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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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Observations on Approaches to the Care of Persons With Dementia Who Have Had a Fall (Systematic Reviews)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Falls are believed to occur for between 47% – 90% of people with dementia, and such falls are a common cause of hospital admissions / re- admissions. A recent narrative review examines the effectiveness of interventions intended to improve … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Activities of Daily Living, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, Care of Persons With Dementia Who Have Had a Fall, Dementia Research Collaborative: University of East Anglia, Emergency Care, Emergency Services, Evidence-based Practice Center: Center for Health Research (USA), Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Fall-Related Outcomes, Falls and Fracture Prevention, Falls in Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, Falls in Dementia, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Neuroscience: Newcastle University, Intravenous Zoledronic Acid, Kaiser Permanente Research Affiliates, NEADL: Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Index, Newcastle University, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, Norwich Medical School: University of East Anglia, Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Index (NEADL), Persons With Dementia Who Have Had a Fall, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Proactive Falls Prevention Schemes, Re-Admissions to Hospitals, Readmission Rates, Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards (RAMESES), Reasons for Short Stay Emergency Admissions, Recurrent Falls, Reducing Re-Admissions to NHS Hospitals, Reducing Recurrence of Fractures, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Systematic Reviews, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, United States, University of East Anglia, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, USA, Zoledronic Acid | Leave a comment

Alternative Approaches to Reducing Hospital Admissions / Re-Admissions (BBC News / British Red Cross / NESTA / King’s Fund)

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The British Red Cross has proposed that home assessments, and comparatively simple interventions, when discharging old and vulnerable people for hospitals would help to reduce avoidable but predictable hospital re-admissions (and prevent many hospital admissions in the first place). … Continue reading →

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More On the Cold Weather Theme (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has advised the elderly to keep warm, whether indoors or outdoors. Statistics indicate that heart attacks and related hospital admissions are likely to increase immediately following cold weather. “Hospitals also see a rise in the admission of … Continue reading →

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National Self Care Week 2017: Embracing Self Care for Life (NHS England / Self Care Forum)

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Self Care Week (2017), organised by the Self Care Forum, occurs between November 13th – 19th 2017. This year’s theme is “Embracing Self Care for Life”. This is all about: “ …engaging and empowering people to look after … Continue reading →

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UK’s First Dedicated A&E for Elderly Patients? (BBC News)

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are to open the first specialist A&E department for patients over 80 years old. This hospital’s existing emergency department typically receives 350 people per day, of whom 50 may be aged … Continue reading →

More Questions About NHS Sustainability and Service Quality: A Further Round in the Debate (BBC News / King’s Fund / BMA / RCEM / NHS Digital / Department of Health / NHS England / NHS Confederation)

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Professor Ted Baker, the new Chief Inspector of Hospitals for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has voiced concerns about unsuitable antiquated models of care in the NHS (due to a historic 15-20 year mis-direction of funding), growing pressures for … Continue reading →

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