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EU ALCOVE Project: Latest Reports (ALCOVE Official Website / University of Worcester’s Association for Dementia Studies)

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The European Joint Action on Dementia, ALCOVE, (¨ALzheimer’s COoperative Valuation in Europe¨ is into an “information dissemination” phase. Fresh publications have appeared in recent weeks: Full Text Link (a) Reference ALCOVE Project (2013). Epidemiological data on dementia. Synthesis Report … Continue reading →

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PEARL Specialised Dementia Service Confirms Reduced Requirement for Antipsychotic Medication (Four Seasons Health Care)

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

Summary This report covers the progress of Four Seasons Health Care in halving use of antipsychotic medication for adults with dementia through their specialist PEARL (Positively Enriching And enhancing Residents’ Lives) care programme. Many positive outcomes are reported. Full Text … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, Depression, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Animal Assisted Therapy, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes in the United States, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care Homes, Dementia Care Mapping, Dementia Care Mapping (DCM), Doll Therapy, Four Seasons Health Care, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, PEARL (Positively Enriching And enhancing Residents' Lives) Care Programme, PEARL Specialised Dementia Service, Pets, Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Photographs and Memory Boxes, Positively Enriching and Enhancing Residents' Lives: PEARL Care Programme, Professor Dawn Brooker, Reduced Requirement for Antipsychotic Medication, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Residential Care Homes, Rummage and Memory Boxes, Supportive Care, Supportive Design for People with Dementia, Supportive Environments, University of Worcester, University of Worcester; Institute of Health and Society, Worcester University | Leave a comment

Integrated Care and Support: Landmark Shared Commitment (Department of Health)

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This Department of Health framework document on the integration of health and social care establishes the agreement to create “joined-up” care. It explains how multi-agency working in local areas can use existing structures to bring together Local Authorities, the … Continue reading →

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Use of Social Media Among Patients and Carers (BMJ Open)

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary There is a large and growing amount of literature concerning the use of social media by patients and caregivers. The authors of this article proposed to “map” and evaluate the state of the existing literature, with a view to … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Telecare, Telehealth, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Alberta, Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence: University of Alberta, Australia, Blogging, Blogs, Canada, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Isolation, Carer Support, Charles Sturt University, Collaborative Projects, Content Communities, Digital Technology, Empowerment, Engagement, Evaluation of Social Media Use, Experiences, Facebook, Faculty of Education: Charles Sturt University, Feedback, Microblogs, New South Wales, Patient and Public Engagement (PPE), Patient Experience, Patient Feedback, School of Information Studies: Charles Sturt University, Self-Management Education, Service User Experience, Short Message Service: SMS, Smartphones, Social Bookmarking, Social Care, Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion, Social Media, Social Media Guidance, Social Media Platforms, Social Networking Sites, Social Sharing, Twitter, University of Alberta, User Experience, Video Sharing, Vimeo, Virtual Worlds, Wagga Wagga, YouTube | Leave a comment

Making it Real for People with Dementia (TLAP)

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The “Making it Real for People with Dementia” report has been written by Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) to explain how the Making it Real Programme can work to help people living with dementia, their families and carers. This document has been developed by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ace of Spades Community Gardening Company, Active and Supportive Communities, Ageing Well, BME Communities, Brokerage Hubs, Building Community Capacity, Butterfly Approach, Care Homes as Brokerage Hubs, Care Integration, Catherine Wilton, City Bridge Trust, Community Catalysts, Community Catalysts and Walsall Council, Community Mapping, Companions, Contented Dementia Trust, Cross Sector Working, Crossroads Care Bexley, DemenShare: Social Media Resource, Dementia Adventure, Dementia Care Matters, Dementia Friends, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Supportive Communities, EDUCATErs group (Early Dementia User’s Co-operative Aiming To Educate), Good Care Group, Health and Social Care Integration, Helen Sanderson Associates, Home Instead Senior Care Wimbledon and Kingston, Information and Advice, Integration of Health and Social Care, JackDawe, Local and Community Level Well-Being, Local Authorities, Local Authority and Social Care, Local Councils, Local Government Association, Making it Real, Making it Real for People with Dementia, Multi-Agency Working, My Home Life, National Co-Production Advisory Group, Nottingham City Council’s Dementia Service, Nottingham On Call, One Page Profile, Optalis, Partnership Working, Peer Support Networks, People Hub, Personal Budgets, Personal Budgets (PBs), Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance, Putting People First, Reading Museum, Reminiscence Services, Risk Enablement, Risk Management, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Skills for Care, Social Media, Stockport Borough Council, Stockport Council and Borough Care Ltd, Streetly Dementia Support, Suffolk Lodge Care Home: Wokingham, Supportive Communities, Think Local Act Personal, TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, UKHCA, Walsall, Walsall MBC, Whose Shoes?, Whose Shoes? Interactive E-resource, Wokingham, Wren Hall | Leave a comment

Resources to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia (UKMi / East & South East England Specialist Pharmacy Services)

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This document assembles a collection of resources to support primary and secondary care pharmacists in reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotics for patients showing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). The resources are based on the “Medicines Use … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Community Care, 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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Antipsychotics-Related Mortality Risks, Atypical Antipsychotics, Audit of Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia Patients, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Call to Action on Antipsychotic Drugs (Dementia Action Alliance), CPPE, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), East & South East England Specialist Pharmacy Services, East of England, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, London, London Antipsychotics Audit and Reduction Exercise in Primary Care, Management of Medicines, Medicines and Falls in Hospital, Medicines for Elderly Linked to Dementia, Medicines Management, Medicines Use and Safety Secondary Care Workshop, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals, National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit 2012, National Prescribing Centre, National Prescribing Service: Australia, NHS London, NHS London: Medicines Use and Safety Team, NHS Sussex, Pharmacists, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Professor Sube Banerjee, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Right Prescription (Dementia Action Alliance), Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Safeguarding and Medicines, South Central & South East Coast, Southampton City NHS Trust, Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, UKMi, Underlying Causes of BPSD | Leave a comment

Police Use GPS Trackers to Locate People with Dementia (BBC News)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Sussex Police is the first force in Britain to pay for a GPS tracking device which may be used by people with dementia and their families / carers. The device promises to be an invaluable aid to finding people with dementia … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Chichester CareLine, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Towns, GPS Trackers, GPS/GSM Devices, MindMe, Risk Management, Sussex Police, Wandering, Wandering in Dementia, Wandering Prevention Devices | Leave a comment

Systematic Review of Treatments to Prevent Cognitive Decline (CMAJ: Journal of the Canadian Medical Association)

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary This systematic review examined the best 32 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating treatments for cognitive decline, including drug treatments, hormone therapies, nutritional supplements, physical activity and cognitive exercises. The authors looked comprehensively at pharmacological treatments and non-pharmacological treatments in healthy … Continue reading →

Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Choices, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews | Tagged Behind the Headlines, Brain Training, Canada, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, Cognitive Activity and Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Exercises, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, DHEA (Synthetic Version of Hormone Produced by Adrenal Glands), Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine: University of Toronto, Estrogens, Exercise, Exercise for Cognitive Impairment, Exercise Regimens, Fatty Acids, Fish Oil, Fish-Oil Supplements, Ginkgo Biloba Extract, Hormonal Therapies, Hormone Therapy (HT), Journal de l'Association Medicale Canadienne, MCI, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Moderate Exercise, NMDA (N-Methyl-D-Aspartate), Nutritional Supplements, Oestrogens, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Omega-3 PUFA Supplementation (Dietary), Oral Nutritional Supplements, Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS), Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA), Prevention, Prophylaxis, PUFA: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Sudoku, Testosterone, University of Toronto, Vitamin Pills | Leave a comment

Exploring the Potential of Deep Brain Stimulation (TED Talk by Neurosurgeon Andres Lozano)

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary Neurosurgeon Andres Lozano discusses recent developments in the potential uses of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the alleviation of symptoms across many different neurological / neuropsychological conditions, including Parkinson’s Disease, dystonia, depression and other mental illnesses, and possibly even … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, International, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Andres Lozano (Neurosurgeon), Brain Imaging, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Alzheimer Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Dementia, Dystonia, Fornix, Lewy Body Society, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), MCI, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), MRI, MRI Scans, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroimaging, Neuroimaging of Dementia, Neurological Disease, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Nucleus Basalis of Meynert, Pre-Dementia (MCI), TED Conference, TED Talks, TEDTalks, TEDxCaltech, Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, University of Toronto, YouTube | Leave a comment

Effects of Music Therapy on BPSD (Ageing Research Reviews)

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)

Summary The authors of this study investigated the effects of music therapy on the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), cognitive function and activities of daily living in patients with dementia. Indications are that music therapy is effective for … Continue reading →

Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Research Reviews, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Musical Interventions, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine | Leave a comment

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