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Tag Archives: Staff Awareness
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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More on Barriers to Effective Whistleblowing (BBC News / Patients First / Health Select Committee)
Summary Whistleblowers who “speak out” about their concerns concerning care standards in the health service may still face obstacles, problems and intimidation, despite recent progress in the creation of a more open and transparent NHS culture. Patients First has submitted … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ann Clwyd MP, BBC Health News, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, Cathy James: Chief Executive of Public Concern, Closed Ranks Culture (Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry), Clwyd and Hart Review Into Hospital Complaints, Complaint Advocacy Services, Complaint Handling, Complaint Handling by Providers, Complaint Handling in Social Care, Complaints and Raising Concerns, Complaints Handling in Primary Care, Complaints Matter, Complaints Programme Board (CPB), Complaints Wales, Culture, Culture Change, Defensive Leadership, Duty of Candour, Failure to Act, Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Gagging Orders, General Medical Council (GMC), Handling of Complaints by Commissioners, Harassment of Whistleblowers, Hard Truths, Health Select Committee (HSC), Health Service Ombudsman, Healthwatch and Public Involvement Association (HAPIA), Healthwatch England: Power to Act as Supercomplainant on Behalf of Consumers, Honesty, House of Commons Health Committee, House of Commons Health Committee Report on Complaints and Raising Concerns, House of Commons Health Select Committee, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Incident Reporting, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Local Ward Cultures, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Mistreatment of Whistleblowers, Negative Culture, NHS Constitution, NHS Constitution and Whistleblowing, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS Culture, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, No Wrong Door Policy, Nurse Helene Donnelly, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Raising Concerns, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Openness and Transparency, Organisational and Professional Cultures, Organisational Culture and Climate, PALS and NHS Complaints Advocacy Arrangements, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), Patients First (Support Organisation), Patients First and Foremost, Positive Culture, Principles of Good Complaint Handling, Professional Regulators and Complaints, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Programme to Identify Whistleblowers Who Have Suffered Detriment, Proposal for Single Complaints Gateway for Health and Social Care, Proposal for Single Health and Social Care Ombudsman for England, Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Public Concern at Work, Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA), Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, Putting Patients First, Raising Concerns, Raising Concerns Policy, Raising Standards, Relatives and Residents Association, Reluctance to Raise Concerns About Care, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Role of Commissioners in Complaints, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Shaping Culture, Sir Robert Francis QC, Staff Awareness, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust, Statutory Duty of Candour, Structures to Enable Whistleblowing, Supercomplainant on Behalf of Consumers, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Treatment of Staff Raising Concerns, Trust Blame and the Culture of Defensiveness, Victimisation of Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Guidance, Whistleblowing Helpline, Whistleblowing in the NHS, Whistleblowing in the Public Sector
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Dementia: Skilling the Housing Workforce (Housing LIN)
Summary To mark Dementia Awareness Week, the Housing Learning and Improvement Network have published a new “Making a start” report (and Resource Pack) designed to provide information and assistance for housing providers. These resources aim to equip the housing workforce with … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abbeyfield Dementia Training, Abbeyfield Society, Age UK Training, Aids and Adaptations, Art of Living, Awareness Raising, Axiom Housing Association, B3Living, Care Fit For VIPS, Centre for Housing and Support, Chartered Institute of Housing, Cultural Competence, DAA Dementia Declaration, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia and Housing Working Group, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Centres and Specialist Dementia Trainers, Dementia Friendly Environments in Sheltered Housing, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Friendly Housing Organisations, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Skills Gap, Dementia Support Pilot Services, Dementia Training Sources, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments, EARLI Tool, Education and Awareness, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Generic Mental Health Skills, Gentoo, Gentoo’s Vision, Guinness Partnership, Hanover, Health and Housing, Heantun Housing Association, Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and Extra Care, Housing Associations, Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Housing Managers, Housing Organisations, Hull Dementia Academy, Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Integration of Housing Care and Support, Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT), Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Liverpool House of Memories, Loneliness and Isolation, Longhurst Group, Meaningful Activity, Memory Roadshows, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Midland Heart, National Housing Federation, National Housing Federation: Dementia and Housing Working Group, Orbit Charitable Trust (OCT), Orbit Group, Orbit Heart of England (OHE), Positive Risk Taking, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Riverside, Riverside Home Improvement Agency (HIA), Riverside Housing Association, Safeguarding, Sheltered and Supported Housing, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Skills, Staff Awareness, Staff Functions in General Needs Housing, Staff Skills, Staffordshire Housing Association, Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (SCCG), Taunton Deane Borough Council, Tom Kitwood, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 1 – Basic Awareness Raising, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 2 – Foundation Level, Training Framework for General Needs Housing Staff: Level 3 – Extra Topic-Based Sessions, VIP Framework, Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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Dementia Friends Campaign Refreshed (BBC News / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / Dementia Friends / Public Health England)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) and the Alzheimer’s Society have launched a joint campaign to encourage people to become Dementia Friends. Employers are encouraged to make it easier for people with early dementia to remain in employment and to support … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Respite Care and Breaks, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden, Awareness, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Campaigning, Caregivers, Carers, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers’ Benefits, Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Costs to Business of Dementia, Dementia Awareness Campaign, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Workplaces, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Eamonn Holmes, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Fiona Phillips, Flexible Hours for Carers, Flexible Working Arrangements, Gina Shaw: Former Nurse, Impact of Caring on Carers, Leighton Baines, Lily Allen, Little Book of Friendship, Meera Syal, Michael Vaughan, Paul O’Grady, PHE: Public Health England, Preventing Loneliness, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Public Health England (PHE), Ray Winstone, Respite Care, Ruth Jones, Ruth Langsford, Simon Pegg, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Terry Pratchett, Staff Awareness, Supporting Caregivers, Supporting Working Carers, User Involvement, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Volunteering, Volunteers, Working Carers, Working for Longer
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Dementia Awareness Raising Via Social Media (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Research UK / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)
Summary Facebook users can experience a simulation of the subjective effects of living with dementia. Alzheimer’s Research UK have produced their FaceDementia app which has been designed to modify users’ personal Facebook pages (safely and without long-term damage to the … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, In the News, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Carer Awareness, Coping with Memory Loss, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Empathy, Empathy and Understanding, Empathy Training, Facebook, FaceDementia, Memory Loss, Memory Problems, Old-Age Memory Loss, Raising Awareness, Reducing Stigma, Simulated Memory Problems, Social Media, Societal Empathy, Staff Awareness, Use of Social Media
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Dementia-Friendly Businesses (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / BBC News)
Summary Over 190,000 staff from companies including Marks & Spencer, Argos, Homebase, Lloyds Bank and Lloyds Pharmacy will attend training sessions to become Dementia Friends. The idea is to be able to better understand the needs of customers with dementia … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Awareness, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Shops, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis Rates, Diagnosis Rates (Regional UK), Early Diagnosis, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, G8 Dementia Summit Declaration, Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Outlook, Health and Social Care Integration, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Staff Awareness
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