Category Archives: Mental Health

Elderly Mental Health.

What’s Good For the Heart is Good For the Brain (BBC News / PHE)

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Public Health England (PHE) estimates that possibly a third of dementia cases could be improved through healthier lifestyle choices. Guidance on healthy lifestyles, to help reduce the risk of dementia, is to be given to patients via free NHS … Continue reading →

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Transformational Change in Health and Care: Learning From Case Studies (King’s Fund)

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent King’s Fund report explores diverse examples of successful transformational change, i.e. those which tend to focus on improving the lives of patients, to see if there are lessons for leadership style and organisational culture. Four case studies … Continue reading →

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Following a Diagnosis of Dementia: Information for Patients / Families and Friends Who are Carers (DHSC / SCIE)

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Patient information is available, from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), for persons diagnosed with dementia and those who care for them. Guidance on the support which can be expected covers: The care plan. The health care … Continue reading →

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Shaping Policy on the Dementia Care Crisis: Alzheimer’s Society Report in Advance of Government’s Green Paper (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

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

Summary A report on inadequacies in the care system regarding dementia patients. The number of potentially unnecessary hospital admissions among dementia patients has risen by 73% across 65 hospital trusts, from 31,000 in 2012 to around 55,000 in 2017. Some … Continue reading →

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Investigations Into the Early Signs, Symptoms and Family Experiences of Alzheimer’s Disease (BMJ Open / International Psychogeriatrics)

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A literature review analyses the sequence / timing of the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease. The authors distinguish between the early signs of late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD) and those of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD). Full Text Link … Continue reading →

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Novel Approaches to Understanding Creativity and Artistic Appreciation in Dementia (BBC News / Wellcome Open Research)

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Created Out of Mind initiative comprises scientists, artists, musicians and writers, based at the Wellcome Collection’s “The Hub”, who are engaged in exploring the varied influences of dementia on the whole range of human creativity (and vice versa). … Continue reading →

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Unpacking the “Living Well With Dementia” Shibboleth? (Psychological Medicine)

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The term “living well with dementia” appears often in the literature. The authors of a recent meta-analysis attempted to analyse the constituents and contributory factors in quality of life (QoL), subjective well-being and / or life satisfaction in people … Continue reading →

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