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Occupational therapy: supporting people living in care homes
- Author:
- COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
- Publisher:
- College of Occupational Therapists
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
An outline of how occupational therapists can help care home residents to develop a routine that improves quality of life, provide advice, ideas and equipment to support people to carry out activities that they enjoy or want to do, and offer solutions to difficulties with communication, memory or the environment. (Original abstract)
Buds and Blossoms
- Author:
- REYNOLDS Becky
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 19(5), September 2011, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
This article highlights the benefits of an intergenerational project based at The Lodges, a care home with 60 older residents in Lancashire, England. Based on personal observations of the positive interaction between residents and visiting children, a play session project was initiated in collaboration with a local Sure Start centre offering services to parents of children under 5. The Thursday sessions last for two hours, attracting 15 to 20 parents and young children and many of the residents, and are very informal in structure. Some resident watch the children play, whilst others become very involved with the activities. The benefits are observed for many hours afterwards, with residents appearing calmer and happier. Other benefits are through education for the parents, who witness the challenging aspects of dementia first hand, and through staff being more likely to invite children to visit.
Dutch large-scale dementia-care environments: a village within the community
- Authors:
- EERDEN William J. van der, JONES Gemma M. M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 5(3), July 2011, pp.137-146.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Traditional Dutch, large-scale residential/nursing homes are unique in the world. They combine residential and nursing home care, as well as other types of specialist care, making it possible for each health and social care profession to specialise in dementia care as well as making genuine use of the multi-disciplinary care model. This article starts by summarising the development and some characteristics of Dutch large-scale residential/nursing care homes, and dementia care. These are considered from the perspective of the changing landscape of policy on housing, home-care services, and financial priorities, and the vogue towards smaller-scale group-living settings. The article then provides a short description of the largest care home in the Netherlands, the award-winning ‘De Drie Hoven’, which was built 35 years ago. It has 520 beds, and pioneered the ‘village within the community’ concept of care. The features of this care home setting are described as they relate to current thinking about good dementia care, and against the backdrop of concerns coming out of the new small-scale group living unit pilot projects. The article argues that the traditional large-scale accommodation can offer a safe and valuable home-like environment, and that there will always be a need for them, despite the modernisations and adaptations required.
Alternatives to long term institutional care for older people
- Author:
- JARVIS Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 39
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores a range of alternative ‘housing with care’ models for older people in Japan and New Zealand. The models examined include housing for older people with care services; group homes; small scale multifunctional facilities; welfare housing for people on low income; continuing care retirement communities; naturally occurring retirement communities; and retirement villages. The report’s findings are divided into five themes: social interaction; connecting with the wider community; safety net; scale; and thinking ahead. Each of these includes case studies of the facilities and initiatives visited and identifies the main learning points for the UK. The study demonstrates that there is a range of different forms of ‘housing with care’ which either avoid or delay the need for long term institutional care. There is some evidence of better outcomes for residents, and many of the facilities are cost-effective and could be replicated in the UK. The final section of the report sets out recommendations to national and local government, property developers and health and care services, including the voluntary sector, for how to progress this agenda. The recommendations are: improve awareness of ‘housing with care’ and its role in supporting healthy ageing; increase provision of ‘housing with care’ services, especially for the middle market; integrate housing and care facilities for older people with the wider community; commission for outcomes rather than activity; recognise the importance of social interaction and keeping active; provide a clear national policy for funding long term care for older people. (Edited publisher abstract)
A choir in every care home: case studies of singing in care homes. Working paper 8A
- Author:
- DEANE Kathryn
- Publisher:
- Baring Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 71
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out 27 case studies to show singing and music can be effective for older people in care homes. The case studies were submitted during 2016 as part of the 'A Choir in Every Care Home' initiative to explore how music and singing can feature regularly in care homes across the country. The project aimed to find the greatest range of singing models, rather than the ones most used. Each brief case study provides information on the initiative, who benefits, advantages and disadvantages, training, costs, hints and tips, and support materials. (Edited publisher abstract)
The cognitive daisy in residential care
- Authors:
- POLLUX Petra, HUDSON John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 25(5), 2017, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The authors explain how they have developed the "cognitive daisy" (COG-D) as a simple guide to the cognitive status of care home residents and they argue that care is better adapted to residents' needs as a result. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reducing antipschotic drugs in care homes
- Authors:
- PRENTICE Aileen, WRIGHT David
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 110(23), 2014, pp.12-15.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Anti-psychotic medication should be used in people with dementia only when there is an identified need ad the benefits outweigh the risks. An audit-based service provided by pharmacists, working with nursing and care staff in residential home, resulted in antipsychotic doses reductions of 20% and drug discontinuation in 17% of residents with dementia. (Publisher abstract)
A practice-based project to improve end of life care
- Author:
- WILLS Gaby
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 22(3), 2014, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on a substantial commitment to improving end of life care for people with dementia in a large Jewish Care care home in London. (Edited publisher abstract)
Pennine Court: remodelling sheltered housing to include extra care for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- LATTO Shena, CROOKES Victoria
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Case Study describes the development of extra care housing opportunities for older people with learning difficulties within a conventional sheltered housing scheme in Salford. It details the key stages and features of the development process, and shares the lessons learned from this in the hope that they will be useful to other commissioners and providers of housing and support services considering/involved in: remodelling sheltered housing; developing extra care for people with learning difficulties; integrating provision for people with learning difficulties with mainstream provision for people as they age.
Home of choice
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.05.05, 2005, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Provides an overview of ChoicE, a one-stop scheme run by a Citizens Advice team in Manchester which is helping older people, vulnerable people and their relatives find the right care home.