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Monthly Archives: April 2018
On the Possible Advantages of Spiritual Coping Models for Improving Patient Wellbeing (Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Summary An examination of evidence on the relationships between spirituality and improved personal resilience, the ability to overcome challenges and resulting quality of life outcomes. Full Text Link Reference Counted, V. Possamai, A. [and] Meade, T. (2018). Relational spirituality and … Continue reading →
Posted in Depression, For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Australia, Biopsychosocial Spirituality, Care Approaches to Spirituality and Dementia, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Cultural Competence, Domains of QoL, Emotional and Personal Resilience, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Geriatric Quality of Life-Dementia (GQOL-D) Scale, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (Journal), Health and Quality of Life Variables, Health and Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Well-Being, Personal Well-Being, Psychological Coping Skills, Psychological Wellbeing, Psychological Wellbeing for Patients with Long-Term Conditions, Quality of Life (QoL), Quality of Life Alzheimer’s Disease Scale (QoL-AD), Quality of Life Outcomes, Relational Spirituality, Resilience, Resilience and Vulnerability, Resilience to Dementia Disability and Frailty, School of Social Sciences and Psychology: Western Sydney University, Spirituality, Spirituality and Religion in the Culture of Medicine, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Wellbeing and Resilience Services, Wellbeing in Later Life, Wellbeing in Older People, Wellbeing Indexes, Wellness and Resilience, Western Sydney University
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Review of Delirium Prediction Models for Hospitalised Older Adults (BMJ Open)
Summary A systematic review of delirium prediction models of relevance to older adults (those over years of age), for use in acute hospital settings, identified variable and typically inadequate predictive capabilities. “ …future models should consider using standard variables and … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Anesthesia and Intensive Care: Chinese University of Hong Kong, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Canada, Caring for Persons With Delirium, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Clinical Prediction for Delirium, Confusion (Delirium), Confusion Assessment Method, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), Delirium in Elderly Patients, Delirium in Hospitalised Patients, Delirium in Medical and Surgical Populations, Delirium in Older People in Acute Hospitals, Delirium Management, Delirium Prediction Models (Acute Elderly), Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium Risk Prediction Models, Delirium: Heterogeneity, Delirium: Prevalence Detection and Prediction, Department of Anesthesiology: University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of Anesthesiology: University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine Division of Geriatrics: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine: Western University, Department of Nursing: University Hospital Madison (Wisconsin USA), Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Ebling Health Sciences Library, Geriatric Research: Education and Clinical Center (GRECC): William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Germany, Hong Kong, Impact of Delirium on Length of Stay, Incidence of Delirium, Madison, Model Overfitting, Modified Blessed Dementia Rating Scale (mBDRS), MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing: University College London, Post-Operative Delirium, Postoperative Delirium, Prediction Prevalence and Detection of Delirium, Prevalence of Delirium, Recognition of Delirium, Risk Factors for Delirium, School of Nursing: University of Wisconsin Madison, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, United States, University College London, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Western University (Ontario), William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Madison (Wisconsin USA), Wisconsin, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute
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Further Brief Insights Into the Potentially Neuroprotective Benefits of Certain Foods (BBC News / Scientific Reports / ARUK / AAIC)
Summary There is evidence to suggest that the protein β-parvalbumin found in fish inhibits the formation of α-synuclein (the protein present in Parkinson’s Disease). The cross-reaction of β-parvalbumin and human amyloidogenic proteins may explain at least some of the health … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Nutrition, Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2017), Abnormal Proteins (Alpha-Synuclein), Alpha-Synucleinopathies, Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Association AAIC Press Office, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2017), Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Amyloidogenic Proteins, Anti-Inflammatory (Foods), Antioxidants, ARUK: Alzheimer’s Research UK, Baltic Sea Diet, Berries, Beta-Carotene, Beta-Parvalbumin, Blueberries, BSD (Baltic Sea Diet), Chalmers University of Technology, Cognitive Performance in Older US Adults: Health and Retirement Study, Columbia University, CoSTREAM Project: EU's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering: Chalmers University of Technology, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diets, Dietary Behaviour, Dietary Factors, Dietetic Input, Dr David Reynolds: Alzheimer's Research UK, Eating Leafy Greens, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Fish, Fish Consumption, Flavonoids, Health and Retirement Study (HRS), Health and Retirement Study (US), Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Healthy Nordic Diet, HRS: Health and Retirement Study, Inflammation-Related Nutrient Pattern (INP), Inflammatory Nutrient Pattern Associated With Cognitive Brain Ageing, α-Synuclein, α-Synuclein Misfolds, β-Parvalbumin, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Institutet, Leafy Greens, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diets, Mediterranean Diet, Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND Diets), Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institutes of Health / National Institutes on Aging, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuroprotection, Neuroprotection Research, Neuroprotective Agents, Neuroprotective Dietary Patterns Associated With Better Cognitive Performance, Neuroprotective Diets, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Nordic Prudent Diet Reduces Risk of Cognitive Decline, Nordic Prudent Dietary Pattern (NPDP), Parkinson’s Disease Pathogenesis, Poor Diet Linked to Inflammation, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention of Parkinson’s Disease, Sweden, Synucleinopathy, The Health and Retirement Study, US National Institute on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem (North Carolina), Women Who Eat Well Less Likely to Develop Dementia, Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS)
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Update on the Association Between Anticholinergics and Dementia Risk (BBC News / BMJ)
Summary A new statistical study has confirmed an association between use of certain anticholinergic drugs (commonly prescribed for the treatment of depression, Parkinson’s Disease and bladder problems) and a heightened risk of developing dementia. Other anticholinergics, taken to treat hay … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Community Care, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acetylcholine, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs): Type A (Potentially Avoidable and Associated With Commonly Prescribed Medications), Anticholinergic Drugs, Anticholinergic Drugs and Dementia in Older Adults, Anticholinergic Drugs and Dementia Risk, Anticholinergics, Aston University, Behind the Headlines, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Cumulative Anticholinergic Use (Dementia Risk Factor), Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dr James Prickett: Head of Research at Alzheimer's Society, Drug Side-Effects, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Indiana University, Modifiable Risk Factors, Newcastle University, Potentially Harmful Medications, Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM), Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Professor Martin Rossor: NIHR National Director for Dementia Research, Purdue University, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Strong Anticholinergics Association With Incident Dementia, University of Aberdeen, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, University of Pittsburgh, University of Washington, Urinary Incontinence
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Multi-Morbidity Re-Visited (BBC News / Academy of Medical Sciences / Health Foundation / JGCR)
Summary The Academy of Medical Sciences has produced a report on the unprecedented burden of “multi-morbidity”, i.e. the clustering of two or more physical and mental health conditions in the same patient. This is a summary of emerging evidence on … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academy of Medical Sciences, Academy of Medical Sciences: King's College London, Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Accountable Care Systems, Accountable Care Systems (ACSs), Ageing Population, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, BBC Health News, Burden of Multimorbidity, Caring for the Whole Person, Clustering of Conditions, Clustering of Mental and Physical Health Conditions, Co-Morbid Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Common Dementia Comorbidities, Comorbidity, Comorbidity and Dementia, Complex Care and Multimorbidity, Complex Comorbidities, Complexity, Definitions of Multimorbidity, Dementia and Comorbidity, Dementia Comorbidities, Demographic and Epidemiological Change, Depressive Mood Disorders, Determinants of Multimorbidity, Diabetes and Obesity, Digital Technologies in Management of Multimorbidity, Economic Burden of Multimorbidity, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Ethnicity as a Determinant of Multimorbidity, Faculty of Public Health and Policy: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Financial Cost of Multimorbidity, Gender (Sex) as a Determinant of Multimorbidity, General Practice and the Multiple Conditions Challenge, George Institute for Global Health (Australia), George Institute for Global Health (India), Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) Multimorbidity Resources, Harvard Medical School, Health Inequalities, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Assessments, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Medical Reviews, Holistic Medical Reviews by GPs, Holistic Needs Assessment, Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA), Impact of Multimorbidity on Carers, Impact of Multimorbidity on Healthcare Costs, Impact of Multimorbidity on Healthcare Duplication and Waste, Impact of Multimorbidity on Healthcare Professionals, Impact of Multimorbidity on Patients, Imperial College London, Influence of Alcohol Consumption on Multimorbidity, Influence of Obesity on Multimorbidity, Influence of Physical Activity on Multimorbidity, Influence of Tobacco Consumption on Multimorbidity, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, International Research Community on Multimorbidity, Joined-Up Care, Journal of Comorbidity;, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), King’s College London, King’s Global Health Institute, Management of Multimorbidity, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Mechanisms of Comorbidity of Mental Disorders With Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Multi-Morbidities, Multi-Morbidity, Multicondition, Multidisciplinary Holistic Assessments, Multimorbidities, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multimorbidity, Multimorbidity and Patterns of Services Delivered, Multimorbidity and the Cost of Healthcare, Multimorbidity Measures, Multimorbidity Prevalence (International Comparisons), Multimorbidity Prevalence by Age, Multimorbidity Versus Comorbidity, Multipathology, Multiple Comorbidities, Multiple Health Conditions, Multiple Health Conditions: Health Foundation (2018), Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), National Innovation Centre for Ageing: Newcastle University, Needs of People With Multiple Health Conditions, Newcastle University, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Obesity, Optimising Medications for Older People With Multiple Comorbidities, Over-Medication, Overlapping Risk Factors, Patients With Polypharmacy Risks, Patterns of Multimorbidity, Pluripathology, Polymorbidity, Polypathology, Polypharmacy, Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM), Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Prevalence of Multimorbidity, Prevention of Multimorbidity, Principles For System-Wide Action on Comorbidities, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Status as a Determinant of Multimorbidity, System-Wide Action on Comorbidities, Treatment of Multimorbidity, University College London (UCL), University of Dundee, University of Leicester, University of Liverpool, University of Oxford, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), Untreated Comorbidities, Whole Person Medicine, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole-Person Care
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Advance Care Planning for People With Dementia (NHS England)
Summary NHS England’s Dementia Team and End of Life Care Team have released a guide about advance care planning for people with dementia in all care settings. An aim featured in the Dementia Challenge 2020 was the requirement for all … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, 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, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged ACP and Capacity, ACP Conversation, Adults Lacking Capacity, Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Care Planning for People With Dementia, Advance Decision, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment, Advance Statement, Advance Statements and Decisions, Ageing and Dementia, Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care, Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care (2015), Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care Framework, Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: National framework for Local Action 2015-2020 (Ambitions Framework), Barriers: Ineffective Advance Care Planning, Best Interest Decisions, Best Practice for ACP: Examples, Capacity and Advance Decisions, Capacity and Capability, Carer Support, Conversation Project (Institute for Healthcare Improvement), Decision-Making Capacity, Department of Health Dementia Challenge (2020), Difficult Conversations (Dying Matters), Difficult Conversations for Dementia (NCPC), Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Dying Well: Dementia, Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS), Embedding ACP Into Commissioning Strategy, Empowerment, Empowerment and Dementia, Empowerment and Support, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Discussions, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, End of Life Care Plans, End-of-Life Dementia Care Barriers: Ineffective Advance Care Planning, Gold Standards Framework (GSF), Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Key ACP Steps / Actions, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Power of Attorney (LPoA), Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Welfare, Louise Langham: Tide - Together in Dementia Everyday, Maria Nicolson: Expert by Experience, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, My Future Wishes: Advance Care Planning (ACP) for People With Dementia, NHS England Dementia Team, NHS England’s End of Life Care Team, Older People's Mental Health and Dementia Team (NHS England), Patient Empowerment, Post-Diagnostic Support, Post-Diagnostic Support for People with Dementia, Preferred Place of Death, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT), Referral to Support Organisations, Respect, Respect for Autonomy, Respect for Identity, Respect For Patients, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Shared Decision-Making, Starting the Conversation (Compassion in Dying), Summary Care Records, Summary Care Records (SCRs), Summary Care Records: Extended to Cover Dementia and Learning Disabilities, Thinking Ahead - Advance Care Planning, Time to Talk (Dying Matters), Tina Wormley: Expert by Experience, Together in Dementia (tide - Trade Marked Acronym), Treatment Escalation Plans
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Integrated Care Systems: Plus ca Change? (BBC News / NHS England / King’s Fund / SCIE)
Summary Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are actually running in ten areas of England to date, out of 44 Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs). Full Text Link Reference Pym, H. (2018). NHS reform: How many patients will benefit? London: BBC Health … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Accountable Care Systems, Accountable Care Systems (ACSs), Accountable Integrated Care Systems (AICS), AICS: Accountable Integrated Care Systems, Association of Directors Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers to Progress in Local Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), BBC Health News, BBC Leicester News, Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes ICS (King’s Fund Profile 2018), Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes: Integrated Care System (ICS), Berkshire West ICS (King’s Fund Profile 2018), Blackpool and Fylde Coast: Integrated Care System (ICS), Bottom-Up NHS Reform, Breaking Down Barriers to Better Health and Care (NHS England), Buckinghamshire ICS (King’s Fund Profile 2018), Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System, Buckinghamshire: Integrated Care System (ICS), Care Closer to Home, Care Providers Alliance, Commissioning for Better Outcomes Framework, Commissioning for Better Outcomes: A Route Map, Costs and Harms of Delays in Discharging Older Patients From Hospital, Department of Health and Social Care, Designing Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in England (NHS England), Devolution (NHS Reform), Dorset ICS (King’s Fund Profile 2018), Dorset: Integrated Care System (ICS), Enablers for Progress in Local Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Evolving Policy Landscape for Integrated Commissioning, Frimley Health and Care: Integrated Care System (ICS), Frimley ICS (King’s Fund Profile 2018), Future of Care Report: Number 9 (SCIE), Gloucestershire, Grass-Roots NHS Reform, Greater Manchester (Devolution Deal): Integrated Care System (ICS), Health and Social Care Integration, Integrated Care Systems, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Integrated Commissioning for Better Outcomes Framework 2018, Integrated Commissioning for Better Outcomes: a Commissioning Framework (ICBO), Integration of Health and Social Care, Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS (King’s Fund Profile 2018), Lancashire and South Cumbria STP Footprint, Leadership in Integrated Care Systems, Leadership Skills in Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Leadership Styles for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland STP Footprint, Leicestershire County Council, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Components, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Enablers, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Impacts and Benefits, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Outcomes, Managing Processes for Quality and Better Outcomes, Move From Integrated Care to Population Health Systems, Neighbourhoods Level of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs): Populations Circa 30000 to 50000 People, New Care Models, New Models of Care, New Models of Seamless Care, New Models of Service, NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC), NHS New Care Models, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, North Cumbria, North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS (King’s Fund Profile 2018), Nottinghamshire: Integrated Care System (ICS), Over-Optimism (NHS Reform Versus Institutional Inertia), Place-Based Collaboratives, Place-Based Health, Places Level of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs): Populations Circa 250000 to 500000 People, SCIE Logic Model for Integrated Care, SCIE's Logic Model (Integrated Care), Seven-Day GP Access, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), South East London Integrated Care System, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS (King’s Fund Profile 2018), South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw STP Footprint, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw: Integrated Care System (ICS), South Yorkshire Integrated Care System, Suffolk and North East Essex, Surrey Heartlands (Devolution Deal): Integrated Care System (ICS), Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs), Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) Areas, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Systems Level of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs): Populations Circa 1 Million to 3 Million People, Think Local Act Personal, Think Personal Act Local (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, West Berkshire: Integrated Care System (ICS), West Yorkshire and Harrogate
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Re-Vamped NHS Change Model (NHS England)
Summary NHS England’s Sustainable Improvement Team has released an updated version of the “NHS Change Model”, which last appeared in 2012. The model provides a framework intended to help guide NHS projects aiming to achieve transformational and sustainable change. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accelerating Innovation, Autonomy for Staff Innovation, Barriers to Innovation, Change Model Action Planning Template, Change Model Action Planning Templates, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Working, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Boundary Care Pathways, Cross-Organisation Learning, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Culture and Leadership, Culture Change, Culture of Care, Culture of Empowerment and Support, Culture of Safety, Culture: Lack of Leadership Support for Innovation (Barriers to Innovation), Culture: Silo Thinking in System (Barriers to Innovation), Engagement to Mobilise; Transparent Measurement and Rigorous Delivery, Evaluating Healthcare Quality Improvement, Improvement Framework for Commissioners; Delivering Large Scale Measurable Change, Improvement Science, Improvement Tools - Key Questions: Change Model Action Planning Template, Leadership by All - Key Questions: Change Model Action Planning Template, Leading Large Scale Change, Measurement - Key Questions: Change Model Action Planning Template, Motivate and Mobilise - Key Questions: Change Model Action Planning Template, New Care Models, New Models of Care, NHS Change Model, NHS Change Model: Engagement to Mobilise, NHS Change Model: Improvement Methodology, NHS Change Model: Leadership for Change, NHS Change Model: Rigorous Delivery., NHS Change Model: Shared Purpose, NHS Change Model: Spread of Innovation, NHS Change Model: System Drivers, NHS Change Model: Transparent Measurement, NHS Culture, NHS Culture Change, No Harm Culture, Open Culture, Organisational Culture, Our Shared Purpose - Key Questions: Change Model Action Planning Template, Overcoming Challenges to Improving Quality, Patient Safety, Patient-Centred Culture, Positive Culture, Positive Inclusion and Participation, Problem-Solving and Innovation, Project and Performance Management - Key Questions: Change Model Action Planning Template, QI Culture, Quality Improvement, Research Culture, Shaping Culture, Spread and Adoption - Key Questions: Change Model Action Planning Template, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Sustainable Improvement Team and Horizons Team (NHS England), Sustainable Improvement Team: NHS England, System Drivers - Key Questions: Change Model Action Planning Template
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Pharmacological Treatment of Agitation in Persons With Dementia (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)
Summary A systematic review and meta‐analysis of pharmaceutical treatments for alleviating agitation in dementia has been performed. Regarding the efficacy and treatment acceptability of these medications, it is reported that: “Risperidone, SSRIs as a class and Dextromethorphan / Quinidine demonstrated … Continue reading →
Posted in Antipsychotics, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, Antidepressants, Antidepressants for Agitation and Psychosis in Dementia, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Asian Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Population Implementation and Clinical Outcomes (PICO): Monash University Malaysia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Australia, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Problems, Behavioural Problems in People With Dementia, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Center of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (CPOR): Naresuan University, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety: Monash University, Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok), Dementia-Related Agitation, Department of Clinical Pharmacy: Mahasarakham University, Department of Pharmacy Practice: Naresuan University, Department of Psychiatry: King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Dextromethorphan / Quinidine (DM/Q: Nuedexta™), Faculty of Medicine: Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Naresuan University, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Monash University, Haloperidol, Health and Well-being Cluster - Global Asia in the 21st Century (GA21) Platform: Monash University Malaysia, Interventions for BPSD, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Kolling Institute of Medical Research: Royal North Shore Hospital, Mahasarakham University (Thailand), Malaysia, Managing Agitation, Medication-Related Risks, Medications: Best Usage, Medicines Optimisation, Monash University, Monash University Malaysia, Mood Disturbances, Naresuan University (Thailand), Neuroleptics, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS), Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia, Oxcarbazepine, Patient Safety, Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM), Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP), Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Advanced Dementia, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Psychotropic Drugs, Psychotropic Medication, Psychotropic Prescribing, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Risperidone, Royal North Shore Hospital (Australia), School of Pharmacy: Monash University Malaysia, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), SSRIs: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Thailand, University of Sydney
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Persistent Failings Versus Quality Improvement in Mental Health Care (PHSO / CQC)
Summary The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has published a report addressing failings in specialist mental health services in England, and their devastating impact on patients and their families. The complaints in this report predate the Five Year Forward … Continue reading →
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