Category Archives: Depression

Cochrane Review of Music Therapy for Emotional Wellbeing and/or BPSD Reduction (Cochrane Database)

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A high-powered review has been conducted to assess the effectiveness of music-based interventions (“music therapy”), involving at least five sessions, for improving the emotional well-being of people with dementia. Outcomes investigated included alterations in quality of life, mood disturbance, … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, ALOIS: a Comprehensive Register of Dementia Studies, ALOIS: Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement's Specialized Register, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute: VU University Medical Center, ArtEZ School of Music (Enschede; Netherlands), Arts and Music in Dementia, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Problems, Behavioural Problems in People With Dementia, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care Homes, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Cochrane Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Netherlands: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine: Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: Leiden University Medical Center, Efﬁcacy of Music Therapy, Group Music Therapy, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care: University Medical Center Utrecht, Leiden University Medical Center, Mood Disturbances, Music and Memory (Mineola; USA), Music Therapists, Music Therapy, Music Therapy and Dementia, Music Therapy Department: ArtEZ School of Music, Music Therapy for BPSD, Music-Based Therapeutic Interventions, Musical Activities, Musical Interventions, Musical Therapies, Muzis Praktijk voor Muziektherapie (Amersfoort; Netherlands), Negative Affect, Netherlands, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Program on Aging: Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Singing, Singing and Dementia, Sound Training for Attention and Memory in Dementia (STAM-Dem), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, United States, University Medical Center Utrecht, USA, VU University Medical Center | Leave a comment

Review of Simulated Presence Therapy for BPSD (Cochrane Database)

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Simulated Presence Therapy (SPT) is any type of intervention which uses video or audiotape recordings of family members presented to persons with dementia, and is viewed by some to be a possible approach to treating the behavioural and psychological … Continue reading →

Configuration of Stroke Services: a Themed Review of NIHR Research (NIHR DC)

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NIHR Dissemination Centre (NIHR DC) has released a themed review of NIHR research into the organisation of stroke services and care pathways. This review of 44 published and 29 ongoing studies covers recent research into stroke and acute … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Stroke, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Act Fast Campaign, Acute Ischaemic Stroke, Acute Stroke Care, Acute Stroke Management, Acute Stroke Services, Aphasia, Barriers to Early Assessment of TIA and Stroke (BEATS), Behavioural Intervention for Stroke Carers (BISC), Commissioning Stroke Services, Community Rehabilitation Service Delivery in LongTerm Neurological Conditions, Dysarthria After Stroke, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Eastern Academic Health Science Network Patient Safety Collaborative, Greater Manchester Stroke Assessment Tool (GM-SAT), Haemorrhagic Stroke, Hyperacute Services, Identification of Stroke, Intermittent Pneumatic Compression (IPC) Devices, Interprofessional Teamwork, Ischaemic Stroke, Life After Stroke, Lifestyle Modifications for Primary and Secondary Prevention of CVD, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Stroke Strategy (2007), NIHR DC: NIHR Dissemination Centre, NIHR Research Into Stroke Management, Non-Haemorrhagic Stroke, Organisation and Quality of Stroke Services, Professor Anthony Rudd: NHS England's National Clinical Director for Stroke, Promoting Effective And Rapid Stroke Care (PEARS), Quality of Stroke Services, Rapid Thrombolysis, RCP Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), Recovery and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation and Self Management, Research to Implement Evidence Based In-Hospital Stroke Rehabilitation (REVIHR), ReTrain: Community-Based Rehabilitation and Exercise Programme, Roads to Recovery: Organisation and Quality of Stroke Services, Secondary Prevention, Secondary Prevention of Stroke, Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), SERVED Memory: Feasibility Study of Screening and Enhanced Risk Management for Vascular Event-Related Decline in Memory, Service Configuration, Seven-Day Working, Stroke Act Fast (F.A.S.T.) Campaign (NHS Choices), Stroke Mortality and Weekend Working, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Sentinel Audit Programme: Investigating and Evaluating Stroke Therapy (SSNAPIEST), Stroke Services, Stroke Specialist Physicians, Stroke Units, Telestroke Networks, Thrombectomy, Thrombolysis, Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA), Treatment Recovery and Rehabilitation, Virtual Reality in Post-Stroke Recovery, Vocational Stroke Rehabilitation | Leave a comment

Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: One Year On (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England’s “Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: One Year On” report marks the anniversary of the independent Mental Health Taskforce’s Five Year Forward View for Mental Health for the NHS in England. It summarises progress made in the … Continue reading →

People With Dementia Living Alone in the Community (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease)

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research, based on experiences and outcomes concerning people with dementia living alone (with and without help from an informal caregiver) in Germany, indicates that it is possible – provided adequate support services are available – to survive without significant … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, Falls Prevention, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest | Tagged Bayer Activities of Daily Living Scale (B-ADL), Challenges of Living with Dementia, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Community-Dwelling Older People with Dementia, Control and Independence, Culture Change in Health and Care, Dementia Care Management (DCM), DemTect, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: University Medicine Greifswald, Dignified Independent Living With Care, Evaluating Integrated and Community-Based Care, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany, Health and Care of Older People, Help With Medication, Home Care, Home Support for People Living With Dementia, Home-Delivered Meals, Housekeeping Assistance, Improving Outcomes for People Living With Dementia, Improving the Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence in Older Adults, Independent Living, Informal Care, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Institute for Community Medicine: University Medicine Greifswald, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration of Health and Care, International Comparisons, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Living Independently At Home, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well With Dementia: German Statistics, Living with Dementia, Living With Neurological Conditions, Maintaining Independence, Measures of Living Arrangements and Informal Care, People With Dementia Living Alone, Quality of Life-AD (QoL-AD), Screening For Dementia in GP Practices, Staying Independent, Support For Living Independently At Home, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Transforming Participation in Health and Care, University Medicine Greifswald, Unmet Needs of Community-Dwelling Primary Care Patients With Dementia in Germany, Utilization of Health and Nursing Care Services, What Works Resource Pack: Involving People Living with Dementia | Leave a comment

Updated Commissioning for Mental Health and Dementia Data Packs for CCGs (NHS RightCare / NHS England)

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS RightCare have published updates to their Mental Health and Dementia Data Packs for CCGs. The data is intended to support best use of mental health resources plus the identification of unwarranted variations in quality (and health inequalities) between … Continue reading →

Five Year Forward View For Mental Health: Government’s Response (Department of Health / BBC News)

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The government has published a response to the independent Mental Health Taskforce’s “NHS Five Year Forward View for Mental Health” report, as produced for NHS England. The government accepts all of the taskforce report’s 58 recommendations, in full. Responses … Continue reading →

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