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eHealth / Internet-Based Interventions to Support Carers of People With Dementia (Internet Interventions)

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A follow-up study of eHealth interventions designed to support caregivers of people with dementia, previously considered to be promising, found (i) generally (with some exceptions) low levels of implementation readiness and (ii) poor availability regarding the information necessary to … Continue reading →

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Statistics on Unpaid Carers in the UK: Carers Rights Day 2019 (Carers UK)

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Carers Rights Day 2019 took place on Thursday November 21st 2019. Research shows that two thirds of adults in the UK can expect to be unpaid carers. There is a 50:50 chance of becoming such a carer by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Awareness Raising, British Household Panel Survey / Understanding Society, Building Carer Friendly Communities, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Addition, Carer Awareness, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Friendly Employers, Carer Friendly Policies, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Friendly Workplaces, Carer Isolation, Carer Premium, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Allowance, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers and Families, Carers Pension (Proposal), Carers Rights Day (2019), Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Age (Statistics), Caring and Employment, Centre for International Research on Care Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE), CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Combining Paid Work With Caring, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Employers for Carers: Supporting Carers to Remain in Employment, Employers Supporting Working Carers, Epidemiology and Statistics, Experiences, Experiences of Health Care Services, Experiences of Social Care Services, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Financial Hardship of Unpaid Carers, Gender (Sex), Gender and Caring, Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers, Helen Walker: Chief Executive at Carers UK, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Carer Health and Wellbeing, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Labour and Equalities): University of Sheffield, Lifetime Patterns of Caring, Listening to Carers, Low Income in Later Life, National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC), Prevalence of Unpaid Caring, Support for Carers, Supporting Carers to Remain in Employment, Sustainable Care: Connecting People and Systems, Sustainable Caring, Undervalued Hidden Workforce, University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Valuing Carers | Leave a comment

First Year Progress Review of the Carers Action Plan for 2018 to 2020 (DHSC)

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Department of Health and Social Care a has published a progress review of the first year of the action plan for carers in England. The government’s action plan for carers was first published in June 2018. Progress is … Continue reading →

Posted in Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age and Ageing, Age and Ageing (Journal), Age-Friendly and Inclusive Volunteering Fund, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Anne Longfield: Children’s Commissioner for England, Awareness Raising, Brazil, Building Carer Friendly Communities, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Confident Benchmarking Scheme, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Friendly Employers, Carer Friendly Policies, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Friendly Workplaces, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Passport Scheme, Carer Passports, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer-Related Research and Evidence Exchange Network (CAREN), Carer’s Perspective, Carers Action Plan 2018 to 2020, Carers Action Plan 2018 to 2020: One-Year Progress Review, Carers Action Plan Oversight Group, Carers and Families, Carers Employment Digital Discovery Project, Carers Innovation Fund, Carers Trust, Carers’ Breaks: Guidance for Commissioners and Providers, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caroline Dinenage MP: Minister of State for Care, Civil Service-Wide Carer's Passport, Civil Society Strategy, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), David Croisdale-Appleby: Former Chair of Standing Commission on Carers and Independent Advisory Group for Carers, Department of Human Development and Family Studies: Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychiatry: Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology: University of Nottingham, Dublin City University, Elysia McCaffrey: Government Equalities Office - Deputy Director of Gender Policy and Operations, Employers for Carers: Supporting Carers to Remain in Employment, Employers Supporting Working Carers, Evidence Review of Community Contributions in Later Life, Exemplar Models of Support for Older Carers and Carers of People With Dementia: Informing Commissioning, Experiences, Experiences of Health Care Services, Experiences of Social Care Services, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Family Carers' Legal Rights, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), First Year Progress Review of Carers Action Plan for 2018 to 2020, Flexible Hours for Carers, Fuller Working Lives - Improving Lives: the Future of Work Health and Disability and Loneliness, Gerontologist (Journal), Giles Meyer: Chief Executive at Carers Trust, Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers, Helen Martin: Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy - Joint Head of Individual Rights and Migration Team, Helen Walker: Chief Executive at Carers UK, Help For Young Carers, Ian Peters: Chair of Employers for Carers, Identification of Young Carers, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Carer Health and Wellbeing, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Ireland, Jo Warner: Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy - Joint Head of Individual Rights and Migration Team, Listening to Carers, Loneliness Strategy, Mark Knight: Department of Work and Pensions - Deputy Director of Fuller Working Lives Ageing Society and State Pensions, Ministerial Carers Action Plan Oversight Group (Members List), National Carers Strategy, National University of Ireland, National University of Ireland (Galway), Older Carers, Older Carers’ Wellbeing, Pennsylvania State University, Principal Social Worker Network, Productive Healthy Ageing Profile, Professor Martin Orrell, Ramona Herdman: Department for Culture Media and Sport - Head of Tackling Loneliness, Rosamond Roughton: Director for Care and Transformation at Department of Health and Social Care, School of Medicine: University of Nottingham, Self-Care, Self-Care for Unpaid Carers, Self-Care in Family Caregivers of People With Dementia, Shazia Hussain: Department for Education - Deputy Director of Child Protection Safeguarding and Family Law, Support for Carers, Support for Self-Care, Supporting Carers to Remain in Employment, Supporting Carers Today: Carers Action Plan (2018 to 2020), Sustainable Caring, Undervalued Hidden Workforce, Universal Personalised Care: Implementing the Comprehensive Model, University College Cork, University of Nottingham, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, USA, Valuing Carers, Working and Caring, Working Carers, Young Carers, Young Carers Transition to Adult Project | Leave a comment

Review of Internet-Based Support for Family Carers of People With Dementia (JMIR)

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent systematic review investigates: (i) the main components of existing internet-based interventions which support family carers of people living with dementia, (ii) those components which are most valued by caregivers themselves, and (iii) the evidence for the effectiveness … Continue reading →

On the Influence of Primary Care Incentive Schemes Upon Care Home Admissions For People with Dementia: Exploring the Limits of Intervention (CHE / BJGP)

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A study by the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) investigated whether incentives offered to GPs to provide annual reviews for patients with dementia, under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), actually reduce the risk of admissions to care homes. … Continue reading →

The Care Desert Phenomenon (BBC News / Incisive Health / Age UK)

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An exploration of the reported “care deserts” concept. An Incisive Health report, commissioned by Age UK, points to areas of the UK where older people are unable to access residential care and / or home care, regardless of their … Continue reading →

User Feedback on Digital Platform for People With Dementia and Their Carers (JMIR Formative Research)

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD is Web-based platform, still a work-in-progress, developed with a view to: Improving the quality of life for persons living with dementia. Reducing carer burden. Reducing the costs for care. Reducing the administrative burden for health and social care staff. The following paper … Continue reading →

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