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A Model for Enhancing Independence and Self-Management for People Living With Dementia (JGCR)

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An article from Japan proposes a model for self-management support, entitled “Self-Management of Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment (SMILE)”. Five factors for helping to preserve social function include: A focus on individuals’ retained functions and strengths, rather than their deficits. … Continue reading →

Posted in 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, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, Autonomous Decision Making, Autonomous Interdependence, Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment, Autonomy and Choice, Autonomy and Self-Determination, Barriers to Self-Management for People with Dementia, Co-Beneficial Relationships, Decision-Making Capacity, Easing Decision-Making, Empowerment, Empowerment and Dementia, Empowerment and Support, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Functional Independence of Older Adults, Gratitude and Appreciation, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Ageing, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence in Older Adults, International Classification of Functioning Disability and Participation, Japan, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Maintaining Independence, Maintaining Relationships, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan), Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO), Patient Empowerment, Positive Relationships, Reablement and Rehabilitation, Reciprocal Relationships, Recovery and Rehabilitation, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation, Respect for Autonomy, Self Care For Life, Self-Care, Self-Management, Self-Management in Early Stage Dementia, Self-Management of Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment (SMILE), Self-Management Support, Services Maximising Independence, Setting Goals for Rehabilitation, Shared Decision-Making, Social Relationships, Social Reserve, Strength-Based Conversations, Strengths-Based Approaches to Care, Supporting Decision-Making, Supporting Self-Care, Supporting the Independence of People With Dementia, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Supportive Relationships, Supportive Social Relationships, Sustaining Relationships, Theory of Mind, User Empowerment | Leave a comment

Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The guide to Improving Care for Older People, developed by NHS England in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, is actually a collection of resources (some dating back several years). This collection … Continue reading →

Posted in Age UK, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Ageing, Active and Healthy Ageing, Age and Ageing, Age-Friendly Housing, Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty (NHS England), Ageing Well With Technology, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bladder Problems, Burden on Caregivers, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Admission Delay, Care in an Ageing Society, Care 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Intermediate Care Including Reablement: Quality Standard QS173 (NICE)

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced a quality standard on intermediate care, including reablement. This is intended to contribute to improvements across many fronts, including: Integration of health and social care. Patient and carer-related quality … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NICE Guidelines, UK | Tagged Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Bed-Based Intermediate Care Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crisis Response, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Demand for Intermediate Care, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Home Based Intermediate Care, Home Based Services, Hospital Discharge, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care Including Reablement: NICE Quality Standard QS173, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multimorbidity, National Audit of Intermediate Care, NHS Benchmarking, NICE Quality Standard QS173, NICE Quality Standards, Partnership Working, People's Experience of Using Adult Social Care Services, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Intermediate Care, Quality Measures, Quality Statements, Re-ablement Services, Re-admission Avoidance Scheme (RAS), Reablement, Reablement Services, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Recovery, Recovery Based Approaches, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Recovery. Rehabilitation, Redesigning Services, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation and Self Management, Rehabilitation Care Pathways, Rehabilitation Services, Services Maximising Independence, Services Reducing Use of Hospitals, Social Care for Older People With Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Social Care Reablement Services, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings | Leave a comment

Overcoming Barriers to Timely Adoption of Home Adaptations (Centre for Ageing Better / Northumbria University / University of the West of England)

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research into the lived experience of users home adaptations (and the professionals who work with these users) suggests that people sometimes delay adaptations to their homes due to a perceived “stigma” associated with handrails, ramps etc. Full Text Link … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing and Re-Entry Into the Community, Ageing Population, Appearance and Perceptions of Age and Disability, Barriers to Timely Adoption of Home Adaptations, Big Lottery Fund’s Ageing Better Programme, Big Lottery Funding, Bristol Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing (UWE), Building Research Establishment (BRE), CAPABLE Trial (USA): Reable-Repair-Adapt, Centre for Ageing Better, Centre for Ageing Better (CfAB), Control and Independence, Coping Strategies, Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), Elders Council of Newcastle, Embedding Patient Experience in Service Delivery, Embedding Patient Experience in Service Design, End-User Experience, Experience Based Co-Design, Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD), Experienced Based Design (EBD), Experiences, Experts by Experience, Facilitating Independence Grant (Proposal), HAIL Study (Australia), HIPI Trial (New Zealand), Home Adaptations, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence Choice and Risk, Independence in Older Adults, Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, Lived Experience, Lived Experiences of Home Adaptations, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Maintaining Independence: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Major Adaptations Trial (Sweden), Newcastle City Council, Newcastle University, North Tyneside Council, Northumbria University, Participant Lived Experiences, Practitioner Experiences, Realist Approaches, Realist Reviews, Realist Syntheses, Regaining Independence, Role of Home Adaptations in Improving Later Life, Services Maximising Independence, Smart Home Adaptations, Staying Independent, Staying Independent: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Stigma, Stigma of Ugly Home Adaptations, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Timely Adoption of Home Adaptations, Triggers and Tipping Points (in Housing Adaptation), University of the West of England | Leave a comment

Persons With Hidden Disabilities Soon More Likely to Receive Blue Badge Parking Permits? (BBC News)

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary So-called “hidden disabilities”, such as mental health, dementia and autism may soon be given higher weight for consideration by officials when awarding blue badge parking permits in England. “By looking at non-visible illness, we can actually change the perceptions … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Autism, Blue Badge Permits, Blue Badge Scheme (Parking), Car Parking, Delivering Parity of Esteem, Department for Transport, Hidden Disabilities, Independence and Wellbeing, Independent Living, Jesse Norman: Transport Minister, Maintaining Independence, Marjorie Wallace: Chief Executive of Sane, NHS Parking Charges, Non-Visible Illnesses, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity Commitments, Parity of Esteem, Parking Charges, Parking Permits (England), Parking Policy, Regaining Independence, SANE, Sarah Lambert: National Autistic Society, Services Maximising Independence, Staying Independent, Visitor Parking | Leave a comment

On the Unrealised Potential of Intermediate Care (SCIE / Nuffield Trust)

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s “SCIE Highlights No.1” briefing explores the largely untapped potential of intermediate care. It is asserted that intermediate care could deliver better outcomes for patients, while reducing the pressures of demand faced by … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accountable Care Systems (ACSs), Acute Hospitals: Bed-Based Services, Ageing Population, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bed Based Intermediate Care, Bed Based Services, Bed Occupancy, Bed-Based Intermediate Care Services, Bed/Home and Step Up/Down Provision, Better Care Fund (BCF), Capitated Budgets, Care Closer to Home, Communication and Information Sharing, Community Hospitals: Bed-Based Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Control and Independence, Cookson's Court (Yeovil), Crisis Home Treatment, Crisis Response Services, Crisis Support, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Demographic Time-Bomb, Dependency Levels, Destination on Discharge, Dignified Independent Living With Care, Discharge Destination, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Economic Sustainability, Elderly Rehabilitation Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Funding and Payment Mechanisms, Geographical Variations, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Home Based Intermediate Care, Home Based Services, Hospital Discharge, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independent Sector Facilities: Bed-Based Services, Information Resources on Intermediate Care: Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Information Sharing, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care - Draft Guideline: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2017), Intermediate Care Beds, Intermediate Care Capacity, Intermediate Care Teams, Intermediate Care: Elements of Effective Implementation, Intermediate Care: Evidence of Effectiveness, Intermediate Care: Return on Investment, Intermediate Care: SCIE Highlights No.1, Length of Stay, Length of Stay (LoS), Lessons and Challenges of Intermediate Care: Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Local Authority Facilities: Bed-Based Services, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Local Variations, Maintaining Independence, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Multi-Disciplinary Case Management, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Working, NHS Sustainability, Nursing Homes: Bed-Based Services, Other Bedbased Settings: Bed-Based Services, Partnership Working, Patient Flows, Policy Context and Models of Intermediate Care, Pooled Health and Social Care Budgets, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Preventing Future Crises, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention and Wellbeing, Quality and Sustainability, Rapid Response Services: Intermediate Services, Re-ablement Services, Reablement, Reablement Services, Reablement: Stabilise and Make Safe (Trafford), Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation Services, Residential Care Homes: Bed-Based Services, Return on Investment, Services Maximising Independence, Services Reducing Use of Hospitals, Single Point of Access (SPA), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s SCIE Highlights No.1: Intermediate Care, Somerset Care, Somerset Care and Yeovil District Hospital: Cooksons Court, Somerset County Council, Stabilise and Make Safe (SAMS), Stabilise and Make Safe (Trafford), Standalone Intermediate Care Facilities: Bed-Based Services, Staying Independent, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Sustainable Care, Sustainable Health and Social Care, System Leadership, Theoretical Benefits of Intermediate Care, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Trafford Council, Turning the Ship Around (Avoidance of NHS Unsustainability), Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variations in Service, Waiting Times for Intermediate Care, Whole System Impact, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole System Performance, Whole-System Approaches, Year of Care Commissioning, Year of Care Funding Model, Yeovil District Hospital | Leave a comment

Independence in Older Adults: on the Role of Time-Limited Home-Care Reablement Services (Cochrane Database)

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent systematic review investigated the outcomes reported for reablement (restorative care) services delivered as home-care services for older adults at risk of functional decline. Reablement services of this type are often time-limited (between six to twelve weeks duration) … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Centre of Gerontology and Rehabilitation: University College Cork, Clinical Research Support Centre: Royal Group of Hospitals Trust (Belfast), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Functional Independence of Older Adults, Home-Based Rehabilitation and Reablement, Homecare Reablement, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence in Older Adults, Independence of Older Adults, Ireland, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Maynooth University Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Queen’s University Belfast, Reablement, Reablement Services, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust (Belfast), School of Medicine: University College Cork, Services Maximising Independence, Social Care Reablement Services, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Time-Limited Home-Care Reablement Services, University College Cork | Leave a comment

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