Tag Archives: Personalisation of Social Care

Working Locally: Micro-Enterprises and Building Community Assets (NHS Confederation)

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This NHS Confederation paper covers some lessons which NHS decision makers might be able to learn from the examination of micro-scale approaches in social care. This document reviews the potential role of micro-enterprise development in integrated health, care and … Continue reading →

Use of Personal Budgets Increases 40% (ADASS)

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The number of people who use personal budgets allocated by councils in England to agree care and support plans is estimated to be 432,349 (an increase of almost 40% during 2011/2012), according to the Association of Directors of Adult … Continue reading →

Posted in ADASS, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged ADASS Personalisation Survey 2012, Adult Social Care, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Community-Based Support, Direct Payment, Direct Payments, Enablement, Health and Social Care, Personal Budgets, Personalisation of Social Care, Personalised Care, Personalised Health Budgets and Dementia Services, Reablement, Sarah Pickup (ADASS), Social Care | Leave a comment

Involving Older People in Service Commissioning (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation research, published in late 2011, investigated the influence of older people when given the opportunity to shape service commissioning and delivery. Initiatives into transferring power from service providers to users studied in this document include … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Joseph Rowntree Foundation, National, Personalisation, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Association of Dorset Forums, Commissioning and Contracting Framework, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning/Involvement Matrix: Dorset, Commissioning/Involvement Matrix: Salford, Community Services Improvement Programme, Department of Health Commissioning Framework (2006), Direct Payments, Dorset Age Partnership, Engagement, Growing Older in Salford, Health and Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, Individual Budgets, Involving Older People in Dorset and Salford, Involving Older People in Service Commissioning, LinkAge Plus Pilot, Local Strategic Commissioning, Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), Personalisation of Social Care, Quality and User Involvement, Redesigning Services, Salford Forum for Older People, Social Care, Targeting Hard-to-Reach Groups, Transferring Power From Service Providers to Users, User Involvement, Validity or Tokenism | Leave a comment

Progress on Personalisation and Community-Based Support (Think Local Act Personal)

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) are running their “Making it Real: Marking Progress with Personalisation and Community-based Support” campaign which encourages organisations funding or providing social care services to focus on improving people’s lives. Making it Real explains what … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active and Supportive Communities, Adult Social Care, Community-Based Support, Health and Social Care, Information and Advice, Personal Budgets, Personalisation of Social Care, Putting People First, Risk Enablement, Self-Funding, Social Care, Supportive Communities, Think Local Act Personal, TLAP: Think Local Act Personal | Leave a comment

Understanding Personal Health Budgets (Department of Health)

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary This leaflet explains the concept of personal health budgets for individuals, especially those with long-term conditions, and how these budgets are expected to be used … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Care Planning, CHC: NHS Continuing Healthcare, Direct Payments, Long-Term Conditions, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Notional Budgets (PHBs), Personal Health Budgets, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personalisation of Social Care, Personalised Care, Real Budgets Held by Third Parties (PHBs), Social Care | Leave a comment

Reablement Guides (SCIE)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Reablement teams across the UK support people with a range of diagnoses, including some with dementia and sometimes people with end of life care needs. Reablement should result in better health and wellbeing, improve outcomes and reduce spending on … Continue reading →

Posted in ADASS, Carers UK, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Personalisation, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged ADASS Older Persons Network, Adult Social Care, Clinical Innovation and Research Centre of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Fair Access to Care (FACS), General Practice, GPs, Home Care, Personalisation of Social Care, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Reablement, Reablement Guides (SCIE), Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of General Practitioners: Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, Social Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) | Leave a comment

Joint Discussion on the Future of Services for Older People (ADASS / Oxford Brookes University / IPC)

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 9, April 2012]. Summary This report from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Oxford Brookes University and the Institute of Public … Continue reading →

Posted in ADASS, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Citizens, Advocacy and Advice Services, All Our Tomorrows, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Autonomy and Choice, Barriers to Integration, Case for Tomorrow, Demographic Time-Bomb, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Expectations, Extra Care Housing, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Bill, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing, Housing for Older People, Information and Advice, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Institute of Public Care, Integration, Inverting the Triangle of Care, IPC, Keeping Active, Local Markets, Market Facilitation, Oxford Brookes University, Personal Budgets, Personalisation of Social Care, Service Integration, Services and the Market, Social Care, Southern Cross, Ways Forward for Local Partners, Well-Being, Wellbeing Services | Leave a comment

Personal Health Budgets and NHS Continuing Healthcare (Department of Health)

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This discussion paper explores personal health budgets for people receiving NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC). Personal health budgets and NHS CHC are defined, and background information is supplied on (1) how personal health budgets are relevant to people receiving … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Personalisation, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Care Trusts, CHC: NHS Continuing Healthcare, Community Personal Support, Continuing Healthcare Framework (NHS CHC), NHS CHC Pathway, NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC), NHS Continuing Healthcare Framework, PCT Clusters, Personal Budgets, Personal Health Budgets, Personal Health Budgets Pilot Sites, Personalisation of Social Care, SHA Clusters | Leave a comment

Housing, Prevention and Early Intervention at Work: Evidence Summary (Housing Learning and Improvement Network)

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary Jeremy Porteus, Director of the Housing Learning and Improvement Network, has written this overview of the health and social care … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing LIN, National, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry, Department of Health Partnerships for Older People Projects Pilots (POPPs), Department of Health’s Caring for Our Future: Shared Ambitions for Care and Support Consultation, Extra Care Housing, FirstStop, HomeShare, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Housing Options for Older People Case Workers, Jeremy Porteus, Living Well at Home Inquiry, NHS Future Forum, Partnerships for Older People Projects Pilots: POPPs (Department of Health), Personalisation of Social Care, Social Care | Leave a comment

The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13 (Department of Health)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 5, December 2011]. Summary The new “operating framework for the NHS in England 2012/13” defines the business and planning arrangements for the NHS in … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Carer Support, Carers’ Breaks, CQUIN Frameworks, Delayed Transfers of Care, Diagnosis Rates (Regional UK), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Direct Payment, Finance, Local Authorities, NHS Operating Framework 2012/13, Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13, Partnership Working, Patient Safety, PCT Clusters, Personal Budgets, Personalisation of Social Care, Prescribing Anti-Psychotic Drugs to People with Dementia, Respite Care, Social Care | 4 Comments

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