This briefing provides an international perspective on dementia, including some of the issues facing other nations and the approaches taken to address. Structured around the seven priorities of the WHO Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia 2017- 2025, the briefing outlines examples of innovative work in Wales, the UK and internationally. The seven areas covered...
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This briefing provides an international perspective on dementia, including some of the issues facing other nations and the approaches taken to address. Structured around the seven priorities of the WHO Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia 2017- 2025, the briefing outlines examples of innovative work in Wales, the UK and internationally. The seven areas covered are: dementia as an area of public health policy; dementia awareness and friendliness; risk reduction; diagnosis, treatment, care and support; support for carers; information systems; and research and innovation.
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Taking a rights-based approach to dementia, this book challenges biomedical and clinical thinking about dementia, which has underpinned policy and practice for so long. Applying a social constructionist lens, it builds on earlier critical perspectives by bringing together concepts including disability, social inclusion, personhood, equality, participation, dignity, empowerment, autonomy...
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Taking a rights-based approach to dementia, this book challenges biomedical and clinical thinking about dementia, which has underpinned policy and practice for so long. Applying a social constructionist lens, it builds on earlier critical perspectives by bringing together concepts including disability, social inclusion, personhood, equality, participation, dignity, empowerment, autonomy and solidarity. It argues that people living with dementia come within the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and therefore have full entitlement to all the rights the Convention enshrines. In includes chapters on the right to a good quality of life at home and in the community and the right to a good quality of life in care homes or in nursing homes; and legal capacity for people with dementia: The book provides policy makers and practitioners new insights into how this broader perspective can be used to further promote the quality of life and quality of care for all those affected by dementia.
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Subject terms:
dementia, human rights, quality of life, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, policy, care homes, nursing homes;
This guide aims to help staff in public health, health services and social care to provide services that are accessible to people with learning disabilities that have or are at risk of developing dementia. It summarises current evidence and highlights policy and guidelines relating to people with learning disabilities and dementia. It includes links to a wide range of online resources, including...
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This guide aims to help staff in public health, health services and social care to provide services that are accessible to people with learning disabilities that have or are at risk of developing dementia. It summarises current evidence and highlights policy and guidelines relating to people with learning disabilities and dementia. It includes links to a wide range of online resources, including those specifically about dementia in people with learning disabilities and to easy-read resources and apps related to dementia in general. The guide also includes case studies and examples of reasonable adjustments to services made in relation to people with learning disabilities and dementia.
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Subject terms:
learning disabilities, dementia, case studies, good practice, diagnosis, policy, intervention;
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Publishers:
Mental Health Foundation, Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Publication year:
2018
Pagination:
20
Place of publication:
London
The briefing highlights the need to develop quality in practice for people ageing with learning disabilities and living with dementia. It highlights that although people with a learning disability are three times more likely to develop dementia than the rest of the population, their needs are rarely mentioned in current Government strategy. It identifies key elements that constitute a good...
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The briefing highlights the need to develop quality in practice for people ageing with learning disabilities and living with dementia. It highlights that although people with a learning disability are three times more likely to develop dementia than the rest of the population, their needs are rarely mentioned in current Government strategy. It identifies key elements that constitute a good service for people with learning disabilities that develop dementia and presents recommendations from the Dementia Action Alliance. These include the importance of early diagnosis and person-centred care; joint working between health and social care professionals; the need for improvements in commissioning; and for people to be supported in their homes as long as possible. The report calls for policy makers and services to make sure the needs of people with learning disabilities are clearly recognised and that they are provided with appropriate and targeted support as they age and if they develop dementia.
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Subject terms:
dementia, learning disabilities, policy, government policy, person-centred care, commissioning, access to services;
Focusing on UK, US, Norway, Australia and South Africa, the report explores the number and experience of carers with people with dementia in different national contexts. It reviews the research evidence and identifies good practice examples from interviews with leading policy makers, care-led organisations, public service leaders, voluntary organisations, businesses and academics. The report...
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Focusing on UK, US, Norway, Australia and South Africa, the report explores the number and experience of carers with people with dementia in different national contexts. It reviews the research evidence and identifies good practice examples from interviews with leading policy makers, care-led organisations, public service leaders, voluntary organisations, businesses and academics. The report questions the extent to which different countries are ready for the implications of the demographic changes they face. Textboxes pose questions to government, to employers, to health and social care, and to broader society. The report finds that the number of people living with dementia poses a major challenge across the world and that countries are not ready to face the consequences of demographic changes. It highlights the role everyone has in responding to the rise in dementia and that there is no ’one-size fits all’ approach. It also shows the importance of providing emotional and psychological support to carers and the need to recognise the diversity of carers and caring situations. The report concludes that national governments, health and social services, businesses, families and communities have to find new ways of responding to the rapidly growing number of people with dementia and of supporting the family and friends who care for them.
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Subject terms:
carers, dementia, needs, policy, demographics, access to services, good practice, service provision, diversity;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Australia, Norway
...isolation, dementia, and mental capacity; doorstep crime; and methods of assessment and intervention.
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Drawing on evidence and examples from practice this book aims to help readers understand the landscape of safeguarding adults since the implementation of the Care Act 2014 and the introduction of Adult Safeguarding Boards. Chapters cover: the current political landscape of adult social work; financial abuse from scams; and specific issues and contexts that make people vulnerable, such as social isolation, dementia, and mental capacity; doorstep crime; and methods of assessment and intervention.
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A report from the Fair Dementia Care Commission to examine how services understand and respond to the complex health care needs of people living with advanced dementia in Scotland. The report provides a definition of advanced dementia to inform policy and practice. It also examines the current charges and cost framework of advanced dementia care. The report highlights that the complex needs...
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A report from the Fair Dementia Care Commission to examine how services understand and respond to the complex health care needs of people living with advanced dementia in Scotland. The report provides a definition of advanced dementia to inform policy and practice. It also examines the current charges and cost framework of advanced dementia care. The report highlights that the complex needs associated with advanced dementia have not been fully recognised as health or nursing care, and therefore are not free at the point of delivery. It also highlights the current complexity, variability and lack of transparency in social care charging policies across Scotland. It calls for local authorities to recognise that people with advanced dementia must have the equality of access to free health care on a par with people who are living with other progressive and terminal illnesses. It make recommendations for the Scottish Government and local authorities on what needs to change for Scotland to achieve fair dementia care from diagnosis to the end of life.
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Subject terms:
policy, health needs, dementia, charges, care homes, residential care, financial assessment, needs, social care provision;
This report, funded by the Life Changes Trust and commissioned by Angus Care and Repair, looks at the role which housing plays in supporting people affected by dementia to stay at home. Focusing on the situation in Scotland it provides an overview of the range of housing options available, solutions, services and supports available. Following a review of policy and practice, the report found...
This report, funded by the Life Changes Trust and commissioned by Angus Care and Repair, looks at the role which housing plays in supporting people affected by dementia to stay at home. Focusing on the situation in Scotland it provides an overview of the range of housing options available, solutions, services and supports available. Following a review of policy and practice, the report found a lack of robust evidence and research related to dementia housing and design. The report highlights how including housing within integrated services can help people to live well with dementia, the importance of educating the wider workforce, the need to listening to the voice of those affected by dementia, and the need to explore the evidence for interventions to maintain the person at home. The project included the development of a prototype online resource and website architecture to show key headings which could be used to provide signposted advice and information on the impact of housing on living well with dementia.
Subject terms:
dementia, housing, policy, home adaptations, assistive technology, building design, training, staff;
WALES. National Assembly for Wales. Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Publisher:
National Assembly for Wales
Publication year:
2018
Pagination:
54
Place of publication:
Cardiff
...practice to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics. Evidence received by the Committed identified concerns about the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in care home settings. Antipsychotics can be used as a default position when people with dementia are difficult, rather than looking at the person as a whole in order to understand what may be causing a particular behaviour. A lack of data
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The report from a short inquiry into the use of antipsychotic medication in care homes and the ways in which its inappropriate use could be reduced. The inquiry covered the availability of data on the prescribing of antipsychotics; prescribing practices, including implementation of clinical guidance; training for health and care staff to support the provision of person-centred care; and best practice to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics. Evidence received by the Committed identified concerns about the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in care home settings. Antipsychotics can be used as a default position when people with dementia are difficult, rather than looking at the person as a whole in order to understand what may be causing a particular behaviour. A lack of data and records means it is also difficult to create a national picture of prevalence and patterns of prescribing. The report highlights the need for cultural and systemic changes to ensure antipsychotic medications are prescribed appropriately, and not as a first option. It includes 11 recommendations.
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Subject terms:
antipsychotic medication, dementia, care homes, drug prescription, person-centred care, challenging behaviour, policy, good practice, training;
...rather than a predefined set of task. Drawing publicly available data and interviews with health and care experts across Europe, the report highlights how relationship-based home can result in benefits such as reduced care costs, better care coordination, better care for people living with dementia, better outcomes for older people, reduced burden on families, and increased employment opportunities
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This report examines the growing and increasingly complex care challenges facing Europe due to rapid ageing. It explores how relationship-based home care, also referred to as outcomes-based home care or person-centred home care, can enable the delivery of high quality care that can improve lives. Relationship-based home care is based around the needs of the individual and his or her family, rather than a predefined set of task. Drawing publicly available data and interviews with health and care experts across Europe, the report highlights how relationship-based home can result in benefits such as reduced care costs, better care coordination, better care for people living with dementia, better outcomes for older people, reduced burden on families, and increased employment opportunities. The report also considers ways of tackling barriers to providing relationship-based care and proposes a set of policy actions to support its integration into European health and care systems. These include to: build a body of evidence that quantifies the value of relationship-based home care, make a highly skilled caregiving workforce the heart of the solution and promote caregiving as fulfilling career and, increase investment in high-quality, person-centred care for people living with dementia.
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Subject terms:
older people, home care, person-centred care, outcomes, care workers, staff development, dementia, carers, training, policy;