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Nutritional Care of Patients with Dementia in the Acute Setting (Complete Nutrition)

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This article discusses the role of the dietitian in an acute hospital working with dementia patients who may have a reduced ability and desire to eat and drink resulting in a decline in their nutritional status. The article outlines … Continue reading →

National and Regional CCG Maps (NHS Commissioning Board)

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB) has published national and regional maps showing the proposed geographical boundaries for CCGs. Full Text Link Reference Clinical Commissioning Groups in England: proposed geographical boundaries. London: NHS Commissioning Board, 2012.

Posted in Commissioning, National, NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), National and Regional CCG Maps, NHS Commissioning Board | Leave a comment

Antipsychotic Drugs in Dementia: Best Practice Guide (RCN)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This “Antipsychotic drugs in dementia: a best practice guide” booklet, has been published by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), with support from the Department of Health. The main content headings comprise: What is dementia? Behavioural and psychological symptoms … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, RCN, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Aggression, Aggressive Behaviour, Agitation, Antipsychotics, Apathy / Indifference, Assess, Atypical Antipsychotics, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Delusions, Four Seasons Health Care, Hallucinations, Hallucinations in People with Dementia, History of Antipsychotic Use in Dementia, Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour, Misidentifications, Neuroleptics, Paranoid Ideas, PEARL (Positively Enriching And Enhancing Residents’ Lives) Project, Professor Alistair Burns, Professor Sube Banerjee, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychosis, Reduplications, Review (STAR) Initiative, Sleeping, Stop, Think, Wandering | Leave a comment

NICE Aims to Issue More Guidelines on Multiple Morbidities (NICE)

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary NICE will probably produce more clinical guidelines which cover the management of multiple-morbidities, because the number of people with long-term medical conditions is growing. A recent study in the Lancet (see below) found that almost a quarter of people in Scotland have two or more chronic diseases. … Continue reading →

Posted in For Doctors (mostly), Guidelines, National, NHS, NICE Guidelines, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Co-Morbidities, Depression, Deprived Areas, Diabetes, Epidemiology, Generalists, GPs, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Management of Co-Morbidities, Multimorbidity, Multiple-Morbidities, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Population Health Sciences Division: University of Dundee, Professor Sir Mike Rawlins, Quality Safety and Informatics Research Group: University of Dundee, Social Epidemiology, Socioeconomic Deprivation, University of Dundee | Leave a comment

Professor Alistair Burns and Professor Martin Rossor Talk on Dementia Research (Department of Health, Dementia)

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary In this Department of Health video web blog post, Professor Alistair Burns (National Clinical Dementia Director, Department of Health) talks to Professor Martin Rossor from the Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) about dementia research. Read more and view … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of Health, For Researchers (mostly), National, NHS, NIHR, Patient Care Pathway, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Animal Research, BioBank (National Cohort), Care Homes Research: ENRICH Resource, Dementia Research Proposals, Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN), DeNDRoN: Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network, Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH), ENRICH: Care Homes Research Resource, Memory Clinics, National Institute for Health Research, NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, Participation in Research, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, Professor Martin Rossor (DeNDRoN), Research Careers, SDO (National Institute for Health Research), Translational Research | Leave a comment

Over 60s Account for Half of Hospital Admissions Income (NHS Information Centre)

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Information released by the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre indicates more than half of the income hospitals get for admissions attracting a mandatory tariff under the national Payment by Results (PbR) system comes from dealing with people … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Hospitals, Emergency Admissions, Funding and Admissions, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Hospital Admission Rates, Hospital Admissions Income, Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) PbR Data, National Mandatory Tariffs, NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Information Centre, Payment by Results (PbR) | Leave a comment

Sustainable Health and Social Care For Commissioners / Health and Wellbeing Boards (SCIE)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This briefing from Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) offers commissioners, and members of health and wellbeing boards, a summary of the “policy and operational drivers” for a sustainable development approach to the design and delivery of health and … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, National, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Birmingham’s Climate Change Adaptation Partnership, Climate Change and Vulnerable People Project, Commissioners, Coventry City Council, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Integration, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), NHS Sustainable Development Unit, Personalisation, Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Sustainable Health and Social Care, Sustainable Social Care Programme, Think Local Act Personal, UK Climate Change Act (2008) | Leave a comment

PM’s Challenge On Dementia, Part 3: Dementia Friendly Communities and Improving Dementia Research (Department of Health, Dementia)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary In this Department of Health video web blog posting, Professor Alistair Burns (National Clinical Dementia Director, Department of Health) talks, in his third web blog video on the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, about the creation of dementia-friendly communities and efforts to improve … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, NIHR, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alzheimer's Disease: Early Detection by Brain Scan, Brain Scans, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), David Cameron, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), ESRC, National Institute for Health Research, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns | Leave a comment

New Intelligence on End of Life Care in England (National End of Life Care Intelligence Network)

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary The latest report from the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) called “What do we know now that … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Association of Palliative Medicine / Specialist Advisory Council, Care Homes: Last Year of Life, Care in General Hospitals, Dignity Therapy, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End of Life Care, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, Environments for Care at End of Life, EOL, EPaCCS, General Hospitals, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Gold Standards Framework After Death Analysis, Hospice Care, Inpatient Hospital Care: Last Year of Life, Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP), Methylnaltrexone, National Care of the Dying Audit Hospitals (NCDAH) Round 3, National End of Life Care Intelligence Network, NEoLCIN: National End of Life Care Intelligence Network, New Intelligence on End of Life Care in England (2012), Palliative Care, Palliative Care Funding Review, Place of Death, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care: Last Year of Life, Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF), Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Social Care, Specialist Palliative Care, VOICES Survey: East Berkshire and the Isle of Wight | Leave a comment

Authorisation Process for Clinical Commissioning Groups Summarised (Department of Health)

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dementia Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia: the Latest Evidence)

Summary A letter and a set of slides outlining the authorisation process for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have been issued to primary care cluster chief executives and local authority chief executives. Read more: Authorisation process for Clinical Commissioning Groups issued (Department of Health). Full Text … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, National, NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Authorisation Process, CCG Authorisation Process, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Dame Barbara Hakin (National Managing Director of Commissioning Development), David Behan (Director General for Social Care; Local Government and Care Partnerships) | Leave a comment

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