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  • Help The Aged - My Home Life Report

    Part of the Help The Aged programme of the same name, this document part of a concerted drive to icrease the quality of life of older people in care homes by creating support for practitioners and accessible...

  • NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement - Mixed Sex Accommodation - Guidance and Checklist

    This guidance outlines 11 key principles to support the achievement of good physical separation of the sexes in hospital accommodation. It includes a self-assessment checklist to help trusts identify...

  • SCIE - Helping You Through a Hospital Stay

    This resource is useful in many service settings, including within hospitals. For example: Domiciliary carers could distribute it to older people at home before a visit to hospital care homes could have...

  • UKHCA Adult Protection Toolkit

    This toolkit aims to equip home care providers with everything they need to write and review policies and procedures for protecting vulnerable adults from harm. It contains information on: The nature...

  • UKHCA Code of Practice

    The United Kingdom Homecare Association Ltd (UKHCA) is the national representative association for member organisations providing care, including nursing care, to people in their own home. The mission...

  • Evaluation of the Self Directed Support Network - Summary of Key messages

    This report summarises the key findings from 2 parallel studies which examined progress towards the implementation of self-directed support or personalisation in a range of English Local Authorities in...

  • Ministerial webchat: Full transcript 14 Nov 2007

    The first live webchat with the Minister for Care Services (Ivan Lewis MP) and Dignity Champions was well attended on 14th November 2007.

  • Dignity in Housing

    This Housing LIN Report covers policy and good practice to maintain dignity in housing and housing related support. Although the emphasis of the report is on older people, the principles can be applied...

  • Now you see me, now you don't: how are older citizens being included in regeneration?

    Published by Age Concern England the report explores how older people benefit from and are involved in regeneration. Contains evidence of progress made and challenges, many case studies as well as recommendations...