-
Recent Posts
- Early Research on Stress and Social Disadvantage as Potential Risk Factors (BBC News / AAIC)
- Approaches to Supporting Dementia-Friendly Healthcare in Hospital Settings (BMJ Open)
- Residential Care: Exploring the Options, the Costs and the Alternatives (BBC News)
- Funding for Research and Innovation in Health and Social Care (Department of Health / AHSNs / NHS Digital / MRC / UKRI)
- Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism (STOMP) Campaign (NHS England / Royal College of Psychiatrists / BPS)
Archives
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
Categories
- Antipsychotics
- Assistive Technology
- Charitable Bodies
- Commissioning
- Delirium
- Depression
- Enhancing the Healing Environment
- Falls
- Falls Prevention
- Guidelines
- Hip Fractures
- Housing
- Hypertension
- In the News
- Integrated Care
- International
- Local Interest
- Mental Health
- Models of Dementia Care
- National
- ADASS
- All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia
- BSI
- CQC: Care Quality Commission
- Department of Health
- Housing LIN
- MAGDR
- Mental Health Foundation
- Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation)
- MHP Health Mandate
- National Audit Office
- National Voices
- NEoLCIN
- NEoLCP
- NHS
- NHS Alliance
- NHS Confederation
- NHS Employers
- NHS England
- NHS Evidence
- NICE Guidelines
- NIHR
- NIHRSDO
- Northern Ireland
- Patients Association
- Public Health England
- RCN
- Royal College of Physicians
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- SCIE
- Scotland
- UK
- UK NSC
- Wales
- Non-Pharmacological Treatments
- Nutrition
- Pain
- Parkinson's Disease
- Patient Care Pathway
- Person-Centred Care
- Personalisation
- Pharmacological Treatments
- Proposed for Next Newsletter
- Quick Insights
- Standards
- Statistics
- Stroke
- Systematic Reviews
- Telecare
- Telehealth
- Universal Interest
Google Translate (100+ Languages)
Tag Archives: Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes
Residential Care: Exploring the Options, the Costs and the Alternatives (BBC News)
Summary Following a recent review of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections, which revealed that perhaps one in four care homes may to be failing in terms of safety and the adequacy of care provided, a BBC News item provides a … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
|
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Adult Social Care Services, Advice for Family and Friends, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Australia, BBC Health News, BBC's State of Care Theme, BBC’s Care Calculator, Care Home Inspections, Care Homes, Care in People's Own Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Extra Care Apartments, Extra Care Housing, Extra-Care Sheltered Housing, Geographical Variations, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, High-Intensity Care in Own Home, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Home Care Support, Home Share and Befriending, Home-Share Arrangements, Housing and Extra Care, Information About Care and Support Options, Integration of Health and Social Care, Live-in Carers, Maintaining Independence, New Zealand, Nursing and Residential Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Nutrition and Hydration, Patient Safety, Residential Homes, Retirement Villages, Safe and Compassionate Care, Self-Funders, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Model, Shared Lives Plus: UK, Sheltered Housing, Sheltered Housing Schemes, South Africa, State of Care Theme (BBC News), Variations in Quality of Care
|
Leave a comment
BBC’s State of Care Theme (BBC News)
Summary Following recent news items on the problems of sustainability for social care provision, and the related impact this funding crisis has on older people, the BBC has launched an online calculator indicating how much local care services might typically … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
|
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Advice for Family and Friends, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, BBC Cost of Care Project, BBC Health News, BBC's State of Care Theme, BBC’s Care Calculator, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Befriending, Befriending Schemes, Befriending Services, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Plans, Care Cap Calculator, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Tax (So-Called Dementia Tax), Costs and Cost Pressures, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Dementia Tax, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Eligibility and Means Test After 2016, Financial Performance, FOI: Freedom of information, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Freedom of Information, Geographical Variations, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Health Inequalities, Home Adaptations, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Home Care Shortfall, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Share and Befriending, Home-Share Arrangements, Housing Adaptations, Independence, Inequity, Information About Care and Support Options, Integration of Health and Social Care, Maintaining Independence, Means Test, Moving in With a Carer (Shared-Lives), Nursing Care, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, People Paying to Top Up Their Care, Reliance on Family and Friends, Residential Care, Retirement Villages, Self-Funders, Self-Funders Cross-Subsidising Everyone Else, Self-Funders Cross-Subsidising Non-Savers, Self-Funders Subsidising the Social Care System, Self-Funding, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Model, Shared Lives Plus: UK, Sheltered Housing, State of Care Theme (BBC News), Unacceptable Variations, Unpaid Care Provision, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unwarranted Variations, Upward Spending Pressures, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People
|
Leave a comment
Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations (Orbit Charitable Trust / Housing LIN)
Summary The Orbit Charitable Trust has produced a guide for smaller housing associations, and other housing providers, explaining how social landlords can improve their support for older people living with dementia. Guidance is provided on improving residents’ quality of life … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, UK, Universal Interest
|
Tagged Age UK Warwickshire, Age-Friendly Housing, Aragon Housing Association, BEN PCT, Chartered Institute of Housing, Chichester CareLine, Community HUBS, Coventry PCT, Crossroads Care, Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations, Dementia Issues in OHE Sheltered Schemes, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments, Direct Payments, Dudley PCT, Elder Councils, Elderly Accommodation Council, Endeavour Housing Association, ERoSH (The Essential Role of Social Housing), Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Global Age Friendly Cities (WHO), Health and Housing, Heantun Housing Association, Herefordshire PCT, Heritage Healthcare, HoBT PCT, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Dementia, Housing for Older People, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing Network, Housing Organisations, Housing Providers, Housing Services for People With Dementia, Housingnet, IDS, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Individualised Support, Inisfree Housing Association, Joint Improvement Team (NHS Scotland), Local National Dementia Alliances, National Housing Federation, North Staffordshire PCT, Orbit Charitable Trust, Orbit Group, Orbit Heart of England (OHE), Partnership Working, Peer Support, Principles of Supported Living, Racing Homes, RADAR, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Riseborough Research & Consultancy Associates, S Birmingham PCT, Sandwell PCT, Scottish Chartered Institute of Housing, Self-Directed Support, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shropshire PCT, Smaller Housing Organisations, Social Housing, Social Housing Providers, Social Landlords, Solihull PCT, South Staffordshire PCT, Specialised Housing Providers, Staying at Home, Staying Healthy for Longer, Staying Independent, Supported Living, Sutton Housing Trust, Telford & Wrekin PCT, Walsall PCT, Waltham Forest Housing Association, Warwickshire PCT, West Midlands Observatory: Dementia Prevalence, Wolverhampton PCT, Women’s Pioneer Housing, Worcestershire PCT, Zero Rejection
|
Leave a comment
Co-Production in Adult Social Care (SCIE)
Summary Co-production promises to make an important contribution towards solving the many challenges facing social care, including pressures to improve: (i) the cost-effectiveness of services, (ii) user and carer experience, (iii) community capacity and (iv) better integration of health and care. This … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community 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, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
|
Tagged Action for Carers Surrey, Active Involvement Groups, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, All Together Now Project, Barriers to Involvement, Benefits of Integrated Care, Birmingham City Council’s Adults and Communities Directorate, Blur Roles, Building Community Capacity, Cameron McLeish Consultants, Capable Communities, Capable Communities and Adult Citizens, Care Integration, CareBank, Carer Engagement Strategies, Carer-Controlled Organisations, Caring for Our Future: Reforming Care and Support, Centre for Well-Being: nef (the new economics foundation), Charles Leadbeater, Co-operatives, Co-Production, Co-production Monitoring Group (Think Local Act Personal), Co-Production Network (SCIE), Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Working, Commissioning User-Led Organisations, Community Capacity, Community Care, Community Empowerment, Community Involvement, Dementia Capable Communities, Department of Health’s Caring for Our Future: Shared Ambitions for Care and Support Consultation, Disability Rights UK, Economics of Co-Production, Edgar Kahn, Embedding Co-Production, Empowerment, Engagement, Equality and Excellence, Equality Group Organisations, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Well Being Strategies, Health Services Management Centre: University of Birmingham, Healthy Living Club, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Support, Information Sharing, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services: IRISS, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Dementia Care, Integrated Provision, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNA, KeyRing, Local Involvement Networks, Local Partnerships, London Borough of Newham, Look Ahead Care and Support, Multiagency Teams, Multidisciplinary Team Care, My Way, National Development Team for Inclusion, nef (the new economics foundation), New Economics Foundation (nef), Northamptonshire Community Housing Network, Northern Ireland Disability Strategy, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Network, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, People-Centred Care, Public Health Agency, Public Services Lab, Putting People First, Race Equality Foundation, Reciprocity, Redesigning Support for Care Leavers, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Right to Control Initiative, SCIE's Co-Production Network, SCIE's Co-Production Strategy, Scottish Community Development Centre, Seldom Heard Groups, Service User Involvement, Shaping Our Lives, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Carers, Sharing Learning, Social Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Policy, Team Working, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), Think Local Act Personal Co-production Monitoring Group, Timebanking, Timebanking UK, University of Birmingham, User Involvement, User-Controlled Organisations, User-Led Organisations (ULOs)
|
Leave a comment
The Long Term Care Revolution (King’s College London / Housing LIN)
Summary The Housing LIN has made available two documents supplying the background thinking behind “The Long Term Care Revolution”. Read more: The Long Term Care Revolution. Housing LIN. Assisted Living Platform: The Long Term Care Revolution The Institute of Gerontology at King’s College London wrote the … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
|
Tagged Adult Social Care Funding, Ageing Related Support Systems for Healthy and Independent Living, Aids and Adaptations, Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Technologies, Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP), Care Funding, Cruise Ships, Dementia Friendly Environments in Sheltered Housing, Department of Social Science: King’s College London, DREAMING (Elderly Friendly Alarm Handling and Monitoring), Health and Medicine: King’s College London, Home Adaptations, Home Modifications, Housing Adaptations, Institute of Gerontology: King’s College London, Kings College London, Long Term Care, Long Term Care Revolution, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), NAAPS, PERSONA (Perceptive Spaces Promoting Independent Ageing), Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Poor Care in Institutions and At Home, Retirement Villages, Royal Commission on Long Term Care, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Smart Home Adaptations, Social Care Funding, Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Technology Strategy Board’s Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP), TSB ALIP: Assisted Living Innovation Platform, TSB: Technology Strategy Board, Very Sheltered Schemes
|
Leave a comment
People Powered Health: Co-Production Catalogue (NESTA)
Summary This document catalogues examples of collaborative public services in action, looking particularly at those involved in health and social care. NESTA believe that co-production is potentially transformative; because it involves “re-framing the problem and re-establishing relationships to enable more … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
|
Tagged Adult Advance Care Planning Toolkit, Adult Social Care, Blur Roles, Co-operatives, Co-Production, Co-Production Catalogue (NESTA), Co-production Self-Assessment Audit Tool, Community Empowerment, Culture of Expertise, Dependency Culture, Empowerment, Health and Social Care, Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), Integrated Resource Framework (IRF) Co-Production Learning Template, Mutual Support, Mutuals, National Endowment for Science, nef (the new economics foundation), NESTA: National Endowment for Science, People Powered Health (NESTA), People-Centred Care, Public Services Lab, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Carers, Social Care, Social Care Policy, Technology and the Arts, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), The Lab: Innovations in Public Services, The Other Economic Summit (TOES)
|
Leave a comment
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in England 2010/11 (Care Quality Commission)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s second annual report on deprivation of liberty safeguards has identified that some care homes and hospitals are failing to meet their obligations on liberty safeguards. The safeguards regarding the deprivation of liberty are intended … Continue reading →
Posted in CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Choices, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
|
Tagged Acute Hospitals, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission, CCQ, Deprivation of Liberty Applications, Deprivation of Liberty Authorisation Rates, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), General Hospitals, Independent Hospitals, Mental Health Act Commissioners, NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (IC), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding and Medicines, Safeguarding in the NHS, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Staff Awareness, Staff Training, Workforce Training
|
Leave a comment
