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Improving the Quality of Care For Care Home Residents With Dementia (NHS England / Clinical Medicine / BBC News)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, discusses multi-pronged progress to improve the quality of care – and to enhance health and wellbeing – for people with dementia living in care homes. It has been estimated … Continue reading →

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Communication Failures in Hospital End-of-Life Care (BBC News / RCP)

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The latest Royal College of Physicians (RCP) audit has estimated that one in five families may not be consulted when hospital staff decide not to revive their relatives and issue “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders. “Guidelines issued by the … Continue reading →

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Further Room For Improvements in End of Life Care (BBC News / RCP)

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary End of life care in the UK has previously been assessed to be possibly the best in the world, but a Royal College of Physicians audit report identifies local variations in the quality of hospital care for the dying. Full … Continue reading →

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Neurological Care in England: Recommended Improvements (BBC News / House of Commons)

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s earlier report (2012) made recommendations for improving services and delivering better outcomes for people with neurological conditions. Their latest follow-up report points to the continued existence of long delays in diagnosis, poorly … Continue reading →

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New End of Life Care Guideline (BBC News / NICE)

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline on individualised end of life care, to replace the widely discredited Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) which was phased-out in 2014. This fresh guideline advocates a … Continue reading →

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Improvements to Care in the Last Days / Hours of Life (Department of Health)

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report assesses progress made against commitments in the “One Chance to Get it Right” report, which was released just over a year ago as a response to the Independent Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) on improving … Continue reading →

Review of Progress on Services for People With Neurological Conditions (NAO / BMJ / BBC News)

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This National Audit Office (NAO) report indicates mixed progress against the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s (2012) recommendations for improving services and achieving better outcomes for people with neurological conditions. The three recommendations against which progress has been … Continue reading →

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Quality Improvement Plans for Dementia Care: CQUINS and Enhanced Services (NHS England)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Alistair Burns (National Clinical Director for Dementia at NHS England) has written an account of developments regarding the national dementia CQUIN (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation), which is now in its fourth year. The emphasis on dementia case finding has … Continue reading →

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House of Care Model: Improving Services for People with Long-Term Conditions (King’s Fund)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report explains the “house of care” coordinated service delivery model. This model is about delivering proactive, holistic and patient-centred care for people with long-term conditions. The report includes recommendations on collaborative working to improve care. A more active … Continue reading →

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More Care, Less Pathway: a Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP)

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Baroness Julia Neuberger’s report presents the recommendations regarding the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) and end of life care. Patients should only be placed on the LCP, or a similar approach, by a senior clinician in consultation with the healthcare … Continue reading →

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