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Human rights of residents in care homes: conference held on Tuesday 18 October 2005, The Britannia Centre, Kings Cross, London
- Authors:
- HANSON Michele, et al
- Publisher:
- Relatives and Residents Association
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Place of publication:
- London
This pack includes speeches by Michele Hanson of The Guardian; Paul Burstow, MP; Gillian Dalley, Chief Executive, Relatives & Residents Association; Carolina Gottardo, British Institute of Human Rights; and Rose Jenks, campaigner to stop the closure of Cooperscroft, a home in Potters Bar.
Person-centred approaches and older families
- Authors:
- MAGRILL Dalia, SANDERSON Helen, SHORT Alison
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet highlights good practice in using person-centred approaches with older families. It is aimed at person-centred planning coordinators and facilitators, but is a useful resource for anyone working with older families. The booklet particularly helps to unpick some of the key issues that might impact on the way that person-centred planning approaches are used with older families.
The palliative care needs of older people
- Author:
- NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PALLIATIVE CARE
- Publisher:
- National Council for Palliative Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There is no clear cut onset point for the additional and distinctive palliative care needs of older people, but these needs are recognised none the less. This briefing sets out the nature and characteristics of older people and their palliative care needs, to assist those providing or commissioning care in their planning and service delivery.
National service framework for older people: standard 4: general hospital care: National Learning Network event Thursday 22nd September, 2005
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet, produced for the final Learning Network event held in London on September 22 2005, provides information about all the projects to support implementation of Standard 4 (General Hospital Care) of the National Service Framework for Older People, the progress of the projects and their achievement to date.
Best foot forward: older people and foot care
- Authors:
- JONES Ray, et al
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
One in four people aged over 65 needs podiatric care but is not receiving it. This report by looks at the scale of unmet need among the older population and the likely longer-term outcome of not providing low-level podiatric services. It also suggests some innovative and cost-effective alternatives to traditional service delivery that could offer a way forward.
Prevalence, causes and impact of sight loss in older people in Britain
- Author:
- THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication summarises findings relating to vision from cross-sectional analyses of the Medical Research Council (MRC) 'Trial of the Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community’. The population-based MRC trial studies the prevalence, causes and impact of vision loss in a large representative sample of older people in Britain.
Recipe for life: helping older people who live alone to eat well: final report of research
- Authors:
- JONES Chris, DEWAR Belinda, DONALDSON Caroline
- Publisher:
- Queen Margaret University College. Royal Bank of Scotland Centre for the Older Persons Agenda
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 111p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The report seeks to to: get a better understanding of the many factors that can lead to an older person who lives alone not eating well; get an understanding of the issues facing organisations which provide meals for older people; learn about positive policies and good practice ideas that are operating nationally and internationally; and discover some solutions to the problems older people face when trying to eat well.
Recipe for life: helping older people who live alone to eat well: executive summary of final report of research
- Author:
- QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. Royal Bank of Scotland Centre for the Older Persons Agenda
- Publisher:
- Queen Margaret University College. Royal Bank of Scotland Centre for the Older Persons Agenda
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The report seeks to: get a better understanding of the many factors that can lead to an older person who lives alone not eating well ; get an understanding of the issues facing organisations which provide meals for older people; learn about positive policies and good practice ideas that are operating nationally and internationally; and discover some solutions to the problems older people face when trying to eat well.
Care homes in the heart of the community: final report of the NAPA Growing with Age project
- Authors:
- KNOCKER Sally, AVILA Barbara
- Publisher:
- National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
All older people, care homes, sheltered schemes, care agencies and those in domiciliary care should have access to a local directory of activities. Care homes should encourage older people to maintain contact with the local community by facilitating residents to attend outside activities and inviting outsiders to participate in scheme/home activities.
Improving palliative care provision for older people in care homes
- Authors:
- YOUNG Erica, FROGGATT Katherine
- Publisher:
- National Council for Palliative Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication provides care homes, hospices and the health service with the guidelines and necessary actions to ensure that the half a million people living in care homes across the UK receive the essential palliative care services they require. It identifies present and potential challenges for the provision of palliative care in care homes and suggests actions to address these challenges.