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First Year Progress Review of the Carers Action Plan for 2018 to 2020 (DHSC)

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

Summary The Department of Health and Social Care a has published a progress review of the first year of the action plan for carers in England. The government’s action plan for carers was first published in June 2018. Progress is … Continue reading →

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Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework (Skills for Health)

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

Summary Skills for Health have produced the Frailty Core Capabilities Framework. This framework was commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, and aims to formalise the skills to provide high quality, holistic, compassionate care and support for persons with … Continue reading →

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Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The guide to Improving Care for Older People, developed by NHS England in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, is actually a collection of resources (some dating back several years). This collection … Continue reading →

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Systematic Review of Falls Reduction Interventions for Older Adults Recently Discharged From Hospital (Age and Ageing)

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A joint Australian and American review has examined the evidence concerning the effectiveness of falls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older adults discharged recently from hospitals. Twelve falls prevention interventions were considered. Home exercise interventions were not found to be … Continue reading →

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The Hospital Frailty Risk Score: a Simpler Method of Screening for Frailty and Patients at Greater Risk (Lancet)

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Hospital Frailty Risk Score is a risk score designed for the identification of older people at risk of harm or adverse outcomes in hospitals. It is based on standard diagnostic codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases … Continue reading →

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Screening For Frailty: as Easy as eFI? (NHS England / Age and Ageing)

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “electronic Frailty Index (eFI)” is discussed, by NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People and Person Centred Integrated Care, as a validated tool which might assist in the proactive identification, diagnosis and management of frailty. Potentially, the … Continue reading →

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Future of UK Ageing Population Report (Government Office for Science)

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Government Office for Science report has assembled a range of evidence about the older population, in the attempt to identify trends and make projections of likely relevance for the UK government and others developing policies for an ageing … Continue reading →

Improving Integration of Carer Support: Toolkit To Assist Identification and Assessment of Carer Health and Wellbeing (NHS England)

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England, in cooperation with numerous partners, has produced a new “Integrated Approach to Identifying and Assessing Carer Health and Wellbeing” toolkit. This is the latest component of their ongoing Commitment to Carers. The toolkit includes a template Memorandum … Continue reading →

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Relentless Increase in Numbers of Older Carers (BBC News / Age UK / Department of Health)

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The number of people aged 80 or older who are relied on to act as unpaid carers has increased by roughly 40% in the past seven years. An ageing population, combined with a shortage of state / local authority … Continue reading →

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Growing Sense of Wellbeing Into the Seventh Decade of Life (BBC News / MRC)

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A long-running Medical Research Council cohort study survey, which has followed the health and wellbeing of 1,700 people since their birth, indicates that feelings of wellbeing of those in their 60s actually increased as they approached the age of … Continue reading →

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