Experience of people with younger onset dementia in residential homes
This qualitative study gives voice to the opinions and perspectives of people with younger onset dementia and care givers when considering residential care designed for older people. Loss of autonomy and ensuing stagnation or even institutional internment was much feared. Appropriate exercise and purposeful occupational activities as well as emotional support were valued therapies but often lacking for this group. Source: Dementia Journal (summary only online)
Experience of people with younger onset dementia in residential homes
Supporting family and whānau of people living with dementia
This document provides recommendations for core education topics for family and whānau supporting people with dementia. Topics should include understanding of dementia; providing confidence in supporting people with dementia and learning about support services and organisations. Links to wide range of resources are provided. Source: National Dementia Framework Collaborative
Supporting family and whānau of people living with dementia
Are services for dementia improving?
Dr Matthew Croucher, clinical lead for the South Island Dementia Initiative, describes changes in services in the South Island since 2009. He notes there have been positive changes. A shared model of care for dementia has been developed. Dementia is more usually treated in primary care and cross-sector engagement has improved. However he concludes that in the light of previously unmet need and population growth overall, services are worse than 2009. Source: South Island Alliance
Are services for dementia improving?
Education needs of Health Care Assistants
Researchers from University of Auckland conducted 34 semi-structured interviews with Health Care Assistants (HCAs) which identifies their experiences with end of life care, the skills required for their work and examines the education provided for this. HCAs need education in the increasingly important communication and de‐escalation skills. Despite changes the education provided has not changed sufficiently to include these more complex skills. Source: Health and Social Care (summary only online)
Education needs of Health Care Assistants
Training and Development Needs of the Health and Disability Home and Community Workforce
This planning report describes the changing employment and training needs facing the home and community workforce. It addresses a range of issues including technological developments on the workforce; employers’ needs to support workforce capability development and how the current and future workforce landscape is planned to meet new and emerging client needs. Source: Home and Community Health Association and Careerforce
Training and Development Needs of the Health and Disability Home and Community Workforce
interRAI Annual Report 2017/18
The 2017/18 report describes the activities of that year. It focuses on the quality of data collection, quality indicators of services provided by aged care and interRAI measures of well being. It also describes the increasing use of interRAI data in academic research. Source: interRAI
interRAI Annual Report 2017/18
See also:
People with dementia living in the community – what interRAI can tell us
Loneliness is driving people to enter rest homes
Recent University of Otago research showed that loneliness and burnt out care partners are often reasons that otherwise physically and mentally healthy older people enter residential care. This conclusion was based on a large scale analysis of 54,000 people over 5 years. For example people who were lonely were nearly 20% more likely to enter homes even where they were physically healthy. Source: Journal of American Medical Directors Association (summary only online)
Loneliness is driving people to enter rest homes