Tag Archives: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Approaches to the Reduction of Preventable Hospital Admissions: a Systematic Review (BMJ Open)

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

Summary A recent systematic review examined the alternatives to hospital admission for older patients at risk of unplanned hospitalisation. The broad categories of interventions considered were (i) improved use of paramedic / emergency care practitioners, (ii) interventions based in emergency … Continue reading →

Funding for Research and Innovation in Health and Social Care (Department of Health / AHSNs / NHS Digital / MRC / UKRI)

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The government has announced new funding of up to £86 million for UK firms to develop and test new technologies in the NHS. This development is a follow-up to the Accelerated Access Review (AAR). This initiative for more rapid … Continue reading →

Cognitive Health In Older Adults: Changing Unhealthy Lifestyles and Reducing Risk Factors (PHE)

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Public Health England (PHE) and the Cambridge Institute of Public Health have produced a summary of reviews which offer evidence to support the commissioning of interventions concerning a range of modifiable lifestyle risk factors / unhealthy behaviours in older … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Ageing, Agewell Trial, Alcohol, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Barriers and Facilitators in Lifestyle Changes (Agewell Trial), Behaviour Change Opportunities, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Health In Older Adults, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Training, Community Volunteering, Community-Based Volunteering, Culture and Behaviour Change, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Depression, Determinants of Health, Diabetes Epidemic, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Diet and Exercise, Dietary Interventions, Dietary Recommendations, Dietary Risk Factors, Diseases and Medical Conditions Associated With Dementia Risk, Education and Awareness, Encouraging Healthy Behaviour, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Ethnicity, Evidence Syntheses, Exergaming, Group Cognitive Activities, Health Determinants, Health Improvement, Health Inequalities, Health Policy, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Health-Creating Society, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Behaviours Evidence, Healthy Communities, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, High Blood Pressure, Improving Local Public Health, Improving Public Health, Interactive Video Gaming, Interventions to Increase Patient Activation, Investment in Dementia Prevention, Leisure Activities and Social Networks, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Activity in the Community, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Relationships, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Modifiable Risk Factors, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Obesity is the New Smoking, Occupational Therapy, Overlapping Risk Factors, Patient Activation, Patient Empowerment, Patient Empowerment Movement, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Strategies, Patient Factors (Demand Side), Patient Involvement, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity, Physical Exercise, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention of Dementia: Public Health England, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Promoting Brain Health (Blackfriars Consensus Statement), Protective Factors, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Promotion Campaigns, Risk Factors, Self-Care, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Smoking-Related Brain Changes, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Structured Health Promotion Courses, Supporting People to Manage Their Health, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Smoking, Type 2 Diabetes, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Vascular Risk Factors, Volunteering | Leave a comment

Campaign to Stop Smoking: Focus on Avoiding / Slowing Progression of COPD (BBC News / PHE)

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Public Health England (PHE)’s latest stop-smoking campaign states that smokers are generally unaware of the risks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is an “umbrella term” covering a number of serious lung conditions including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, In the News, National, New Cross Hospital, NHS, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Anti-Smoking Legislation, Awareness and Campaigns, Behavioural Risk Factors, Breathlessness When Active, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Adults (QS10). National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Over 16s: Diagnosis and Management (CG101). National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Chronic Smoking-Related Lung Disease, Cigarette Smoking, Emphysema, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Frequent Chest Infections, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Heavy Smoking, Integrated Respiratory Action Network Group for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lifestyle Risk Factors, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Stop Smoking, Persistent Cough, PHE: Public Health England, Prevalence of COPD, Public Health England (PHE), Rosanna O’Connor: Director of Alcohol Drugs and Tobacco at Public Health England, Smokefree, Smokefree Campaign, Smoker's Cough, Smoking, Smoking Related Deaths, Smoking-Related Mortality, Statistics on the Impact of Anti-Smoking Legislation, Symptom Awareness and Campaigns, Tobacco Smoking | Leave a comment

The NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme: an Innovation Revolution? (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme aims to make evidence-based healthcare innovation available to patients. NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens and National Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh have announced seventeen successful applicants, in the UK and from abroad, to … Continue reading →

UK Biobank Epidemiological Study Into Dementia Risk Factors (BBC News / Medical Research Council)

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A large-scale study, funded by the Medical Research Council, is to investigate the risk factors which contribute to the possibility of developing dementia. A third of a million adults in the UK, all of whom participated earlier in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alzheimer's Research, Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Anonymised Patient Medical Records, BBC Health News, BioBank (National Cohort), Biomarkers, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Research, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Function in Middle Age, Cognitive Function: Tests, Decoding Inherited Disorders, Dementia Research, DNA Banks, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, European Respiratory Society, Genetic Research, Improved Prevention Based on Underlying Predisposition, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Large DNA Banks, Late-Life Cognitive Decline, Lifestyle Factors, Longitudinal Modelling of Cognitive Decline, Mass Memory and Reasoning Tests, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council (UK), Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Collaboration, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neuroepidemiology, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Non-Invasive Biomarkers, Online Memory and Reasoning Tests, Participation in Research, Patient Involvement in Research, Public Involvement in Research, Resilience Project (Decoding Inherited Disorders), Sage Bionetworks, Tests of Cognitive Function, UK BiLEVE: UK Lung Exome Variant Evaluation Research Team, UK Biobank, Unexpected Genetic Heroes, Unhealthy Lifestyles | Leave a comment

Any Town Toolkit: NHS England’s Modelling Toolkit for CCGs (NHS England)

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Any Town” Toolkit is a high-level health system modelling toolkit provided by NHS England to assist CCGs in determining which interventions might best improve their local health services (ideally whilst saving money). It is intended to help commissioners … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 24-Hour Asthma Services, 24-Hour Home Nursing Services, Acute GP Units, Acute Stroke Services, Acute Visiting Services, Any Town Toolkit, Cancer, Cancer Screening Programmes, Case Management, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Co-Design and Co-Delivery, Commissioning Liaison Psychiatry, Coordinated Care, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Dementia Liaison Services, Dementia Pathway, Early Adopter Interventions, Early Diagnosis, Eclipse Live, Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS), Electronic Palliative Care Coordinating Systems (EPaCCS), Electronic Palliative Care Coordination Systems (EPaCCS), EPaCCS, GP Tele-Consultation, Heart Failure, High Impact Interventions, Hyper-Acute Stroke Units, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Liaison Services, Local Strategic Planning, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lung Disease, Management of Medicines, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Multi-Disciplinary Case Management, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), Occupational Therapists in A&E, Older Demographics, Palliative Care, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Rapid Access to Doctors at Home, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Reducing Variability in Primary Care, Rural Areas, Self-Management, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management Support, Service User Networks, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning and Commissioning, Stroke, Tele-Consultation in Primary Care, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, User Networks | Leave a comment

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