This assessment tool was developed in collaboration with NHS trusts participating in The King’s Fund’s Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) programme. This phase of the EHE programme was funded by the Department of Health to support the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy. The assessment tool is informed by research ... and Free registration required to access this tool.
Age-related chronic and complex medical conditions account for the largest and growing share of health care budgets in all industrialised nations. However, people living with multiple health and social care needs often experience a highly fragmented service leading to sub-optimal care experiences, outcomes and costs. To address this, strategies of ... and .
People with long-term physical health conditions - the most frequent users of health care services - commonly experience mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, or dementia in the case of older people. As a result of these co-morbid problems, the prognosis for their long-term condition and the quality ...
This publication describes the work of Developing Supportive Design for People with Dementia - the latest phase of The King’s Fund’s Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) programme. The EHE initiative encourages and enables clinically led multidisciplinary teams to work in partnership with patients and carers to improve services through environmental ...
This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform the Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel. and Better management of people with long-term conditions has been a key priority of the NHS since the early 1990s. At that time it was recognised that if people with long-term conditions were managed effectively in the community, they should remain relatively stable and enjoy a quality of life free from ...