Tag Archives: University of Kent

Review of Factors Influencing Carers’ Quality of Life (Alzheimer’s and Dementia)

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A review of literature on the factors likely to influence the quality of life for family carers of people with dementia discovered ten broad themes: Demographics. Carer-Patient Relationship(s). Dementia Characteristics. Demands of Caring. Carer Health. Carer Emotional Well-Being. Support … Continue reading →

Insights Into Identifying Lonely Older Adults (Campaign to End Loneliness / University of Kent)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Campaign to End Loneliness reported that loneliness and isolation may be as harmful to health and wellbeing as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. People who experience severe loneliness tend to visit GPs more often and enter residential care … Continue reading →

Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013 (Personal Social Services Research Unit / Department of Health)

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This detailed report provides comprehensive information about the costs of a wide range of health and social care services. Full Text Link Reference Curtis, L. (2014). Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013. Canterbury: University of Kent / Personal … Continue reading →

Personal Budgets and Health: a Review and a Summary (PRUComm / Department of Health)

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The UK Government is committed to the use of personal health budgets for health service users. This follows an evaluation of the pilot programme 2009-2012 and relates to a wider personalisation agenda in health and social care reform in … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Australia, Canada, Care Planning, CCGs, Centre for Health Services Studies, Centre for Health Services Studies: University of Kent, CHC: NHS Continuing Healthcare, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Continuing Healthcare Framework (NHS CHC), Direct Payment, Direct Payment Support Services, Direct Payments, Empowerment, Europe, Funding Reform, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Social Care Services, Health Care Reform, International Programmes, Managing Personal Health Budgets, NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC), NHS Reform, Payment Reform, Peoplehub, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Health Budget Team (Department of Health), Personal Health Budgets, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Personal Health Budgets Peer Networks, Personal Health Budgets Pilot Sites, Personal Health Budgets Resources, Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System, PRUComm, Social Care Reform, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, United States, University of Kent | Leave a comment

Elderly Treated as Objects by Hospital Staff (NAPC GP Bulletin / Cardiff University)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research conducted on NHS wards concludes that hospital staff are sometimes unaware of how they “ignore vulnerable elderly patients, patronise them and treat them as objects”. The researchers, from Cardiff University, have made a training video called “Dignity: A Tale of … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Ageism, Balancing of Interests, Being Ignored, Being Informed, Cardiff University, Cardiff University: Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (cesagen), Care and Compassion, Care of Older Adults in Acute NHS Trusts, Care Quality, Caring Division of Labour, Caring Roles, Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (cesagen): Cardiff University, Communication, Continuity of Care, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dignified Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Dementia, Dignity in Practice Report, Dignity on the Ward, Dignity: A Tale of Two Wards, Dignity: Whose Interests Matter?, Disempowering Spaces for Older People, Elder Abuse, Elderly Human Rights, Fiona Phillips, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Hospitals as Dangerous Places, Hospitals as Hazardous Places, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Impact of the Environment on Dignified Care, Influences on Dignified Care, Local Ward Cultures, National Association of Primary Care (NAPC GP Bulletin), National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Non-Involvement, PANICOA, PANICOA (Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults), Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Patient Referred to as a Task or as a Number, Patronising Older People, Policy Research Programme (PRP), Power in Place, Privacy, Protocols of Care, Respectful Communication, Right Place Wrong Patient, Seeing The Person, Seeing the Task, Service User Involvement, Staff Dignity, Staffing Levels, Task-Centred Care, Toilet Problems, Trade Offs, Trust Blame and the Culture of Defensiveness, Unintended Consequences, University of Kent, User Involvement, Using the Toilet, Views of Relatives, Washing and Dressing, Working the System and Unintended Consequences | Leave a comment

End of Life Care: Methods Review (School for Social Care Research, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary This NIHR review provides an overview of the numerous research methods which have been used in end of life care … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, NIHR, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Annual Quality Assurance Assessment (AQAA) Reports, Assessment of Pain for People Dying With / From Dementia, Carers, Comfort Assessment in Dying (CAD-EOLD), Dementia and Discomfort, Dying, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Research, End of Life in Dementia Scales (EOLD), Evaluating End of Life Care, Health and Social Care, Hospice Care, Kings College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, Methods Review, Mortality, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NEoLCN Resource, Outcomes, Palliative Care, Place of Death, Satisfaction with Care at the End-of-Life (SWCEOLD), School for Social Care Research (SSCR), Short Observational Work For Inspection (SOFI), Social Care, SSCR Methods Review, Symptom Management at the End-of-Life (SM-EOLD), University of Kent, University of Manchester, University of York | Leave a comment

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