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Tag Archives: Demographics
Review of Factors Influencing Carers’ Quality of Life (Alzheimer’s and Dementia)
Summary A review of literature on the factors likely to influence the quality of life for family carers of people with dementia discovered ten broad themes: Demographics. Carer-Patient Relationship(s). Dementia Characteristics. Demands of Caring. Carer Health. Carer Emotional Well-Being. Support … Continue reading
Posted in 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Practical Support With Caring, Adult Carers in England: Quality of Life, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Asia, Australia, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Building Carer Friendly Communities, Burden on Caregivers, Care and Support Services: Choice and Control, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Support, Caregiver’s Level of Coping, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Anxiety, Carer Assessment, Carer Awareness, Carer Demographics, Carer Depression, Carer Emotional Well-Being, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Friendly Employers, Carer Friendly NHS, Carer Friendly Policies, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Friendly Workplaces, Carer Health, Carer Independence, Carer Isolation, Carer Quality of Life, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Emotional Well-Being, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Health, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Independence, Carer Quality of Life: Carer Self-Efficacy, Carer Quality of Life: Carer-Patient Relationship(s), Carer Quality of Life: Demands of Caring, Carer Quality of Life: Dementia Characteristics, Carer Quality of Life: Demographics, Carer Quality of Life: Future Orientation, Carer Quality of Life: Support Received, Carer Self-Efficacy, Carer Stress, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer-Patient Relationship(s), Carer’s Perspective, Carers, Carers and Families, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Breaks, Carers’ Experiences of Carer’s Assessments, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Caring and Family Finances Inquiry, Centre for Dementia Studies: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Combining Work and Care, Commissioning for Carers Principles, Costs of Caring, Demands of Caring, Dementia Care: Unpaid Care Contribution, Dementia Characteristics, Demographics, Department of Social Policy: London School of Economics, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, European Countries, Experiences, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Financial Issues, Future Orientation, Health Sciences: University of Southampton, Impact of Caring on Ability to Work, Impact of Caring on Carers, Impact of Caring on Carers’ Health, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Information and Advice, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Juggling Work and Care, Kings College London, Lived Experience Advisory Panel: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, London School of Economics Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience: King's College London, Maintaining Relationship, Needs of Carers, North America, Older Carers, Older Carers Awareness, Personal Finances, Poverty, Principles Behind Commissioning for Carers, Professor Sube Banerjee, Quality of Life of Carers, Quality of Life Research, School of Psychology: University of Kent, South America, Spousal Caregivers (SCs), Spouses of Dementia Sufferers, Sube Banerjee: Centre for Dementia Studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Support for Carers, Support for Carers (Hospital Discharge), Support Received, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sustainable Caring, Systematic Review, Typology of Spouse Caregivers, University College London, University of Kent, University of Southampton, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Value of Unpaid Care, Valuing Carers, Views of Informal Carers, Worry About the Future, Zarit Carer Burden Inventory
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Elderly Major Trauma Patients: Guidelines (London Major Trauma System / Emergency Medicine Journal)
Summary The 11.5 million people aged 65 and older is the fastest growing age group in the UK They comprise 18% of the population today, and this figure is projected to rise to 25% of the population by 2040. According … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged British Orthopaedic Association Standards for Trauma (BOAST), Demographics, Derriford Hospital (Plymouth), Elderly Major Trauma Patients, Elderly Trauma, Emergency Department Screening Tool For Elderly Trauma, Emergency Medicine Journal, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, London Major Trauma System, London Operational Delivery Networks: Trauma ODNs, London Trauma System, Major Trauma Centres (MTCs), Management of Delirium in Elderly Trauma Patients, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Teamwork, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs), Pan London Elderly Trauma Group, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England’s Director of Acute Care, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Research & Academia): Medical Directorate (Birmingham), Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN), Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN): University of Manchester, Trauma Quality Improvement Network System (TQuINS), Trauma Units (TUs), UK Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, UK Centre for Clinical Trials and Population Studies: Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Manchester
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Proportion of People Over 65 Developing Dementia in the USA Decreasing Slightly (BBC News / JAMA Internal Medicine)
Summary Research in the United States indicates that the proportion of elderly people (aged over 65) with dementia has declined from 11.6% in 2000 to 8.8% in 2012. Previously expected future growth rates for the burden of dementia may not … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Aging, Aging Demographics and Memory Study (ADAMS), Andrus Gerontology Center: University of Southern California, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research (Michigan), BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Brain Protection, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, Dementia Epidemic, Dementia Prevalence, Demographics, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology and Stroke Program: University of Michigan, Departments of Medicine and Health Services: University of Washington, Diabetes, Educational Attainment, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Framingham Heart Study, Global Prevalence of Dementia, Group Health Research Institute: University of Washington, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research: University of Michigan, JAMA Internal Medicine, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Obesity, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia in the United States, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Risk Factors, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS), United States, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Southern California, University of Washington, USA
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Characteristics of Persons With Suspected Dementia Who Refuse a Diagnostic Assessment (Alzheimer’s and Dementia)
Summary A study investigated the traits and characteristics of patients who screened positive for dementia (in a USA primary care context) but who refused a formal a diagnostic assessment. The Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care (PRISM-PC) … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis Assessment and Disease Monitoring (Journal), Case Finding, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Community Screening Instrument for Dementia (CSI-D), Cultural Perceptions, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Dementia Screening Debate, Demographics, Demography, Department of Biostatistics: Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management: Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Department of Medicine: Indiana University School of Medicine, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis at Primary Care Level, Healthy Aging Brain Center (HABC) at Eskenazi Health, Identification and Referral, Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Independence and Relationships, Independence Choice and Risk, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indiana University Practice Based Research Network (IU-PBRN), Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care, Living Alone, Living Alone with Dementia, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Isolation, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Misperceptions, Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Dementia, MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination, Patient Perceptions of Dementia Assessment, Patient Perceptions of Dementia Screening, Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care (PRISM-PC) Questionnaire, Primary Care, Reasons for Refusal of Diagnostic Assessment for Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Referral and Assessment, Rural Older Adult Memory Study (ROAM), Screening for Dementia, skenazi Health (Indianapolis), Social Isolation, Stigma, Stigma of Dementia, Stigma-Free Environments, Timely Diagnosis, United States, USA
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Health Inequalities, Social Inequality and Inequalities in Life Expectancy: Recent History and Policy Implications (King’s Fund)
Summary It has been known for some time that persons living in neighbourhood areas with higher levels of income deprivation have statistically lower life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy. This relationship has become known as the “Marmot curve”. This report … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Absolute or Relative Deprivation, Access to Work, Accessible Countryside, Accessible Natural Greenspace Standard (ANGSt), Accessible Sport and Play, Active and Safe Travel, Active England Programme, Activity Agreement and Entry to Learning Pilots, Activity Agreement Pilots, Adult Education in Gloucestershire (AdEd), Adult Learning Services, Affluence and Health Inequalities, Affluent Areas in England, Affordable Warmth Access Referral Mechanism, Affordable Warmth Access Referral Mechanism in Greater Manchester, Ageing Policy in the UK, Alcohol, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Area Deprivation, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, Community Health Profiles, Demographics, Demography, Deprivation indices, Devo Manc Area, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Family of Marmot Curves 1999–2003, Glasgow Effect, Government Policy, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Equity, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and the Living Wage, Health Inequalities in Childhood, Health Inequalities in England, Health Inequalities Intervention Toolkit, Health Inequalities Intervention Toolkit (London Health Observatory), Health Policy, Health Work and Well-being, Home to School Transition, Housing and Mental Health, Housing and Public Health, Improving Access to Green Spaces, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Local Public Health, Improving Workplace Health, Income Inequality and Health, Incomes and Poverty, Increasing Employment Opportunities, Inequalities in Infant Mortality, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Living Wage and Health Inequalities, Local Action on Health Inequalities, Local Action on Health Inequalities Series, Local Action on Reducing Health Inequalities, Local Authorities, Local Authority-Based Public Health Teams (LAPH), Local Community, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Policy, Local Green Spaces, Local Groups, Local Plans and Growth Plans, Local Populations, Local Public Health, Local Public Health Services, Local Public Health Specialists, Local Public Health System Functions, Low Income and Health Inequalities, Making Better Decisions on Public Health Spending, Making the Case for Public Health Interventions (King's Fund), Marmot Curve, Marmot Principles, Marmot Review, Measures of Inequality, Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs), Minimum Income Standard (MIS), Modifiable Risk Factors, MSOA-Level Data, Policy Development, Return on Investment From Public Health Interventions, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), Smoking, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Economic and Environmental Determinant, Social Epidemiology, Social Gradient in Life Expectancy, Social Inequality, Social Inequality and Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Social Patterning of Health over the Lifecourse, Social Return on Investment (SROI), State of Child Health (RCPCH 2017)
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