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Fifteen Minute Visits for Personal Care Remain (BBC News / Unison)

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research by the union Unison has identified the persistence of 15-minute home care visits, which are too short for all but the most minimal “flying visits”. Such short home care visits are acceptable, for example, when dropping by to … Continue reading →

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Home Care Services Guideline (BBC News / NICE)

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline concerning high-quality home care services for older people (i.e. home care, sometimes known as domiciliary care). It puts the focus on supporting the aspirations, goals … Continue reading →

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Building on the National Dementia Strategy and the PM’s Dementia Challenge (APPG)

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) earlier this month released their proposals for a long-term national plan for dementia. This “Building on the National Dementia Strategy: change, progress and priorities” report has been published five years after the … Continue reading →

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Changing for the Better? (BBC News)

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Thousands of people across the NHS are pledging to try something different to improve care, as their contribution to NHS Change Day. “NHS Change Day is about breaking down traditional barriers and recognising that everyone who works in, uses … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Attitudinal Change, BBC Health News, Bottom-Up NHS Reform, Care and Compassion, Commitment to People with Dementia, Compassionate Care, Culture Change, Culture of Compassionate Care, Delivering Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Empathy, Freeing the NHS to Innovate, Grass-Roots NHS Reform, Innovation, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Change Day, NHS Culture, Nursing: a Force for Change, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patient-Centred Culture, Patients First and Foremost, Positive Culture, Quality Improvement, Safe and Compassionate Care, Spreading Change, Staff Commitment, Staff Engagement, Unison | 1 Comment

Call to Ban 15-Minute Home Care Visits (BBC News / Leonard Cheshire Disability)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The charity Leonard Cheshire Disability has discovered that short care visits to elderly and disabled people are becoming more common. Their report shows that 60% of councils in England use 15-minute visits, which are more often than not too short to provide adequate … Continue reading →

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Safe Staffing Alliance Warning on Hospital Nurses Staffing Levels (BBC News / RCN)

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Safe Staffing Alliance has issued a warning about hospital ward staffing levels in England. The recommended nursing staff to patients ratio is thought to be 1 to 4, but is reported that hospital wards regularly have registered nurses looking after eight patients; which could be unsafe … Continue reading →

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Health and Social Care Bill: List of the Organisations For and Against? (Guardian.co.uk)

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Regarding the Health and Social Care Bill which was passed earlier this week, here is a complete list of those organisations which were for and against. Read more: Health and social care bill: who’s against (and for) it? Full list visualised (Guardian.co.uk).

Posted in Department of Health, In the News, National, NHS, NHS Alliance, Patients Association, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Allied Health Professions Federation, British Geriatrics Society, British Psychological Society, Health and Social Care Bill, NHS Health and Social Care Bill, Royal College of GPs, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, UK Faculty of Public Health, Unison, Unite | Leave a comment

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