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Supporting you and your family as you grow older together: a booklet for people with learning disabilities who live at home with an older family carer
- Authors:
- MAGRILL Dalia, PEARCE-NEUDORF Justin
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A practical booklet for people with learning disabilities who are cared for by an older person in their family. It aims to help the family live together now, and also to think about things that may need to be done in the future. This booklet provides: good questions to ask; things that can help you now and in the future; and some of the people who can help you. It also looks at how to get ready for emergencies. Boxes to tick and write in are included throughout the booklet, providing a useful list of things to do or find out. This is one of a series of publications to come from the Mutual Caring project, set up to promote good practice and improve service provision for older families caring for people with learning disabilities.
Supporting you as an older family carer: a booklet to support older family carers of people with learning disabilities to get the right support now and to plan for emergencies and the long term
- Authors:
- MAGRILL Dalia, PEARCE-NEUDORF Justin
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet has been developed to help older family carers who are caring for people with learning disabilities to think and plan for the future as they get older. It covers: Getting the right support now; Practical support you may find useful; Preparing for emergencies; Preparing for the future. It aims to present different options and present a good starting point to finding solutions. It includes checklists and notes boxes to record information and service needs. It is one of a series of publications to come from the Mutual Caring project, set up to promote good practice and improve service provision for older families caring for people with learning disabilities.
Dignity in care: notable practice resource compendium
- Author:
- SOCIAL SERVICES IMPROVEMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Services Improvement Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Lists examples of notable practice in the area of dignity in care. Each case example gives brief summery details, an overview of the project and contact details. The document aims to support the Welsh Assembly Government’s Dignity in Care programme.
"More than just a few kind words!": reshaping support in sheltered housing: a good practice guide for housing providers and local authorities
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
As society is ageing, a better range of choices are needed to enable people to live fuller lives into old age. In addition to developing new buildings and new service models, existing resources must be used effectively. As part of the Ministerial Working Group on Sheltered Housing, the National Housing Federation were commissioned to produce a good practice guide on reshaping support in sheltered housing for housing providers and local authorities. Launched at a meeting of the group in January, this document promotes good practice in the delivery of varied support models for older people and in the implementation of any changes to current services. This document, broken into ten parts includes sections on: drivers for change; recognising the ongoing potential in sheltered housing; managing change; future directions for future housing services; developing the service structure; developing the service content; developing a strategy for remodelling support services in sheltered housing; and re-commissioning sheltered housing services.
Practice guidance: supporting the social care workforce to deliver person centred care for people with dementia
- Author:
- ROWETT Roger
- Publisher:
- Care Council for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The focus of this workforce practice guidance is to assist managers and social care staff to raise their levels of understanding and competence in person centred working with people with dementia. It draws on a study carried out in 2008 which aimed to identify and promote good practice in relation to older people experiencing dementia. The study involved care providers from across Wales trying out various approaches to person centred working. These mainly focused on introducing ways of capturing information about the individual, from the individual’s point of view. The guidance is based on first hand examples of what has worked and been learned. It includes: key messages; guidance to managers; sample information and worksheets that can be used to inform the workforce and others about person centred working and its introduction; as well as sample guidance to staff on good practice supporting the process with service users and carers. The guidance is mainly for managers and supervisors within social care but will be relevant to others such as health professionals and families.
Telecare/telehealth
- Authors:
- CRAIG David, MISKELLY Frank
- Publisher:
- British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Technical advances in information exchange coupled with societal demographic pressures exist to stimulate interest and deployment of a wide range of telecare and telehealth solutions. Common chronic disease states such as diabetes, stroke, and pulmonary disease are typical areas of relevance within the sphere of home monitoring. The terms reference specific activities. Telecare is “the remote or enhanced delivery of health and social services to people in their own home by means of telecommunications and computerised systems. Telehealth is “the use of telecommunication technologies to provide health care services and access to medical and surgical information for training and educating health care professionals and consumers, to increase awareness and educate the public about health-related issues, and to facilitate medical research across distances. This British Geriatrics Society best practice guide acknowledges the growing role of electronic health support in the prevention and management of chronic illnesses relevant to older people. It presents four sections: introduction and terminology; health policy and models of service provision; responsibilities / role of the geriatrician; and recommendations.
A good place to grow older: learning and innovation from local government
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
- Publisher:
- Local Government Improvement and Development
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report looks at the work of councils recognised for their innovation in services for older people. In it, councils provide summaries of successes, lessons learned and challenges faced over the past year in engagement of older people to support and promote greater independence and well-being in later life. The councils covered are: Dorset County Council, Westminster City Council, North Yorkshire County Council, Lancashire County Council, Camden Council, City of Bradford Council, and London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Putting people first: personal budgets for older people: making it happen
- Author:
- DH CARE NETWORKS. Personalisation Network
- Publisher:
- DH Care Networks. Personalisation Network
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide has been produced for councils and their partners to assist in developments for increasing older people’s choice and control over their support. It particularly focuses on those elements of personalisation associated with making personal budgets work well for older people and their families. Although the main focus is on the flexible use of social care funding, there is huge potential for person centred approaches to be adopted by services and organisations supporting older people who are not eligible for council funded support.
Age equality and age discrimination in social care: an interim practice guide
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice guide, commissioned by the Department of Health, supports the promotion of age equality and the elimination of age discrimination in adult social care. Three broad principles underpin an age equality strategy for adult social care: citizenship - each individual, regardless of their age, is a full and equal citizen; equity - people have a right to expect fairness, regardless of age; and sustainability - systems should be put in place to maintain the quality of service provision and practice for people of all ages. Topics include: involving older people, promoting social inclusion, developing personalised services, leadership, equal access, equitable resource allocation and maintaining the quality of older people's services.
Liverpool care pathway for the dying patient (LCP) pocket guide
- Author:
- MARIE CURIE PALLIATIVE CARE INSTITUTE LIVERPOOL
- Publisher:
- Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
Over the past few years a major drive has been underway to ensure that all dying patients, and their relatives and carers, receive a high standard of care in the last hours or days of their life. The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) is one of the key programmes within the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool portfolio. It was recognised as a model of best practice in the NHS Beacon Programme (2001). The LCP is an integrated care pathway that enables the health professional to focus on care in the last hours or days of life and to stop, think, assess and change care appropriately for the individual person and for their relative and carers. Once commenced, the goals of care prompt staff to consider the continued need for invasive procedures and whether current medications really are conferring benefit. Using the LCP in any environment requires regular assessment and involves continuous reflection, challenge, critical decision-making and clinical skill underpinned by a robust ongoing education and training programme.