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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Ageing, Longevity and Demographic Changes Statistical Factpack (International Longevity Centre-UK)
Summary The International Longevity Centre (ILC) has produced a summary “factpack” of statistics on a range of topics pertaining to the UK’s elderly. “The 12-page booklet provides statistics on a range of topics from life expectancy to housing supply, from … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing, Ageing Society, Dementia Statistics, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Digital Technology, Enabling Technology, Financial Issues, Financial Wellbeing, Global Context, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Life Expectancy, Housing and Care for Older People, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Independence, Independent Age, Information Technology, Intergenerational Cohesion, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Relations, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Labour Market Participation, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Lifestyle, Longevity, Mobile Phone Use, Mobile Technology, New Technology, Old Age, Oldest Old: the 85+ Age Group, Pensions and Savings, Personal Finances, Retirement Housing, Social Demographics, Transport
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Blood Test for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease? (BBC News / Genome Biology)
Summary The degenerative processes causing Alzheimer’s Disease are believed to start often years before clinical symptoms become apparent. Researchers have been investigating ways of detecting the disease earlier. Such tests should help in learning more about how the disease progresses. Tests … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Alzheimer’s Early Screening, Assessment and Diagnosis, BBC Health News, Blood Tests, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Diagnosis, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Diagnostics, Differential Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Differential Diagnosis, Early Screening, Genetic Profiling, Genetic Tests, Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease, Genome Biology, Germany, Innovation in Genetics, microRNA, MicroRNAs, Rapid Screening, Saarland University, Screening, Screening for Dementia
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National Bereavement Survey 2012 (Office for National Statistics)
Summary The National Bereavement Survey (VOICES) 2012 relates to end of life care provided at home, out of hours, by district and community nurse providers, in care homes, in hospitals or in hospices. The overall quality of care (across all … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Community Nursing, Community Support, Coordination of Care, Decision Making, Delegated Decision Making, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Demographics, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Strategy, Evaluation of Services (VOICES) Short-Form, Family Support, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Home Support, Hospice Care, Hospices, Integrated Care and Support, Integration, National Bereavement Survey (VOICES), National Bereavement Survey (VOICES) 2012, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Pain Relief, Place of Death, Preferences and Choice at End of Life, Preferred Place of Death, Proxy Decision Making, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Service Integration, Social Demographics, Support for Relatives Friends or Carers, Views of Informal Carers, VOICES-SF Questionnaire, VOICES: National Bereavement Survey
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Consultation on Hospital Data to Raise Standards and Improve Patient Safety (NHS England and the HSCIC)
Summary NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have released “NHS Hospital Data and Datasets: A Consultation” to discover whether better extraction of information from hospitals’ data systems might be able to raise standards, improve patient … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Bespoke Outputs, Caldicott Review of Information Governance, Care Episode Statistics (CES), CDS: Commissioning Data Set, CES Theograph, CHKS, Clinician Access to Data, Commissioner Access to Data, Commissioning Development, Datasets, Direct Improvements in Care, Example Data Set, Finished Consultant Episodes, Francis Inquiry Report, Guides to Hospital Data, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HES Data Interrogation System, HES Data Quality, Hospital Data, Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES), Hospital Spell, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Indirect Improvements in Care, Information Governance, Information Standards and Collections, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Hospital Data, NHS Hospital Data and Datasets, Non-Executive Directors’ (NEDs’) Guides to Hospital Data, Pseudonymous Data, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Researcher Access to Data, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Secondary Uses Service (SUS), SEM: SUS Extract Mart, Theograph, Understanding Hospital Data, Uses of HES Data, Visualisation of Patient Records
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Corporate Accountability in Health and Social Care: Recent Care Quality Commission Publications (CQC)
Summary Persons wishing to discover more about recent developments at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) may be interested in the following documents. Annual Report for 2012/13 Full Text Link (a) Reference Care Quality Commission (2013). Annual report and accounts 2012/13. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Accountability in Health and Social Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Care Home Inspections, Care Quality Commission, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission: Annual Report for 2012/13, Complaints Annual Report, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Corporate Accountability, Criminal Sanctions, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Elderly Human Rights, Equality and Human Rights, Fit and Proper Person Test, Francis Inquiry, Governance and Accountability, Grant Thornton (Care Quality Commission) Project Ambrose, Grant Thornton Report, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Services, Hospital Inspections, Human Rights, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, NHS Accountability, NHS and Independent Acute Hospital Inspections (CQC), Ofsted-Style Inspections, Regulation, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Social Care, Winterbourne View Serious Case Review
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