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Tag Archives: Checking Medication
Delirium: NICE Quality Standard QS63 (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard “Delirium: Quality Standard (QS63)”, which covers the prevention, diagnosis and management of delirium in adults (aged 18 years and over) in hospital and long-term … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Diagnosis, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK
Tagged Acute Confusional State, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (2013/14), Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Antipsychotic Medication for Delirium, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics for Delirium, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Auditing, Care Homes, Carer Engagement Strategies, Carer Involvement in Healthcare, Checking Medication, Cognitive Stimulation, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Targets for Improving Dementia and Delirium Care, Communication of Diagnosis to GPs, Confusion (Delirium), Confusion in Care Homes, Constipation, Dehydration, Delirium CAM ICU Tool (PP), Delirium Diagnosis, Delirium in Care Homes, Delirium in Elderly Patients, Delirium in Hospitalised Patients, Delirium Management, Delirium Prevention, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium: NICE Quality Standard QS63, Discharge Information, Disorientation, Effects of Medication, Families and Carers, General Hospitals, Geriatric Psychiatry, Good Practice in Care Homes, Hospitalised Older Adults, Hyperactive Delirium, Hypoactive Delirium, Hypoxia, Immobility or Limited Mobility, Impact of Delirium on Length of Stay, Incidence of Delirium, Infection or Other Acute Illness, Information for Carers, Long-Term Care (LTC), Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Misdiagnosis of Delirium, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Outcomes Framework (NHSOF), NICE Care Pathway: Delirium, Pain, Poor Nutrition, Prevalence of Delirium, Public Health Outcomes Framework (2013-16), Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Recognition of Delirium, Reducing Antipsychotic Drugs in Care Homes, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Care Settings, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Stimulation, Sleep Disturbance, Tailored Interventions to Prevent Delirium, THINK Alphabet Checklist for Delirium, THINK Delirium in Intensive Care, THINK Delirium Strategy, Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington and Halton NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust
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Prevention of Delirium in Older People in Institutional Long-Term Care (Cochrane Database)
Summary Older people in institutional long-term care (LTC) are at high risk of delirium, which is a risk factor for admission to hospital, and is associated with development of dementia, mortality and high healthcare costs. This systematic review the examines … Continue reading
Posted in Delirium, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Systematic Reviews, UK
Tagged Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation: University of Leeds, ALOIS: a Comprehensive Register of Dementia Studies, ALOIS: the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Checking Medication, Delirium Prevention, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium Prevention Care Bundles, Delirium Prevention Programmes, Geriatric Risk Assessment MedGuide (GRAM) Software, GRADEpro Software, Health Information Technology, Incidence of Delirium, Information Technology, Institutional Long-Term Care, IT-Based Interventions, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care Institutions, Medication Management Systems, Medication Reviews, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Mortality, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB), Pharmacist Review, Pharmacist-Led Medication Reviews, Prevalence of Delirium, University of Leeds, Unplanned Hospitalisation
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Overcoming Human Error in Medications Adherence and Prescribing (BBC News)
Summary People with failing memories are likely to have problems remembering to take their prescribed medication regularly. A company called Proteus has developed a tablet which helps to monitor drug adherence by texting or tweeting carers or nursing / medical … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Checking Medication, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Coping with Memory Loss, Digital Technology, Dispensing Errors, Drug Identification, Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, Incidents Errors and Near Misses, Information Technology, Medication Accuracy, Medication Adherence, Medication Errors, Medication Nonadherence, Medication Persistence, Medications: Best Usage, MedSnap ID app, MedSnap PT, Memory Problems, Mobile Technology, New Technology, Proteus, Proteus Digital Health, Safeguarding and Medicines, Support and Coping Mechanisms, Telemedicine, United States, Using Medicines More Responsibly: IMS Health Study (US), WHO: World Health Organization, World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Medicines Optimisation: Helping Patients for Medication Best Usage (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
Summary The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has release guidance which helps health and care professionals to assist patients with their medicines to improve outcomes and avoid waste. The “Medicines Optimisation: Helping Patients Make the Most of Medicines” document offers four guiding … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Ill-Health, Best Practice, Checking Medication, Four Principles of Medicines Optimisation, Medication, Medication Errors, Medications: Best Usage, Medicines Optimisation, Patient Experience, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs in Care Homes (NHS Choices / Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)
Summary The NHS Choices “Behind the Headlines” service has drawn attention to a further study raising concern over the prescribing of psychotropic medicines for elderly people living in care homes. The study in question examined how psychotropic drugs – i.e. … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Northern Ireland, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Anxiolytics, Atypical Antipsychotics, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Belfast, Care Homes, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Checking Medication, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Human Rights in Care Homes, Hypnotics, Institute of Clinical Sciences: Queen's University Belfast, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Managing Transitions, Medication, National Data Linkage Study, Pharmacoepidemiology, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Psychotropic Drugs, Queen's University Belfast, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Residential Care Homes, Sedatives
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Mental Health Liaison Services for General and Community Hospitals: Service Specification for Dementia (Department of Health)
Summary This specification was designed to assist commissioners in the delivery of a service to support general and community hospitals in delivering better care to people with dementia. It was released as part of the Dementia Commissioning Pack in mid-2011, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Assessment and Diagnosis, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Call to Action on Antipsychotic Drugs (Dementia Action Alliance), Care Planning, Checking Medication, Commissioning Liaison Mental Health Services in Acute Hospitals (JCP-MH), Community Hospitals, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia Liaison Services, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Geriatric Liaison Teams, Hospital Discharge, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Liaison Services, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Liaison Service Pathway, Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Services for Dementia Care in Hospitals, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychiatric Liaison Team, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychotropic Medication
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