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Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism (STOMP) Campaign (NHS England / Royal College of Psychiatrists / BPS)
Summary Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, has written to raise awareness about the over-medication of people with learning disabilities or autism, on the first anniversary of the Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Access to Psychological Therapies for People With Intellectual Disabilities, Algorithm For Review Reduction or Stopping of Psychotropic Drugs in People With a Learning Disability Autism or Both, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Anxiolytics and Hypnotics (Including Benzodiazepines), Art Drama and Music Therapies, Arts Therapies, Autism, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, British Psychological Society (BPS), British Psychological Society: Division of Clinical Psychology, CAT: Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Challenging Behaviour, Chemical Restraint, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Challenges, Commissioning Team for Faculties For Intellectual Disabilities of Royal College of Psychiatrists, DCP: Division of Clinical Psychology, Deficits and Distortions, Deprescribing, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Dramatherapy, Drug Prescribing, Drugs for Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, Facing Real Challenges, Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability: Royal College of Psychiatrists, General Practice, GP Practices, GPs, Group Interventions, Group-Based Mindfulness Interventions, Improving Prescribing Practice, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Innovation Adaptation and Reasonable Adjustments to Ensure Equality for People With Intellectual Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities: Addressing the Meaning of ID to Individuals, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disability Autism or Both, Learning Disability Professional Senate, Measurement of Outcomes in Psychological Therapies for People With Intellectual Disabilities, Medication Reviews, Mental Health and Behaviour Which Challenges, Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Therapies, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), MiXIT Theatre Group (Newcastle), Mood Stabilisers, Music Therapy, Over-Medication, Over-Medication for People With Learning Disabilities, Over-Prescribing, Overprescribing, People With Learning Disabilities, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Prescribing, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Learning Disabilities, Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Psychological Therapies, Psychological Therapies and People Who Have Intellectual Disabilities (BPS), Psychological Therapies for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Quality Measures, Psychotropic Drug Prescribing For People With Behaviours That Challenge (RCPsych), Psychotropic Drug Prescribing For People With Intellectual Disability (RCPsych), Psychotropic Drug Prescribing For People With Mental Health Problems (RCPsych), Real Life Change, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists: Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Self-Monitoring, Soles of the Feet Meditation, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Standards For Psychotropic Drug Prescribing, STOMP (Awareness Campaign), STOMP It Out Drugs Campaign, STOMP Pledge, STOMP: Stopping Over Medication of People With a Learning Disability Autism or Both, Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism (STOMP) Campaign, Systemic Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Bond, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG)
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Appropriate Care of Patients with Cognitive Impairment (Dementia and Delirium) in Hospital (Medical Journal of Australia / ACSQHC)
Summary General guidance for healthcare professionals on the care of older hospital patients with cognitive impairment, from Australia. Full Text Link Reference Caplan, GA. Kurrle, SE. [and] Cumming, A. (2016). Appropriate care for older people with cognitive impairment in hospital. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Delirium, Diagnosis, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Guidelines, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Universal Interest
Tagged A Better Way to Care: Actions for Health Service Managers (ACSQHC Initiative), Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Australia, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC), Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (Sydney), Caring for Persons With Delirium, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Impairment in Hospital Settings, Confusion (Delirium), Delirium Diagnosis, Delirium in Elderly Patients, Delirium in Hospitalised Patients, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium Superimposed on Dementia, Dementia and Delirium, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Medical Journal of Australia, Patients with Cognitive Impairment (Dementia and Delirium) in Hospitals, Post-Operative Delirium, Postoperative Delirium, Prince of Wales Hospital (Sydney), Recognition of Delirium, Three Ds: Dementia Delirium and Depression, Training of Acute Hospital Staff, University of Sydney
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Malnutrition on Hospital Wards and in Care Homes? (BBC News / ONS)
Summary Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates that malnutrition and / or dehydration were factors contributing to the deaths of 828 patients in hospitals and care homes in England and Wales during 2015. The following piece explores the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspection Regime, Care Quality Commission Dignity and Nutrition Inspections, Compassionate Care, Compliance With Core Standards, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dangerous and Inadequate Care in Hospitals in England, Deaths From Dehydration and Malnutrition by place of death in England and Wales Between 2014 / 2015 (Office for National Statistics), Dehydration, Eating and Nutritional Care, Elderly Malnutrition, Hydration, Hydration and Nutrition, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Malnutrition in Later Life, Mealtime Environments, Nutrition and Dementia, Nutrition and Hydration Among People With Dementia in Care Homes, Nutrition Support, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Needs, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics Mortality Data, Professor Sir Mike Richards (Chief Inspector of Hospitals), Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Support With Eating in Care Homes, Treatment at End of Life
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Education and Training Framework: Learning Disabilities Core Skills (HEE / Skills for Health / Skills for Care / NHS England)
Summary Health Education England, Skills for Health and Skills for Care have produced a comprehensive resource, designed to support the education, training and workforce development needs of persons working with people who have learning disabilities. “This Framework was commissioned and … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Dementia Evidence Toolkit Launched (PSSRU at LSE / MODEM / NIHR)
Summary The new Dementia Evidence Toolkit has been built on a database of 3,000 journal articles and 700 reviews of research studies. This ambitious and world-leading online resource aims to offer a one-stop “hub” from which to access the latest evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged ADLs/IADLs, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Ageing Population, Alzheimer’s Disease, Care Home Admission Delay, Carer Burden, Carer Outcomes (Financial Burden and More), Carers’ Mental Health, Carers’ Physical Health, Choice in Health and Social Care, Co-Morbidities, Cognition, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Community Settings, Consumer Experiences of Health and Social Care, Day Care, Dementia (General / Unspecified), Dementia Evidence Toolkit, Dementia Evidence Toolkit (MODEM): Evidence Database, Dementia Evidence Toolkit (MODEM): Evidence Summaries, Dementia Research, Dementia: What Works?, Depression and Anxiety, Early-Onset Dementia, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Education and Staff Training, ESCR and NIHR’s Improving Dementia Care Initiative, Extra Care Housing, Fronto-Temporal Dementia, Global Leadership, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Services, Hospital Inpatient Care, Hospital Outpatient Care, Hospital Use Reduction, Huntingtons, Innovation in Health and Social Care, Instruments Measuring Carer Burden, Lewy Body Dementia, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Long Term Residential Care Without Medically Trained Staff, LSE's Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Memory Clinics, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia Project (MODEM), MODEM, MODEM (Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia) Project, Museums, Music Therapy, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)’s Improving Dementia Care Initiative, Nursing Homes, Outcomes, Parkinson’s Dementia, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU): London School of Economics and Political Science, Physical Health, Pick’s Disease, Prevention and/or Management of Co-morbidities, Primary Care, Professor Martin Knapp: Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), PSSRU at LSE, Quality of Life of Carers, Quality Of Life Of Person With Dementia, Satisfaction With Care/services, Service Cost Reductions, Service Use, Specialist Dementia Centre Care / Memory Clinics, Staff Training, Staff Training in Assisted Living Residences (STAR), START: STrAtegies for RelaTives, STrAtegies for RelaTives (START), Supporting People with Dementia and Their Carers in Health and Social Care, Types of Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Workforce Training
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