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Annual Care Quality Commission State of Care Report (BBC News / CQC / Healthwatch)

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) recently released the annual State of Care review. It concludes that most care provided across England is of good quality and improving. Community care services need to be improved. Innovations in new approaches to care should be … Continue reading →

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Resources and Announcements for World Mental Health Day (WHO / Public Health England / NHS England / DHSC / Mind)

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary There has been a flurry of new resources, announcements and initiatives in anticipation of World Mental Health Day, which falls on October 10th 2019. Every Mind Matters: a Mental Health Hub for the General Public Public Health England (PHE), … Continue reading →

Holistic Consideration of Apathy in Dementia (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent review of apathy proposes an integrative (holistic) model for understanding the condition, in common with other forms of BPSD. “As with other BPSD, …neural mechanisms alone do not completely account for the syndrome – individual, caregiver and … Continue reading →

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Dementia-Friendly Hospital Wards (NHS England)

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older People’s Mental Health at NHS England and NHS Improvement has issued comments about dementia-friendly design for hospital wards, and various steps towards delivering dementia-related priorities outlined in the NHS Long Term … Continue reading →

Casual Ageism: Alive and Well? (SunLife / RSPH)

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary SunLife has produced a report on the surprising persistence of ageism (including tacit, unrecognised and socially acceptable “casual ageism”), drawing attention to the often real consequences of such attitudes, and implicit policies, in terms of promoting social exclusion and … Continue reading →

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Refusal and Resistance to Care in People With Dementia in Acute Hospitals (Patient Experience Library / NIHR / International Journal of Nursing Studies)

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Patients with dementia often have a poor experience of care in hospitals. Some hospitals are better than others, almost certainly, thanks to improvements in dementia-friendly hospital care, appropriate staff training and dementia awareness raising; however certain problems may persist … Continue reading →

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NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan: the Next Five Years (NHS England)

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS mental health implementation plan outlines the framework to deliver the mental health commitments of the NHS NHS Long Term Plan. There is an explanation about support for local areas from NHS England and NHS Improvement to improve … Continue reading →

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