Communities of Interest

Mental Health in Later Life communities of interest are based around the categories of Everybody's Business and examples used include outputs from work of network members, the National Programme, outputs from national or regional networks, examples submitted to the programme team in response to requests, or gathered from submissions to the Positive Practice Awards . Clickon the titles of the boxes below to visit

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The Improvement and Development Agency also have a number of established online communities of practice

Featured Community

Life Stories

Visit the Life Story Pages

Care Homes Liaison and Networks

Read about existing Care Home Liaison Services across the country and view presentations on their evidence base and their learning networks

 

Life Stories

Life Story work is not exclusively used in mental health services or in Later Life services, however, a strong network is growing to share practices

CMHT

a unique and innovative service providing specialist integrated mental health assessment, treatment and support for older adults with complex mental health needs at home.

Dementia

Lorraine Burgess shares information on developments in dementia care.

Read about the Fusion Dementia Cafe in Stockton on Tees

Also info on housing, design and dementia

IAPT

Improving Access to Psychological Therapy programme have published their Older People positive practice guide to commissioning services

Liaison Services

What is Liaison Psychiatry, what models are used and how does it benefit patients?

Younger People with Dementia

View a presentation by the Birmingham Working Age Dementia Service and the graphic record of the 2007 Younger People with Dementia Conference.

 

Knowledge Management

Knowledge is only truly powerful and productive if it is shared and used constructively. This website is just one aspect of our KM approach.