Monthly Archives: July 2016

AAIC’s Curated Round-Up of Publications Related to the 2016 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (Alzheimer’s Association International Conference / Alzheimer’s and Dementia)

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Not everyone will have been able to attend the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto last week. The Alzheimer’s Association AAIC Press Office has been kind enough to provide a curated collection of associated publications, relating to the 2016 … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged 2016 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2016), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP-AD), AD Genetics Consortium (ADGC), AddNeuroMed, ADNI Depression Study, Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) Study, Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART), Alzheimer's Disease Big Data DREAM Challenge 1, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2016, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), Alzheimer’s Therapy Clinical Trial Results, Alzheimers and Dementia, Argentina ADNI (Arg-ADNI), Australian ADNI, Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle Study of Aging (AIBL), Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Hospitalizations of People With Alzheimer’s Disease: Cost to Medicare (USA), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Biomarkers, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Insulin and Insulin Receptors, Brain Insulin Resistance, Caregiver Burden and Dependence, Causes of Brain Insulin Resistance, China ADNI (C-ADNI), Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury, Clinical Dementia Rating–Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB), Cognitive Training, Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Coalition Against Major Diseases (CAMD) Initiative, CSF Biomarkers, DADE Investigator Group, DADE Study, Dementia-Related Misdiagnosis, Dementia-Related Misdiagnosis (Male), Department of Defense Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Dependence in AD in England (DADE), Dependence Scale (DS), Dialogue on Reverse Engineering Assessment and Methods (DREAM) Project, Dietary Recommendations, Disease Modification, Down Syndrome Biomarker Initiative, DREAM, Drug Development for Alzheimer's Disease, Early Treatment to Reduce Costs and Mortality, EPAD, Estrogen Receptor (ESR), Estrogen Receptor Polymorphisms and Incident Dementia, European ADNI (E-ADNI), European Medical Information Framework (EMIF), Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Guidance for Industry Alzheimer’s Disease: Developing Drugs for the Treatment of Early Stage Disease, Formal Education and Complex Work, Framingham Heart Study, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Neuroimaging Initiative, Genetic and Environmental Risk for AD Consortium (GERAD1), Global CEO Initiative for Alzheimer's Disease, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Analogs, Imatinib Inhibition of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) In Humans, Imatinib Treatment and Aβ42 (In Humans), Impacts of ADNI, Incretin Mimetics, Innovative Medicine Initiative AD Research Platform, Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 (IRS-1) Signaling Pathway, Italo Monzino Foundation, Japanese ADNI (J-ADNI), Korean ADNI, Laboratory of Neuroimaging (LONI), Leuco-Methylthioninium (LMTM), Liraglutide (Victoza), LMTM Monotherapy, MBI Checklist (MBI-C), Mediterranean and DASH Diets, Mediterranean Diet, Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay: MIND, Mediterranean-Dietary Approach to Systolic Hypertension (DASH) Diet, Mediterranean-Dietary Approach to Systolic Hypertension (DASH) Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet Score, Mild Behavioural Impairment (MBI), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), MIND Diet, Monzino, Monzino 80-Plus Study, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, North American Registry for Care and Research in MS, NPS Professional Interest Area (PIA), Parkinson's Progressive Markers Initiative (PPMI), Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Prevalence of Dementia in Aboriginal Australians, Prevalence of Dementia in China, Prevalence of Dementia in Oldest Old, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Reduction of Systematic Sedation in Dementia Care, Regulation and Drug Development For Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease, Relationship Between Age and Dementia Prevalence, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Resilience, Rush University Medical Center, Sage Bionetworks, Smell Tests For Detection of Memory Decline and Dementia, Streptozotocin (STZ), Taiwan ADNI, TauRx Therapeutics, Toronto, Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Huntington's Disease (TRACK-HD), Translational Research, Translational Research Into Alzheimer's Disease in Europe, Traumatic Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Treating Brain Insulin Resistance, Update of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Urban and Regional Aboriginal Australians, Urban and Rural Areas of China, Worldwide Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative | Leave a comment

Increasing Numbers of Prisoners With Dementia (PPO / MHF)

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Prison Service is said to be unsuited, at present, to meet the needs of an ageing inmate population with chronic age-related conditions. It needs a strategy to handle growing numbers of older prisoners. Prison staff generally need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age-Friendly Prisons, Aged Inmates, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing in the UK, Ageing Inmates, Ageing Offenders, Dementia (Learning Lessons Bulletin: Issue 11), Dementia in Ageing Prison Population, Dementia Incidence in Prisons, Dementia Prevalence in Prisons, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Prisons, Education and Staff Training, Elder Inmates Services, Elderly Inmates, Elderly Prisoners, Exercise for Cognitive Impairment, Hidden Psychiatric Morbidity in Elderly Prisoners, HMI Prisons, HMP Isle of Wight Memory Service Referral Process, Information Sharing, Inmate Dementia, Learning Lessons Bulletin: Fatal Incidents Investigations: Issue 11 (Prisons and Probation Ombudsman), Life After Imprisonment, Low Cost Modifications to Prison Living Environments, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health in Prison, National Offender Management Service, National Offender Management Service - Hidden Disabilities: Dementia, Nigel Newcomen CBE: Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, Older Offenders, Older People in Prison, Older Prisoners, Older Prisoners in England and Wales, Physical Exercise, Physical Restraint, PPO Investigations, Prison Health, Prison Population in England and Wales, Prison Service, Prisoner Carer Schemes, Prisoner Mental Health, Prisoners, Prisoners With Dementia, Prisons, Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales, Restraint, Restraint and Restrictions, Robert A. Fox Leadership Program: University of Pennsylvania, Routine Screening of Older Prisoners (Proposal), Special Needs Program for Inmate-Patients With Dementia (SNPID), Staff Training, University of Pennsylvania, Workforce Development | Leave a comment

Faintest Hints of Promise From a Recent Dementia Drug Trial? (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Association International Conference)

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Data from a recent trial involving 891 patients, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto this week, indicates that an experimental new drug (LMTX) appears to slow the death of brain cells and preserve mental function in … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), BBC News, Charitable Bodies, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Abnormal Proteins (Tau), Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (Douglas Mental Health University Institute), Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit: McGill University (Canada), Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2016, BBC Health News, Degenerative Tauopathy, Dementia Research, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Douglas Mental Health University Institute: McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging, Dr Serge Gauthier: Director of Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit at McGill University in Canada, Drug Development for Alzheimer's Disease, Drug Discovery Programmes, Drug Identification, Drug Trials, Drug Trials Failure Rate, Drug-Development Pipeline, Drugs for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, Global Dementia Research, Leuco-methylthioninium-bis (hydromethanesulfonate) (LMTM), Leucomethylthioninium Salts (LMTX), LMTM Monotherapy, LMTX, Ltd., Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Tau, Tau Aggregation, Tau Aggregation Inhibitor Therapy, Tau Aggregation Inhibitors, Tau Pathology, Tau Tangles, Tau-Targeting Drugs, Tauopathy, TauRX, TauRx Therapeutics, Treatment and Prevention of Dementia | Leave a comment

“Poverty of Ambition” on Reducing Delayed Transfers of Care? Improvements Recommended (BBC News / House of Commons PAC / NICE)

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s latest report challenges the government, NHS Improvement and NHS England to tackle the extent of (i) the harm to patients and (ii) the financial costs, arising from delays in discharging older patients … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, NICE Guidelines, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accountability and Integration, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Areas With the Highest Delayed Transfers of Care, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Four: Six O'Clock News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Cumbria County Council, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Discharges Higher in Mental Health Trusts, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care by Responsible Organisation, Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, Discharge Programme Board, Efficiency Opportunities, Financial Incentives Across Local Health and Social Care Systems (Proposals), Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Geographical Variations, Good Practice, Good Practice Standards, Health and Adult Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Beds, Hospital Beds Use: Variations, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Hospital Long-Waiters, House of Commons, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration Transformation Fund (aka Better Care Fund), James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Health Services: Variations, Local System Resilience Groups, Local Variations, Long Hospital Stays, Lord Carter Review, Loss of Mobility During Long Hospital Stays, Loss of Older Patients' Muscle Strength Per Day of Hospital Treatment, Measures to Capture the Number of Older People Who No Longer Benefit From Acute Hospital Care (Proposal), Meg Hiller MP: Chair of Public Accounts Committee, Mental Health Trusts, National Audit Office (NAO), National Discharge Programme Board, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Market Position Statement, NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, NHS Sustainability, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Parliamentarians, Patient Care, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Patient Safety, Personal Budgets in Adult Social Care, Post-Discharge Support, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Public Accounts Commons Select Committee, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regional Variations, Sharing Good Practice, Sharing Patient Information, Sir James Munby: President of Family Division of the High Court, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Social Care Providers, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Whole System Patient Flows | Leave a comment

Identification of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Advanced Dementia (BMC Geriatrics)

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The authors of this systematic review investigate systems for identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in advanced dementia. Full Text Link Reference Disalvo, D. Luckett, T. [and] Agar, M. [et al] (2016). Systems to identify potentially inappropriate prescribing in people with … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews | Tagged Advanced Dementia, Anatomical Therapeutic Classification (ATC) System, Antibacterials, Anticholinesterase Inhibitors, Anticoagulants, Antihyperglycaemic Agents, Antihypertensives, Antipsychotic Drugs, Australia, BMC Geriatrics, British National Formulary, Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care: University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS), Deprescribing, Discontinuation of Antipsychotics, Discontinuation of Multiple Medications in Older Adults, Faculty of Health: University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Functional Assessment Staging Tool (FAST), Functional Decline Associated With Polypharmacy, Functional Decline Associated With Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Inappropriate Prescribing, Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research (Sydney), John Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Medication Appropriateness at End of Life, Medication Reviews, Medications to Manage Osteoporosis, Memantine, Neuroleptic Discontinuation, NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group (Sydney), Palliative Care, Palliative Excellence in Alzheimer Care Efforts (PEACE) Program, Patient Safety, Polypharmacy, Potentially Harmful Medications, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Advanced Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, School of Nursing: Johns Hopkins University (JHU), South Western Sydney Clinical School: University of New South Wales (UNSW), St Vincent's Hospital (Sydney), Statins, STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Checklist, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Systems For Identifying Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Advanced Dementia, Terminal Care for Persons With Advanced Dementia in Nursing Homes and Care Homes, United States, University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), USA | Leave a comment

Guideline on Sepsis Recognition, Diagnosis and Early Management (NICE / BBC News / RCEM)

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently published “Sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management – guidance” (NG51). This presents recommendations on the identification and assessment people with suspected sepsis; risk factors and risk stratification; and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, NICE Guidelines, Standards, UK | Tagged Acute Sepsis, Antibiotic Treatment in People With Suspected Sepsis, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, AVPU (Alert Voice Pain Unresponsive) Scale, AVPU: Alert V oice pain, BBC Health News, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Intelligence, Dr Ron Daniels: Chief Executive of UK Sepsis Trust, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Improving Sepsis Recognition and Treatment, Infection and Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Guidance on Sepsis Recognition Diagnosis and Early Management (NG51), Patient Safety, Premature Mortality, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Brian Jarman, Quality Improvement, Raising Sepsis Awareness, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Russells Hall Hospital (Dudley), Sepsis, Sepsis Awareness, Sepsis Bundles, Sepsis Recognition, Sepsis: Risk Stratification Tools, Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: RCEM National Clinical Audit 2016/17, Sir Brian Jarman, unresponsiv e') scale | Leave a comment

Hearing Loss Services: National Commissioning Framework (NHS England / Department of Health)

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A guide is available covering the new national framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) / organisations responsible for planning and commissioning local hearing services for people with hearing loss. This follows recommendations made in the “Action Plan on Hearing … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Action on Hearing Loss, Action Plan on Hearing Loss, Adult Hearing Screening, Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Ageing Population, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cathy Regan: Primary Care Commissioning Consultant, Chief Scientific Officer for England, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Adult Audiology Services, Commissioning Audiology Services, Commissioning Audiology Services for Armed Forces, Commissioning Hearing Services, Commissioning Paediatric Audiology Services, Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: Framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups, Confederation of British Service Charities Organisation (COBSEO), Contraindications for Referral to Routine Adult Hearing Services, Costs of Hearing Loss, Coventry and Rugby CCG, Deafblindness: Dual Sensory Loss, Deafness, Defence Hearing Working Group, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dual Sensory Loss, Dual Sensory Loss (Deafblindness), Ear Related Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs), Emotional and Social Isolation, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Inequalities, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impairment, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss and Cognition, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Impairment, Hearing Loss and Deafness Alliance Principles for Commissioning Hearing Loss Services, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hearing Loss and Hearing Technologies, Hearing Loss and Special Populations, Hearing Loss in Adulthood, Hearing Loss in Early Childhood, Hearing Loss in Higher Education, Hearing Loss in Old Age, Hearing Loss in the School Years, Hearing Needs of the Armed Forces Community, Hearing Screening, Hearing Technologies, Hearing Technology, Hearing Tests, House of Care Model, Illustrative Pathway for Adults With Hearing Loss, Impact of Different Decibel Levels of Hearing Loss on Adults, Impact of Hearing Loss, Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life in Elderly Adults, Improving Health and Social Care Through Evidence-Based Guidance (NICE Guidance), Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Integrated Commissioning, Jim Fitzpatrick MP: Chair of the All Party Parliamenrary Group on Deafness, Kevin Holton: Deputy Director of Patient Experience at NHS England, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Life Course Approach, Life Course Approaches to Prevention and Care, Life Course Model, Local Health Services: Variations, Local Prevalence of Hearing Loss: By CCG and Local Authority, Local Variations, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Measurement of Hearing Loss, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), North East and West Devon CCG, North East Essex CCG, North West London Collaboration of CCGs, Office of the Chief Scientific Officer, Outcomes and KPIs for Adult Hearing Loss, Outcomes For Various Hearing Care Services, Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), Personal and Societal Benefits of Hearing Technology, Population Prevalence of Hearing Loss, Presbycusis, Prevalence of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Principles for Commissioning Hearing Services, Professor Sue Hill OBE, Professor Sue Hill: Chief Scientific Officer for England, Reducing Health Inequalities, Screening, Screening for Older Adults Hearing Loss, Sensory Disability, Sensory Impairment, Social Isolation, Tinnitus, Unacceptable Variations, Unaddressed Acquired Hearing Loss, Untreated Hearing-Loss, Unwarranted Variations, West Hampshire CCG | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: July 2016

Identification of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Advanced Dementia (BMC Geriatrics)

Guideline on Sepsis Recognition, Diagnosis and Early Management (NICE / BBC News / RCEM)

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Google Translate (100+ Languages)

Recommended Sites