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Tag Archives: Nurse Education
Education and Training Framework Maps Dementia Core Skills (Skills for Health / HEE / Skills for Care)
Summary Last month, Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care issued a comprehensive resource to support the education, training and workforce development needs of persons who work with people living with dementia and their carers. This “Dementia … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers in England, Advance Care Planning, Care Act 2014, Care and Communication, Care Certificate Standards, Care Quality, Care South West Peninsula (NIHR PenCLAHRC), Care Staff Education, Caregiver-Patient Communication, Christina Pond: Executive Director at Skills for Health, Colin Wright: Skills Framework Manager at Skills for Health, Collaboration, Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia, Common Induction Standards for Support Workers, Communication Interaction and Behaviour in Dementia Care, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Core and Common Competences for Support Workers, Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Curriculum for UK Dementia Education, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Care, Dementia Core Skills: Education and Training Framework (HEE), Dementia Education and Training, Dementia Education Principles and Standards, Dementia Education Standards and Principles (HEE), Dementia Education: Empirical Development of Curricula Standards and Criteria to Support Dementia Education, Dementia Identification, Dementia Identification Assessment and Diagnosis, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dr Olga Koslowska: University of Wolverhampton, Education and Training, Education and Training of Registered Nurses and Care Assistants, Education and Training Progression, Educational and Clinical Supervision, Educational Relevance of Dementia Training, End of Life Dementia Care, Equality Diversity and Inclusion in Dementia Care, Ethics, Families and Carers as Partners in Dementia Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Wellbeing in Dementia Care, Health Education, Health Education South West, Health Technical Competences for Support Workers, Healthcare Support Workers, HEDN Curriculum for UK Dementia Education, HEE: Health Education England, HEE’s Investment in Dementia Education and Training, Higher Education for Dementia Network (HEDN), Improving Dementia Care, Indicative Mappings: National Standards or Frameworks, John Rogers: Chief Executive of Skills for Health, Knowledge Skills and Attitudes (Staff), Law Ethics and Safeguarding in Dementia Care, Leadership in Transforming Dementia Care, Learning and Development for Social Care Workers Supporting People with Dementia, Lisa Bayliss-Pratt: Director of Nursing at Health Education England, Living Well With Dementia and Promoting Independence, London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network, Mental Capacity Act 2005, National Occupational Standards (NOS), NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Nurse Education, Nursing Education, PenCLAHRC, Person-Centred Dementia Care, Person-Centred Dementia Care and Support, Pharmacological Interventions in Dementia Care, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Professor David Sallah: Clinical Lead for Mental Health Workforce at Health Education England, Recognition, Regulated Qualifications Framework, Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Dementia Care, Sharon Allen: Chief Executive of Skills for Care, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Care Qualifications, Skills for Care Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), Skills for Care’s Workforce Capacity Planning Guidance, Skills for Health, Skills for Health (SfH), Social Care, Social Care Technical Competences for Support Workers, Social Care Workers: Skills for Supporting People with Dementia, Social Care Workforce, Standardisation in Dementia Education and Training, Supporting Dementia Workers, Supporting People with Dementia (Common Core Principles), Training the Social Care and Health Workforce, UK Core Skills Training Framework, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Training
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Future Nurses Required to Train as Care Assistants Initially (BBC News)
Summary The Department of Health‘s response to the Francis Inquiry Report is likely to include recommendations that nurses will be required to spend time performing duties such as washing and dressing, in the apprenticeship role of healthcare assistant, before embarking upon their degree training. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Candour, Care in General Hospitals, Contractual Duty of Candour, Delivering Dignity, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Report, Fundamental Standards, General Hospitals, Healthcare Assistants, Human Rights and Nursing, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Nurse Education, Openness, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Professional Disengagement, Quality Improvement, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Sir Robert Francis QC, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability
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Nursing Leader Makes Proposals For Health Trusts, Staffing Levels and Professional Culture (BBC News)
Summary Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, is proposing that health trusts should publish and justify their staffing levels at least twice a year. Her call, to be made at a conference in Manchester today, is an attempt to address concerns over neglect and abuse … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 6 C’s of Nursing, Care and Compassion, Communication, Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Culture Change, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity on the Ward, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Engagement, FFT: Friends and Family Test, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Local Ward Cultures, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Friends and Family Test, NHS Values, Nurse Education, Nursing Older People, Nursing Practice, Patient Experience, Patient Feedback, Patient to Nurse Ratios, Professionalism, Respect, Shaping Culture, Six C’s of Nursing, Staff Motivation, Staffing Levels, The 6 Cs, User Experience
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Dementia Care in an Acute District General Hospital
[This abstract first appeared in: Dementia Newsletter RWHT Volume 1 Issue 6 January 2011]. Abstract Many of the guiding principles at the heart of the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project may be found in this article on the challenges posed by … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, Patient Care Pathway, Physiotherapy, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Dementia Coordinator, Elderly Care Nurses, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, Nurse Education, Outreach Dementia Service, Physical Illness, Psychogeriatric Liaison Team, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Workforce Training
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Nurse Education: Study Day on Dementia 2nd December 2010
A free dementia study day for registered nurses and AHPs will be held on Thursday December 2nd 2010, between 9am and 4.30pm at the Wolverhampton Medical Institute, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton. The content will cover the types of dementia, their … Continue reading