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Dying Matters Awareness Week 2015: Plus Related Information and Developments (Dying Matters Coalition / BBC News / PHSO / Nursing Times)

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Dying Matters Awareness Week”, this year having the theme “Talk, Plan, Live”, occurs between May 18th – 24th 2015. The aim is to support more open discussion about dying, death and bereavement. Making end of life wishes known, … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, 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), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Canterbury Christ Church University, Comfort and Pain Management, Dame Julie Mellor: Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman Service, Dying Matters, Dying Matters Awareness Week, Dying Matters Awareness Week (2015), Dying Matters Awareness Week: Talk Plan Live (2015 Theme), Dying Matters Coalition, Dying Without Dignity (PHSO), East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust, End-of-Life Care at Home, End-of-Life Care Delivered At Home, End-of-Life Care in Acute Hospitals, End-of-Life Care Pathways, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Access to Palliative Care, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Inappropriate Interventions, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Inconsistency in Care Standards in Hospitals, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Poor Pain Management, Good Death in Acute Hospitals, Lynda Thomas: Macmillan Cancer Support, Macmillan Cancer Support, Nursing Times, Pain Management, Pain Management in Older People with Dementia, Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Home, Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Hospitals, Palliative Care, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Preferred Place of Death, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Responsibility for End-of-Life Care in Care Homes, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Time to Care | Leave a comment

Recommendations for Improving End-of-Life Care (BBC News / House of Commons Health Committee)

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The House of Commons Health Select Committee has issued a report which makes a range of suggestions for improving end-of-life care. Many people still die in hospital, rather than their preferred place of death. It is proposed that social … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, 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), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Palliative and End of Life Care, Access to Services, Access to Social Services, Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Planning (ACP), BBC Health News, Bereavement Support, Beyond the Liverpool Care Pathway, Care in the Community, Childhood Bereavement Network, Cicely Saunders Institute, Cicely Saunders Institute: Kings College London, Community Care Services, Community Resourcing, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Palliative Care Service, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Costs of Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), DNACPR, DNACPR Documentation, Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Orders (DNACPR), Electronic Care Planning, Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS), Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, End of Life Nursing (Community-Based), End-of-Life Care at Home, End-of-Life Care Delivered At Home, End-of-Life Care Pathways, End-of-Life Support, Equal Access to Care, Equality of Access, Fair Access to Care Services, Fast Track Pathway, Five Priorities for Care, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Free Social Care Towards End-of-Life, House of Commons, House of Commons Health Committee, House of Commons Health Select Committee, Integrated and Community-Based Care, James Lind Alliance (JLA), LACDP: Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Leadership, Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People (LACDP), Local Leadership, Macmillan Cancer Support, National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s Quality Standard on End of Life Care, NHS Continuing Healthcare Fast Track Pathway, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Palliative and End of Life Care, Palliative and End of Life Care Priority Setting Partnership, Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Home, Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Hospices, Palliative Care Funding Review, Palliative Care Funding Review (PCFR), Parliament, Parliamentarians, Preferred Place of Death, Quality of End of Life Care in Different Settings, Research into Palliative and End of Life Care, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Specialist Palliative Care Services (SPC), UK Parliament, Workforce Planning and Development | Leave a comment

Better Home Pain Relief (BBC News / Marie Curie Cancer Care)

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A report from Marie Curie Cancer Care indicates that some terminally ill patients may on occasions suffer unnecessarily because of poor access to pain control at home. Interviews with survey respondents identify delays with prescriptions and carers sometimes feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Care at Home, Caregiver Support, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Chronic Pain, Community-Based End of Life Nurse, Community-Based Support, Difficult Conversations, Dying at Home, Dying Well at Home, End-of-Life Care at Home, Home Pain Relief, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Pain Management, Pain Prevalence, Pain Relief, Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Home, Palliative Care, Untreated Pain | Leave a comment

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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Midhurst Macmillan Service: Community-Based Specialist Palliative Care Service (King’s Fund)

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The King’s Fund (funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation) is examining co-ordinated care for people with complex chronic conditions though a series of five case studies. The project involves looking into different approaches to care co-ordination in primary … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, 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, King's Fund, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Aetna (US), Aetna Foundation, Assigned Accountability, Care Pathway, Care Planning, Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Co-Production, Community Care, Community Support, Community-Based End of Life Nurse, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Palliative Care Service, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Complex Care, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Needs, Continuing Care, Continuing Care Services in the Community, Dying at Home, End of Life Care, End-of-Life Care at Home, EOL, Experiences, Functional Integration, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Hampshire, Health and Social Care Integration, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care Coordinators, Integrated Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP), Local Partnerships, Macmillan Cancer Support, Midhurst Macmillan Service, Midhurst Macmillan Service Referral and Discharge, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multidisciplinary Teams, NHS Continuing Care, Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Home, Palliative Care, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personalised Care Planning, Preferred Place of Death, Referrals, Responsive Provider Networks, Staying at Home, Staying Put, Surrey, Sussex Community Trust, Team Culture, Team Working, User Experience, Volunteers, West Sussex | Leave a comment

Caring for Carers (Cambridge University / National Association for Hospice at Home)

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Most people would prefer to die at home rather than in a hospital, and it is family members or friends who make this possible. When involved in end-of-life care, unpaid carers are often in an unfamiliar and stressful position. A tool … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Burden on Caregivers, Cambridge University, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Support, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Fatigue, Carer Support, Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT), Carer's Needs, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Carers, Centre for Family Research: University of Cambridge, Dying at Home, End-of-Life Care at Home, EOL, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, National Association for Hospice at Home, Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Home, Palliative Care, Stress Reduction for Unpaid Family Carers, Support for Carers, Supporting Caregivers, University of Manchester, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers | Leave a comment

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