Tag Archives: Austerity

Low Socio-Economic Status: a Possible Dementia Risk Factor? (JAMA Psychiatry / The Mental Elf)

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing was used to analyse potential associations between markers of socioeconomic status (wealth quintiles and the index of multiple deprivation) and the incidence of dementia. It appears that dementia incidence is associated with low levels of … Continue reading →

More on International Comparisons in Life Expectancy: The Impact of Austerity? (BBC News / ONS / BMJ / NHS Choices)

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Increases in life expectancy in the UK may be slowing down; possibly at the fastest rate among the top twenty leading world economies. This slowdown effect was most apparent in women, where the rate of rising life expectancy fell … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Statistics, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Society, Austerity, Australia, Austria, Bazian, BBC Health News, BBC's Life Expectancy Calculator, Behind the Headlines, Belgium, Canada, Changing Trends in Mortality in England and Wales: 1990 to 2017, Changing Trends in Mortality: Cross-UK Comparison - 1981 to 2016 (ONS), Changing Trends in Mortality: International Comparisons, Critical Appraisals, Declines in Life Expectancy, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Human Mortality Database, Human Mortality Database (HMD), Increasing Life Expectancy: Trends and Comparisons, International Comparisons, Italy, Japan, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and Department of Sociology: University of Southern California, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy by Neighbourhood, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy: Inequalities, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health (US), Netherlands, Norway, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Office of Population Research and Department of Sociology: Princeton University, Portugal, Princeton University, Professor Martin McKee: European Public Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Robert Cuffe: BBC News Head of Statistics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Sir Steve Webb: Former Liberal Democrat Pensions Minister, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trends in Life Expectancy: International Comparisons, United Kingdom, United States, University of Southern California, US National Institutes of Health, USA | Leave a comment

Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2013 (Dr Foster)

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The 2013 Dr Foster Hospital Guide has four special themes: Whether financial austerity is changing how money is spent on hospital treatments. The impact of drug and alcohol problems on patients and hospitals. The quality of care at weekends … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Austerity, Avoidable Mortality, Care in General Hospitals, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Dr Foster, Dr Foster Hospital Guide, Dr Foster Intelligence, Dr Foster Posters, Dr Foster Unit: Imperial College London, Drug and Alcohol Problems, Elective Procedures, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Treatment, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Incentives, Financial Performance, Financial Pressures, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, General Hospitals, Get Help for Your 44 Year Old Drink and Drug Issue, Health and Social Care Integration, Hip Operations; Cataract Operations, Hospital Beds, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Ineffective Operations, Integration, Knee Operations, Measuring Mortality, Mortality, Mortality at the Weekend, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, My Hospital Guide: Efficiency & Mortality, NHS Financial Leadership, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Put Care into Spending and Spending into Care, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekends, Rationing Care, Service Integration, Total Bed-Days in Hospital, Variations in Quality of Care, Weekend Effect, Your Mortality Rate is Your Pulse | Leave a comment

Projected Expenditure to 2022 on England’s Older Population (Nuffield Trust)

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies / London School of Economics, commissioned by the Nuffield Trust, projects expenditure for health and social care for older people in England from 2010 to 2022. The NHS might suffer a £44-£54 billion funding shortfall in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Austerity, Care Funding, Commission on Funding of Care and Support, Dilnot Commission Report on Funding of Care and Support, Elderly Care, Finance, Financial Context, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Performance, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financing of Health Care, Funding Reform, Future Funding Models, Health and Social Care, Health: Financing, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London School of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Nicholson Challenge, Office for Budget Responsibility, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), PSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit (LSE), Social Care, Social Care Funding | Leave a comment

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