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Category Archives: Quick Insights
Introductory “quickies” for busy people
COGNISION™ for Neurological Disorders Including Dementia (NIHR)
Posted on June 19, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The COGNISION™ system, developed by Neuronetrix, is intended to assist in the diagnosis and evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia and other neurological disorders. It uses non-invasive detection of differences in the neural processing of auditory stimuli in people with … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, NIHR, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Assessment and Diagnosis, Auditory Event-Related Potentials (ERPs), Birmingham, COGNISION™ (Neuronetrix), COGNISION™ System, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis of Dementia, Early Diagnosis, Early Differential Diagnosis, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Neuronetrix, NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre (NIHR HSC), NIHR HSC Technology Alerts, Quantitative Electroencephalography (qEEG) System (COGNISION™), Timely Diagnosis, University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham: NIHR HSC, West Midlands
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CQC Healthcare Regulator Cover-Ups? (BBC News)
Posted on June 19, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) healthcare regulator in England may have covered up knowledge of its own failings (in the past). Read more: BBC News: Healthcare regulator CQC ‘may have covered up failings’. Reference Healthcare regulator CQC ‘may have covered up … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, CQC: Care Quality Commission, In the News, National, NHS, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission (CQC), False Assurances, Furness General Hospital in Cumbria, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Hospital Inspections, Market Oversight, Oversight, Patient Safety, Regulation, Regulators, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
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NeuroAD™ for Mild and Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease (NIHR)
Posted on June 19, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary This briefing from the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre outlines the principles and purpose of the NeuroAD™ system, from Neuronix. NeuroAD™ is a non-invasive treatment for patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer’s Disease. which combines focused transcranial magnetic stimulation of … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK
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Tagged Birmingham, Cognitive Remediation Combined with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Alzheimer’s Disease, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training and rTMS in Alzheimer’s Disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), MRI, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NeuroAD™ for Mild and Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuronix (NeuroAD™ System), NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre (NIHR HSC), NIHR HSC Technology Alerts, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, TMS: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham: NIHR HSC, West Midlands
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Care Quality Commission to Monitor Deaths in Elderly Care Homes (BBC News)
Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Death rates in elderly nursing and care homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission in renewed plans to eliminate poor care. The regulator is piloting a system whereby higher than expected numbers of deaths can trigger an … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), BBC Health News, Better Care Homes, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Improving Standards in Care Homes, Mortality, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Panorama (BBC TV), Preventable Mortality, Residential Care Homes, Safeguarding
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Emergency Services and Emergency Care: NHS Needs to Simplify Urgent Care (BBC News)
Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary A review of emergency services and emergency care, led by NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, has recommended that the NHS in England needs a simpler and more coordinated system of round-the-clock urgent and emergency care. The review has identified that many patients … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Evidence Base from the Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Hospital Emergency Departments, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Direct and NHS 111, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks, Urgent and Emergency Care Review: Evidence Base Engagement Document, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England, Whole System Integration, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Design, Whole Systems Redesign
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Elderly Domiciliary Care Firm Suspended (BBC News)
Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Mosaic Community Care, the firm at the centre of a BBC News scandal about the poor care of an elderly woman in her own home, has been suspended the UK Homecare Association. The UKHCA is investigating Mosaic Community Care and will not recommend Mosaic … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Domiciliary Care, Home Care, Home Care Standards, Mosaic Community Care, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association, UKHCA: UK Homecare Association
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Commissioning Excellence: Commissioning Support Services (NHS England)
Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The NHS England strategy for ensuring CCGs receive suitable commissioning support services is outlined in this document. CCGs should be enabled to exercise informed choice about how they obtain commissioning support and from whom. An effective market of viable … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accredited Safe Haven (ASH), Accredited Safe Havens, ACEVO (the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations), Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Business Intelligence, Business Support / Back Office, Caldicott Review, CCG Development Framework, CCG Engagement, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Combined Predictive Model, Commissioning Excellence, Commissioning Support Providers, Commissioning Support Services, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Common Law Duty of Confidence, Communication, Continuity and Consistency, Continuity of Care, Continuity of Supply, Contract Management, Contracts, Creating a Market, CSU Assurance, CSU Business Review and Assurance Process, CSU Development, Decision Support Tools, Developing Informed Customers, Economies of Scale, Francis Inquiry Report, GP Extraction Service (GPES), Health Needs Assessment, Health Needs Assessment (including JSNA), ICO Anonymisation Code of Practice, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Sector Data Services Providers (IDSPs), Information Governance, Informed Customers, Integration, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Level Playing Fields (Markets), Local Authority Commissioners and Providers, Market Information, Market Management, Market Mechanisms, NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), PARR-30, Patient and Public Engagement (PPE), Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), Patients at Risk of Re-hospitalisation (PARR), PPE: Patient and Public Engagement, Predictive Models, Predictive Risk Models, Preventive Support: Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Procurement, Provider Management, Pseudonymised Data, QIPP, Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Risk Management, Risk Models, Risk Prediction Tools, Risk Profiling Tools, Risk Stratification, Risk Stratification for Case Finding, Safeguarding, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), Service Continuity, Service Quality and Standards, Service Redesign, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), SMEs, Triple Fail Event, Value for Money, Voluntary and SME Sectors, Voluntary Organisations, Weakly Pseudonymised Data, Wilson and Jungner Criteria, Winterbourne View Review Concordat
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Engaging with BME Communities (NHS Confederation / BME Leadership Forum)
Posted on June 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary The principles of the NHS entail promoting equality and diversity as central to the delivery of high quality services. This report from the NHS Confederation’s BME Leadership Forum presents examples of service providers and commissioners which have developed innovative … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
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Tagged Access for All, African Women Days, BAME Experiences, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Leadership Forum, Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), BME Communities, BME Leadership Forum, BME Older Person’s Carers Network, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Community Engagement, Cultural Leadership, Culture, Dementia Champions, Diversity, Empowerment, Engagement, Engaging BME Communities, Equality, Grassroots Working, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Leadership, Liverpool, Liverpool Primary Care Trust, Marmot Review, Mary Seacole Awards, NHS Confederation's BME Leadership Forum, NHS Culture, NHS Devon and South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Employers' Equality and Diversity Strategic Forum, NHS Merseyside, Patient and Public Engagement (PPE), PPE: Patient and Public Engagement, Project SEARCH (Diversity), Restraint for Psychiatric Patients (RESPECT), Seldom Heard Groups, Services and Support for BAME Communities, Sheffield, Sheffield African Caribbean Mental Health Association (SACMHA), Sheffield Care Trust, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (SHSCT), South Devon, Strategy for Crisis Intervention and Prevention (SCIP), Sub-Cultures, Torbay, Yemeni Health Days
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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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Stroke Rehabilitation: Long-Term Rehabilitation After Stroke (NICE CG162)
Posted on June 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News (an online adjunct to Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence)
Summary Approximately 110,000 people in England, 11,000 people in Wales and 4,000 people in Northern Ireland have a stroke each year. Although most people survive their first stroke there are usually lasting effects. Over 900,000 people in England live with … Continue reading →
Posted in National, NICE Guidelines, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Universal Interest, Standards, Acute Hospitals, Community Care, UK, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Patient Care Pathway, Guidelines, For Social Workers (mostly), Quick Insights, Practical Advice, Person-Centred Care, Stroke, Integrated Care
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Tagged Activity Limitation (After Stroke), Aphasia, Apraxia, Commissioning Stroke Services, Community Rehabilitation, Community Rehabilitation Teams, Community Stroke Care, Community Support, Community Support Services, Continuing Impairment (After Stroke), Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Regulations, Dysarthria (Difficulty Articulating Words), Dysphagia, Dyspraxia, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Early Supported Discharge Teams, Emotional Impact of Stroke, ESD: Early Supported Discharge, Hemianopia (Blindness in Half of the Visual Field), Intensive Rehabilitation After Stroke, Interdisciplinary Services (Stroke Units), Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Health and Social Support, Long-Term Rehabilitation After Stroke: NICE CG162, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Teams in Rehabilitation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Neglect, NICE Clinical Guideline CG162, NICE Pathways, Orthosis, Participation Restriction (After Stroke), Poststroke Care, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Prevalence of Stroke, Psychological Care After Stroke, Psychological Interventions After Stroke, Reablement, Reablement Services, Screening and Assessment (Stroke), Setting Goals for Rehabilitation, Shoulder Pain, Stroke Care, Stroke Patients and Carers, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation Standards, Stroke Units, Swallowing, Upper Limb Electrical Stimulation
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