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Tag Archives: Peer Support
Role of Community Nurses in Carer Support (Department of Health)
Summary This Department of Health guidance covers support for adult carers by community nurses. It is aimed at district and general practice nurses, health professionals generally, commissioners and service providers. This guidance relates, partly, to an earlier document “Care in local communities: … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Admissions, Befriending, Burden on Caregivers, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, Care, Care in Local Communities, Caregiver Support, Carer Awareness, Carer Fatigue, Carer Inclusion, Carer Organisations, Carer Quality of Life Tool, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carers Strategy, Carers Trust, Carers Trust Carers Hub, Caring for Carers, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Healthcare Practice, Collaborative Working, Commitment, Communication, Community Care, Community Nurse Development Programme, Community Nursing, Community Nursing Programme, Compassion, Compassion in Practice, Competence, Courage, District Nursing, District Nursing Services, Empowering Carers, Enhancing Support for Carers, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Family-Centred Approach to Care, Family-Centred Care, General Practice Nurses, Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers, Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Informal Carers, Informal Support Networks for Carers, John Moore’s University, Making Every Contact Count, Maximising the Nursing Contribution to the Dementia Challenge, Milton Keynes Community Health Services, National Carers Strategy Demonstrator Sites Programme, No-one Alone, Partnership Working, Peer Support, Peninsula Community Health CIC, Personalised Carer Support, Population and Case Load Management, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Primary Care District Nursing Services, Professional Pathway for Community Nurses, Public Health, Public Health Contribution of Nurses and Midwives, Queen’s Nursing Institute, Service Integration, Six C’s of Nursing, Skills for Care, Skills for Health, Social Isolation, Support for Carers, Supporting Caregivers, Supporting Seamless Access, The 6 Cs, Transforming Community Services Programme, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Valuing Carers
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Common Core Principles Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care (Skills for Care)
Summary This guide, from Skills for Care, presents ten common core principles to support mental health and wellbeing in social care settings. These principles are intended to help staff working in social care services to support and promote good mental … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Workers, Approachability, Care Standards Act 2000, Caring Nature, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Collaboration, Common Core Principles, Common Core Principles: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care, Community Involvement, Compassion, Confidence, Consistency, Cultural Needs, Dignity and Respect, Empathy, Equality, Equality Act 2010, Equality and Diversity, Equality and Human Rights, Friendliness, Honesty, Independence, Independence Choice and Risk, Indicative Behaviours, Integrity, Involvement and Participation, Maintaining Identity, Maintaining Independence, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 2007, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Motivating People, Non-Judgementalism, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Optimism, Patient Identity, Patient Preferences, Peer Support, Personal Identity, Personal Preferences, Positive Relationships, Recreational Activities, Regaining Independence, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding Adults Principles, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Sense of Identity, Shared Decision-Making, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care, Social Inclusion
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Self-Help Groups for People With Dementia Living in Extra Care Housing (Housing LIN)
Summary The Housing LIN Case Study No 80 summarises findings from the Mental Health Foundation’s (still ongoing) evaluation of three peer support groups for people in the early stages of dementia, living in three Housing21 extra care housing schemes. Peer … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Dementia, Housing and Mental Health, Housing and People with Dementia, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing21, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Lawton-Brody International Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL), Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mutual Support, Peer Support, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Roles, Peer Support Services, Preventing Loneliness, Retirement Communities, Retirement Housing, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Help, Self-Help Groups, Self-Help Groups for People With Dementia, Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (sWEMWBS), Social Capital, Social Isolation, Social Networks, Social Wellbeing, Social Wellbeing in Extra Care Housing, Support Networks, SWEMWBS: Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale
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Post Diagnostic Support (NHS England)
Summary Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, has written about the importance of support for people after diagnosis. “The need to support people with dementia, their families and carers is the next step following a diagnosis”. Full … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Advice and Information, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Coping with Caregiving: Professor Gill Livingstone, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Advisors, Developing Peer Support for Long Term Conditions: Lothian and Lanarkshire, Five Pillars of Post-Diagnostic Support, Guideposts Trust, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Information for Carers, Information for Patients, Information Needs of Carers, Information Prescription, Peer Support, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Roles, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, Post-Diagnostic Support, Professor Alistair Burns, STrAtegies for RelaTives
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Supporting Peer Support: Setting-Up, Running or Participating in Peer Support Groups (IRISS)
Summary This Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) briefing draws on lessons learned from the Evaluation Exchange project; which was a time-limited peer support network created by IRISS and Evaluation Support Scotland. The online version of this … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 3D Drumchapel, Capability Scotland, Edinburgh Council, Empathy (Peer Support), Evaluation Exchange Project, Evaluation Support Scotland, Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS), Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services: IRISS, IRISS: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, Mental Health Network (Greater Glasgow), Moray Council, Peer Support, Peer Support - Making it Happen, Peer Support – Principles in Practice, Peer Support Groups, Peer Support in Long Term Conditions, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Roles, Peer Support Services, Peer Support Workers, PLUS, Quarriers, Rowan Alba Ltd, Sense Scotland, Streetwork UK
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