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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)
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.
Dying matters: a workbook on caring for people with learning disabilities who are terminally ill
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, BURNS Sophie, FLYNN Margaret
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 132p.,loose-leaf
- Place of publication:
- London
Dying Matters is a workbook for support staff and managers in learning disability services to help them address the needs of people with learning disabilities who are dying, and to explore their role in providing care and support. It will assist staff and managers to talk together about how to support someone in their service who is dying and/or plan ahead for the time when someone in their service needs care through terminal illness. It will also provide a guide to the roles of healthcare professionals and how best to communicate and work with them in the best interests of the dying person. The workbook is based on a research study funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities as part of the Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GOLD) programme. It includes case studies of people who had been terminally ill while living in a range of residential services. People with learning disabilities should have good support and care when they are terminally ill. What does this mean in practice for staff working in residential and group settings? How can hospice staff best address the needs of people with learning disabilities? How can health professionals, home managers and support staff work together? How can they involve family members sensitively? By exploring the themes in this workbook and planning ahead, everyone can play their part in ensuring that there will be a range of high quality care and support consistently available to people with learning disabilities when they are dying.
Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers: understanding NICE-SCIE guidance
- Author:
- NATIONAL COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publishers:
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Produced by NICE and SCIE, this guideline makes recommendations for the identification, treatment and care of people with dementia and the support of carers within primary and secondary healthcare, and social care. The guide is for health and social care staff who work with people with dementia and their carers, and those who work with older people and people with learning disabilities. This includes GPs, nurses, geriatricians, psychiatrists, social workers, care home managers and care staff. It also includes recommendations relevant to commissioners, managers and coordinators of health and social care.
Safe to wander?: principles and guidance on good practice in caring for residents with dementia and related disorders where consideration is being given to the use of wandering technologies in care homes and hospitals
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 11p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guidance looks at the principles which should be applied when considering the use of wandering technology and the current legal implications of its use. This guidance is not exhaustive, it should be used to help guide staff in conjunction with standards produced in Scotland by the National Care Standards Committee and local policies and procedures in care homes and hospital settings. Although primarily aimed towards the care of residents with dementia in care homes and hospitals, this guidance may also be helpful in relation to care of people with a learning disability or an acquired brain injury.The guidance is also relevant to people living in their own homes particularly as the use of developing technologies can be helpful in delaying and preventing admissions to institutional settings.
It's good to be part of things: working with older people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication is intended to assist and encourage local Age Concern groups to develop services and activities for older people with learning disabilities and their older carers. It explores common attitudes, myths and misconceptions about people with learning disabilities.
Admission and care of residents in a care home during COVID-19
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care, et al
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England, Care Quality Commission, NHS
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Version 2
Government guidance setting out how to admit and care for residents of care homes safely and protect care home staff during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It also includes information on reporting COVID-19 cases, providing care after death and supporting existing residents that may require hospital care. The guidance is intended for care homes, local health protection teams, local authorities, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and registered providers of accommodation for people who need personal or nursing care. This includes registered residential care and nursing homes for people with learning disabilities, mental health or other disabilities. [Published 2 April 2020. Last updated 22 March 2022]. (Edited publisher abstract)
Older adults with intellectual disability: the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines
- Author:
- STARR John M.
- Journal article citation:
- Age and Ageing, 48(1), 2019, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In April 2018, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guideline NG96, Care and support of people growing older with Learning Disabilities. NICE uses the word learning disability as the label for people who have an IQ < 70 and impaired adaptive functioning before the age of 16 years. People with mild intellectual disability without an obvious syndrome, have a life expectancy similar to the general population, though they are at increased risk of dementia. The most commonly known syndrome is Down Syndrome, and although survival is expected to be poorer in later life, they can still live into their 60s. It is therefore important that clinicians who look after older adults are skilled in caring for people with more obvious forms of intellectual disability. This article provides a commentary on the NICE guideline. (Edited publisher abstract)
Let's make it happen: the national service framework for older people; a briefing and local action plan for staff, volunteers and supporters of the Alzheimer's Society
- Author:
- ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Alzheimer's Society
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Service Framework for Older People (NSF), outlines the government’s ten year strategy to provide comprehensive, integrated and high quality health and social care services for older people in England. It also includes the needs of younger people with dementia. Its success depends on how well it is implemented across the country. This document has been written to help branches of the Alzheimer’s Society to get involved in implementing the NSF in their area.