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Person-centred future planning
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
A quick guide to help practitioners to support people growing older with learning disabilities when they are planning for the future. The guide covers person-centred planning for now, core principles for planning for the future; creating a future plan; and planning for future housing. The content is based on the NICE guideline on 'Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities.' The quick guide is available as a pdf and as an interactive web resource. (Edited publisher abstract)
Unlocking the potential of adult social care critical review tool
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Critical review tool to help social care leaders move towards a strengths-based, whole-place approach. This critical review tool is for leaders in local authorities and partners with responsibilities for adult social care to assess their ambitions, strengths, and development areas in relation to developing strengths-based care and support across a local place. It focuses on nine critical domains to help leaders and people working in adult care and support to understand where they are now and what they need to consider if they are to make progress. The domains are: develop a strengths-based vision and framework; leading a strengths-based approach; developing a strengths-based approach to commissioning; working in partnership; effective and enabling systems, processes and information; delivering to a high standard and quality; co-producing with people who draw on services and carers; developing the skills and capabilities of the workforce; understanding and measuring impact. Good practice examples and links to helpful tools and resources are also provided. (Edited publisher abstract)
Developing a local 'State of Ageing' report
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER
- Publisher:
- Centre for Ageing Better
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide aims to support local authorities, voluntary and community sector leaders and others who want to use data to drive change towards better later lives. Understanding the local population, where and how well people are living and ageing, is fundamental to creating effective local ageing programmes and policies. Using data can help better understand the needs of a local population, design and deliver services more effectively, focus public and political attention on important issues for older people, and understand the impact your work is having. This guide builds on the national State of Ageing report, which brings together a wide range of data sources on ageing nationally, and our work on a local State of Ageing in Leeds. Designed as a whole document that proceeds in order, users can also navigate to the sections which are of most interest and can also stand alone. There are also tools/resources throughout designed to help get familiar with ageing data and understand how to use it to support your work. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social Care Working Group consensus statement, March 2021
- Author:
- SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY GROUP FOR EMERGENCIES. Social Care Working Group
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the SAGE Social Care Working Group’s methodology for determining the minimum level of vaccine coverage in care home settings. Modelling analysis in March 2021 estimated that 75% of staff (given that 90% of residents in each individual care home had been vaccinated) provided a level of protection sufficient to limit outbreaks assuming other mitigations are in place. During March this analysis was updated to 80% coverage in staff and 90% in residents reflecting a slight change in evidence for efficacy of vaccination. This statement indicates that the calculations on recommended coverage should be taken as the best estimate at the time of writing. Given the changing epidemiological situation, they should be continually reviewed as evidence emerges. There is no certain threshold for protective vaccine coverage levels – the 80% to 90% coverage values previously calculated were based on single dose reported AZ efficacy rates. Vaccine is not a silver bullet, just part of our armoury against COVID-19. There is a risk that vaccination may lead to a reduced use of testing, PPE and IPC at a time that vigilance is needed against new variants with poorer vaccine efficacy. (Edited publisher abstract)
At home: audit tool for housing and related services for older minority ethnic people
- Authors:
- BROWN Philip, et al
- Publisher:
- Housing and Older People Development Group
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
The ‘AT HOME’ toolkit has been designed to help ensure that housing and related services take account of the needs of black and minority ethnic (BME) elders. It will be particularly useful to service commissioners and providers, as well as older people from BME groups.
Quick guide: Creating a positive safeguarding culture
- Authors:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This quick guide, aimed at registered managers of care homes, covers policy and procedure requirements with the aim of creating and maintaining a positive safeguarding culture. Safeguarding adults in care homes means protecting their right to live in safety and acting to prevent abuse and neglect. The Care Act 2014 and its statutory guidance outline what safeguarding arrangements all organisations should have in place, including a policy and procedure that reflect the local safeguarding arrangements. Safeguarding in care homes should also be informed by the Making Safeguarding Personal framework. (Edited publisher abstract)
Promoting positive mental wellbeing for older people
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
A quick guide to help managers of care homes to identify older people’s individual needs and to improve their mental wellbeing by offering personalised support. The guide covers: valuing personal identity, providing a choice of meaningful activity, helping people to improve their health and mental wellbeing, and providing access to healthcare. The guide is based on NICE’s quality standard on mental wellbeing of older people in care homes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Recognising and preventing delirium
- Authors:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
A quick guide to help care home managers and their staff to recognise the symptoms of delirium and to understand what they can do to prevent it. The guide covers: risk factors for delirium, recognising delirium, preventing delirium, and sharing information with the person and their family. The guide will be useful for staff training. (Edited publisher abstract)
Meaningful activity
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Nursing
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance is to support staff to consider and plan meaningful activity when caring for people in a care home. The principles and practice of supporting people to engage in meaningful activity can, and should, be considered within all care settings. Meaningful activity incorporates physical, social and leisure activities which are led by and/or tailored to a person, taking into account their interests, needs, preferences and abilities. In addition to structured and planned/organised social and leisure activities such as groups, clubs or trips, meaningful activity can be as spontaneous and simple as the person engaging in meaningful conversation and/or activities of daily living. This could include supporting them with dressing, having a bath, eating a meal or helping with day-to-day tasks such as laying the table for a meal or making a bed. This type of activity also enables the person to retain some independence through care staff doing activities 'with' the person and not 'for' them. This guide explains what meaningful activity is, its many benefits, and offers links to ideas and resources. (Edited publisher abstract)
Guidance for people previously considered clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care, PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance for people, including children, who are at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19), because of an underlying health condition, and for their family, friends and carers. It is intended for use in situations where the extremely vulnerable person is living in their own home, with or without additional support. This includes the extremely clinically vulnerable people living in long-term care facilities, either for older people or people with special needs. In September 2021 the shielding programme ended so this guidance was updated to provide information for people previously considered clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19 .This guidance was first published with the title 'Guidance on protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19'. [Published 21/03/2020. Last updated 01/04/2022] (Edited publisher abstract)