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Tag Archives: Residential Care Homes
Systematic Review of Meaningful Activity for People With Dementia in Long-Term Care (Cochrane Database / NIHR Signal / PLoS Medicine)
Summary Mainstream opinion is nowadays in favour of providing personally-tailored meaningful activity for people with dementia in long-term care, as a means of improving mental wellbeing and quality of life, and / or reducing challenging behaviour without resort to antipsychotics. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Care Homes, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Best Practice in Care Homes, Broaden-and-Build Theory, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology: University of Nottingham, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Exeter University, Exeter University Medical School: Exeter University, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences: University of Hull, Faculty of Medicine: University of Freiburg, Germany, Helse Stavanger University Hospital (Norway), Improving Wellbeing and Health for People with Dementia (WHELD) Trial, Individualized Positive Psychosocial Intervention (IPPI), Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interventions, Individualized Social Activity Intervention (ISAI), Institute for Evidence in Medicine (for Cochrane Germany Foundation): University of Freiburg, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Kings College London, London School of Economics, Maintaining Identity, Maintaining Independence, Managing Agitation, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Activity in Care Homes / Nursing Homes, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Occupation Interventions, 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, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes (QS50), Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes: Support for Commissioning, Montessori Principles, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research Signal, Need-Driven Dementia-Compromised Behavior (NDB) Model, Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, NICE Quality Standard QS50, NIHR Signal, Norway, Nursing Homes, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy in Care Homes, Occupational Therapy Programmes, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Patient Engagement, People with Dementia in Care Homes, People With Dementia in Long-Term Care, People With Dementia Living in Care Homes, People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Person-Centred Activities for People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Person-Centred Care Training for People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Personal Identity, Personalised Social Interaction, Personally Tailored Activities for People With Dementia in Long-Term Care, PLoS Medicine, Preventing Isolation, Professor Martin Orrell, Recreational Activities, Recreational Stimulation, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Antipsychotic Drugs in Care Homes, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Reminiscence Therapy, Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Sawinery, Self-Determination Theory, Social Interaction, Systematic Reviews, Treatment Routes for Exploring Agitation (TREA) Framework, University College London, University of Freiburg, University of Hull, University of Nottingham, WHELD Intervention, WHELD Programme, Woodworking (Hobby), Woodworking for the Elderly
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Social Care Unsustainable as a Cinderella Service (BBC News / NAO / King’s Fund / Health Foundation / Skills for Care)
Summary A recent National Audit Office (NAO) report explains why the Department of Health and Social Care needs to work harder to support the social care workforce. The number of people working in care does not match the growing demands … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, National Audit Office, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Staff Vacancy Rates, Adult Social Care Workforce, Adult Social Care Workforce in England (NAO 2018), Better Care Fund (BCF), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI), Commissioning Care, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Consultation on Adult Social Care Workforce (2018), Cost Pressures for Care Providers, Department of Health and Social Care (Formerly the Department of Health), Department of Health and Social Care Green Paper on Care and Support for Older People, English Local Authorities, Estimated Annual Increases in Care Jobs, Estimated Changes (Reductions) in Local Authority Spending Power, Facing the Facts Shaping the Future: Adult Social Care Workforce Consultation, Fair Work Action Plan, Fair Work Convention, Fair Work First, Fair Work Framework, Fair Work Report (Scottish Government), Funding of Local Authority Care, Health and Care Workforce Strategy for England (HEE), Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Providers, Home Care Services, Home Care Shortfall, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Home Care: Commissioning, Joint Health and Social Care Workforce Strategy Planning, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authorities Social Services, Low Prestige of Caring as Career, National Audit Office (NAO), National Minimum Wage in the Care Sector, National Workforce Strategies, Non-British European Economic Area Nationals, Numbers of Jobs in Care Workforce in England (2016-17), Organisations With Responsibilities Relating to Adult Social Care Workforce, Pay and Working Conditions of Care Workers, Provider Sustainability, Quality and Sustainability, Recruitment and Retention, Regional and Local Workforce Strategies, Registered Managers, Residential Care Homes, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Workforce, Social Care Workforce Development, Staff Turnover, Staffing Level Indicators: Staff Turnover, State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England, Sustainability, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), UK Commission for Employment and Skills, Vacancy and Turnover Rates, Valuing Care and Care Workers, Valuing Carers, Valuing the Healthcare Assistants, Workforce, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Forecasts and Modelling, Workforce Issues, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Retention Recruitment and Resilience, Workforce Strategy, Workforce Training, Zero-Hours Contracts
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Dementia Assessment and Referral to GPs: DeAR-GP (NICE / HIN)
Summary It was already known that between 75% – 89% of care home residents have dementia, but many of these persons do not receive a diagnosis. The Health Innovation Network (HIN) worked with five care homes to design the Dementia … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Care, Access to Healthcare Services, Access to Primary Care, Access to Services, Activity in Care Homes, Adult Mental Health Services, AMT-4 (Abbreviated Mental Test – 4) Case-Finding Tools, Assessment and Referral, Best Practice in Care Homes, Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes: Last Year of Life, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Case Finding, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Case Finding in Care Home Sector, Commissioning for Excellence in Care Homes, Community Mental Health, Community Referrals, Confusion in Care Homes, Delirium in Care Homes, Dementia (QS1), Dementia Assessment Referral to GP (DeAR-GP), Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case-Finding Tools (Evaluation in Care Homes), Dementia Support Services in Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Department of HealthCare Management, Diagnosis and Referral, Elderly Mental Health, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University (Greifswald Germany), Faculty of Law and Economics: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany, Health Innovation Network (HIN), Identification and Referral, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Living Well in Care Homes, Memory Assessment Services, Memory Assessments, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Services, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes (QS50), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Quality Standard 1 (QS1), NICE Quality Standards, Nursing Older People, Nursing Standard, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Rapid Diagnosis and Referral, Referral, Referral Protocols, Residential Care Homes, South London, Timely Referral, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life
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Systematic Review of Meaningful Activity in Care Homes / Nursing Homes (JBI Database)
Summary An Australian systematic review has attempted to determine the relative effectiveness of various meaningful occupation interventions for people living with dementia in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The authors outline conclusions are as follows [quote]: “Providing meaningful or individualized … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, Alzheimer’s Australia Consumer Dementia Research Network, Animal-Assisted (Dog) Therapy, Apathy, Australia, Australian National University, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Centre for Research on Ageing Health and Wellbeing (CRAHW): Australian National University, Consumer Dementia Research Network, CQ University Bundaberg, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre: Carers and Consumers (DCRC: CC): Queensland University of Technology, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Division of Occupational Therapy: CQ University Bundaberg, Elderly Mental Health, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Function, JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, Managing Agitation, Mater Health Services (South Brisbane), Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Activity in Care Homes / Nursing Homes, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Occupation Interventions, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mood, Multi-Sensory Interventions, Multi-Sensory Stimulation, Music Therapy, Musical Interventions, Nursing Research Centre, Pets, Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Preferred Music, Queensland Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery: a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Queensland University of Technology, Recreational Activities, Recreational Stimulation, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reminiscence Therapy, Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), Residential Care Homes, School of Human Health and Social Sciences: CQ University Bundaberg, School of Nursing: Queensland University of Technology, Sleep, Snoezelen, Social Interaction, Specialing: Training Staff to Develop Individual Care Plans Using Person-Centered Care, Wandering
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