Frimley Park Hospital Care Home Forum
This project aims to improve the diagnosis and management of those with dementia or possible dementia who are resident in residential and nursing care homes. Read more »
This project aims to improve the diagnosis and management of those with dementia or possible dementia who are resident in residential and nursing care homes. Read more »
Partnership working in Cornwall between the acute environment and care homes is improving end of life care for people living with dementia, enabling them to die in their place of choice. Read more »
This project aims to deliver more integrated care between hospitals and care homes in Plymouth, benefitting people with dementia when admitted to hospital and discharged from hospital. Read more »
The recently published report from the Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People looks at the undignified care of older people in our hospitals and care homes and how this can be improved. Read more »
This 3 year project based in a 120-bedded Jewish Care nursing home offered extra training and support for care home staff looking after residents with advanced dementia. Read more »
This guide, published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence, aims to identify the issues that commonly lead to safeguarding referrals from care homes. Read more »
The stage 2 capital application form is now available to apply for funding of up to £50 million to improve the surroundings of people living with dementia. Read more »
This guide produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence is aimed primarily at practitioners working in various settings for organisations involved in safeguarding. It is intended to serve as a pointer to the law and to how it can be used. Read more »
The Better Care Better Value indicators compiled by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement identify potential areas for improvement in efficiency whilst improving quality. They can help to stimulate ideas on where commissioners should focus their attention in re-designing and shifting services away from the traditional setting of the hospital and out towards community based care. Read more »
This resource pack jointly published by the Housing LIN and ADASS is intended to support local strategic commissioning, planning and investment decisions to help transform and improve the range of housing choices for older people. Read more »