E hara tāku toa i te toa takitahi, he toa takitini
My strength is not as an individual but as a collective
Delirium Aware Hospital Care A3 size
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Delirium aware inpatient care A toolkit for managers to facilitate quality improvement in hospital teams working with older people.
THINKdelirium Tips for preventing delirium for older people and staff.
Preventing delirium while in hospital Simple tips for family, whānau, friends and staff.
THINKdelirium poster Prevention and management of delirium.
Delirium Aware for Aged Residential Care A3
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Delirium aware aged residential care A toolkit for managers to facilitate quality improvement in aged residential care facilities.
Ideas for older people to help prevent delirium Tips for preventing delirium for older people and staff.
Understanding and preventing delirium Simple tips for older people, their family and whānau and staff.
THINKdelirium poster Prevention and management of delirium.
Supporting Family and Whānau of People Living with Dementia: Education Guidelines These guidelines were developed by the National Dementia Framework Collaborative and provide recommendations for core education topics for family and whānau supporting people living with dementia.
Dementia Friendly Guidelines – developed by Nelson Marlborough Health The majority of people with dementia are still living in their homes in our community. This means that it is likely that many services, including health and a full range of social, recreational and commercial services, are likely to be offered to people with dementia. The guidelines have been developed to ensure the approach and environment is conducive to appropriate service delivery.For more than 12 years author Angela Caughey took care of her husband who had Lewy body dementia. She is the author of the following books recommended by HOPSLA.
View the Dementia Friendly Guidelines bookletDementia books – Angela Caughey a practical book for carers and families of people with dementia.
How to communicate with someone who has dementia Focusing on one of the most challenging aspects of this illness – communication.
South Island delirium stocktake The results of a stocktake to better understand how delirium is recognised, prevented, and managed in the South Island, across all health service settings.Diagram – Healthy Ageing in South Island
Restorative person-centred care has been defined in the South Island in the Restorative Care guides (one for health professionals and one for consumers). The diagram illustrates how key parts fit together across health and community settings. It cannot display all features – but does include many things that need to be present for restorative, person-centred services.
Two restorative care guides to support older people to be independent, care for themselves and interact with their community, family and whānau for as long as possible.
Consumer guide: www.sialliance.health.nz/restorativeconsumer
Health professional guide: www.sialliance.health.nz/restorativeprofessional
Restorative Care Stocktake 2017
This report summarises responses from 117 service providers across the South Island with regard to understanding to what degree restorative care has been embedded across the ontinuum of services.
Below is a collection of websites, reports and information relating to Health of Older People:
Showcasing Aged-care nursing online resource:
Is a sustainable South Island health and disability system – best for people, best for system.
We are focused on keeping people well and providing equitable and timely access to safe, effective, high-quality services, as close to people’s homes as possible.
PO Box 1600, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
Consumer guide
Health professional guide