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Interventions to Improve Resilience in People Living With Dementia (Frontiers in Medicine)

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A review of the literature has identified five types of interventions designed to support resilience (coping with adversity) in people with dementia, which comprise: Dementia Advisors. Peer Support Network Services. Visual Arts Enrichment Activities (VAEA). Memory Makers. Early-Stage and … Continue reading →

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Digital Support for People At Risk of Type 2 Diabetes (NHS England / Diabetes Care)

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Online support and wearable monitoring technology will be provided for eligible people at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes, as part of planned extensions to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme. This complies with ambitions in the NHS NHS Long … Continue reading →

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Innovations in Health and Care: Spreading the Benefits (SCIE / King’s Fund / BBC News / OHE / Health Foundation)

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s Future of Care Briefing Number 6, which tackles Innovative models of health, care and support for adults covers the spread of innovation from small-scale models of health, social care and support for … Continue reading →

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Funding the Shared Lives Model of Support For Living Independently At Home (NHS England / Shared Lives Plus)

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England is to invest £1.75 million in the Shared Lives Plus scheme which aims to help people be cared for at home, rather than in hospitals. “The Shared Lives model will support people who have needs which make … Continue reading →

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Social Value Argument Supports Investment in Dementia Support Services (Health Innovation Network)

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A report from the Health Innovation Network highlights the positive social value of peer support groups for people with dementia, their carers and volunteers. It is estimated (based on just three such groups evaluated) that each pound of investment … Continue reading →

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Dementia Peer Support Resource Tool (Health Innovation Network)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Health Innovation Network has produced a dementia peer support resource tool, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK and Innovations in Dementia. This tool is designed to assist with establishing and running peer support networks for people … Continue reading →

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Loneliness in Old Age: Male Perspectives (BBC News / ILC-UK / Independent Age)

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Increasing numbers of men face loneliness and isolation in old age, according to research by the International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) and Independent Age. While older women are likely to remain more likely to outlive their husbands, it is also … Continue reading →

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National Dementia Carers Day (Dementia UK / SweetTree Home Care Services)

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary National Dementia Carers Day 2014 is on Sunday September 14th 2014. National Dementia Carers Day is a UK-wide awareness day, created by Dementia UK and SweetTree Home Care Services. It has been planned to fall within World Alzheimer’s Month. … Continue reading →

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Demographic Crisis in Care Provision: Community Responses (BBC News / IPPR)

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has estimated that the number of older people in England needing care will outstrip the supply of family members able to provide unpaid care by 2017. The IPPR further estimates that by … Continue reading →

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Leicester City Council / Shared Lives Foster Placements for Elderly People (BBC News)

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A fostering scheme for the elderly is being introduced in Leicester, whereby families will be paid to take elderly people into their homes. Carers will be paid £224 a week (roughly four times the amount unpaid carers on basic Carer’s … Continue reading →

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