Tag Archives: Research in Care Homes

NHS England’s Pharmacy Integration Fund (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care home residents often have multiple long-term conditions and are often prescribed several different medicines (polypharmacy). NHS England plans to fund recruitment of 180 pharmacists and 60 pharmacy technicians who will work with care homes to try to reduce … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Achieving Better Value, Ageing Population, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, BBC Health News, Better Value, Better Value Healthcare, Better Value in the NHS, Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, Care Home Pharmacists, Care Home Pharmacists to Cut Overmedication, Care Homes, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Clinical Pharmacists, Community Pharmacists, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Confusion in Care Homes, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Discontinuation of Multiple Medications in Older Adults, Drug Cost Savings, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Economic Sustainability, English Pharmacy Board, Financial Constraints, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Frail Older People, Good Practice in Care Homes, Harms of Too Much Medicine, Hospital Pharmacists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Pharmacists, Imelda Redmond: Healthwatch England, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Pharmaceutical Care in Care Homes, Improving Prescribing Practice, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Inappropriate Drug Use, Inappropriate Medication, Inappropriate Prescribing, Integrated Care in Northumberland, Interdisciplinary Teams, Later Life, Less is More, Liaison and In-Reach Services for Frail Older People, Living Well in Care Homes, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lowering Costs, Managing Medicines in Care Homes, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Overuse, Medication Reviews, Medication Reviews in Care Homes, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multi-Morbidities, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG, NHS England Local Area Teams: Frail Older People With Complex Needs, NHS England Pharmacy Integration Fund, Northumberland, Older Care Home Residents, Older People, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People's Care, Oral Nutritional Support, Over-Medication, Over-Prescribing, Over-Treatment, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment, Overmedicaton in Care Homes, Overprescription, Overuse of Medication, Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Patients With Polypharmacy Risks, Pharmacist-Led Care Home Medication Reviews, Pharmacist-Led Medication Reviews, Pharmacists, Pharmacists to Cut Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Pharmacy Integration Fund (NHS England), Pharmacy Technicians, Polypharmacy, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventing Acute Admissions from Care Homes, Prevention, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Proactive Specialist In-Reach, Protecting Resources and Promoting Value, Redesigning Services, Reducing Expenditure, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Prescribing Costs, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Reducing Wasted Medications, Research in Care Homes, Sandra Gidley: Chair of Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s English Pharmacy Board, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transforming Care for Frail Older People, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Value for Money, Value Improvement, Wellbeing in Care Homes | Leave a comment

Enhanced Support: Reducing Hospital Admissions From Care Homes (NHS England / Health Foundation)

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care home residents in Rushcliffe (Nottinghamshire) receiving an enhanced care package, delivered by the Principia Partners in Health multispecialty community provider vanguard – which includes regular visits from named GPs and independent support from Age UK Nottingham and Nottinghamshire … Continue reading →

Patient Safety Improvement in Care Homes (BMC Health Services Research)

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A programme to improve patient / resident safety in care homes is to be conducted in Walsall and Wolverhampton over 24 months. This article outlines the evaluation of this care home improvement programme in the West Midlands. The aim is … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Adverse Drug Reaction / Error Champions, Adverse Drug Reactions, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Adverse Safety Events, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, BMC Health Services Research, Care Home Culture, Care Home Environments, Care Homes, Changes in Safety Practices (Care Home Level), Changes in Safety Practices (Staff Level), CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), College of Medical and Dental Sciences: University of Birmingham, Culture of Safety, Dementia Education, Dementia Training, Education and Training, Hospital Activity, Improving Patient Safety, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Infection Control, Institute of Applied Health Research: University of Birmingham, Institute of Health Professions: University of Wolverhampton, Local AHSNs, Local Patient Safety Collaboratives, Medication Errors, Meridian Online Health Innovation Exchange, NHS England's Sign Up to Safety Campaign, NHS Walsall CCG, NHS Wolverhampton CCG, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands, Opportunities to Treat Patients Without Hospital Admission, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaborative Programmes, Patient Safety Collaboratives, Patient Safety Collaboratives Programme, Positive Approaches to Care (PAC), Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Health Care (Journal), Quality and Safety Improvement Approaches in Care Homes, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Research in Care Homes, Safer Provision and Caring Excellence (SPACE) Programme, Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Safety Improvement in Care Homes, Sign up to Safety, Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Skills and Training, SPACE Programme (WMAHSN), Staff Training, Training and Support, Transfer of Medicines, University of Birmingham, University of Wolverhampton, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Walsall, Walsall and Wolverhampton Care Home Improvement Programme, Walsall and Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Wellbeing in Care Homes, West Midlands, West Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC), Wolverhampton, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Care Homes Can Learn From Alternative Residential Care Settings (JRF)

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation review explores learning from: (a) care in residential services for children and young people, (b) residential services and supported housing for people with learning disabilities and (c) hospice care. The report explores the possibility of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 2013 Learning Disabilities Census, Aberlour Sycamore Services, Adult Safeguarding, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advocacy, Alternative Residential Care Settings, Background Quality Report: Learning Disability Census 2013, Barriers to Involvement, BBC Health News, Camphill Communities, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Inspectorate in Scotland, Challenging Behaviour Foundation, CHASE Hospice Care for Children, Chemical Restraint, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Circle of Support, Common Assessment Framework (CAF), Community Engagement, Control, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Dignity Therapy, Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS), Electronic Systems for Coordination of Care, End of Life Care Quality Assessment tool (ELCQuA), Facilities for Families, Flexible Response Service, Flexible Response Service (FRS), Frontline Staff, Get a Plan Project, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre (Adult Social Care Statistics Team: Community and Mental Health Team), Holding the Space (HTS), Homeliness, Hospice Care, HSCIC (Adult Social Care Statistics Team: Community and Mental Health Team), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Human Rights in Care Homes, Improving Standards in Care Homes, In Control, Involvement and Participation, Joint Risk Assessment, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning Disabilities Census Report for England, Learning Disability Survey, Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering (LOROS) Hospice, Lessons for Care Homes From Alternative Residential Care Settings, Lifespace (Care Delivery Approach), Listening to Residents, Mencap, Namaste: Honouring the Spirit, National Skills Academy, Over-Medication, Patient Choice Rating Systems, Patient Involvement, Physical Environment, Positive Culture, Proximity to Family, Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA), Recruitment of HCAs, Regulation, Rehab Project, Rehabilitation and Self Management, Relationship-Based Care, Research in Care Homes, Residential Care, Residential Care Settings, Residential Services for Children and Young People, Residential Services for People With Learning Disabilities, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Risk Management, SAB: Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safe and Compassionate Care, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs), Safeguarding Older People, Scenario-Based Interviewing, Schwartz Care Rounds, Self-Care, Service User Involvement, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for People, Social Pedagogy, Spiritual Places, Staff Awareness, Staff Commitment, Staff Skill Development, Staff Skills, Staff Support, Staff Training, Staffing (Care Homes), Supported Housing for People With Learning Disabilities, Supportive Relationships, Transferability of Learning, User Involvement, User Involvement in Staff Selection, Value Based Recruitment, Voice Choice and Control, VOICES Survey, Westminster Learning Disability Partnership, Workforce Development, Workforce Issues | Leave a comment

Under-Cover Work in Elderly Care Home Exposes Sub-Standard Care (BBC News / BBC One Panorama)

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Eight staff members have been suspended from the Old Deanery care home in Essex after an undercover investigation by BBC Panorama found cases of malpractice and poor care. Secret filming for the “Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed” Panorama TV … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abuse (Care Workers and Care Homes), Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Anglia Retirement Homes Ltd, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Care and Compassion, Care Home Abuse, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCTV in Care Homes, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dignity and Respect, Elder Abuse, Essex County Council, Human Rights in Care Homes, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Old Deanery Care Home, Old Deanery in Essex, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Quality of Care, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Research in Care Homes, Safe and Compassionate Care, Secret Filming, Secret Filming in Care Homes, Staff Training, Staffing (Care Homes), Under Cover Working in Care Home, Whistleblowing | Leave a comment

Responsibility for End-of-Life Care in Care Homes Without On-Site Nursing Provision (Nursing Times / Health & Social Care in the Community)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Many care homes in England do not have nurses on site and rely on visits from GPs and district nurses for primary care and referral to specialist services. A recent study examined expectations and experiences of the responsibility for … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Homes Without On-Site Nursing Provision, Care Homes: Last Year of Life, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, Community Nurse (Includes District Nursing Sister and District Nurse), Community-Based End of Life Nurse, Decision-Making at End of Life, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, East of England, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Discussions, End of Life Care in Care Homes, Good Practice in Care Homes, GPs, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, Health Care Needs of Care Home Residents, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Kings College London, Lancaster University, Nursing Times, Palliative and End of Life Care, Planning and End of Life Care, Primary Care and Population Health: University College London, Research in Care Homes, Residential Care Homes, Responsibility for End-of-Life Care in Care Homes, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, Support to Care Home Residents, Treatment at End of Life, University of Cambridge, University of Hertfordshire, University of Surrey | Leave a comment

BGS Commissioning Guidance for Older Care Home Residents (BGS)

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This British Geriatrics Society (BGS) guidance on commissioning for excellence in care homes is aimed at people developing models of health care delivery which meet the needs of care home residents. Around 20% of the 400,000 older people living … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, 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, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK | Tagged Access and Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, BGS, BGS Commissioning Guide for Older Care Home Residents, BGS Quest for Quality Report, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Care Home Literature Review (CHoLiR), Care Home Outcome Study (CHOS), Care Homes, Care Integration, Care Partnerships, Commissioning for Excellence in Care Homes, Commissioning Guidance for Older Care Home Residents, Community Geriatricians, Comprehensive Assessments for Older People in Hospital, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Dementia Care in Care Homes, Health and Social Care Integration, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Dementia Care, Integrated Provision, Joint Working Party Inquiry into the Quality of Healthcare Support for Older People in Care Homes (BGS), Living Well in Care Homes, Local Partnerships, Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Quest for Quality in Care Homes, Research in Care Homes, Residential Care Homes, Staff Interviews in Care Homes (STICH), University of Nottingham | Leave a comment

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