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Training starts for one million 'dementia friends'
A scheme to train a million “dementia friends” to learn how to spot signs of the disease and support sufferers is being launched today.
Improving services for long-term conditions
Providing services to meet need rather than by specialty could mean patients receive better services and would be a more efficient use of NHS resources
Trips rather than slips should be focus of falls prevention, study finds
Care home staff must be more aware of the risk of older patients tripping after getting their feet caught on table legs or chairs, according to Canadian researchers.
Stop redeploying nurses outside their specialist areas
Demanding that a nurse makes a permanent move from their chosen field to plug staffing gaps compromises professional practice and patient safety, says Tina Donnelly
Care industry to feature on TV’s Undercover Boss
Working undercover on the frontline has revealed “the extent of the challenges” facing staff in the care home sector, according to a manager whose experiences are due to be broadcast tonight.
Call for training to cut antipsychotic use in care homes
Training care home staff to properly help dementia sufferers could reduce the use of antipsychotic drugs by up to 50%, research suggests.
Family carers missing out on support
‘More than a million cancer carers may be missing out on vital support,’ the Daily Mirror and other newspapers have reported.
Nurses asked for ideas to improve quality and safety in care homes
Nurses are being asked for ideas on how to improve patient care and working conditions in care homes, as part of a new programme of work by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
First pressure ulcer prevention programme 'successfully implemented'
A pressure ulcer prevention programme specifically for nursing homes has been successfully developed for the first time.
Charity's continence sessions seek to support and inform
An arm of a registered charity which supports a range services to improve the quality of life of disabled people, their families and carers, are to host study days around continence.
QNI seeks views on standards of home nursing care
The Queen’s Nursing Institute is seeking the views of patients, carers and family members about the nursing care they have experienced in their own homes.
Better support for carers urged
GPs will be given an information pack to help them identify and provide more support to the six million carers in the UK.
DH keeping 'very close eye ' on Southern Cross
The government has said it is monitoring the situation at Southern Cross Healthcare.
Support for home carers dealing with the drama of death
Seeing the process of dying as a drama can help nurses to support family members caring for patients dying at home
Tips on caring for people with learning disabilities - constipation
Nursingtimes.net is partnering with Netbuddy to help nurses care for people with learning disabilities. Here, we look at tips on constipation.
Southern Cross jobs at 250 homes look to be secure as rescue plan announced
Southern Cross’ largest landlord has announced plans to run 249 of the care homes operated by the collapsed provider.
Derby care home nurses to be trained in dysphagia
Care home nurses in Derbyshire are to receive specialist training in helping older patients in care homes with feeding or swallowing difficulties.
Care home provider appoints Admiral Nurse
An independent care home provider has appointed an Admiral Nurse to help support its dementia patients.
Loss of 80,000 care beds will intensify bed-blocking
Council spending cuts are predicted to result in the loss of 81,000 care-home beds across the UK over the next 10 years, intensifying NHS bed-blocking problems, Bupa has warned.
Personal budgets briefing: learning from the experiences of people with mental health problems and their carers
This briefing from the Social Care Institute for Excellence is a summary of people’s experiences of using self-directed support and personal budgets. It focuses on people with mental health problems and their carers
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Tool lets nurses measure carers' quality of life
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Tips on caring for people with learning disabilities - establishing routines
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Website offers top tips on caring for people with learning disabilities
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Using massage to ease constipation
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'Carers would pet my dog but they wouldn’t touch me without gloves'
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Half of carers 'made ill by job'
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Difficult year ahead as NHS overhaul begins to bite
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CQC to trawl online networks to find complaints
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The ignorance of 'certainty'
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Involving patient groups to provide support and information in the care of rare conditions
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Nurses who suffer abuse risk long term pain
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Scottish life expectancy improving
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Psychosis patients' art to be exhibited
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Meningitis treatment guidelines published
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Training without change is a waste of time and money
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Laughter workshops help cancer patients
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End of life care 'could be better'
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Suicide risk higher in abused children
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Five million adults 'act as carers'
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Huntington's disease figures underestimated
