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Tag Archives: Supportive Relationships
A Model for Enhancing Independence and Self-Management for People Living With Dementia (JGCR)
Summary An article from Japan proposes a model for self-management support, entitled “Self-Management of Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment (SMILE)”. Five factors for helping to preserve social function include: A focus on individuals’ retained functions and strengths, rather than their deficits. … Continue reading →
Posted in 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, International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Anosognosia, Autonomous Decision Making, Autonomous Interdependence, Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment, Autonomy and Choice, Autonomy and Self-Determination, Barriers to Self-Management for People with Dementia, Co-Beneficial Relationships, Communication Support, Decision-Making Capacity, Declining Social Cognition, Deterioration in Social Cognition, Easing Decision-Making, Empowerment, Empowerment and Dementia, Empowerment and Support, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Functional Independence of Older Adults, Gratitude, Gratitude and Appreciation, Habituation of Gratitude, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Ageing, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence in Older Adults, Information Flow in Alzheimer’s Disease, International Classification of Functioning Disability and Participation, Japan, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Maintaining Good Relationships With Others, Maintaining Independence, Maintaining Relationships, Metacognition and Perspective-Taking in Alzheimer’s Disease, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan), Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO), Patient Empowerment, Positive Relationships, Pragmatic Language, Progressive Theory of Mind Decay, Reablement and Rehabilitation, Reciprocal Relationships, Recovery and Rehabilitation, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation, Respect for Autonomy, Self Care For Life, Self-Care, Self-Management, Self-Management in Early Stage Dementia, Self-Management of Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment (SMILE), Self-Management Support, Services Maximising Independence, Setting Goals for Rehabilitation, Shared Decision-Making, SMILE Model for Person-Centred Communication Support, Social Cognitive Deficits, Social Cognitive Deterioration, Social Relationships, Social Reserve, Strength-Based Conversations, Strengths-Based Approaches to Care, Supporting Decision-Making, Supporting Self-Care, Supporting the Independence of People With Dementia, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Supportive Relationships, Supportive Social Relationships, Sustaining Relationships, Theory of Mind, Theory of Mind and Social Reserve, User Empowerment
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The Debenham Project: Community-Based Support for People With Dementia (NHS England)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns (NHS England’s National Director for Dementia) and Professor John Young (NHS England’s National Director for the Frail Elderly) discuss the Debenham Project. This project is extolled as an example of a collaborative social movement, which relies … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advice Centres, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Ageing and Society, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Aspiring Age Award (2014), Attitudes to Ageing, Building Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, CAMEO (Come And Meet Each Other), Care Co-ordination, Care Partnerships, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer’s Co-op, Co-Production, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Working, Commissioning for Carers Principles: Principle 5 Support For Carers Depends On Partnership Working, Commissioning on Grounds of Quality and User Involvement, Community, Community Involvement, Community Pharmacies, Community-Based Care for People With Dementia, Community-Based Care for People With Frailty, Culture Change, Culture of Empowerment and Support, Debenham Project, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Suffolk, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dignity, Domestic Care Registries, Embedding Co-Production, Emergency On Call Facilities (Community-Based), Empowerment and Support, Engagement, Engagement and Co-Production, Exercise Clubs, Exercise Therapy, Food ‘n’ Friends Lunch Clubs, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care Integration, Holistic Care, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Information and Advice, Information Cafes, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT), Integration of Health and Social Care, John Young: Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation at University of Leeds, John Young: NHS England, Listening to Carers, Local Integration, Local Partnerships, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Lunch Clubs, Medication Support, Memory and Support Services, Memory Services, Mid Suffolk District Council, Mid Suffolk Local Strategic Partnership, Mutual Support, Norfolk & Suffolk Dementia Alliance, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Partnership Working, Peer Support, Pharmacy Support, Physical Activity, Physical Exercise, Post-Discharge Support, Professor Alistair Burns, Professor John Young: Former National Clinical Director for Integration and Frail Elderly at NHS England, Sue Ryder, Sue Ryder Foundation, Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Foundation, Support Networks, Supportive Communities, Supportive Environments, Supportive Relationships, UK Point of Light Award, Voluntary and Community Action, Voluntary Organisations, Voluntary Sector, Volunteer Carers, Volunteering, Volunteers
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Care Homes Can Learn From Alternative Residential Care Settings (JRF)
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
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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
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The Debenham Project: Research Report (Norfolk and Suffolk Dementia Alliance)
Summary The Norfolk & Suffolk Dementia Alliance commissioned the Debenham Project. This report presents an example of a dementia-friendly community. A community-led registered charity provides holistic, personalised support to people with dementia and family carers, largely using local volunteers. Full Text Link … 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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advice and Information, CAMEO (Come And Meet Each Other), Carer’s Co-op, Community Catalysts, Crisis Support, Debenham Library Resource Centre, Debenham Project, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dignity, Exercise Therapy, Food ‘n’ Friends Lunch Clubs, Holistic Care, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), Information and Advice, Integration of Health and Social Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Listening to Carers, Local Integration, Memory and Support Services, Memory Services, Mid Suffolk District Council, Mid Suffolk Local Strategic Partnership, Mutual Support, Norfolk & Suffolk Dementia Alliance, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Peer Support, Pharmacy Support, Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Foundation, Support Networks, Supportive Communities, Supportive Environments, Supportive Relationships, Telephone Support, Voluntary and Community Action, Voluntary Organisations, Voluntary Sector, Volunteer Carers, Volunteering, Volunteers
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Older People with High Support Needs in Housing With Care (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) briefing discusses the promises and the challenges of Housing With Care (HWC) as a model for improving the quality of life of older people with high support needs. The main messages and practice examples … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accord Housing, Action on Hearing Loss, Affordability, Anchor’s Older LGBT Group, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Background Enabling, Brokerage, Clarity of Roles and Responsibilities, Community Life, Contour Homes, Control, Dementia Awareness, Diversity, Empowerment, Enablement, Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), Extra Care Charitable Trust, Extra Care Charitable Trust’s (ECCT) Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), Family Housing Association, Family Housing Association in South Wales, Flexibility, Flexible Roles, Good Neighbourliness, Hanover Housing Association, Harrogate Neighbours, Hear to Help and Hear to Meet, High Support Needs, Housing With Care, Housing With Care Research, HWC Communities, HWC Model, HWC: Housing With Care, Inclusion, Independence, Knightstone Housing (Somerset), Linc-Cymru, Mutual Support, National Housing Federation (NHF), Navigators: Coordinators of Care, Older People with High Support Needs, Plaxton Court, Privacy, Raising Awareness, Resident-Led Initiatives, Role Confusion, Scarborough-Based OLGA Network, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Sheltered Housing Schemes, Southdown Housing (East Sussex), St Monica’s Trust, Supported Housing, Supportive Communities, Supportive Relationships, Tolerance, Visibly Better, Welcoming Ethos
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