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Tag Archives: Brunel University
Modification of the Physical Environment to Support People With Dementia (Dementia)
Summary A systematic review investigates the efficacy of physical environment-related strategies for supporting everyday activities in people living with dementia: Full Text Link Reference Woodbridge, R. Sullivan, MP. [and] Harding, E. [et al] (2018). Use of the physical environment to … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Housing, 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
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Tagged Accessible Environments, Activities of Daily Living, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Age-Friendly Environments, Architectural Layout, Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale (BADLS), Brunel University, Built Environment, Closet Simplification, Contrast, Dementia (Journal), Dementia Friendly Indoor Environments, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Design and Built Environment, Dining Environment, Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), Environment Simplification, Environmental Ambiance, Environmental Design, Familiar Cues, Familiar Environments, Gardens, Home Modifications, Homelike Environments, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Institute of Environment Health and Societies: Brunel University London, Lighting, Orientation, Physical Environment, Predictive Homes, Space Orientation, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Time Orientation, University College London
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Unpacking the “Living Well With Dementia” Shibboleth? (Psychological Medicine)
Summary The term “living well with dementia” appears often in the literature. The authors of a recent meta-analysis attempted to analyse the constituents and contributory factors in quality of life (QoL), subjective well-being and / or life satisfaction in people … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Australia, Bangor University, Brunel University, Cardiff University, Caregivers' Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and Well-Being, Carers' Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and Well-Being, DEMQOL, DEMQOL-Proxy, DEMQoL: Dementia Quality of Life, Department of Clinical Sciences: Brunel University, Department of Psychology: King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, Domains of QoL, Factors Associated With Better QoL, Factors Associated With Poor QoL, Factors Not Associated With QoL, Factors Predicting Longitudinal Trajectories of QoL, HRQoL: Health-Related Quality of Life, Informant-Rated QoL, King's College London: Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, Life Satisfaction, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, Longitudinal Trajectories of QoL (Dementia-Related), Personal Social Services Research Unit: London School of Economics and Political Science, Proxy-Rated QoL, QoL-AD Proxy, QOL-AD-Proxy Scale, Quality of Life (QoL), Quality of Life Alzheimer’s Disease Scale (QoL-AD), Quality of Life Measures for Dementia, School of Medical Sciences: University of New South Wales, School of Psychology: Bangor University, School of Psychology: University of Exeter, School of Psychology: University of Sussex, Self-Rated QoL, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Exeter, University of New South Wales, University of Sussex, Unpicking the Living Well With Dementia Shibboleth, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research Data and Methods: Cardiff University
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An Investigation Into NHS Services for Care Homes Residents (NIHR)
Summary A highly detailed, multi-staged, investigation into which type(s) of NHS primary care services work best for care homes and their residents was conducted. Conclusions drawn are hard to summarise simply, without doing this research some injustice. One thing is … Continue reading →
Posted in Antipsychotics, Commissioning, 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, National, NHS, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
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Tagged Access to General Practice, Age-Appropriate Services, Alignment Between General Practices and Care Homes, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (Kottayam Kerala; India), Antipsychotic Prescribing in Primary Care, Brunel University, Care Home Residents, Care Home Specialist Nurses, Care Home Specialist Pharmacist-Led Services, Care Home Specialist Support Teams, Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Research: Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC): University of Hertfordshire, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Challenging Behaviour: Core Learning Needs, CMOC: Context–Mechanism–Outcome Configuration, Commissioning Guidance for High-Quality Health Care for Older Care Home Residents (BGS), Commissioning Guidance for Older Care Home Residents, Context-Mechanism-Outcome Configuration, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Expertise, Designated NHS Hospital Beds, Education and Staff Training, Enhanced Payment Schemes for GPs, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences: University of Nottingham, General Medical Services (GMS), General Practice, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, Health Care Needs of Care Home Residents, India, Institute of Environment Health and Societies: Brunel University London, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Kerala Old Age Home Survey, Linked Community Services, Local General Practitioner (GP) Practices, Management of Challenging Behaviour, NHS Services for Care Homes Residents, NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation, Old Age Homes (OAHs) in Kerala (India), Older Care Home Residents, OPTIMAL Study, Outreach Clinics, Pharmacist-Led Services for Care Homes, Primary Care, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Kalamassery Kochi; India), Realist Analyses, Realist Approaches, Realist Evaluations, Realist Reviews, Reducing Antipsychotic Drugs in Care Homes, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health (PCPH): University College London, School of Economics: University of Surrey, School of Health Sciences (City): University of London, School of Sociology and Social Policy: University of Nottingham, Staff Training, Suboptimal Care, Support and Coping Mechanisms, Support to Care Home Residents, University College London, University of Hertfordshire, University of London, University of Nottingham, University of Surrey
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Insights Into Identifying Lonely Older Adults (Campaign to End Loneliness / University of Kent)
Summary The Campaign to End Loneliness reported that loneliness and isolation may be as harmful to health and wellbeing as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. People who experience severe loneliness tend to visit GPs more often and enter residential care … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age UK Faversham and Sittingbourne, Agency-Based Referral Schemes, Agent-Based Referral Systems, Amenable Mortality, Approaches to Reducing Loneliness and Isolation in Later Life, Avante Community Support, Avoidable Mortality, Bereavement and Loneliness, Brunel University, Campaign to End Loneliness, Canterbury & District Pensioners’ Forum, Care Act, Care Act 2014, Contact the Elderly, Crossroads Care East Kent, Dorset County Council, Dorset Partnership for Older People Programme, Dorset Safe and Independent Living Scheme, Elderly Accommodation Counsel, Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC), Emotional and Social Isolation, Environmental Factors (Extrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Ethnographic Analysis, Ethnographic Research, Extrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness, First Contact Schemes, Gloucestershire County Council, Hampshire County Council, Hidden Citizens Project, Improving Local Public Health, Independent Age, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Intrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness, Kent and Medway Care Alliance, Kent County Council, Life Events Traumas and Transitions (Extrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Local Authorities (LAs), Local Public Health, Local Public Health Services, Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Isolation, Loneliness and Mortality in Older People, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness Harms Health, Membership of Different Social Groups (Intrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Men: Under-Reporting of Loneliness, Mental Illness Prevention, Neighbourhood Network Schemes, NIHR School for Social Care Research, North London Cares, Nottingham City Council, Organisational Strategies for Identifying Loneliness, Pathways into Loneliness, Pathways into Loneliness: Extrinsic Factors, Pathways into Loneliness: Intrinsic Factors, Personal Circumstances (Extrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Personality (Intrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventative Interventions, Preventative Services, Preventing Isolation, Preventing Loneliness, Prevention Agenda, Psychological Response (Intrinsic Pathways Into Loneliness), Public Health, Royal Voluntary Service, Social Activities, Social Engagement, Social Identity Approach to Reducing Loneliness, Stigma of Loneliness, Thanet Community Support Partnership, University of Kent, University of Kent: Personal Social Services Research Unit
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