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Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (Previously Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust)

Blueprint for Complex Care: Care for Individuals with Complex Health and Social Needs (National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs / IHI / Duke University / NIHR)

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The latest Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) report covers multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches to better coordination in the provision of care for individuals with complex health and social needs, from a USA perspective. “The Blueprint for Complex Care is a joint … 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), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Standards, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Accountable Care Organisations (in United States and England), Accountable Health Communities, Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Advancing Integrated Care in England: Practical Path for Care Transformation, Ageing Population, Barriers to Integrated Care, Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Integration: Different Funding Models, Barriers to Integration: Different Workforce Cultures, Barriers to Integration: Difficulties in Effective Information Sharing, Barriers to Integration: Organisational Integration, Blueprint for Complex Care, Bridgespan Group: Strong Field Framework, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (CCHP), Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Center for Health Care Strategies, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Commonwealth Fund, Community Outreach, Complex Care, Complex Care and Multimorbidity, Complex Care Champions, Complex Care Ecosystem, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Comorbidities, Complex Conditions, Complex Needs, Complex Patients at Risk of Hospital Admission, Conceptual Model: Starter Taxonomy for High-Need Patients, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Data Sharing, Data Sharing for Better Health, Dr Robin Miller: Deputy Director of Health Services Management Centre at University of Birmingham, Duke University, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Effective Care for High Need Patients: National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Report, Global Health Innovation Center: Duke University, Health Care Innovation Awards, Health Services Management Centre (HSMC): University of Birmingham, Health Services Management Centre: University of Birmingham, HSMC: University of Birmingham, IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Innovation Accelerator Program, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Integrated Care Partnerships and Accountable Care Organisations, Integrated Multi-Agency Care, Lived Experience, Medication Management, Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Agency Working, National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, National Institute for Health Research Signal, NIHR Signal, Organisational Competencies to Accelerate Care Improvements, Outreach Services, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), SCAN Foundation, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR): University of Sheffield, Strong Field Framework, United States, University of Sheffield, USA, Value-Based Payments (VBP), Variability in Implementation (of Integrated Care), Vertical Integration, Vertical Integration (of Primary and Secondary Care) | Leave a comment

More on Integrated Care: Government Response to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s Report (House of Commons / DHSC / King’s Fund / Duke University)

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary In June 2018, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee published the “Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems” report, which included 42 conclusions and recommendations. Full Text Link Reference Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems. Seventh Report … Continue reading →

Review of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Dementia-Related Agitation: Including a Brief Analysis of the Risks and Benefits of Drug Treatments (Translational Psychiatry)

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

Summary A recently published literature review evaluates the best available evidence on the effectiveness of various non-pharmacological interventions for reducing dementia-related agitation. The author also briefly addresses current viewpoints on balancing the risks and benefits of pharmacotherapy in the management … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Hospital, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Animal Assisted Therapy, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Antipsychotics-Related Mortality Risks, Aromatherapy, Arts and Music in Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc (California), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Problems, Behavioural Problems in People With Dementia, Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Carbamazepine, Citalopram, Citalopram for Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease: CitAD Trial, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dementia-Related Agitation, Department of Medicine: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Describe Investigate Create and Evaluate (DICE) Approach, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Electroconvulsive Therapy for Agitation and Aggression in Dementia, Improving the Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Interventions for BPSD, Intra-Cellular Therapies, Medication-Related Risks, Medications: Best Usage, Medicines Optimisation, Memantine, Mirtazapine, Mood Disturbances, Multisensory Stimulation, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Music-Based Therapeutic Interventions, Nature Publishing Group, Neuroleptic Discontinuation, Neuroleptics, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS), Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia, Non-Pharmacological Management of Symptoms, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pharmacological Treatments, Potential Harms of Antipsychotic Use, Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM), Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP), Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Advanced Dementia, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Quetiapine, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Risperidone, Simulated Presence Therapy (SPT), Simulated Presence Therapy for BPSD, Targeted Interdisciplinary Model for Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (TIME), Translational Psychiatry, Withdrawal of Neuroleptic Medications | Leave a comment

Quality Improvement in Urgent and Emergency Care (NHS Improvement / NHS England / Department of Health)

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

Summary An earlier BBC News description of the problem: Full Text Link Reference Cawley, L. (2017). Four-hour accident and emergency waits rise 300% at some hospitals. London: BBC Health News, March 16th 2017. Further context and introductory analysis: Full Text … Continue reading →

Mortality Rate of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital: a Local Audit (Wounds UK)

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An audit was performed at an NHS trust over a 6-month period to examine the mortality rates of patients reported to have SCALE grade 2, 3 or 4 pressure ulcers in acute care. It was found that 44% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, New Cross Hospital, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Statistics, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Co-Morbidity, Comorbidity, Complex Comorbidities, Decreased Tissue Perfusion, Dehydration, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Research, End-of-Life Care in Acute Hospitals, End-of-Life Skin Changes, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s SCALE: Skin Changes at Life’s End, Frailty, Hospital End-of-Life Care, Immobility, Incontinence, Inpatient Palliative Care, Irregular Blood Chemistry, Local Audit of Mortality Rates of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Acute Hospitals, Localised Hypoxia, Loss of Function, Loss of Mobility, Malnutrition, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Mortality Rates, Mortality Rates of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital, Mortality Risk Factors, Multiple Comorbidities, NHS England Midlands and East: Stop the Pressure Campaign, Organic Deterioration Towards End of Life, Overlapping Risk Factors, Pain, Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Hospitals, Palliative Care, Pressure Ulcer Incidence, Pressure Ulcer Prevalence, Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Assessment, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Factors, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers, Reduced Mobility, Reduced Peripheral Tissue Perfusion, Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers, Risk Factors, Skin Changes at Life’s End (SCALE), Skin Failure, Skin Integrity, Stages of Pressure Ulcers, Stop The Pressure, Tissue Integrity, Wounds UK | Leave a comment

Under-Diagnosis of Dementia in the Community: an International Review (BMJ Open)

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

Summary A literature review and meta-analysis of 23 international studies on the under-detection (i.e. the failure to achieve a diagnosis) of dementia identified a pooled rate of undetected dementia assessed to be 61.7%. The rate of under-detection was higher in … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Blueprint for Complex Care: Care for Individuals with Complex Health and Social Needs (National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs / IHI / Duke University / NIHR)

More on Integrated Care: Government Response to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s Report (House of Commons / DHSC / King’s Fund / Duke University)

Review of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Dementia-Related Agitation: Including a Brief Analysis of the Risks and Benefits of Drug Treatments (Translational Psychiatry)

More Questions About NHS Sustainability and Service Quality: A Further Round in the Debate (BBC News / King’s Fund / BMA / RCEM / NHS Digital / Department of Health / NHS England / NHS Confederation)

Quality Improvement in Urgent and Emergency Care (NHS Improvement / NHS England / Department of Health)

Mortality Rate of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital: a Local Audit (Wounds UK)

Under-Diagnosis of Dementia in the Community: an International Review (BMJ Open)

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