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Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) Competition (NIHR Central Commissioning Facility)

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The Department of Health is asking NHS providers and their university partners in England to apply to become Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs). From April 2014 onwards, the AHSCs are expected to promote: Strategic alignment of NHS provider and university … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, NIHR, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs), AHSC Designation, AHSC Pre-qualifying Questionnaire Application Form, Medical Research, NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF), Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), Patient Involvement, Research and Development, Translational Research, User Involvement | Leave a comment

Interprofessional Working for Community-Dwelling Older People (NIHR SDO)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) report relates to research into interprofessional working to support older people living at home with complex illnesses and disabilities. The researchers examined how professionals work together and how they might best work … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Avoidable Admissions, Care Homes, CCGs, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC), Chronic Care, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Community Care, Community Support Team, Emergency Readmissions, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Care Needs of Care Home Residents, Integrated Teams, Inter-Professional Working (IPW), Interdisciplinary Teams, Interprofessional Working, IPW Models (Case Management Collaboration and Integrated Team) Case Management, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Multidisciplinary Teams, Multiple Health Issues, Multiple Needs, Multiple-Morbidities, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), NHS Culture, NIHR, NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, Older People, Palliative Care, Partnership and Collaboration, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Residential Care Homes, Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Social Care, Social Care Professionals, Team Working, TOPIC: inTerprofessional Working for Older People In the Community, University of Hertfordshire, Unplanned Hospital Admissions | Leave a comment

Care of Older People with Cognitive Impairment in General Hospitals (NIHR SDO)

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Mental health problems amongst the elderly in acute hospitals include dementia (31% of all older people in hospitals) and delirium (estimated in this report as 20% of all older people in hospitals). Outcomes for patients in hospitals with these … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Assessment, Assessment and Diagnosis, Assessment of Competence, Avoidable Admissions, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care in General Hospitals, Caregiver Training, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Cognitive Assessment, Cognitive Impairment, Communication, Competence, Confusion (Delirium), Core and Common Competences for Support Workers, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Identification, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Dementia-Friendly Wards, Diagnosis and Assessment, Disruptive Behaviour, Education and Dementia, Education and Training, Educational Intervention, EHE and Dementia Projects, EHE: Enhancing the Healing Environment, Epidemiology, Family Carers, General Hospitals, Hospitals as Dangerous Places, Hospitals as Hazardous Places, Hydration, Hydration and Nutrition, Impact of Caring on Carers, Impact of Dementia on Hospital Readmission, Improving Care in General Hospital Settings, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), NHS Culture, NIHR, NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, Older People's Wards, Organisational and Professional Cultures, Patient Admission, Patient Care, Patient Documentation, Patient Experience, Patient Rights, Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Care, Physical Environment, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), SDO Project 08/1809/227, Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Skills and Competencies, Skills for Care, Staff Training, Training, Training Needs Analysis, Underlying Causes of BPSD, University of Nottingham, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Wandering, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Research Information for Patients and Carers: Resource Pack (NIHR Clinical Research Network)

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network has produced this resource pack. The resource pack has been designed to help NHS Trusts in raising awareness of clinical research among patients and carers. This is intended to … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, NHS, NIHR, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Awareness Raising, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Citizen Scientist Project, Clinical Research Network (NIHR), Communication, Guardian Clinical Research Zone (an NIHR Clinical Research Network Sponsored Website), Healthwatch England, Healthwatch Network, Information for Carers, Information for Patients, INSPIRE (Salford), Involvement4Access (an NIHR Clinical Research Network Project), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust, Local Clinical Research Network, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Mystery Shopper, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NHS Constitution, NIHR Clinical Research Network, NIHR Resource Pack, Patient Partnership Communities, Patient Research Ambassadors, Raising Awareness, Research Active, Research Active Checklist, Research Active Senior Consultants, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Awareness, Research Culture, Research Culture Good Practice, Research Information for Patients, Research People (an NIHR Clinical Research Network Project), Research Profile of NHS Trusts, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK Clinical Trials Gateway, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | Leave a comment

Commissioning Quality Care for People with Long-Term Conditions (NIHR HSDR / Nuffield Trust)

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary A detailed study of commissioning funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS&DR) Programme, and a short executive briefing from the Nuffield Trust, reminds CCGs that it will be necessary to prioritise. … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioners, Commissioning Cycle, Commissioning Dementia Care, Commissioning Support, Commissioning Task, Contract Specification, CQUIN Frameworks, Decommissioning, Dementia in Calderdale and Wirral, Dementia Services in Calderdale, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, GP Commissioners, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), National Institute for Health Research Evaluations, National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS&DR) Programme, National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, NHS Wirral, Queen Mary University of London, Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, Service Reviews, South West Yorkshire Partnership Trust, Southampton University, Transactional Work, Transformation Programme Group, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC), University of Southampton, Wirral Memory Assessment Service | Leave a comment

The ATTILA Trial: Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home (UKCTG)

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This page, on the UK Clinical Trials Gateway (UKCTG), introduces the “ATTILA Trial: Assistive Technology and Telecare to maintain Independent Living At home for people with dementia” project, which is currently recruiting participants. The aim of this trial is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NIHR, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home for People with Dementia: ATTILA Trial, ATTILA Trial: Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home, Burden of Dementia, Burden on Caregivers, Carer Technology Acceptance Questionnaire (WSD), Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI), DEMQOL, Department of Old Age Psychiatry: The Institute of Psychiatry, EQ5D (EuroQoL Group), Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), HTA 10/50/02, Institute of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry: King's College London, Risk Management, UK Clinical Trials Gateway (UKCTG), Value of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs), Wandering, Wandering in Dementia, Wandering Prevention Devices, Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) | Leave a comment

Clinical Trials Toolkit (NIHR)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)‘s Clinical Trials Toolkit provides practical advice to researchers when designing and conducting publicly funded clinical trials in the UK. This toolkit uses an intuitive interactive routemap to assist navigation, and supplies information on best practice, with … Continue reading →

Posted in For Researchers (mostly), National, NIHR, Proposed for Next Newsletter, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Clinical Trials Toolkit, Dame Sally C. Davies, Health Research Authority (HRA), Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), National Research Ethics Service (NRES) | Leave a comment

Clinical Leadership in Service Quality, Innovation and Productivity Improvement (NIHR SDO)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This paper reports the results of an investigation into any broad lessons which could be learned from the Darzi model of clinical leadership, and the conditions which might enable or constrain effective realisation and performance. The potential for clinical … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), National, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Proposed for Next Newsletter, UK | Tagged Circumscribed, Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership for Cross Boundary Service Redesign, CMHTs, Co-option, Cross Boundary Agendas, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Darzi Model of Clinical Leadership, Defensive Leadership, Dementia In-Reach Teams, Directions of Accountability, Good Health Model, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Dementia Services, Innovative Leadership, Insurgent, Kaiser Model, Local Leadership, Local Leadership for Mental Health and Wellbeing, London Dementia Services, MATS, Modes of Clinical Leadership, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, NVivo, Open University Business School, Professional Roles and Relationships, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Reckless Innovation, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Rudderless Professionalism, SDO (National Institute for Health Research), SDO/09-1001-22, Service Redesign, Skunk Work, Types of Clinical Leadership | Leave a comment

Government Announces £22 Million For Dementia Research (Alzheimer’s Society / Department of Health / NIHR)

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

[A version of this item features in Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWNHST), Volume 3 Issue 5, January 2013]. Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that Government spending on dementia research will be boosted by two-thirds, with a £22 … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Delirium, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Management of Condition, National, NIHR, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abbreviations and Acronyms (New), Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), Assistive Technology, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home for People with Dementia: ATTILA Trial, AT: Assistive Technology, ATTILA Trial: Assistive Technology and Telecare to Maintain Independent Living At Home, Bangor University, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Blood Pressure Drug Losartan, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Cognitive Screening, Comorbidity and Dementia (CoDem), Comprehensive Toolkit for GPs (Diagnosis), Conversation Analysis in Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems, Conversational Analysis, DCM EPIC Trial, Decision Making, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care Mapping, Dementia Care Mapping (DCM), Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Research Projects (NIHR December 2012), Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN), DeNDRoN: Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network, Diabetes, Diagnosis and Management of Dementias of Lewy Body Type in the NHS (DIAMAND-Lewy), Diagnosis and Screening: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, DIAMAND-Lewy: Diagnosis and Management of Dementias of Lewy Body Type in the NHS, Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems, DLB, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, DTC-RP-PG-0311-12001, DTC-RP-PG-0311-12003, DTC-RP-PG-0311-12004, DTC-RP-PG-0611-20005, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme, Eli Lilly’s UK Dementia Research Centre, EME 11/47/01, EME 11/47/03, Eye Testing, Falls, Fragility Hip Fractures, Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Trial (GREAT), Government Research Funding, GPS Trackers, GPS/GSM Devices, GREAT: Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Trial, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, Home Support, Home Support in Dementia Care, Homeless Older People, Homelessness and Dementia, Homelessness and Ill-Health, HS&DR 11/1017/04, HS&DR 11/1017/07, HS&DR 11/1017/18, HS&DR 11/2000/05, HS&DR 11/2000/11, HS&DR 11/2000/13, HTA 10/50/02, HTA 11/15/04, HTA 11/15/13, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibition with Simvastatin, ICP, Independence, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Care Pathway (ICP), Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Losartan, MADE Trial: Minocycline in Alzheimer's Disease Efficacy Trial, Mechanically Ventilated Patients at High Risk of Delirium, Minocycline, Minocycline in Alzheimer's Disease Efficacy Trial: MADE Trial, Motion Sensors, National Institute for Health Research, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Pain Management, PB-PG-0211-24044, PB-PG-0211-24078, PB-PG-0211-24079, PB-PG-0211-24123, PB-PG-0211-24140, PB-PG-1111-26063, PERFECTED Project: Peri-operative Enhanced Recovery Hip Fracture Care of Patients With Dementia, Peri-operative Enhanced Recovery Hip Fracture Care of Patients With Dementia: PERFECTED Project, Person Interactions and Environment (PIE) Tool, Personal Alarms, Prevention of Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Living in Residential Care (PROF-COG), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, PROF-COG: Prevention of Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Living in Residential Care, Professor Martin Rossor (DeNDRoN), Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR), RADAR: Reducing Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease Through Angiotensin TaRgeting, Reducing Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease Through Angiotensin TaRgeting: RADAR Trial, Rehabilitation, Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme, Screening Tools for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), SEED Programme: Supporting Excellence in End of Life Care in Dementia Via an Integrated Care Pathway, Sensory Loss, Shared Decision-Making, Simvastatin, Supporting Excellence in End of Life Care in Dementia Via an Integrated Care Pathway (SEED Programme), Telecare and Dementia, University of Bristol, University of East Anglia, Untreated Pain, Vision Care, Visual Impairment, Wandering Prevention Devices | Leave a comment

Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report (Department of Health)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies’s first annual epidemiology and surveillance report offers a comprehensive review of England’s public health. A major feature of this report (volume one) is the use of cartograms to emphasise geographical differences. … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, National, NHS, NIHR, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: Volume One - 2011. State of the Public's Health, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report (Public Health), Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demography, Epidemiology, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Modifiable Risk Factors, Morbidity, Mortality, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Mental Health; Dementia; Long-Term Conditions and More, Public Health, Public Health England, Public Health in England, Public Health Research: NIHR, Risk Factors, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Epidemiology, Surveillance, Surveillance Report: Public Health in England, Wellbeing, Wellbeing: Communicable Diseases | Leave a comment

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