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Monthly Archives: September 2012
NICE Pathways for NICE Guidance
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary NICE Pathways is an online tool which brings together summaries of selected NICE guidelines, and related information, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Guidelines, Hip Fractures, Hypertension, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Stroke, UK
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services, Blood Pressure, Delirium, Dementia, Incontinence, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Neurological Disease, NICE Guidance, NICE Pathways, Opioids in Palliative Care, Patient Experience, Prescribing Opioids in Palliative Care, Pressure Sores, Pressure Ulcers, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Incontinence in Neurological Disease, User Experience, Venous Thromboembolism, VTE (Venous Thromboembolism)
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Change of Name to “Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence” Newsletter
[The changes mentioned in this item appear in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Announcement From early October 2012 the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust newsletter “Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter” will be re-branded … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, New Cross Hospital, NHS, Physiotherapy, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Dementia and Elderly Care News, Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence, Dementia Care News, Dementia: the Latest Evidence (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust)
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Elements of Care for Patients with a Diagnosis of Dementia (York Health Economics Consortium)
Summary This rapid review, dated 2009, examined systematic reviews, guidelines, primary studies and cost-effectiveness analyses for evidence concerning interventions for patients in acute care suffering from dementia. This horizon scanning study was performed at the very early stages, and before … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, NHS, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Awareness: Improving Hospital Care for People with Dementia (NHS Confederation), Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Best Practice for Older People in Acute Care Settings, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Evaluation Report: Excellent Care in a Dementia Friendly Acute Hospital, Excellent Care in a Dementia Friendly Acute Hospital: Evaluation Report, General Hospitals, Improving Care in General Hospital Settings, York Health Economics Consortium
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Patient-Level Costing and Efficiency Savings? (Nuffield Trust)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary This Nuffield Trust report suggests many hospitals in England are unable to track costs, often due to … Continue reading
Measuring National Wellbeing (House of Commons Library)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary There is an increasing interest worldwide in measuring and monitoring wellbeing, whether at the individual, social … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), International, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Big Society, CASP-19, Centre for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D), Characteristics of Volunteers, Economic Policy, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Feeling Appreciated in Volunteering, House of Commons Library, Incomes and Poverty, Individual Wellbeing, International Organisations, Limitations of Economic Indicators, Measuring National Wellbeing, National Wellbeing, Objective Wellbeing, Office of Science & Technology POSTnote, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST), Participation, POST Notes: POST PN 421, POST: Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, POSTnote No.421, POSTnotes, Public Administration, Reciprocity and Wellbeing, Royal Voluntary Service (Formerly the WRVS), Social Gerontology, Social Group Wellbeing, Socially Productive Activities, Statistics Policy, Stiglitz Commission, Subjective Wellbeing, Third Age, Third Sector, Voluntary and Community Action, Volunteering, Volunteering and Wellbeing in Later Life, Volunteers, Wellbeing, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life, Wellbeing Indexes, WRVS, WRVS Re-Launched as Royal Voluntary Service
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The Impact of Social Care Funding on the NHS (NHS Confederation)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary In this briefing report entitled “Papering Over the Cracks” the NHS Confederation has issued a warning … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Adult Social Care Funding, Allocation of Additional NHS Resources, £2 Billion Gap in Social Care Funding, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, Delayed Transfers of Care, Dilnot Commission and Government’s Response, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Health and Social Care Integration, Integration, NHS Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire PCT Cluster, Papering Over the Cracks, Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Social Care, Social Care Funding, Social Care Policy, Unmet Social Care Needs
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Review of the Effects of Cancer and its Treatment on Cognitive Change (JCO)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary The Journal of Clinical Oncology has published a series of review articles discussing the complications of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Cancer, Cognition, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Impairment, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), Depression in Adults, Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: New York
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Aged Residential Care Health Utilisation Study (ARCHUS) (BMC Geriatrics)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary Hospitalisation can cause distress, disruption and often other medical complications for residents of long-term care. It … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Universal Interest
Tagged Aged Residential Care Health Utilisation Study (ARCHUS), Auckland, BMC Geriatrics, District Health Boards (DHBs): New Zealand, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Gerontology Nurse Specialist (GNS), Hospital Admission Rates, Interdisciplinary Teams, Interprofessional Relationships, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Teams, New Zealand, Pharmacists, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Residential Aged Care (RAC), Residential Care Homes
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Sheffield Dementia Information Pack (University of Sheffield)
[A brief reference to this item appears in: Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 3 Issue 3, October 2012]. Summary The Sheffield Dementia Information Pack has been produced by the School of Nursing and Midwifery and SISA … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Assessment and Diagnosis, Awareness, Awareness Raising, Carer Support, Carers, Carers UK Adviceline, Diagnosis, Driving, Family Carers, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Marjorie Coote Old People’s Fund, Meeting People with Dementia, Memory Services, Personal Finances, School of Nursing and Midwifery: University of Sheffield, Sheffield and District Afro-Caribbean Community Association (SADACCA), Sheffield Church Burgesses, Sheffield Dementia Information Pack, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (SHSCT), Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing (SISA), Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing (University of Sheffield), Sheffield Town Trust, SISA: University of Sheffield, Telephone Advice Services, Travel and Holidays, University of Sheffield, Unpaid Carers
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