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Tag Archives: Reablement
Dementia-Friendly Personal Budgets (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society wants local authorities in England to remove barriers which may prevent people with dementia having access to personal budgets. Less than one-third of people receiving social care support for problems relating to memory and cognition have … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alzheimer’s Society Audit of Local Authorities’ Personal Budgets Processes, Autonomy and Choice, Care Act 2014, Care Integration, Care Planning, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers Identified Supported and Involved, Choice, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Collaborative Care Planning, Commissioning for Older People, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Quality, Commissioning for Transformation, Councillor Muriel Weisz: Chair of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Adult Social Care and Health Committee, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Friendly Personal Budget Charter, Dementia Friendly Personal Budget Charter for Local Authorities (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Policy, Dementia-Friendly Personal Budgets, Direct Payment, Direct Payment Support Services, Direct Payments, Empowerment, English Local Authorities, Family and Carers, Family Carers, Funding Reform, George McNamara: Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Alzheimer’s Society, Guide for Local Authorities, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Social Care Services, Implementation of Personal Budgets in Social Care, Independent Personal Budget, Integrated Commissioning, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Integration, Making Personal Budgets Dementia Friendly (Alzheimer’s Society), National Children’s and Adults’ Services Conference 2016, Nottinghamshire County Council, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Payment Reform, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Budgets Across Health and Care, Personal Budgets in Adult Social Care, Personal Choice Network, Personalisation of Social Care, Personalised Care, Personalised Health Budgets and Dementia Services, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Proxy Budget Holders, Reablement, Self-Care, Self-Directed, Self-Directed Care, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Self-Management, Self-Management Support, Shared Decision-Making, Staff Awareness
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Reducing Pressures on Hospitals: Exploring the Potential Impact of Occupational Therapists (BBC News / COT / BAOT)
Summary A report from the College of Occupational Therapists demonstrates the role(s) which occupational therapists (and physiotherapists) can play in helping to reduce avoidable admissions / re-admissions to hospitals and subsequent delayed discharges of care in transitioning patients back into … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged : Policy Officer (Wales) at College of Occupational Therapists, A&E Pressures, Accident and Emergency Departments, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Argyle Street Primary Care Practice (Pembroke Dock), Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), British Association of Occupational Therapists, British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT), Cardiff, Cardiff University, Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales, College of Occupational Therapists, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Community Occupational Therapy Interventions, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Dr Alan Rees: Vice President of Royal College of Physicians Wales, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Department Assessment Unit: University Hospital of Wales, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Frail Older Persons Assessment and Liaison (FOPAL) Team, Frail Older Persons Assessment and Liaison Team: University Hospital of Wales Emergency Department Assessment Unit, Health Boards, Home-Based Rehabilitation and Reablement, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Emergency Departments, Improving Lives, Improving Lives Saving Money Campaign (COT/BAOT), Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Julia Scott: Chief Executive Officer at College of Occupational Therapists, Length of Stay (LoS), Long Hospital Stays, Loss of Mobility During Long Hospital Stays, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapists: Addressing Over-Reliance on Social Care, Occupational Therapists: Keeping People Out of Hospital, Occupational Therapists: Reducing Pressure on Primary Care, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy in General Practice (Pilot Project), Occupational Therapy: Improving Lives Saving Money Campaign, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy, Post-Discharge Support, Prevention and Reablement, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Over-Reliance on Social Care, Reducing Pressure on Primary Care, Reducing the Pressure on Hospitals Report (COT/BAOT), Reducing Waste in the NHS, Ruth Crowder, Sarah Rochira: Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, University Hospital of Wales, Value of Occupational Therapists (#ValueofOT), Value of Occupational Therapy in Wales, Vaughan Gething: Cabinet Secretary for Health Wellbeing and Sport (Wales), Vaughan Gething: Welsh Health Secretary, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST), Welsh Reablement Alliance, Whole System Patient Flows
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Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Pilot for Salford Residents with Dementia (Trustech / BASIC / CAREN / BBC News)
Summary A virtual reality system permits people with mild to moderate dementia to participate in engaging life-sized interactive games and activities, with a view to improving their levels of physical activity, independence and confidence. The pilot project, operated by the … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BASIC Brain and Spinal Injury Centre, BBC Health News, BBC Radio Four's PM Programme, CAREN (Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment), Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Dr Tom Tasker: Salford CCG’s Clinical Lead for Mental Health, Exercise, Maintaining Independence, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Activity in the Community, Meaningful Occupation, NHS Salford CCG, NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group, Occupational Therapy, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and Occupation, Physical Exercise, Physical Inactivity, Reablement, Reablement Services, Recovery, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Rehabilitation Services, Salford, The PM Programme; BBC Radio 4, Therapy Services for People with Progressive Neurological Conditions, Virtual Adventures, Wendy Edge: Chief Executive at BASIC
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Moving Care Closer to Home: Resource Collection (Monitor)
Summary Monitor has released a collection of resources to support healthcare providers and commissioners when making evidence-based decisions about the costs and benefits of different approaches to moving care closer to patients’ homes (i.e. away from hospitals and into the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Care Closer to Home, Care Closer to Home Project, Carter Review of Operational Productivity in NHS Providers, Community Hospital Day-Case Settings, Community Hospitals, Delayed Discharges, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge Support, Early Discharge Support, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Enhanced Step-Up: Community Hospital Day-Case Settings, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Five Year Forward View, Good Practice in Reducing Emergency Admissions, Healthcare Closer to Home (Monitor), Hospital Discharge, Improving Patient Flow, Independence at Home, Integrated Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS), Maintaining Independence, Monitor, Moving Care Closer to Home: Resource Collection, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home Project (Monitor), New Care Models, New Care Models Programme, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Operational Productivity in NHS Providers, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Post-Discharge Activities, Post-Discharge Support, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS), Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Rapid Response, Rapid Response and Early Supported Discharge, Reablement, Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Services Maximising Independence, Smoother Patient Flows, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Telehealth, Whole System Patient Flows
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The Power of Language: Weighing the Pros and Cons of the Term “Frailty” (Nursing Times / Age UK / BGS / BritainThinks)
Summary The “Frailty: Language and Perceptions” report, commissioned by Age UK and the British Geriatrics Society, indicates that use of the word “frailty” could deter older people from accessing services. Medical terminology such as “frailty” (and presumably “geriatric” too?) sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age-Friendly Environments, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Articulating the Concept of Frailty, Attitudes About Support to Prevent and Manage Frailty, Attitudes to Ageing, BGS, BritainThinks, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Cultural Perceptions, Dementia Friendly Language, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Resources, Dementia-Friendly Terminology, Enablement, End-User Experience, Experiences, Fit for Frailty (BGS), Fit for Frailty Guidance (BGS), Frailty: Language and Perceptions, Hidden Influence and Power of Words, Independence, Information and Signposting Services, International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Interventions to Increase Patient Activation, Labelling, Language (Terminology), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Misperceptions, Negative Experiences of Care, Nursing Times, Participatory Decision-Making, Patient Activation, Patient and Community Empowerment, Patient and Public Voice, Patient Choice, Patient Empowerment, Patient Empowerment Movement, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Strategies, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Power of Language, Power of Words, Prescribed Disengagement, Prescribed DisengagementTM (Kate Swaffer), Pros and Cons of Frailty (Terminology), Reablement, Reducing Stigma, Resilience, Self-Care, Signposting Services and Knowledge, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Stigma and Discrimination, Stigma-Free Environments, Strategies for Informing Educating and Involving Patients, Support and Coping Mechanisms, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting Self-Care, Unmet Needs, Wellness and Resilience
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Pilots to Support Carers Remain in Paid Employment (Department of Health)
Summary Nine pilot areas will be involved in discovering how to help carers balance work and their caring responsibilities. The pilot areas will explore how technology (such as smart phones, social media and email alerts) can be used to ease … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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