...with dementia; and the Silver Lining Arts project. A list of key national organisations are also included.
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A guide to help activity coordinators and care staff to support older people in care homes to take part in learning activities. It aims to encourage those working with older people in care settings to understand the value of keeping people engaged and active through learning, and to recognise that learning is an essential and central aspect of providing care. It offers advice on how to engage older people in informal learning and explains the benefits for both to care staff and older people. Originally commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2010, it has been updated to provide more recent examples of practice. These include Open Age; First Taste; Learning in the Fourth Age; the charity Nightingale Hammerson; iPad engage a digital project for people living with dementia; and the Silver Lining Arts project. A list of key national organisations are also included.
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Subject terms:
older people, care homes, leisure activities, arts, digital technology, music, adult education, wellbeing, qualifications;
British Nursing Index and Archive, C2-SPECTR, CINAHL, CENTRAL, EMBASE, IBSS, Medline, Nursing Full Text Plus, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts. Randomised controlled trials enrolling persons without dementia aged over 65 years and living at home; and those interventions that were not directly related to recent hospital discharge were included. Sixty-four studies with 28,642 participants were...
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Home visits by health and social care professionals aim to prevent cognitive and functional impairment, thus reducing institutionalisation and prolonging life. This systematic review sought to assess the evidence on the effectiveness of preventive home visits for older adults (65+ years) and to identify factors that may moderate effects. Searches were conducted on the following databases: British Nursing Index and Archive, C2-SPECTR, CINAHL, CENTRAL, EMBASE, IBSS, Medline, Nursing Full Text Plus, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts. Randomised controlled trials enrolling persons without dementia aged over 65 years and living at home; and those interventions that were not directly related to recent hospital discharge were included. Sixty-four studies with 28,642 participants were included. Evidence was assessed in relation to whether home visits: reduced absolute mortality; numbers of people who were institutionalised or hospitalised; numbers of people who fell; quality of life; and functioning. The authors were unable to identify reliable effects of home visits. It is possible that some home visiting programmes have beneficial effects for community-dwelling older adults, but poor reporting of how interventions and comparisons were implemented prevents more robust conclusions.
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activities of daily living, admission to care, falls, health professionals, home care, hospital admission, mortality, older people, prevention, quality of life, social care provision;
Sets out the range of needs people who receive a diagnosis of dementia may experience, and the psychosocial interventions that may be helpful in addressing these needs. Psychosocial interventions support people to overcome challenges and maintain good mental health. They can help with: coming to terms with a diagnosis of dementia; maintaining a social life and relationships after diagnosis...
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Sets out the range of needs people who receive a diagnosis of dementia may experience, and the psychosocial interventions that may be helpful in addressing these needs. Psychosocial interventions support people to overcome challenges and maintain good mental health. They can help with: coming to terms with a diagnosis of dementia; maintaining a social life and relationships after diagnosis; reducing stress and improving the mood, for example, if feeling worried, anxious, or depressed; thinking and memory (cognitive function); living independently; and quality of life. This guide describes in some a range of available psychological interventions, looking at whom they may benefit and how, possible limitations, who can provide them and the evidence that support them. Interventions covered in this document include: advance care planning; animal-assisted therapy; assistive technology; cognitive behaviour therapy; cognitive rehabilitation; cognitive stimulation therapy and maintenance cognitive stimulation therapy; cognitive training; counselling and psychotherapy; creative arts therapies; dementia advisors (support from); dementia/memory cafés; family/systemic therapy; involvement groups; life review therapy; life story work; music therapy; peer support groups; occupational therapy; post-diagnostic counselling; post-diagnostic groups; reminiscence; signposting; specialist information; and stress/anxiety management.
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Subject terms:
intervention, dementia, older people, psychotherapy, advance care planning, animal assisted therapy, assistive technology, cognitive behavioural therapy, art therapy, family therapy, life story work, peer groups, occupational therapy, memory;
University of Liverpool. Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society
Publisher:
The Reader
Publication year:
2014
Pagination:
76
Place of publication:
Liverpool
Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, this study examines the impact of a shared reading group on older people living with dementia in care homes. Areas examined included memory and emotion, interpersonal relationships, behavioural symptoms of dementia, quality of life and costs. Four care homes on Wirral participated in the study. The report provides qualitative feedback from staff...
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Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, this study examines the impact of a shared reading group on older people living with dementia in care homes. Areas examined included memory and emotion, interpersonal relationships, behavioural symptoms of dementia, quality of life and costs. Four care homes on Wirral participated in the study. The report provides qualitative feedback from staff, relatives, residents and the project workers involved. It also includes case studies of residents participating in the reading groups. The evaluation found that the shared reading group significantly improved the wellbeing and quality of life of people living with dementia. They were found to promote engagement and interaction between residents. Care workers also showed a renewed respect for participants and to relatives. In terms of cost, the only direct cost to the Care Homes identified was the cost of an external facilitator or professional reader in residence. The report recommends a nation-wide training programme for best use of volunteers and for sustainable national delivery of shared reading groups.
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quality of life, dementia, arts, groups, case studies, care homes, volunteers, costs, interpersonal relationships, staff-user relationships, intervention;
In the last decade interest has increased in the role of the participative arts for people who are living with a dementia. The growth of this area can be partly understood due to an awareness of the potential for art to deliver health-care outcomes. In addition, there is widespread agreement that non-pharmacological interventions are important for people living with a dementia. Therefore...
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In the last decade interest has increased in the role of the participative arts for people who are living with a dementia. The growth of this area can be partly understood due to an awareness of the potential for art to deliver health-care outcomes. In addition, there is widespread agreement that non-pharmacological interventions are important for people living with a dementia. Therefore, participative arts activities have attracted attention as representing beneficial interventions. This review of the academic and grey literature contextualises the participatory arts for people living with a dementia and provides an overview of some of the art forms that are most widely used. It also looks at the benefits the participatory arts can have for people living with dementia, such as improving communication and cognitive function, increasing confidence, self esteem and social participation. The review also highlights some of the current gaps in the knowledge base. The focus is on the UK context but the role of the participative arts for those with a dementia is equally relevant to practitioners in Europe and US and therefore some attention was also given to international literature.
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Subject terms:
literature reviews, dementia, quality of life, intervention, health, wellbeing, arts;
...employers, and the voluntary and community sector. These are: tackling obesity; reducing smoking; reducing harmful drinking; ensuring every child has the best start in life; reducing dementia risk; tackling antimicrobial resistance; and reducing tuberculosis.
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Strategic document setting out Public Health England's priorities for the next five years. The report provides a brief overview of the state of health in England today, the key health drivers, prevention plans, and future trends. It identifies and examines seven priorities for PHE working with local and central government, clinical commissioning groups and the wider NHS, universities, industry, employers, and the voluntary and community sector. These are: tackling obesity; reducing smoking; reducing harmful drinking; ensuring every child has the best start in life; reducing dementia risk; tackling antimicrobial resistance; and reducing tuberculosis.
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public health, prevention, obesity, smoking, alcohol misuse, early intervention, dementia, infectious diseases, evidence-based practice;
Report commissioned by the Alzheimer's Society, on the current cost and prevalence of dementia in the UK. The research, carried out by King's College London and the London School of Economics, aims to assist in policy development, influencing, commissioning and service design. It updates the findings of the 2007 Dementia UK report.
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Report commissioned by the Alzheimer's Society, on the current cost and prevalence of dementia in the UK. The research, carried out by King's College London and the London School of Economics, aims to assist in policy development, influencing, commissioning and service design. It updates the findings of the 2007 Dementia UK report.
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This is the Alzheimer's Society's third annual report looking at the quality of life for people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It draws together evidence from the Alzheimer’s Society annual survey, which involved over 1,000 people with dementia and their carers, and analysis from Alzheimer’s Society, King’s College London and the London School of Economics. It provides...
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This is the Alzheimer's Society's third annual report looking at the quality of life for people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It draws together evidence from the Alzheimer’s Society annual survey, which involved over 1,000 people with dementia and their carers, and analysis from Alzheimer’s Society, King’s College London and the London School of Economics. It provides a summary of how well people are living with their dementia, what support they are receiving, and what barriers they face to living well. The report also looks at what needs to happen to effect the changes that are necessary to bring real improvement to the lives of people with dementia, including addressing the artificial divide between health and social care. Key sections cover: improving dementia diagnosis; a health and social care system that works better for people affected by dementia; quality support in every care setting; dementia friendly communities; and progress in research. The report makes 14 recommendations for action to ensure people affected by dementia can live well and have a good quality of life.
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Subject terms:
dementia, diagnosis, health care, social care, communities, research, environment, social care provision, carers, training, integrated services, quality of life;
Examines the events leading up to the prosecutions of four care staff of Hillcroft Nursing Home, Throstle Groveand, setting out the actions taken by the Care Quality Commission, and looks at points where CQC as the regulator could have done more to protect the people living at the home. The review acknowledges that at the time the Commission did not recognise the increasing risk at the service, failing to trigger the necessary responsive action. It also failed to work collaboratively with partner agencies until such time as the police escalated the concern and suspended staff. It was too easily persuaded by the provider’s reassurance that they were able to improve and provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high quality care at each stage from the transition registration through to the applications to vary their registration and the appointment of a registered manager. There is little evidence that CQC regularly reviewed all the information held about Throstle Grove or the provider, and this included points when the management oversight changed. At the time, registration and compliance inspectors were under pressure to register services in a timely way and inspectors had high numbers of inspections to complete. While Hillcroft Throstle Grove demonstrated an improving picture of complying with regulation from December 2012 to January 2014, the report recognises that, given the providers history, it will be important to monitor if this is sustainable at not only the home itself, but within the Carnforth Group as a whole, so that any escalating risks are identified and responded to promptly.
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Examines the events leading up to the prosecutions of four care staff of Hillcroft Nursing Home, Throstle Groveand, setting out the actions taken by the Care Quality Commission, and looks at points where CQC as the regulator could have done more to protect the people living at the home. The review acknowledges that at the time the Commission did not recognise the increasing risk at the service, failing to trigger the necessary responsive action. It also failed to work collaboratively with partner agencies until such time as the police escalated the concern and suspended staff. It was too easily persuaded by the provider’s reassurance that they were able to improve and provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high quality care at each stage from the transition registration through to the applications to vary their registration and the appointment of a registered manager. There is little evidence that CQC regularly reviewed all the information held about Throstle Grove or the provider, and this included points when the management oversight changed. At the time, registration and compliance inspectors were under pressure to register services in a timely way and inspectors had high numbers of inspections to complete. While Hillcroft Throstle Grove demonstrated an improving picture of complying with regulation from December 2012 to January 2014, the report recognises that, given the providers history, it will be important to monitor if this is sustainable at not only the home itself, but within the Carnforth Group as a whole, so that any escalating risks are identified and responded to promptly.
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Subject terms:
older people, dementia, regulation, performance evaluation, inspection, care homes, malpractice, standards, nursing homes, care workers;
This review was commissioned by Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB) following information to suggest that residents with complex needs and a diagnosis of dementia had been abused in a Lancashire care home, part of the Hillcroft Group. Four care staff were later convicted under section 44 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005: three staff were imprisoned for periods ranging from 4 to 8 months
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This review was commissioned by Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB) following information to suggest that residents with complex needs and a diagnosis of dementia had been abused in a Lancashire care home, part of the Hillcroft Group. Four care staff were later convicted under section 44 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005: three staff were imprisoned for periods ranging from 4 to 8 months, and one received a community sentence. The review investigates why a care home with a good reputation for complying with nationally set care standards and with generally positive feedback from commissioners, contract compliance, and social and health staff and relatives, became a place where crimes were committed against a number of very vulnerable adults, by staff members, three of whom had been in post for several years. The review suggests that the managers at Hillcroft Slyne did carry out a disciplinary process when the abuse was reported and staff were demoted and given warnings, indicating that managers were not complicit in the abuse. They did however leave residents at risk of abuse from the original perpetrators and they did not treat the abuse as serious criminal behaviour and inform the police and other agencies. The report also highlights the broader failures of a system that allows incapacitated adults to be taken care of by mostly good kind people who are inadequately trained, poorly rewarded in terms of pay, working conditions, and esteem. The report calls for greater investment, a re-examination of the model of ownership, clarity of accountability and improvement on the inspector and commissioner/contractor relationship.
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Subject terms:
vulnerable adults, dementia, malpractice, elder abuse, care homes, nursing homes, residential care, serious case reviews, care workers;