “Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs (NG27)”. This guideline covers patient transitions … 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Admission to Hospital, Adults With Social Care Needs, Assessment at Home to Improve Hospital Discharge Success Rates, Assessment Before Discharge, Care Transitions, Care Transitions Involving Adults With Social Care Needs, Care Transitions of Older People, Communication, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Destination on Discharge, Discharge, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge Guidelines, Discharge Information, Discharge Into the Care Sector, Discharge Medicines Review Service, Discharge Planning, Discharge Records, Discharge Summaries, Discharge Support, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Education and Staff Training, ESD: Early Supported Discharge, Geriatric Assessment and Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Passport, Hospital-Based Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Dietitians, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Doctors, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Housing Specialists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Mental Health Practitioners, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Nurses, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Pharmacists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Social Workers, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Specialists in the Person’s Conditions, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Therapists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Voluntary Sector Practitioners, Information Sharing, Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Information Sharing: Behavioural Issues (Triggers to Certain Behaviours), Information Sharing: Care Plans, Information Sharing: Communication Needs, Information Sharing: Communication Passport, Information Sharing: Current Medicines, Information Sharing: Hospital Passport, Information Sharing: Housing Status, Information Sharing: Named Carers and Next of Kin, Information Sharing: Other Profiles Containing Important Information About the Person’s Needs And Wishes, Information Sharing: Preferred Places of Care, Integrated Discharge Process, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Management of Medicines, Managing Transitions, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medication Reviews, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Medicines Reconciliation, Mental Health Interventions to Support Discharge From General Inpatient Hospital Settings, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC), Patient Transitions of Care, Reablement, Recording Medicines, Reviewing Medicines, Self Management Support For People With Mental Health Difficulties, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Step Up, Step‑Up Facilities, TRAINING for Hospital and Social Care Practitioners, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Transition Planning, Transitions, Transitions Between Health and Social Care, Transitions into Care Home, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, Workforce Development
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Home Care Services Guideline (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline concerning high-quality home care services for older people (i.e. home care, sometimes known as domiciliary care). It puts the focus on supporting the aspirations, goals … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, 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, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Use of Quality Standards to Improve Practice in Care Homes for Older People (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a brief resource explaining how NICE quality standards fit together and relate to improvement initiatives relating to care homes. It explains how to use NICE quality standards to … Continue reading →
Posted in Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Care, Access to Healthcare Services, Access to Primary Care, Access to Services, Activity in Care Homes, Adult Mental Health Services, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Care Homes, Best Practice in Care Homes, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes: Last Year of Life, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Framework, Caring (CQC Inspection Question), Caring Indicators (CQC), Choice and Control Over Decisions, Community Mental Health, Coordinated Care, CQC Inspection Framework Questions and Related NICE Quality Standards, CQC Inspection Questions (Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well-Led), Delirium, Dementia (QS1), Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Depression in Adults (QS8), Diversity, Diversity Equality and Language, Effective (CQC Inspection Question), Elderly Mental Health, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, End of Life Care for Adults (QS13), End of Life Care in Care Homes, Equality, Health and Wellbeing, Holistic Care, Identity, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Independence, Independent Advocacy, Infection Prevention and Control, Language, Low Self-Esteem, Maintaining Identity, Maintaining Independence, Managers of Care Homes for Older People, Managing Medicines in Care Homes, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Services, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes (QS50), Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes: Support for Commissioning, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC), NICE Quality Standard 1 (QS1), NICE Quality Standard QS50, NICE Quality Standards, NICE Quality Standards Mapped to Related CQC Inspection Framework Questions, NICE Quality Standards on Improving Practice in Care Homes for Older People, NICE Resources Tailored for Managers of Care Homes for Older People, Patient Experience in Adult NHS Services (QS15), Patient Identity, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Personal Identity, Physical Problems, Physical Wellbeing, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Quality Statement 2: Personal Identity, Quality Statement 3: Recognition of Mental Health Conditions, Quality Statement 4: Recognition of Sensory Impairment, Quality Statement 5: Recognition of Physical Problems, Quality Statement 6: Access to Healthcare Services, Recognition of Mental Health Conditions, Recognition of Physical Problems, Recognition of Sensory Impairment, Residential Care Homes, Responsive (CQC Inspection Question), Safe (CQC Inspection Question), Sense of Identity, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Loss, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health (QS14), Supporting Older People in Care Homes At Night, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia (QS30), Supporting People to Live Well with Dementia: QS30 (NICE), Visual Impairment, Well-Led (CQC Inspection Question), Wellbeing, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Workforce Training
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Dementia Care: Examples of Best Practice Required (NCCSC / NICE / SCIE)
Summary The NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC) and NICE are working on two resources to support the implementation of the NICE Quality Standard QS30: “Supporting people to live well with dementia”. One resource will cover what the Quality … 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, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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