Tag Archives: Staff Awareness

Dementia-Friendly Personal Budgets (Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 →

More on Barriers to Effective Whistleblowing (BBC News / Patients First / Health Select Committee)

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Leave a comment

Dementia: Skilling the Housing Workforce (Housing LIN)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Leave a comment

Dementia Friends Campaign Refreshed (BBC News / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / Dementia Friends / Public Health England)

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Leave a comment

Dementia Awareness Raising Via Social Media (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Research UK / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | 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

Whistleblowing in the NHS: Theory Versus Practice? (BBC News / Whistleblowing Helpline / NAO / SCIE)

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Dr Raj Mattu, a heart specialist was dismissed by University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in 2010, after almost a decade of alleged unfair treatment by his employers, since exposing the cases of two patients who had … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, In the News, National, National Audit Office, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, BBC News: Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC News: Today (Radio 4), BBC Radio 4: Today Programme, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, Bullying of Whistleblowers, Candour, Character Assassination of Whistleblowers, Corporate Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), Culture of Delay and Denial, Defensive Leadership, Dr Raj Mattu (Consultant), Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, Flowchart of Whistleblowing Process, Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Goldman Sachs, Harassment of Whistleblowers, HMRC, Honesty, House of Commons, House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, Improving Patient Safety, Incentivising Candour, Local Ward Cultures, Margaret Hodge, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, National Audit Office (NAO), Negative Culture, NHS Constitution, NHS Constitution and Whistleblowing, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS Culture, NHS Hospitals Complaints System, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, Openness, Openness and Transparency, Organisational and Professional Cultures, Organisational Culture and Climate, Parliamentarians, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Incidents, Patients First and Foremost, Public Accounts Committee, Public Concern at Work, Public Disclosure Act (1988), Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), Putting Patients First, Qualtrics, Raising Concerns, Raising Concerns Around Deaths, Raising Concerns Policy, Reluctance to Raise Concerns About Care, SCIE Social Care TV, Shaping Culture, Sir Robert Francis QC, Social Care Code of Conduct, Social Care Commitment, Social Care TV, Speaking Out, Staff Awareness, Stages in Raising Concerns, Structures to Enable Whistleblowing, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Treatment of Whistleblowers (Shoddy), Trust Blame and the Culture of Defensiveness, Victimisation of Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Guidance, Whistleblowing Helpline, Whistleblowing in the Public Sector, Whistleblowing In the Wind, Whistleblowing Policy, Winterbourne View Hospital, Workplace Culture, Zero Tolerance Approaches | Leave a comment

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