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A Brief Review of How the COVID-19 Pandemic Relates to Elderly Care and Research (JGCR)

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A brief literature review examines publications relating to the elderly population arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Themes, and possible areas for further research, are identified. Full Text Link Reference Tripathy, S. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic and the elderly patient: … Continue reading →

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Further Press Releases and Documents Relating to the 2016 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (Alzheimer’s Association International Conference)

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A list of press-releases is available relating to some of the main presentations at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, held in Toronto last week. Full Text Link Reference Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2016. List of Press Releases. [Toronto. Online]: … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), 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, Statistics, Universal Interest | Tagged 2016 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2016), ADAPT-FS Research Group, Alzheimer Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT), Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT), Alzheimer's Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial and its Follow-up Study (ADAPT-FS), Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Association AAIC Press Office, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2016, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Milestones (United States), Alzheimer’s Disease Research in Ibero America, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Australian Reduction in Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia Care, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Hospitalizations of People With Alzheimer’s Disease: Cost to Medicare (USA), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Beta-Amyloid PET Imaging, Canadian Research: Advances in Dementia Care, Celecoxib, Celecoxib (Selective COX-2 Inhibitor), Centro de Investigatición y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementia-Related Misdiagnosis, Dementia-Related Misdiagnosis (Male), Disclosure, Disclosure of Risk Marker Status, Disclosure Protocols for Disclosing APOE Genotype for Risk of Dementia, Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease in Ibero America, Estudio Nacional de Salud y Envejecimiento en México (ENASEM), Ethical Challenges in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease Studies and Trials, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics, Ethics and Consent, Eye Tests for Detection of Memory Decline and Dementia, Flanders-Belgian Patient Group, Formal Education and Complex Work (Cognitive Reserve), French Three-City Study, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), Genome-Wide Association Studies, Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotyping, Ibero America, International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP), Latin America, Low Testosterone and Risk of Dementia, Men Receiving Dementia-Related Misdiagnoses More Than Women, Mild Behavioral Impairment (MBI), Milestones for Care and Support in U.S. National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease, Naproxen, Naproxen (Nonselective Cyclooxygenase [COX] Inhibitor), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS), NSAIDS: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, p.R47H rs75932628 in TREM2 (Encoding the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 Gene on Chromosome 6p21), Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Biomarkers and Dementia, Preclinical Indicators and Dementia, Preclinical Indicators in Alzheimer's Disease, Reduction of Systematic Sedation in Dementia Care, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Risk Prevention, Risk Reduction, Risk Reduction (Formerly Termed Prevention by WDC), SABE (Salud Bienestar y Envejecimiento), Single SNP Associations in Flanders-Belgian AD Cohort, Smell and Eye Tests for Detection of Memory Decline and Dementia, Smell Tests For Detection of Memory Decline and Dementia, SNP rs75932628, Stopping Systemic Sedation, Systemic Sedation, Tau Pathogenesis, Tau Therapeutic Strategies, Testosterone Depletion and Increased Risk of Dementia, Three-City Study, Treating People with Alzheimer’s Disease Increases Survival and Reduces Cost of Care (vs. Non-Treatment), TREM2 R47H as a Risk Factor, USA National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Care Intervention To Prevent Dementia | Leave a comment

Education and Training Framework Maps Dementia Core Skills (Skills for Health / HEE / Skills for Care)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Last month, Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care issued a comprehensive resource to support the education, training and workforce development needs of persons who work with people living with dementia and their carers. This “Dementia … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers in England, Advance Care Planning, Care Act 2014, Care and Communication, Care Certificate Standards, Care Quality, Care South West Peninsula (NIHR PenCLAHRC), Care Staff Education, Caregiver-Patient Communication, Christina Pond: Executive Director at Skills for Health, Colin Wright: Skills Framework Manager at Skills for Health, Collaboration, Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia, Common Induction Standards for Support Workers, Communication Interaction and Behaviour in Dementia Care, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Core and Common Competences for Support Workers, Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Curriculum for UK Dementia Education, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Care, Dementia Core Skills: Education and Training Framework (HEE), Dementia Education and Training, Dementia Education Principles and Standards, Dementia Education Standards and Principles (HEE), Dementia Education: Empirical Development of Curricula Standards and Criteria to Support Dementia Education, Dementia Identification, Dementia Identification Assessment and Diagnosis, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dr Olga Koslowska: University of Wolverhampton, Education and Training, Education and Training of Registered Nurses and Care Assistants, Education and Training Progression, Educational and Clinical Supervision, Educational Relevance of Dementia Training, End of Life Dementia Care, Equality Diversity and Inclusion in Dementia Care, Ethics, Families and Carers as Partners in Dementia Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Wellbeing in Dementia Care, Health Education, Health Education South West, Health Technical Competences for Support Workers, Healthcare Support Workers, HEDN Curriculum for UK Dementia Education, HEE: Health Education England, HEE’s Investment in Dementia Education and Training, Higher Education for Dementia Network (HEDN), Improving Dementia Care, Indicative Mappings: National Standards or Frameworks, John Rogers: Chief Executive of Skills for Health, Knowledge Skills and Attitudes (Staff), Law Ethics and Safeguarding in Dementia Care, Leadership in Transforming Dementia Care, Learning and Development for Social Care Workers Supporting People with Dementia, Lisa Bayliss-Pratt: Director of Nursing at Health Education England, Living Well With Dementia and Promoting Independence, London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network, Mental Capacity Act 2005, National Occupational Standards (NOS), NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Nurse Education, Nursing Education, PenCLAHRC, Person-Centred Dementia Care, Person-Centred Dementia Care and Support, Pharmacological Interventions in Dementia Care, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Professor David Sallah: Clinical Lead for Mental Health Workforce at Health Education England, Recognition, Regulated Qualifications Framework, Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Dementia Care, Sharon Allen: Chief Executive of Skills for Care, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Care Qualifications, Skills for Care Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), Skills for Care’s Workforce Capacity Planning Guidance, Skills for Health, Skills for Health (SfH), Social Care, Social Care Technical Competences for Support Workers, Social Care Workers: Skills for Supporting People with Dementia, Social Care Workforce, Standardisation in Dementia Education and Training, Supporting Dementia Workers, Supporting People with Dementia (Common Core Principles), Training the Social Care and Health Workforce, UK Core Skills Training Framework, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Conflicts of Interest in Dementia Diagnosis Incentive Payments? (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Family doctors in England are to be paid £55 for each diagnosis of dementia, NHS England has decided. This ruling is broadly compatible with the national dementia strategy and the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, whereby NHS England is … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous International Care of the Elderly-Related Guidelines

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

James, PA. Oparil, S. [and] Carter, BL. [et al] (2014). 2014 evidence-based guideline for the management of high blood pressure in adults: report from the panel members appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8). JAMA. February 5th 2014; … Continue reading →

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Essential Reading List: Priority-Setting (NHS Right Care)

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS Right Care has released an essential reading list on the subject of priority-setting and prioritisation in healthcare. Full Text Link Reference Pearce-Smith, N. [and] Gray, M. (2014). Priority-setting / prioritisation: a reading list produced by NHS Right Care. … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, Quick Insights | Tagged Best Use of Resources, Cost Savings, Decommissioning, Decommissioning Services, Disinvestment, Efficiency Savings, Essential Reading Lists, Ethics, Hardnosed Reviews (Value For Money), Misaligned Resource Allocation, NHS Efficiency Savings, NHS Resource Allocation, NHS Right Care, Prioritisation, Priority-Setting, Rationing, Resource Allocation, Value for Money (VfM), Wrong Priorities | Leave a comment

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