All Older people’s services articles – Page 46
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News
Councils and NHS urged to drive joint funding
Councils and the NHS should examine how joint funding could help improve health and social care outcomes, according to an Audit Commission report.
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HSJ Knowledge
Dementia strategy
In the UK there are approximately 700,000 people with dementia. In 30 years, this number is expected to double.
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HSJ Knowledge
Swine flu planning
With the possibility of a second, more serious wave of swine flu ahead, Ian Buchanan focuses on the work being done by hospices to prepare for an outbreak.
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HSJ Knowledge
Lower leg care: no one left out on a limb
Leg Clubs are a social model for managing treatment such as ulcer care, where patients can feel in control and share information, says Julian Tyndale-Biscoe
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News
National care service consultation continues
An NHS style state run insurance scheme has been included in government proposals for a national care service that is subject to ongoing public consultations.
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Comment
Michael White on the Conservative conference
Even before I set out for the Conservative conference, a neighbour asked me how David Cameron plans to fund residential end of life care for a flat-rate insurance contribution of £8,000.
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News
Elderly care is set to be election battleground
The government and the Conservatives have offered the electorate competing schemes to care for elderly people.
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News
Medication errors 'affect 70pc of care home residents'
Overworked care home staff, poor teamwork and lack of training mean seven in 10 elderly residents are subject to medication errors.
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HSJ Knowledge
Care homes: getting to grips with GP retainers
GPs demanding fees from care homes must justify their charges to avoid provoking a scandal, says Stuart Shepherd
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HSJ Knowledge
How to plan for cold weather with a swine flu pandemic looming
How can trusts put intensive care plans in place this winter with a swine flu pandemic looming, asks Jennifer Taylor
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HSJ Knowledge
Integrated care: pride of the community
District nurses embody the high quality workforce envisioned by Darzi, but the sector lacks the commitment to attract new nurses to this 150 year old service, says Daloni Carlisle
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Comment
Stephen Eames on dementia strategy
I was startled when our nursing director pointed out that at any one time there could be up to 400 patients with dementia occupying beds in our hospitals.
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News
Lib Dems abandon NHS spending plans
A pledge to provide free personal care for the elderly has been scrapped by the Liberal Democrats.
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Comment
Michael White on the future of healthcare funding
For a politician in his situation, care services minister Phil Hope was in a remarkably cheerful mood when I caught up with him to find out how well - or badly - his department’s latest green paper had been received.
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News
Will the public back the national care service?
The long awaited social care green paper proposes reforms including a new ‘national care service’, but what are the implications and where will the money come from?
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News
‘National care service’ could pit councils against NHS
The long-awaited social care green paper has set out the government’s ambition for a national care service that could offer a basic minimum entitlement to all, regardless of financial means.
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Comment
The social care green paper: What's in it for the NHS?
NHS managers could be forgiven for asking why they should be interested in the government’s long-awaited Green Paper on adult social care. The prospect of swine flu, shifting political priorities and impending fiscal gloom might seem enough to worry about.
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News
Care for elderly 'not good enough'
Funding for long-term NHS care costs for the elderly has been subject to “procrastination and delay”, according to former Tory health secretary Stephen Dorrell.
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Supplements
Transforming Community Services
See the attached file for our in-depth look at the programme that will lead delivery of the next stage review vision for primary and community care.
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News
Government will not back private care home protection
Efforts to improve human rights protection for children and the elderly in privately run care homes have been blocked by the government.