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Tag Archives: Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England
Mental Health in General Hospitals: Patient Safety Improvement (NHS England / NCEPOD / NCCMH / NICE)
Summary This year’s National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) “Treat as one” report identifies a number of problems in the treatment of patients with mental health problems admitted to acute hospitals. Recommendations are supplied. Professor Tim Kendall, … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, A&E Psychiatric Patients, Access and Choice, Access to Mental Health Services, Achieving Better Access to 24/7 Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care, Achieving Better Access to 24/7 Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care (NCCMH), Achieving Better Access to 24/7 Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care: Part 1: Implementing the Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway for ‘Blue Light’ Services for All Ages, Achieving Better Access to 24/7 Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care: Part 2: Implementing the Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway for Liaison Mental Health Services for Adults, Achieving Better Access to 24/7 Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care: Part 3: Implementing the Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway for Community Mental Health Services for Adults, Achieving Better Access to 24/7 Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care: Part 4: Implementing the Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway for Mental Health Services for Children and Young People, Acute And Crisis Care, Acute Hospitals Liaison Mental Health Fund (NHS England), Acute Medicine, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Adult Mental Health: Common Mental Health Problems, Best Practice in Memory Services, Best Practice In Memory Services: Learning From Across England, Care Packages and Pathway Consortium (CCCP), Care Packages and Pathway Consortium (Resources Archive), Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning (Inpatient), Central Southern Commissioning Support Unit, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Children and Young People (CYP), Co-Morbid Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Common Mental Health Problems (CMHP), Communication and Information Sharing, Core 24, Crisis and Acute Care for Adults, Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Data Sharing, Delays in Liaison Psychiatry Review, Delivering Parity of Esteem, Delivery of Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England: Learning from Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Dementia Profile: PHE Fingertips Tool, Discharge and Death, Discharge Decisions, Discharge Planning, Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP), Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Eating Disorder (ED), Eating Disorder Guidance, EBTP Clock Starts, EBTP Clock Stops, EBTP Standards, Education and Training, Emergency Department Psychiatric Service (EDPS) at Oxford, Emergency Department Referral to Liaison Psychiatry, Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway for Urgent and Emergency Liaison Mental Health Services, Evidence-Based Treatment Pathways (EBTPs), Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Hospital Discharge Delays, Hospital-Based Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Mental Health Practitioners, IAPT Workforce Census Report (2015), IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Implementing the Mental Health Forward View, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Coding, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Information Sharing, Information Sharing Between Trusts, Information Sharing by Mental Health Services, Information Sharing: Care Plans, Integrated Care Pathway in North West London, Integrating Mental and Physical Healthcare, Integration of Primary Community and Secondary Healthcare, Investment in Mental Health, Joint Commissioning Panel (JCPMH), Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Mental Health Teams, Liaison Psychiatry, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical and Surgical Clinical Outcome Review Programme into Medical and Surgical Care, Mental and Physical Health, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Access and Waiting Times Standards, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Mental Health in General Hospitals, Mental Health in General Hospitals: Treat as One (2017), Mental Health Liaison Services in Emergency Departments and Inpatient Wards, Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Professionals in Emergency Departments, Mental Health Service Budgets, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services in Accident and Emergency Units, Mental Health Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Models of Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis: Indicative Cost Review, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multidisciplinary Care, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH), National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD), NHS England’s Acute Hospital Liaison Mental Health Fund, NHS England’s Resource Collection on Mental Health Commissioning: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), NHS England’s Resource Collection on 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Timely Reflections on Dementia Awareness (NHS England / UKMi)
Summary Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, marks National Dementia Awareness Week. Full Text Link Reference Great strides are being made in dementia awareness – Professor Alistair Burns. London: NHS England, May 20th 2016. Further elaboration, … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Alistair Burns, Alistair Burns: Honorary Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist in the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust (MMHSCT), Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns: Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at University of Manchester, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Care Planning, Delays in Diagnosis of Dementia, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week (2016), Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis of Dementia, Early Diagnosis, Living Well with Dementia, medeConnect, Myth-Busting, Myths and Misconceptions About Dementia, National Dementia Awareness Week, National Dementia Helpline, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Reasons For Delays in Diagnosis of Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Southampton Medicines Advice Service, Staying Healthy for Longer, Stigma-Free Environments, Thinking Ahead: Dementia Awareness Week (Theme Revamped For 2016), Timely Diagnosis, UK Medicines Information (UKMi), UKMi, YouGov Plc
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Confronting Reasons Behind Delays in Diagnosis of Dementia (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary There is a common self-fulfilling misconception that “Life ends when dementia begins”. A survey of GPs concerning patients suspecting / fearing that they could have dementia, conducted by the Alzheimer’s Society, reveals that more than half of such people … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, BBC Health News, BBC Living With Dementia, Care Planning, Delays in Diagnosis of Dementia, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week (2016), Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis of Dementia, Early Diagnosis, Living Well with Dementia, Living With Dementia Season of BBC Radio Television and Digital Content: Angela Rippon - The Truth About Dementia, Living With Dementia Season of BBC Radio Television and Digital Content: Curing Alzheimer's (Horizon: BBC Two), Living With Dementia Season of BBC Radio Television and Digital Content: Dennis Skinner Versus Dementia, Living With Dementia Season of BBC Radio Television and Digital Content: Dennis Skinner vs Dementia (BBC Radio Two), Living With Dementia Season of BBC Radio Television and Digital Content: RemArc: Reminiscence Archive, Living With Dementia Season of BBC Radio Television and Digital Content: RemArc: Reminiscence Resources, Living With Dementia Season of BBC Radio Television and Digital Content: Suppose I Lose It Update (Joan Bakewell), Living With Dementia: Season of BBC Radio Television and Digital Content, medeConnect, Myth-Busting, Myths and Misconceptions About Dementia, National Dementia Helpline, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Reasons For Delays in Diagnosis of Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Scale of Dementia (Statistics), Staying Healthy for Longer, Staying Independent, Stigma of Dementia, Timely Diagnosis, YouGov Plc
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Suppose I Lose It: An Update by Joan Bakewell (BBC Radio 4)
Summary Joan Bakewell, today on BBC Radio 4, explored the subject of dementia, how dementia affects people and their families, the importance of early diagnosis, various aspects of person-centered care, the services available post-diagnosis, and the importance of dementia-friendly communities. … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advance Care Planning, Advance Planning, Advance Statements and Decisions, Advice and Information, Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Age-Related Memory Loss, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, Awareness and Understanding, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Four, Carer's Experience of Dementia, Challenge on Dementia, Cognitive Exercises, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Communication and Information, Coping with Memory Loss, Crawley Dementia Action Alliance, Crawley Dementia Alliance, Crawley Forward Thinking, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Experiences, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Sufferers, Dementia Sufferers (Alzheimer's Society), Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Early Diagnosis, Family and Caregiver Experiences, Family and Carers, Family Carers, Forgetfulness, G8 Dementia Summit, Improving Patient Experience, Information About Services, Information and Advice Services, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Joan Bakewell (BBC Radio 4, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lived Experience, Living Well After Diagnosis, Living Well with Dementia, Memory Aids, Memory and Support Services, Memory Assessment Services, Memory Clinics, Memory Lapses, Memory Loss, Memory Problems, Mild Memory Problems, Moderate Exercise, Occupational Therapy, Older Carers, Physical Care in Dementia, Physical Exercise, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Power of Attorney, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Rowan Harwood, Professor Sube Banerjee, Prunella Scales, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Reducing Stigma, Rehabilitation in Dementia, Staying Healthy for Longer, Staying Independent, Stigma of Dementia, Stigma-Free Environments, Sube Banerjee: Centre for Dementia Studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Suppose I Lose It: Joan Bakewell, Timely Diagnosis, Timothy West
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Change of Focus: From Dementia Diagnosis Rates to Post-Diagnostic Support for People with Dementia (NHS England)
Summary Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, and Peter Bagshaw, Clinical Lead for Dementia at the South West Strategic Clinical Network, discuss the changing emphases of current concerns regarding the recording and management of dementia in primary care. A … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
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New Dementia Diagnosis Data Collection Requirements for GPs (HSCIC)
Summary Data on dementia diagnoses is collected to support the National Dementia Strategy. The aim of improving diagnosis rates was specified in the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge and the NHS Mandate. The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
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Tagged Age and Gender Differences in Diagnosis Rates, Burden Advice and Assessment Service (BAAS), Burden of Data Collection, Bureaucracy and Burnout, Case Finding, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Data Collection, Data Collection and Measurement, Data Collections Burden Reduction Service (DCBR), Data Collections: National Governance, Data Extraction, Data Extraction and Linkage, Data Extracts, Data Sharing, Dementia Care Workload, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Statistics, Dementia Statistics: By Age and Gender, Detailed Burden Assessment (DBA), Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis at Primary Care Level, Differential Impact of Dementia (Gender-Related), Early Diagnosis, Gender (Sex), Gender and Inequalities in Health in Later Life, Gender Differences in Diagnosis Rates, General Practice, General Practice in England, General Practice Performance Data, GP Data Extraction, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HSCIC Burden Advice and Assessment Service (BAAS), Identification and Referral, Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Incentive Payments, NHS Mandate, Performance Incentives, Performance Targets, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality Outcomes Framework: Recorded Dementia Diagnoses, Recorded Dementia Diagnoses, Recorded Dementia Diagnoses (at Primary Care Level), Reduction in Bureaucracy, Referral and Assessment, Standardisation Committee for Care Information (SCCI), Target Culture, Target-Driven Behaviour, Timely Diagnosis, Workload in General Practice
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Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society’s fourth annual report exploring the quality of life for people with dementia (and their families and carers) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is entitled “Dementia 2015: Aiming higher to transform lives is in England”. This … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged 2015 General Election Dementia Manifesto (All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia), Active Lifestyle, Addressing Dementia: The OECD Response (2015), All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Manifesto for 2015 General Election, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Alzheimer's Society Policy Reports: Dementia 20xx Series, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers, Alzheimer’s Society National Dementia Helpline, Alzheimer’s Society Public Policy Team, Alzheimer’s Society’s Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Network, Alzheimer’s Society’s Supporting Diagnosis Project, APPG on Dementia, APPG on Dementia Manifesto 2015, Asda, Assessment of Quality of Life, Attributable Cost of Dementia, Aviva, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Balancing Risk and Choice, Barbara Pointon’s Web of Care, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Burden of Dementia (Statistics), Care and Support, Care and Support Services, Care Homes, Caregiver Support, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Information and Support Programme, Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Carer Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Central Lancashire’s Pathway of Post-Diagnostic Support Services, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Support Services, Community Support, Community Support Services, Cracks in the Pathway (CQC), Crawley Dementia Alliance, Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report, Dementia 2015: Aiming Higher to Transform Lives, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adviser Service, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Swimming Project: Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Research: UK Impact, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Health and Care Settings, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Workplaces, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Referral, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, EasyJet, Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Forget Me Not Dementia Unit (Warrington Hospital), G8 Summit, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing, Health Care Support Received by People with Mental Health Problems, Health Commissioners, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Lifestyles, Home Retail Group (Argos and Homebase), Impact of Dementia (Statistics), Improving Dementia Education and Awareness, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Inadequate Homecare Training, Increasing Wellbeing, Integrated Services in Tower Hamlets, Involvement and Participation, John's Campaign, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Lloyds Banking Group, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Marks and Spencer, National Dementia Helpline, New Models of Care, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s New Models of Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Over-Complexity, Participation in Research, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Dementia Study, Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Dementia, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Public Health England, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Life, Quality of Life (Carers), Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Complexity, Reducing Social Isolation: Side by Side, Right to Know Campaign, Risk Management, Risk Management Assessment, Risk Stratification, Social Isolation, St Gregory’s High School (Warrington), Support for New Models of Care (New Deal), Support Services, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Supreme Court Judgment (March 2015) on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Swimming With Dementia, Systems Complexity, Tower Hamlets, Web of Care, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, World Dementia Council
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Care Homes: Improvements Required to Meet CQC Standards and Dementia Recognition / Diagnosis Goals (BBC News / BBC 5 Live / NHS England)
Summary An online examination of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection records from almost 10,000 care homes, performed by BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates and LaingBuisson (healthcare analysts), suggests that around 20% of care homes for older people in England failed … Continue reading →
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Suppose I Lose It: An investigation by Joan Bakewell (BBC Radio 4)
Summary Joan Bakewell, tonight on BBC Radio 4, explores the topic of dementia, how dementia affects people and their families, the importance of early diagnosis, the services available post-diagnosis, and the broader importance of dementia-friendly communities. Read and hear more (following broadcast tonight): BBC Radio … Continue reading →
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Brief Notes on Dementia Diagnosis (NHS England)
Summary A further brief note on dementia diagnosis and post-diagnostic support, from Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia at NHS England. Full Text Link Reference Diagnosing dementia: any appropriately skilled clinician can make the diagnosis and brain scanning not … Continue reading →
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