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Building Age-Friendly Cities (Houses of Parliament Library POST Note PN 539)

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) note on “Creating age friendly cities” considers the challenges involved in making cities more “age-friendly”. It examines how housing, transport and outdoor spaces etc. might be re-designed to promote independence … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Green Space, Access to Urban Green Spaces, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Cities (WHO), Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Ageing Population, Architecture and Design Scotland, Attitudes to Ageing, Attitudes to Older People, BBC Health News, BBC Scotland News, Building Age-Friendly Cities (POST Note PN 539), Built Environment, Challenges in Creation of Age-Friendly Cities, Crichton Trust, Dumfries and Galloway Care Campus Project (Crichton Trust), Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities, Global Age Friendly Cities (WHO), Green Spaces, Health Benefits of Green Space, Houses of Parliament, Infrastructure Costs, Local Planning, Nuffield Foundation Flowers Fellowship, Outdoor Spaces, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST), Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Physical Environment, POST: Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, Public Transport, Transport, Transport and Mobility, Transportation Infrastructure, Urban Green Space and Trees | Leave a comment

Various Quality of Life Issues: Recent Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Some of the following articles may be available freely where indicated (depending on local circumstances). Access to the full-text of the other articles will require a suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or payment. The Bibliographic Citations Drageset, J. Corbett, … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Pain, Person-Centred Care, Systematic Reviews | Tagged Ambient Assisted Living Technologies, Assisted Living Technologies, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Financial Errors in Dementia, Financial Wellbeing, Gardens, GP Home Visits, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Quality of Life Variables, Health and Wellbeing, Impact of Dementia on Marriage, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Outdoor Spaces, Pain and Disruptive Behaviour, Pain Management, Preventive Home Visits, Quality of Life, Quality of Life (QoL), Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life for People With Long Term Conditions, Quality of Life Indicators, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Reading, Selected Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Self-Efficacy, Self-Efficacy (Carers), Sexual Behaviours, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses | Leave a comment

Gardens Help Trigger Memories in Dementia Patients (Journal of the American Medical Directors Association / Nursing Times / BT Lifestyle)

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School have found that gardens and green spaces help care home residents with dementia to relax, resulting in reduced agitation. This review of 17 different international research studies indicates that having opportunities … 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), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Agitation, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, BT Lifestyle, Calming Settings, Care Home Residents, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Commissioning for Excellence in Care Homes, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Related Quality of Life (DEMQOL), Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Environments to Trigger Memories, European Centre for the Environment and Human Health, European Quality Of Life (EUROQOL) Tool, Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardens, Gardens in Care Homes, Green Spaces, Health and Wellbeing, Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, Horticultural Activities, Horticultural Therapy, Horticulture, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Increasing Wellbeing, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Living Well in Care Homes, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Multisensory Engagement, Multisensory Environments for Leisure, Multisensory Stimulation, Multisensory Stimulation Through Reminiscence, National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula, NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Nursing Times, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Outdoor Spaces, PenCLAHRC, Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Physical Wellbeing, Psychological Wellbeing, Reduced Requirement for Antipsychotic Medication, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Sensory Garden, Sensory Stimulation, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School | Leave a comment

Dementia Green Care Handbook: Therapeutic Design and Practice (Safehouse / Housing LIN)

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

Summary This document covers the therapeutic use of gardens, gardening and the general design and therapeutic uses of outdoor spaces for people with dementia. The “Dementia Green Care Handbook” presents insights from Chalfont Design and their partners; including Age Concern Central Lancashire, NHS Central Lancashire … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age Concern Central Lancashire, Agitation, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Better Care Homes, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care Homes, Central Lancashire, Chalfont Design, Comfortable Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Day Centres, Dementia Green Care Handbook, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Developing Dementia-Friendly Environment In Intermediate / Sub Acute Care in Community Hospital Sites, Distressed Behaviour, Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), Enriched Environments, Environment, Environmental Design, Environmental Improvements, Ethos of Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardens, HICA Group, Improving the Environment of Care for People with Dementia in the General Outpatient Department of Darlington Memorial Hospital, NHS Central Lancashire, Outdoor Spaces, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Residential Care Homes, Safe Environments, Supportive Environments, Therapeutic Design and Practice | Leave a comment

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