For Older Adults

Person-Centered Care for People with Dementia: Opportunities and Challenges

Person-centered care is widely acclaimed both as a means and a goal to improve care and outcomes for people of all ages who have various diseases, conditions, and care needs. A 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, galvanized attention to the concept that care should be centered on and organized around …

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Alzheimer’s Association’s Lotsa Helping Hands

Lotsa Helping Hands powers online caring Communities that help restore health and balance to caregivers’ lives. Our service brings together caregivers and volunteers through online Communities that organize daily life during times of medical crisis or caregiver exhaustion in neighborhoods and communities worldwide. Caregivers benefit from the gifts of much needed help, emotional support, and …

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Advance Directives: Creating a Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney

By thinking ahead and communicating treatment preferences early on, your loved one can prevent arguments and spare those close to him the anxiety of having to guess his wishes. Most important, he will have the opportunity to make very personal health care decisions for himself. These documents – called advanced directives – serve as a …

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Living and dying with dignity – The best practice guide to end-of-life care for people with a learning disability

This guide is the outcome of a two-year project in North Staffordshire (funded by the Big Lottery) in which Mencap and Keele University worked collaboratively to support individuals with a learning disability, their family and carers through their journey to the end of their life. The guide was written based on the authors’ experiences throughout …

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Self-Directed Care Calendar 2019

The calendar focuses on personal medicine, a type of self-directed care that allows a person with a serious mental illness to obtain the resources they believe will best support them in achieving their recovery or treatment goals. These resources can include traditional mental health services and medications, or goods and services that focus on reducing …

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