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Monthly Archives: February 2014
CCG Learning Environment (NHS England)
Summary The CCG Learning Environment is overseen by and co-produced with the NHS Commissioning Assembly CCG Development Working Group.
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Case Studies Pinboard, CCG Commissioning Responsibilities, CCG Development, CCG Development Network Directory, CCG Development Support, CCG Development Working Group, CCG Learning Environment, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Networks, Directory of Development Support Offers, Find CCGs Like Mine, Learning Networks, Local Networks, Networks in Healthcare, NHS Commissioning Assembly, NHS Commissioning Assembly CCG Development Working Group, NHS Community England Network
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Nutrition and Dementia Research Review (ADI)
Summary This Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) report examines the evidence for appropriate nutrition being able to help improve the quality of life for people with dementia. This document reviews the potential impact of dietary factors throughout life in increasing or … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 10/66 Dementia Research Group (ADI), ADI’s World Alzheimer Reports, Adipokines and Cytokines, Adiposity, Adiposity in Later Life, Advanced Dementia Nutrition, Advice and Support, Agnosia, Aldersgate Village: Mississippi, Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA), Antioxidants, Assistive Tableware, Aversive Feeding Behaviours, B vitamins (Folate B6 and B12), Balanced Diet, BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), Burden of Dementia, Burden of Disease, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Caregiver Training, Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), Compass Group, Dementia: a Public Health Priority, Dental and Oral Health Interventions, Dental Health, Dental Status, Design Solutions, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Choices, Dietary Factors, Dietary Supplements, Dietetic Input, Dieticians, Dining Environment, Dining Rooms, Docosahexanoic Acid (DHA), Domestic Scale Seating and Dining Areas, Downscaling, Dysphagia, Dysphagia in Dementia, Eating in Advanced Dementia, Eating Well, Education and Training, Eicosapentanoic Acid (EPA), Elderly Malnutrition, Family Carers, Family-Style Eating, Feeding Assistance, Fellowship Senior Living: New Jersey, Fish-Oil Supplements, Flavonoids, Food Fortification, Fortification, Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care, Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care: King’s College London, Health Service and Population Research Department: King’s College London, Health Services and Population Research Department: King’s College London, Home Carers, Hydration and Nutrition, Improving Nutritional Care, Increasing Wellbeing, Inflammation, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Kings College London, Macronutrient Supplementation, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Malnutrition in the Community, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Mealtime Environments, Mealtime Experience, Mediterranean Diet, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrients, Midlife Obesity, Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Modifiable Risk Factors, Northeast Health (NEH): New York, Nutrition, Nutrition and Dementia, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutrition Support, Nutritional Assessments, Nutritional Biomarkers, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Screening, Nutritional Supplementation, Nutritional Supplements, Nutritional Support, Obesity, Obesity Time-Bomb, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Omega-3 PUFA Supplementation (Dietary), Oral Health, Oral Health and Cognitive Function, Oral Healthcare, Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS), Oropharyngeal Dysphagia, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG), Periodontitis, Physical Anthropometry, Physical Wellbeing, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA), PREDIMED-NAVARRA Trial, PUFA: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Resistive Behaviours, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Royal College of Art, Serum Vitamin B12, Staff Training, Systematic Inflammation, Tooth Loss, Undernutrition, Undernutrition in Dementia, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña: Dominican Republic, University of Geneva, University of Newcastle, Vascular Risk Factors, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin Pills, Vitamins, Washington Heights Inwood and Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP), Wellbeing, Workforce Training
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ALIP: Telecare eNewsletter February 2014
Summary The February 2014 newsletter, from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) HealthTech Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network, has been released. Full Text Link Reference Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP) Newsletter. February 2014. ALIP: Telecare … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Well With Technology, ALIP: Telecare eNewsletter, Assisted Living Innovation Platform, Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP), Better Care Fund, Digital Health Institute in Scotland, Experience Research and Consulting Limited, HealthTech Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Lived Experience, Long Term Care Revolution, Long Term Care Revolution SBRI Challenge, NICE Medtech Innovation Briefings, NPSAS, Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Technology Strategy Board’s Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP), Telecare Learning and Improvement Network, Telecare Services Association (TSA), Telemedicine
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Measures of Hospital Mortality Rates and Standards of Care (BBC News / BBC Radio 4’s “File on 4”)
Summary A leading health academic, Professor Nick Black, has been asked by NHS England to review whether the two main measures of mortality – the hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) and the summary hospital-level mortality index (SHMI) – are meaningful … Continue reading
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Commissioning Local Services, CQC Acute Care Indicator Definitions and Sources, CQC Hospital Inspections, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Hospital Guide, Dr Foster Intelligence, Excess Mortality, File on 4 (BBC Radio 4), General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Keogh Mortality Review, Keogh Review, Local Context, Local Disease Burden, Local Health Economy, Local Public Health, Local Service Providers, Measures of Hospital Mortality, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Mortality in Older People, Mortality Statistics, Preventable Deaths in English Acute Hospitals, Professor Nick Black, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Quality of Care, Roger Taylor: Director of Research (Dr Foster Intelligence), SHMI: Summary Hospital-level Mortality indicator, Summary Hospital-level Mortality indicator (SHMI), Variations in Quality of Care
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Improving Dementia Care Conference (Capita Conferences)
Summary The 2014 Improving Dementia Care Conference will be held in Central London on Thursday April 24th 2014. Read more: Improving Dementia Care Conference. There is a brochure online.
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Capita Conferences, Care for People with Dementia, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Dementia Research, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Design for People with Dementia, Early Diagnosis, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Health and Housing, Home Care Services, Housing 21, Housing and Dementia, Housing and Extra Care, Hull City Council, Improving Dementia Care, Improving Dementia Care Conference, Improving Dementia Education and Awareness, Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Living Well with Dementia, Merton Council, Multi-Agency Working, NHS England London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network, North Yorkshire and Humber Commissioning Support Unit, Patient Experience, Prevention, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Residential Care, Seventh National Dementia Conference (Capita Conferences), Sheltered and Supported Housing, Specialist Housing Services for People with Dementia, Timely Diagnosis, Voluntary Sector
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NICE Drugs Policy and the Elderly (NHS Choices)
Summary News of a Department of Health consultation, which involves asking the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to consider “wider societal benefits” (in addition to the burden of illness and the impact a disease has on patients) … Continue reading
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Tagged Age and Ageing, Age Discrimination, Age Equality, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageism, Behind the Headlines, Benefits from Treatments, Burden of Disease, Capacity to Benefit from Treatments, Cost Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness in Health Care, Cost–Benefit Analyses, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Disease Burden, Economic Contribution, Equality, Equality and Human Rights, Ethical Considerations, Ethics and Decision-Making, Ethics and Society, Everyone Counts, Health and Quality of Life, Justice, Moral Principles, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Constitution, NICE Drugs Policy, Non-Maleficence and Beneficence, QALY, Quality of Life, Quality-Adjusted Life-Year (QALY), Respect for Autonomy, Societal Contribution, Value for Money, Value of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs), Wider Societal Benefits, Wider Societal Burden, Wider Societal Costs
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