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Tag Archives: Dementia Consortium
Dementia Moonshot Report: Research Priorities and Costs (Alzheimer’s Research UK)
Summary Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) have released a brief report on six research priorities, which are: Achieving earlier detection of diseases which may cause dementia, (ideally by 10-15 years), to enhance development of new treatments / interventions for people most … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accelerating Alzheimer's Research and Drug Development, Accelerating Detection of Disease, Accelerating Detection of Disease (ADD) Challenge, Accelerating Detection of Disease Programme, Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions (TRCI), Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Dementia Attitudes Monitor, Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Drug Discovery Alliance, Awareness, Awareness Raising, Benefits of Detection and Early Intervention, Benefits of Early Detection, Biomarker Development, Biomarkers, Brain Health Clinics, Charity Research Support Fund, Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II, Cross-Funder Review, Dementia Access Taskforce, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Moonshot, Dementia Prevalence, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research, Dementia Research and Drug Development, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementia Translational Medicines Accelerator, Dementia: Prevalence and Detection, Dementias Platform UK, DPUK: Dementias Platform UK, Dr Helen Beaumont: Alzheimer’s Research UK Champion, Drug Development for Alzheimer's Disease, Drug Discovery Alliance, Drug Discovery Institutes, Drug Target Validation, Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Economic Impact of Dementia, Global Impact of Dementia, Global Leadership, Government Research Funding, Grand Challenge on Artificial Intelligence and Data, Helen Stokes-Lampard: Chair of RCGP, Hilary Evans: Chief Executive of Alzheimer’s Research UK, Impact of Dementia, Impact of Dementia (Statistics), Impact of Dementia in UK, Life Sciences Industrial Strategy, Life-Changing Treatment for Dementia by 2025 (Moonshot Aim), Medical Research Charities, Mike Gooley Trailfinders Charity Prevention and Risk Reduction Fund, Modifiable Risk Factors, Multi-Morbidities, Multi-Morbidity, No Time to Lose: An Action Plan for Dementia (ARUK), Participation in Research, Patient Involvement in Research, Potential Drug Targets, Preclinical Biomarkers and Dementia, Preclinical Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease, Professor Jamie Waterall: National Lead for Cardiovascular Disease at Public Health England, Professor Tara Spires-Jones: Alzheimer’s Research UK Grant Review Board, Research Funding, Research Priorities and Funding / Costs, Research Priorities and Networks, Social and Economic Impact of Dementia, Social and Economic Impact of Dementia in UK, Target Robustness Programme, Translational Medicines, Translational Research, UK Dementia Research Institute, UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI), UK Health Research Funding
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Plans for Meeting the Dementia Challenge by 2020 (DHSC)
Summary The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 (2015) involved over 50 commitments for making England the best place in the world for dementia care, research and public dementia awareness in general. Feedback was subsequently collected, during 2018, concerning developments … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Alzheimer’s Society Connecting Communities Project, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Burden of Dementia, Care and Compassion, Care at Home, Care Plan Template for Dementia, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Challenge by 2020: National Partners and Stakeholders, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Citizen Participation, Civil Service Learning, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Research, Collaborative Working, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Community Participation, Compassionate Care, Connecting Communities, Connecting Communities Initiative, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Dementia 2020 Challenge: 2018 Review Phase 1 (DHSC), Dementia 2020 Challenge: 2019 Progress Review - Phase 1 (2019), Dementia 2020 Citizens’ Panel, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness and Social Action, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Dementia Data and Metrics, Dementia Friendly Charters, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Dementia Metrics, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Institute, Dementia Research Roadmap for Prevention Diagnosis Intervention and Care by 2025 (Alzheimer’s Society), Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementia State of the Nation, Dementia Treatment and Care Pathway, Dementia UK, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Sectors, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health Dementia Challenge (2020), Diagnosis and Referral, Dignity in Dementia, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Government Research Funding, GPs Taking Leading Role, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Improving Care for People with Dementia, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Information and Metrics, Integration of Health and Care, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Framework for Dementia Research, International Programmes, Involvement and Participation, Join Dementia Research, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Dementia Action Alliances, Meaningful Care, National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals), National Audit of Dementia (NAD), National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2016-2017 - Third Round of Audit Report: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2017), NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, Non-Treatment Research, One You Campaign (PHE), Participation in Research, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Participation, Referrals, Regional Targets (Metrics), Research and Innovation, Research Funding, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Management, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Support for Carers, Sustainable Care, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Well Pathway for Dementia
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New Drugs for Dementia (POST Note PN 535)
Summary The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has produced a briefing outlining some of the challenges in developing new drugs for dementia, explained in the context of ongoing UK and international research programmes. There is an extensive bibliography, … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Antipsychotics, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Models of Dementia Care, National, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Two Further Improvements: Dementia Services Seven Days a Week / Dementia Awareness for People Aged Over Forty (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary Two further aspects of the latest implementation plans for the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 were emphasised a week ago. Seven day NHS services are planned to benefit dementia patients, with more frequent patient assessments and better care … Continue reading →
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Tagged 7 Day Services, Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Alzheimer’s Society Connecting Communities Project, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Better Care Fund, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), British Prime Minister's Office, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Burden of Dementia, Care and Compassion, Care at Home, Care Seven Days a Week, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework (CCGIAF), Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Citizen Participation, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative 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Who and What is the Dementia Envoy? (WDC / Department of Health)
Summary The Prime Minister has appointed David Mayhew as the latest Dementia Envoy. Dennis Gillings was the former World Dementia Envoy. “The envoy works with countries, corporations and leaders from around the world, sharing expertise and promoting research and support … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Latest Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 contained over 50 commitments towards making England the best place in the world for dementia care, research and societal dementia awareness by 2020. The Department of Health’s updated implementation plan specifies how … Continue reading →
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Tagged Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Alzheimer’s Society Connecting Communities Project, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Better Care Fund, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), British Prime Minister's Office, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Burden of Dementia, Care and Compassion, Care at Home, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework (CCGIAF), Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Challenge on Dementia 2020, Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, Citizen Participation, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Research, Collaborative Working, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Community Participation, Compassionate Care, Connecting Communities, Connecting Communities Initiative, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Cross-Sector Partnerships, David Cameron, DEEP2: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, Dementia 2020 Citizens’ Panel, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Friendly Charters, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Dementia Profile Tool, Dementia Programme Board, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Institute, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia State of the Nation, Dementia UK, Dementia Voice, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Employers, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Sectors, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementias Platform UK, Dementias Platform UK (DPUK), Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health Dementia Challenge (2020), Dignity in Care, Dignity in Dementia, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, DPUK: Dementias Platform UK, Elderly Human Rights, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Burden of Dementia, Global Clinical Trials Fund (GCTF), Global Fund on Dementia, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Improving Care for People with Dementia, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Integration of Health and Care, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Programmes, Involvement and Participation, Jane Ellison, Join Dementia Research, Join Dementia Research: Recruitment Onto Dementia Studies, Joint Action on Dementia, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Dementia Action Alliances, Local Dementia Action Alliances in England, Local Government, Local Health and Care Economies, Local Health and Care Services, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Maintaining Independence, NHS England CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS England’s Commitment to Carers, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Participation in Research, Participation in Research Studies, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Participation, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Alistair Burns, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England Dementia Intelligence Network, Public Participation in Research, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Referrals, Research and Innovation, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Management, Shared Delivery Plan for Health and Social Care, Support for Carers, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Tackling Barriers to Innovation, Tide Network, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, World Dementia Council, World Dementia Envoy, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Significant Changes at the World Dementia Council? (WDC)
Summary There has been reform within the World Dementia Council (WDC). The changes are intended to make this body “more representative” in global terms (if such were possible) and fully independent. The Council now includes a wider range of international … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Targeting Brain Inflammation May Help Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease? (BBC News / MRC / NHS Choices / Brain)
Summary Animal research at the University of Southampton, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Alzheimer’s Research UK indicates that blocking a receptor (CSF1R), which is responsible for regulating the production of new immune cells (microglia) in the brain, … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, Animal Studies, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, UK
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Tagged APP/PS1 Transgenic Mouse Model, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Brain and Immune System, Brain Inflammation, Brain: a Journal of Neurology, Centre for Biological Sciences: University of Southampton, Colony-Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor (CSF1R), CSF1R Inhibition in Models of Alzheimer's Disease, CSF1R Receptor, CSF1R-Dependent Pro-Mitogenic Cascade, CSF1R-Inhibition Strategies, Dementia Consortium, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences: Lancaster University, Faculty of Health and Medicine: Lancaster University, Genetically Engineered Mice, GW2580, Immune Suppression, Immune System, Improved Performance in Memory and Behavioural Tasks, Inflammation, Institute for Life Sciences: University of Southampton, Lancaster, Lancaster University, Medical Research Council (MRC), Mice, Microglia, Microglial Multiplication, Microglial Proliferation, Modification of CSF1R Activation to Reduce Microglial Activation, Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, MRC New Investigator Research Grant (NIRG), MRC: Medical Research Council, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuroimmunology, Neuroinflammation, Novel Targets in Neurodegeneration, Pharmacological Targeting of CSF1R, Prevention of Synaptic Degeneration, Southampton, Transgenic Mice, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (GW2580), University of Southampton
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Government Commitment to the Global Action Against Dementia (WDC / Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health has responded to Raj Long’s Finding a path for a cure for dementia: an independent report into an integrated approach to dementia drug development report, with a Strategy Report and an open letter. There is … Continue reading →
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Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020: £300m Government Funding Planned For Dementia Research (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary In the wake of the three-year Prime Minister’s “Dementia Challenge” (2012), David Cameron has announced the follow-up Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020. The plan is to further transform dementia research, dementia care and support. It is anticipated that … Continue reading →
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