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Ageing Well and Older People’s Mental Health: Guidance on Implementing the NHS Long Term Plan (Royal College of Psychiatrists, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry)

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Royal College of Psychiatrists has issued guidance to help local areas organise specialist mental health services for older people, involving old age psychiatrists. Various aspects of older adults’ mental health are mapped to themes in the NHS Long … Continue reading →

Respiratory Futures (NHS England / NHS Improvement / British Thoracic Society / BBC News)

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Respiratory Futures is an online hub, developed by NHS England, NHS Improvement and the British Thoracic Society, which provides an interactive regional map of integrated care plans for respiratory disease. There are also case studies, video interviews, links to … Continue reading →

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Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework (Skills for Health)

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Skills for Health have produced the Frailty Core Capabilities Framework. This framework was commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, and aims to formalise the skills to provide high quality, holistic, compassionate care and support for persons with … Continue reading →

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Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The guide to Improving Care for Older People, developed by NHS England in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, is actually a collection of resources (some dating back several years). This collection … Continue reading →

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Exploring Changing Terminological Usage in Frailty Research (PLoS One)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent review used textual analysis to investigate changes in the patterns of keywords found in frailty research publications over four decades. Full Text Link Reference Kim, Y. [and] Jang, SN. (2018). Mapping the knowledge structure of frailty in … Continue reading →

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Screening For Frailty: as Easy as eFI? (NHS England / Age and Ageing)

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “electronic Frailty Index (eFI)” is discussed, by NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People and Person Centred Integrated Care, as a validated tool which might assist in the proactive identification, diagnosis and management of frailty. Potentially, the … Continue reading →

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Opening Statement From National Clinical Director for Integration and the Frail Elderly (NHS England)

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England’s new National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Care has released an initial statement of intent concerning future directions in national ageing policy and NHS commissioning. “As the new NCD for Older People I intend to pursue all available … Continue reading →

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Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People’s Report (BBC News / NHS Confedertation)

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

Summary The NHS Confederation’s Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People has provided further evidence that many persons aged over-65 are admitted to hospitals via accident and emergency (A&E) unnecessarily, usually with relatively poor outcomes and incurring higher costs … Continue reading →

The Frailty Fulcrum: A Multi-Dimensional Model for Understanding Issues in Frailty (NHS England / Fusion48)

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Frailty Fulcrum” provides an animated model to help conceptualise, and balance, the main shifting factors – both positive and negative – potentially at play in frailty. It was developed by Fusion48. The main influencing factors are considered to … Continue reading →

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Fit for Frailty Guidance: Part 1 and Part 2 (BGS)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has issued guidance on the care of frail older people in community and outpatient settings. Their “Fit for Frailty” guidance emerged from workshop meetings in June 2014. Part 1 supplies advice in the form … Continue reading →

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