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Recent Assessments of Adult Social Care in England (House of Commons Library / BBC News / Health Foundation)

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary BBC News has recently run a mini-series of pieces investigating the state of social care and the inter-dependencies between performance in this sector and ongoing pressures within the NHS. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2017). 10 charts that … Continue reading →

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Supporting Patients’ Choices To Avoid Long Hospital Stays (NHS England)

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A new quick guide on the topic of “Supporting patients’ choices to avoid long hospital stays” has been added to the Keogh Urgent Care Review collection of quick reference documents supporting the transformation of urgent and emergency care services … Continue reading →

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Quick Guides on Role(s) of Care Sector in Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England (NHS England / Care England)

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England and partners (Care England, UKHCA and the UK Registered Nursing Home Association) have published a series of quick guides about how the care sector can work within local health and care systems. These guides provide examples of … 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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SCIE Dementia Gateway: Useful Dementia-Related Information Resources (SCIE)

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced, and maintains, an uptodate and impressively broad collection of links to dementia-related websites and information resources. A wide range of topics and themes in dementia care are covered, including: Dementia-Friendly … Continue reading →

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Commissioning Home Care for Older People Guide (SCIE)

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s “Commissioning Home Care for Older People” guide has been designed to help commissioners improve the assessment, planning, contracting and monitoring of home care services for older people with complex needs. This guide may also … Continue reading →

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Your Community Matters™ Phase 1 Final Report (Life Story Network)

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Life Story Network (LSN)’s “Your Community Matters™” project, funded by the Department of Health, was commissioned to develop life story work as a personalised approach to supporting people with dementia, their families and carers. This project also explored engagement … Continue reading →

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Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia: Annual Progress Report (Department of Health)

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report gives an account of progress in the first year of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia. The achievements against the three main areas of the challenge are described, with progress reports from the three Dementia Challenge Champion … Continue reading →

Reablement Guides (SCIE)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Reablement teams across the UK support people with a range of diagnoses, including some with dementia and sometimes people with end of life care needs. Reablement should result in better health and wellbeing, improve outcomes and reduce spending on … Continue reading →

Posted in ADASS, Carers UK, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Personalisation, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, SCIE, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged ADASS Older Persons Network, Adult Social Care, Clinical Innovation and Research Centre of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Fair Access to Care (FACS), General Practice, GPs, Home Care, Personalisation of Social Care, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Reablement, Reablement Guides (SCIE), Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of General Practitioners: Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, Social Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) | Leave a comment

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