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Category Archives: International
Research involving non-UK agencies and/or international bodies. Includes both foreign and UK non-English e.g. Scottish, Welsh etc.
Recent Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Delirium
Posted on June 18, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Overview Here are some further recent reviews and meta-analyses on the subject of delirium. Khan, B.A. Zawahiri, M. Campbell, N.L. [et al]. (2012). Delirium in hospitalized patients: implications of current evidence on clinical practice and future avenues for research: a … Continue reading →
Hip Fractures in Hospitalised Medical Patients (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders)
Posted on June 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The incidence of hip fracture among people admitted to internal medicine units in Spain was analyzed. 1127 (0.057%) people received a diagnosis of hip fracture during hospitalisation, and the hospital mortality rate was 27.9%. (versus 9.4% for comparable non-fracture … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, International, Patient Care Pathway, Physiotherapy, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age Adjusted Charlson Co-morbidity Index (CCI), BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Complications Screening Program (CSP), Costs, Falls, Falls and Fractures, Falls in Older People, Falls Reduction, Fragility Hip Fractures, Fuenlabrada (Madrid), Hip Fractures, Hip Fractures After Falls in Hospital, Hospital Falls Prevention, Hospital Hip Fractures, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, In-Hospital Hip Fractures, Internal Medicine Spanish Society Management Group, Internal Medicine Wards, Length of Stay (LoS), Multifactorial Interventions (Falls), Musculoskeletal, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Indicators, Risk Factors, Spain
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Canadian Survey of Brief Cognitive Screening Instruments (CAGP / CJG)
Posted on June 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary This article presents the results of a Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (CAGP) survey into the brief cognitive screening instruments used for the assessment of dementia in Canada. The survey assessed the perceived characteristics and frequency of use of … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights
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Tagged Alternating Sequences, Assessment and Diagnosis, Behavioural Neurology Assessment (BNA), Brief Cognitive Screening Instruments, Calgary (Canada), Canada, Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (CAGP), Canadian Geriatrics Journal: CGJ, Canadian Psychogeriatric Clinicians, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto), Clock Drawing Test (CDT), Cognitive Screening, Cognitive Screening Instruments, Cognitive Testing, Delayed Word Recall, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Department of Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences: Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Canada), Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Diagnosis of Dementia, General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), Geriatric Psychiatry, Go / No-Go Test, GPCog (The General Practitioner assessment of Cognition), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mini-Cog, Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE), MMSE, MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Pre-Dementia (MCI), Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS), Screening Tools for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), Similarities (Screening Tool), Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination: SMMSE, Test Your Memory (TYM), Toronto, Trail Making Test, University of Calgary, University of Toronto, Verbal Fluency (FAS Set Test), Verbal Fluency Test Category / Letters
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Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (May to Early June 2013)
Posted on June 7, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The brief citations for systematic reviews and meta-analyses which have been published – or come to our attention – since early-May 2013 are listed below. Some of these articles are available freely, but the full-text of other articles will … Continue reading →
Virtual Dementia Tour (ABC News)
Posted on June 6, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary A “Virtual Dementia Tour®“ simulates some of the common physical and mental restraints / impairments often associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. The purpose of this exercise is to help families of sufferers, and citizens at large, to gain insights into the condition. View … Continue reading →
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, International, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged ABC News, Activities of Daily Living Impairments, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Awareness, Empathy and Understanding, Empathy Training, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Raising Awareness, Sensory Loss, Simulations, USA, Virtual Dementia Tour (ABC News), Visual Impairment
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Hospital Delirium Prevention Programmes and Patient Safety Strategies: Systematic Review (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Posted on June 4, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Delirium in hospitalised patients is a common problem (estimated rates of delirium ranging from 14% to 56%) which increases the risks of patient morbidity and mortality. This systematic review evaluates the effectiveness and safety of in-house multi-component delirium prevention programmes. … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Patient Care Pathway, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Acute Confusional State, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), AHRQ Delirium Risk Factors, Annals of Internal Medicine, Care Bundles (Approaches to Improving Care), Common Components of Successful Delirium Prevention Care Bundles, Delirium Prevention, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium Prevention Care Bundles, Delirium Prevention Programmes, Designing Care Bundles, ECRI Institute: USA, Hospital Delirium Prevention Programmes, Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) System of Care to Prevent Delirium, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Patient Safety Strategies, In-Facility Delirium Prevention Programs, Morbidity, Multicomponent Interventions to Prevent Delirium, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Strategies, Risk Factors, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, USA
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Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Gray Matter Atrophy Prevention Using B-Vitamin Treatment (NHS Choices / PNAS)
Posted on June 3, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Researchers explored the prevention of brain atrophy in areas related to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by lowering elevated plasma homocysteine using B vitamins. An earlier study on people with increased dementia risk had indicated that high-dose B-vitamin … Continue reading →
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Choices, Nutrition, Pharmacological Treatments, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Atrophy and Cognition, B vitamins (Folate B6 and B12), B-Vitamin Supplementation, B-Vitamin Treatments, Behind the Headlines, Brain Atrophy, Diet and Alzheimer's Brain Changes, Dietary Choices, Folic Acid, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) Centre: University of Oxford, Gray Matter Atrophy, Homocysteine, John Radcliffe Hospital: Oxford, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), MCI, Medial Temporal Lobe, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), MRI, MRI Brain Imaging, MRI Scans, Neuropsychological Tests, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Oxford, Plasma Homocysteine, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Regional Brain Atrophy, University of Oxford, Vitamin B Slows the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6
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Female Informal Caregivers’ Quality of Life: European Perspectives (University of York CHE)
Posted on June 2, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary A significant body of previous research into informal caregiving has pointed to the intense emotional and physical burden for some caregivers. Research by the University of York Centre for Health Economics (CHE) investigated the subjective experience dementia care among female … Continue reading →
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), International, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK
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Tagged Ageing, Austria, Autonomy, Belgium, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Distress, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Support, Carers, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, CASP-12 Questionnaire, Centre for Health Economics: University of York, Continental Europe, Control, Control Autonomy Self-Realisation and Pleasure (CASP), Denmark, Disease Burden, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Europe, Family Carers, France, Germany, Greece, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Quality of Life Variables, Health and Retirement Study (HRS), Informal Caregiving, Italy, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Long-Term Care Public Expenditure, Measuring Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, Netherlands, Nordic Regions, Northern Europe, Pleasure, Psychological Wellbeing, Quality of Life (QoL), S. Cognetti De Martiis, Self-Assessed Health, Self-Assessed Health (SAH), Self-Realisation, Southern Europe, Southern Mediterranean Countries, Spain, Stress Reduction for Unpaid Family Carers, Subjective Wellbeing, Support for Carers, Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), Sweden, Switzerland, Università Ca' Foscari: Venezia, Università di Torino: Italy, University of York, University of York Centre for Health Economics (CHE), Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Wellbeing, Work as Affirmation Hypothesis, Work as Distraction Hypothesis
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Stress Reduction for Unpaid Family Carers via Adult Day Services (British Psychological Society / Penn State / Gerontologist)
Posted on June 1, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The British Psychological Society (BPS) has recently drawn attention to research conducted at the Dept of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State, and published in the Gerontologist, which demonstrates that adult day respite care services can reduce … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Respite Care and Breaks, Adult Day Services, Adult Day Services (ADS), British Psychological Society, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Distress, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Support, Carers, Carers for People with Dementia, Carers’ Breaks, Disease Burden, Family Carers, Gerontologist, National Institute on Aging, Needs of Carers, Penn State, Penn State University, Penn State's Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), Respite Care, Stress Reduction, Stress Reduction for Unpaid Family Carers, Support for Carers, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers
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High-Dose Painkiller Heart Risk (NHS Choices / BBC News)
Posted on May 30, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Commonly-used painkillers, such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, can increase the risk of heart problems slightly if taken in high doses over a long time. This conclusion was arrived at by meta-analysis of data from 639 separate clinical trials. The risks remain … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Choices, Pain, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Chronic Pain, Coxib and Traditional NSAID Trialists' (CNT) Collaboration, Coxibs, Diclofenac, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Ibuprofen, Inflammatory Arthritis, Lancet, Musculoskeletal, Naproxen, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS), NSAIDS: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Osteoarthritis, Pain Management, Pain Relief, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Oxford
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