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Review of Factors Influencing Carers’ Quality of Life (Alzheimer’s and Dementia)
Summary A review of literature on the factors likely to influence the quality of life for family carers of people with dementia discovered ten broad themes: Demographics. Carer-Patient Relationship(s). Dementia Characteristics. Demands of Caring. Carer Health. Carer Emotional Well-Being. Support … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Practical Support With Caring, Adult Carers in England: Quality of Life, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Asia, Australia, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Building Carer Friendly Communities, Burden on Caregivers, Care and Support Services: Choice and Control, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Support, Caregiver’s Level of Coping, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Anxiety, Carer Assessment, Carer Awareness, Carer Demographics, Carer Depression, Carer Emotional Well-Being, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Friendly Employers, Carer Friendly NHS, Carer Friendly Policies, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Friendly Workplaces, Carer Health, Carer Independence, Carer Isolation, Carer Quality of Life, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Emotional Well-Being, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Health, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Independence, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Self-Efficacy, Carer Quality of Life: Carer-Patient Relationship(s), Carer Quality of Life: Demands of Caring, Carer Quality of Life: Dementia Characteristics, Carer Quality of Life: Demographics, Carer Quality of Life: Future Orientation, Carer Quality of Life: Support Received, Carer Self-Efficacy, Carer Stress, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer-Patient Relationship(s), Carer’s Perspective, Carers, Carers and Families, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Breaks, Carers’ Experiences of Carer’s Assessments, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Caring and Family Finances Inquiry, Centre for Dementia Studies: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Combining Work and Care, Commissioning for Carers Principles, Costs of Caring, Demands of Caring, Dementia Care: Unpaid Care Contribution, Dementia Characteristics, Demographics, Department of Social Policy: London School of Economics, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, European Countries, Experiences, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Financial Issues, Future Orientation, Health Sciences: University of Southampton, Impact of Caring on Ability to Work, Impact of Caring on Carers, Impact of Caring on Carers’ Health, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Information and Advice, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Juggling Work and Care, Kings College London, Lived Experience Advisory Panel: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, London School of Economics Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience: King's College London, Maintaining Relationship, Needs of Carers, North America, Older Carers, Older Carers Awareness, Personal Finances, Poverty, Principles Behind Commissioning for Carers, Professor Sube Banerjee, Quality of Life of Carers, Quality of Life Research, School of Psychology: University of Kent, South America, Spousal Caregivers (SCs), Spouses of Dementia Sufferers, Sube Banerjee: Centre for Dementia Studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Support for Carers, Support for Carers (Hospital Discharge), Support Received, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sustainable Caring, Systematic Review, Typology of Spouse Caregivers, University College London, University of Kent, University of Southampton, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Value of Unpaid Care, Valuing Carers, Views of Informal Carers, Worry About the Future, Zarit Carer Burden Inventory
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Ongoing Observations on Obesity and Diabetes (BBC News / ifpri / NHS England)
Summary Malnutrition takes different forms, including the epidemic of obesity, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute (ifpri)’s “Ending Malnutrition by 2030” report covering 129 countries. The authors of this Global Nutrition report assert that every $1 (70p) spent … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Africa, Agricultural Policies, Anemia, Asia, BBC Health News, Birth Weight, Breastfeeding, Cake Culture (sic), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Caroline Cerny: Obesity Health Alliance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta USA), Childhood Obesity, Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence, Childhood Wasting, Children, Climate Change, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Countries Ranked By Adult Diabetes Prevalence, Countries Ranked By Adult Obesity Prevalence, Countries Ranked By Adult Overweight and Obesity Prevalence, Countries Ranked By Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) Rate, Countries Ranked By Stunting Prevalence, Countries Ranked By Under-Five Years Overweight Prevalence, Countries Ranked By Wasting Prevalence, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Diabetes Prevalence, Diabetes Prevention, Diabetes Prevention Services, Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSME/S), Diabetes UK, Diet, Diet and Exercise, Double Burden, Dr Matt Kearney: National Clinical Advisor to NHS England and Public Health England, Economic Development, Effectiveness of Lifestyle Interventions for the Prevention of T2DM, Eight Global Nutrition Targets for 2025 (Adopted by World Health Assembly), End All Forms of Malnutrition by 2030, Ending Malnutrition By 2030: International Food Policy Research Institute (2016), European Congress on Obesity, Food Security, Gender, Global Goals (Global Nutrition Report 2015), Global Nutrition Landscape, Global Nutrition Report (2016), Global Nutrition Report Country Profiles, Global Nutrition Report Stakeholder Group, Governance, Grandparents: Impact on Childhood Obesity (Alleged), Health Exchange CIC, Healthier You, Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme Sites, Helen Dickens: Diabetes UK, Hunger, ICS Health and Wellbeing, Independent Expert Group (IEG), Indulgent Grandparents, Ingeus UK Limited, Institute for Global Health: University College London, International Food Policy Research Institute (ifpri), Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, Leeds, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Government Association: LGA, Malnutrition, Matt Kearney: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Micronutrients, Modifiable Risk Factors, Morbidity, Mortality, Mortality Risk Factors, MRC Human Nutrition Research (Cambridge), National Child Measurement Programme, National Diabetes Audit for 2016-2017, National Diabetes Audit Report 1: Findings and Recommendations (2016-17), National Diabetes Week, National Diabetes Week (2016), National Paediatric Diabetes Audit, National Paediatric Diabetes Audit Report 2014-15, NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP), NHS Sustainability, Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (Pre-Diabetes), Nutrition, Nutrition For Growth Commitments (2013), Nutrition Indicators, Nutrition Outcomes, Nutrition Policies, Nutrition Policies and Programmes, Nutrition Security, Nutritional Interventions, Obesity, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Health Alliance, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity Time-Bomb, Office Cake Culture, PHE: Public Health England, Poverty, Pre-Diabetes, Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Approaches, Pulse Healthcare Limited, Raised Blood Glucose Levels, Raised HbA1c, Reed Momenta, Risk Factors, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), Scale of Malnutrition in 2016, SMART Commitments to Nutrition Action, SMART Target Analysis, Social Protection, Stunting, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals, T2DM, Trade, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes in Children, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Where Forms of Malnutrition Overlap, Women, World Health Organization (WHO) Tools to Help Countries Set National Nutrition Targets
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Global Perspectives on Ageing, Population Growth and Healthcare (KPMG)
Summary The “Something to teach, something to learn” report examines the challenges for international health systems in finding strategies to cope with rapidly growing and ageing populations. The perspectives of 22 countries are considered. Despite the differences internationally, underlying common … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Hip Fractures, Integrated Care, International, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Activist Payer; Transact or Transform, Apollo, Asia, Big Data, Culture, De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar (DFZ), Discovery Health South Africa’s Vitality Program, Empowerment, Global Outlook, Global Perspectives on Healthcare, Government Driven Integration, Health Care Reform, India, Integration, KPMG, KPMG Center of Excellence, KPMG Global Center of Excellence for Healthcare, KPMG’s Global Healthcare Practice, Leadership, Leadership and Culture, Leveraging Big Data, Netherlands, Networks, New Approaches to Coordinating Care, Outsourcing, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Patient Choice, Patient Control, Patient-Centered Care, Patients as Partners, Payer Driven Integration, Payment Reform, Perverse Incentives, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Principles of Integration, Provider-Led Integration, Public Health, Recommendations for Payers, Recommendations for Providers, Reform, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Service Redesign, Shift From Volume to Value, Streamlined Treatment Pathways, User Involvement, User Participation, Web-Based Patient Education
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Dementia Epidemic Looms for Asia (World Health Organization)
Abstract Jane Parry and Cui Weiyuan report on how dementia is just starting to receive the attention it deserves in Asia. They mention a WHO initiative which is designed to encourage countries to give mental health problems greater recognition. The … Continue reading
Posted in International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Ajou University School of Medicine: Ajou University Medical Center (Suwon Korea), Asia, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health: Ajou University Medical Center (Suwon Korea), Institute on Aging: Ajou University Medical Center (Suwon Korea), Journal of Korean Medical Science: Ajou University Medical Center (Suwon Korea), mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP), mhGAP: mental health Gap Action Programme (WHO), WHO: World Health Organization
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