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Monthly Archives: August 2019
National Dementia Diagnosis Statistics for England (NHS Digital)
Summary Statistical information on recorded dementia diagnosis rates (DDRs) continues to be published monthly by NHS Digital, formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). “68.7% of those aged over 65 estimated to have dementia, have a coded diagnosis … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotic Prescribing in Primary Care, Antipsychotic Prescribing Statistics, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Commissioning Regions, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Diagnosis Rates (DDRs), Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support, Dementia Screening Debate, Diagnosis and Assessment, Early Diagnosis, Enhanced Services from GPs, Financial Incentives, GP Practices, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS England CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework, Performance Incentives, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Quality Outcomes Framework: Dementia Diagnoses, Recorded Dementia Diagnoses, Recorded Dementia Diagnoses: Including the Earlier Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) Recorded Dementia Diagnoses, Recorded Dementia Diagnoses: Prescribing of Antipsychotic Medication (July 2019), Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Regional Dementia Prevalence, Regional Variations, Sub-National Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Support for Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships, Target-Driven Priorities, Timely Diagnosis
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Optimism Linked to Longevity (BBC News / PNAS / Bazian)
Summary Researchers in the United States, using data from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Veterans’ Health Study, have confirmed that optimists tend to live longer and are more likely to achieve “exceptional longevity” i.e. live to an age of … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Bazian, BBC Health News, BBC UGC Hub, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behind the Headlines, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston University School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Channing Division of Network Medicine: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Critical Appraisals, Department of Epidemiology: Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Population Medicine: Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry: Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Exceptional Longevity, Fonds de Recherche en Santé–Quebec, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Human Longevity, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Life Orientation Test – Revised, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Longevity, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center: Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Mental and Physical Health, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health: Clinical Science Research and Development Service, Nurses’ Health Study, Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), Optimism, Optimism Associated With Longevity, Optimists, Physical Impacts of Mood, Positive Outlook, Positive Psychology, Positive Psychosocial Factors, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Reducing the Divide Between Mental and Physical Healthcare, Revised Optimism–Pessimism Scale from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, United States, US Department of Veterans Affairs, USA, User-Generated Content: the BBC UGC Hub, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study, Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study (NAS), Wellbeing and Longevity
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Blood Pressure in Early Middle Age Linked to Vascular Dementia Risk (BBC News / Lancet Neurology)
Summary Epidemiological research indicates that high blood pressure in early mid-life (i.e. people in their 30s and 40s) is associated with blood vessel damage, brain shrinkage and vascular dementia risk in later life. Full Text Link Reference High blood pressure … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 1946 Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD; Ages 2–64 Years), Academic Neuroradiological Unit: University College London, Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors With White Matter Hyperintensities in Young Adults, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, BBC Health News, Blood Pressure and Risk of Vascular Dementia, Blood Pressure in Early Middle Age, Blood Pressure: Risk Factor for Vascular Dementia, Brain Research UK, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementias Platform UK, Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation: University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Department of Medical Statistics: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP), Early Midlife Hypertension and Risk of Cognitive Impairment, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Florbetapir Amyloid-PET Imaging, Insight 46 (Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development), Institute of Nuclear Medicine: University College London Hospitals, Kings College London, Lancet Neurology, Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre: University College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: University of London, Medical Research Council, Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (Insight 46), Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing: University College London, Midlife Hypertension, Modifiable Risk Factors, Preclinical Alzheimer Cognitive Composite (PACC), Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Approaches, Prevention Programmes, Risk Factors, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences: King's College London, Systolic Blood Pressure, Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), T1 and FLAIR Volumetric MRI, University College London, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology: University College London, University of London, vascular Cognitive Impairment Arising From Cerebrovascular Disease, Vascular Dementia, Wellcome Trust, Weston Brain Institute, White Matter Hyperintensities, White Matter Hyperintensity Volume, White Matter Hyperintensity Volume (WMHV), Wolfson Foundation
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Digital Support for People At Risk of Type 2 Diabetes (NHS England / Diabetes Care)
Summary Online support and wearable monitoring technology will be provided for eligible people at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes, as part of planned extensions to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme. This complies with ambitions in the NHS NHS Long … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre and Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology: University of Edinburgh, Biomarkers in Medical Records, Bioresources Linked to Electronic Medical Records, Community and Peer Support Programmes for People to Manage Their Care (Involvement Enablers), Dementia and Diabetes, Department of Applied Social Science: University of Stirling, Department of Neuroscience: University of Dundee, Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Diabetes Education, Diabetes Prevention Programme, Diabetes Prevention Services, Digital DPP, Digital Technology, Division of Population Health and Genomics: University of Dundee, Dr Jennifer Smith: Diabetes Programme Director at Public Health England, Electronic Medical Records, GoDARTS Bioresource, Health Informatics Centre: University of Dundee, Joined-Up Healthcare: Digital Technology, Neurological Disorders, NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP), NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme’s Digital Offerings, NHS Tayside, Nikki Joule: Policy Manager at Diabetes UK, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School (Dundee), Online Peer Support, Optimising Benefits of Digital Technology, Peer Support, Peer Support Networks, Peer Support Services, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Better Than Cure, Professor Jonathan Valabhji: National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity at NHS England, School of Science and Engineering: University of Dundee, Scotland, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease, Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia, Type 2 Diabetes and Vascular Dementia Risk, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), University of Dundee, University of Edinburgh, University of Stirling, VaD: Vascular Dementia, VAMPIRE Project: University of Dundee, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Dementia: Prevention, Wearable Devices, Wearable Monitoring Equipment, Wearable Sensors, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology)
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