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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Social Care 360: Comprehensive Review of Social Care Trends (King’s Fund / BBC News / Centre for Policy Studies)
Summary The King’s Fund has reviewed and consolidated trustworthy data (openly available, published at least annually, comprehensive or based on representative samples, and obtained from a reliable sources) to analyse twenty key trends in adult social care in England. This review … 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), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Annual Care Supplement (Centre for Policy Studies Proposal), BBC Health News, Capacity Pressures in the Health and Social Care System, Care and Support Reform, Care in an Ageing Society, Centre for Policy Studies, Continuing Healthcare, Coordinated Health and Social Care, CPS: Centre for Policy Studies, Deferred Disappointment (Speculative Construct Relating to Ponzi-Style Schemes), Delayed Transfers of Care, Dementia Tax, Department of Health and Social Care Green Paper on Care and Support for Older People, Dilnot Commission Recommendations, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Direct Payments, Families and Carers, Fixing the Care Crisis: Centre for Policy Studies (2019), Four Seasons Health Care, Four Seasons Health Care Homes, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Health and Care of Older People, Health and Care Suitable for an Ageing Population, Health and Social Care Reform, Honesty and Transparency, House of Commons Library: International Social Care System Comparisons (Supplied for Centre for Policy Studies), Hypothecated Tax for Social Care, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, International Social Care System Comparisons Supplied to Centre for Policy Studies by House of Commons Library, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Means Tested Social Care, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Personal Budgets for Older People, Personal Budgets in Adult Social Care, Shared Responsibility, Social Care 360 (Social Care 360 Degree), Social Care 360: Access, Social Care 360: Expenditure, Social Care 360: Integration, Social Care 360: King’s Fund, Social Care 360: Providers, Social Care 360: Quality, Social Care 360: Workforce and Carers, Sustainability, Sustainable Funding, Taxation, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Nursing Home Placement or Availability, Universal Care Entitlement (Centre for Policy Studies Proposal), Wealth Taxation
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New Uncertainties Around Irreversible Brain Cell Death Following Oxygen Deprivation? (BBC News / Nature)
Summary Conventional medical wisdom holds that brain cells and working brain circuitry are prone to irreversible damage following merely minutes of interrupted blood flow and disrupted oxygen supply. Researchers at Yale University used an extracorporeal pulsatile-perfusion system to restore circulation in … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Anoxia, BBC Health News, Boston University School of Medicine, Brain Cell Death, Brain Damage, BRAIN Initiative (US), Cellular Neuroscience Neurodegeneration and Repair, Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research: Yale School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology: Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biology and Biotechnology L. Spallanzani: University of Pavia, Department of Comparative Medicine: Yale University, Department of Genetics: Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine: Yale School of Medicine, Department of Neurology: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Neurology: Yale School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience: Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry: Yale School of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging: Yale School of Medicine, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Extracorporeal Pulsatile-Perfusion, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics: Yale University, Italy, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience: Yale School of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program: Yale School of Medicine, Nature, Post-Mortem Brain Tissue, Post-Mortem Brains, Post-Mortem Brains (Porcine), Post-Mortem Pig Brains, Program in Cellular Neuroscience Neurodegeneration and Repair: Yale School of Medicine, Recovery From Anoxia, Rehabilitation Research Center: VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine: Yale School of Medicine, U.S. BRAIN Initiative, United States, University of Pavia, University of Pittsburgh, USA, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale Child Study Center: Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine (New Haven)
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Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Lewy Body Dementia (Psychological Medicine / International Psychogeriatrics)
Summary Lewy Body Dementia (dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia) involves visual hallucinations, fluctuating cognition / attention, motor disturbances, falls, and extreme sensitivity to antipsychotics. Caution in the use of pharmacological treatments such as antipsychotics is advised in … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adverse Sensitivity to Neuroleptics, Antipsychotic Sensitivity Reactions, Antipsychotics: Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Aspiration of Fluids in Patients With Dysphagia, Australia, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Carer Education, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of Nucleus Basalis of Meynert (NBM) in Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration: UNSW Sydney, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Department of Old Age Psychiatry: King's College London, Department of Psychiatry: University of Cambridge, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Environmental Modifications, Exercise for Dementia, Fluctuating Cognition, Guy's Hospital: King's College London, Improving Gait, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Neuroscience: Newcastle University, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience: King’s College London, International Psychogeriatrics, Kings College London, Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT), Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Mirrored Self-Misidentification Delusion, Music Therapy, Music Therapy and Dementia, Music Therapy for BPSD, Newcastle University, Non-Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson's Disease, Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Lewy Body Dementia, Occupational Therapy, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia (PDD), Physical Therapy (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment), Prevention of Fluids Aspiration in Patients With Dysphagia, Psychological Medicine (Journal), Severe Antipsychotic Sensitivity Reactions, Severe Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Severe Sensitivity to Antipsychotic Agents, Simulated Presence, Simulated Presence Therapy (SPT), Simulated Presence Therapy for BPSD, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Sydney Medical School: University of Sydney, Task-Oriented Motor Practice, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Treatments for Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's Disease Dementia, University of Cambridge, University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of Sydney, UNSW Sydney, Visual Hallucinations, Walking Pattern (Gait)
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Optometric and Ophthalmological Tests for Visual Symptoms of Posterior Cortical Atrophy (BMJ Open)
Summary Research by the College of Optometrists on Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA) has investigated the suitability of certain vision assessment tests to help differentiate between cortical and optical / ocular causes of visual impairment. An awareness of PCA helps to … Continue reading
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Quick Insights, UK
Tagged Acalculia, Agraphia, Balint’s Syndrome, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, College of Optometrists, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Department of Research: College of Optometrists, Fragmented Images or Letters, Fragmented Letters Test, Gerstmann’s Syndrome, Identification of Cortical Perceptual Problems, Institute of Neurology: University College London, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Oculomotor Apraxia, Optometric and Ophthalmological Tests for Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA), Progressive Visual Dysfunction, Queen Square Screening Test for Cognitive Deficits (The Green Book), Queen Square Screening Test for Visual Deficits, Queen Square Screening Test for Visual Deficits (The Blue Book), Rare Dementia Support (London), Rare Dementia Support PCA Support Group, Rare Dementias, Reduced Effective Field of Vision, Simultanagnosia, Snellen Letter Chart, UCL PCA Support Group, University College London (UCL), University College London’s Queen Square Neurology Centre, Vision Assessment Tests, Visual Dysfunction in Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Visual Symptoms of Posterior Cortical Atrophy
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