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The Diversionary Value of Music Playlists for Patients With Dementia in Accident and Emergency Settings (Nurses.co.uk / BBC News)

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent small-scale trial based at NHS Fife indicates that music playlists used on A&E wards can have a calming effect for most elderly dementia patients, offering potential to reduce agitation and distress without resort to medication. Full Text … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 Infection: Coronavirus in the UK (DHSC / PHE / BBC News / SCIE / NHS England)

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Latest guidance for the general public. Full Text Link Reference New guidance for households with possible COVID-19 infection. [Online]: Department of Health and Social Care [and] Public Health England, March 17th 2020. In less than three months the impact … Continue reading →

The Marmot Review 10 Years On: Health Equity in England (BBC News / Institute of Health Equity / King’s Fund)

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Marmot Review has been updated (commissioned by the Health Foundation), to reflect developments since the Marmot Review of 2010. Austerity appears to have had an adverse impact on levels of social wellbeing. Life expectancy of women in the … Continue reading →

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Digital Technology for Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Disease (BBC News / EDoN)

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases (EDoN) initiative, with backing from Alzheimer’s Research UK, is working to develop wearable devices which will collect data to help detect the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Full Text … Continue reading →

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Dementia-Related Hospital Admissions (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Patients with dementia are being admitted to hospitals at an increasing rate, often because of the lack of community care, according to the Alzheimer’s Society. “The Alzheimer’s Society analysed hospital records covering emergency admissions in the six years to … Continue reading →

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NHS Demands Action to Reduce Betting-Related Ill Health (BBC News / NHS England / Respublica)

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Claire Murdoch, NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, has written to the UK’s big gambling companies, demanding assistance on preventive measures to reduce betting-related ill health: Full Text Link Reference NHS tells betting firms to stop ‘vicious gambling … Continue reading →

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Christmas and Dementia: Some Benefits and Coping Strategies (BBC News / NHS England)

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older Peoples’ Mental Health, has released his traditional Christmas-time message to families and carers. Some simple coping strategies are provided. It is noted, on the positive side, that TV … Continue reading →

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Demand for Mental Health Inpatient Beds in England (BBC News / NHS Strategy Unit)

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Hundreds more NHS mental health beds would be required in England to end the practice of sending patients far from home for treatment (so called “out-of-area placements”). An NHS Strategy Unit report explores the pressures on inpatient mental health … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Awareness Training for NHS Staff (DHSC / BBC News)

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Mandatory learning disability and autism awareness-raising training is to be introduced for healthcare staff. The level of such training will be proportionate to each member of staff’s role and level of contact with people with a learning disability. Full … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Bristol News, Consultation Outcome: Learning Disability and Autism Training for Health and Care Staff, Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Awareness Training, Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Training for Healthcare Staff, Mandatory Training | Leave a comment

Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (Joint Committee on Human Rights / BBC News)

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) indicates that the human rights of young people with a learning disabilities and / or autism are being breached in mental health hospitals. Proposals for radical reform are advocated. “Too often families of … Continue reading →

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