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Tag Archives: Frailty Services
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)
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 →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), 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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Severe Mental Illnesses (SMI) Community Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty, Ageing Well: Frailty and Dementia, Anticipatory Care Planning and Integration, Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service, Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), Cambridgeshire Physical and Mental Health Services for Older People, Camden and Islington’s Home Treatment Team, Camden Frailty Hub, CGAs: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments, CHAT: Care Home Assessment Team, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Common Mental Illnesses, Community Mental Health Framework, Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults, Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Dementia Connect Service, Dementia Crisis Teams, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, DIS: Dementia and Intensive Support, Downshall Intergenerational Provision, Dr Dr Amanda Thompsell: Chair of Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Eastern Academic Health Science Network (EAHSN), EMIS: Egton Medical Information Systems, Enfield’s Care Home Assessment Team (CHAT), Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Framework, Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Model, Enhancing Support for Carers, Expanded Community MDTs, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry: 2016 Literature Review on Integration and Older Adults' Mental Health, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty and OPMH Research, Frailty Services, Gateshead Virtual Ward, GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale, Improved Care for Dementia and Delirium, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), Inappropriate Care Settings, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Integrated Care Systems, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Local Transformation Plans (LTPs): Improving Mental Health Care for Older People, Long Term Plan (LTP), Long Term Plan: Mental Health Commitments, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medichec, Medicine for Older People (MOP), Memory Problems and Dementia: Patient Information (RCP), Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Teams, Mental Health of Older Adults and Dementia Clinical Academic Group at SLaM, Mental Health Workforce, Mindwave Ventures, National Collaborating Central for Mental Health, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Long Term Plan (2019), NHS Long Term Plan: Living Longer Living Better Programme, NHS Long-Term Plan, NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan (NHS England 2019), NHS Mental Health: Implementation Plan For 2019/20 – 2023/24 (NHS England), NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG, North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT), North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Old Age Psychiatrists, Old Age Psychiatry, Older Adult Mental Health (OPMH), Older People’s and Adult Community (OPAC), Older People’s Mental Health Needs, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older People’s Mental Health Teams, OPMH: Older Adult Mental Health, Outpatient Older-Adult Liaison Psychiatry Services and Frailty (South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and King’s College Hospital), Patient Information, People Living With Frailty, Primary Care Networks, Provider Collaboratives (Formerly New Care Models), Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Inappropriate Stays in Hospital, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych): Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Saffron Ward: Stepping Hill Hospital, Severe Mental Illness (SMI), South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), Support for Carers, Support for Carers of People with Dementia, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: Enhanced Dementia Care Ward, Urgent Community Response and Recovery Support
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Respiratory Futures (NHS England / NHS Improvement / British Thoracic Society / BBC 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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, New Cross Hospital, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
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Tagged Air Pollution, Air Pollution in the UK, Asthma, Asthma UK, BBC Health News, Black Country and West Birmingham, Black Country and West Birmingham STP, Black Country Respiratory Clinical Leadership Group, Breathlessness, British Thoracic Society, BTS Models of Care Committee, Cannock, Cannock Chase CCG, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness (CRF), Chronic Disease and Frailty, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Chronic Smoking-Related Lung Disease, Cigarette Smoking, Collaborative Care Teams, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Collaborative Working in Local Communities for Benefit of Patients, Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Compton Care, COPD, COPD: Avoidable Admissions, CURE Project, Deaths From Asthma in England and Wales, Deprivation and Leading Causes of Death: Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Disinvestment, Disinvestment Decisions, Dr Helen Ward: Consultant in Respiratory and Acute Medicine at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Dr Justine Hadcroft: Consultant Respiratory Physician and Chair of BTS Models of Care Committee, Frailty, Frailty and Lung Disease, Frailty Services, Geographical Health Inequalities, Geographical Variations, Geographical Variations in Disease Risk, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Heavy Smoking, Home Oxygen, Home Oxygen Resources, Home Treatment Teams, IMPRESS Guide for Commissioners on Supportive and End of Life Care for People with COPD, IMPRESS: IMProving and Integrating RESpiratory Services in the NHS, Integrated Care Plans for Respiratory Disease, Integrated Care Teams, Integrated Respiratory Action Network Group for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Jacqui Seaton: Head of Medicines Management at NHS Telford And Wrekin CCG, Joan Manzie: Consultant Respiratory Nurse at Cannock Chase, Local Action on Health Inequalities, Local Health Services: Variations, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Local Variations, Lung Disease, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Specialist Teams, Multidisciplinary Teams, NACAP Secondary Care Audit, National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP), National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), National Paediatric Asthma Collaborative, New Care Models, New Models of Care, New Models of Care in Respiratory Disease, New Models of Care Programme, New Ways of Working, NHS England’s New Models of Care Programme, NHS England’s Rightcare Programme, NHS IQ Breathlessness Pilots, NHS New Care Models, NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, NHS Sustainability, NHS Telford And Wrekin CCG, Northumberland Tyne and Wear and North Durham STP, Northumberland Tyne and Wear STP Footprint, Palliative Care for Patients With End Stage Respiratory Disease: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Compton Care, Premature Mortality Rate for Respiratory Disease, Prevalence of COPD, Psychological Support for People with COPD and Respiratory Teams, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Forum, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Culture, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Variation, Regional Variations, Respiratory Diseases, Respiratory Disorders, Respiratory Futures, Respiratory Futures Forum, Respiratory Futures: Debate, Respiratory Futures: Features, Respiratory Futures: New Models of Care, Respiratory Futures: Programmes, Respiratory Futures: Respiratory News, Respiratory Teams, RightCare Plans, Rightcare Programme, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Sandwell, Smoked Tobacco, Smoking Cessation, Socio-Economic Drivers of Health Inequality, Strategic Disinvestment, Sustainability, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs), Taskforce for Lung Health, Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Smoking, UK Inhaler Group, Variation in Commissioning, Variations in Service, Walsall, Wolverhampton
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Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework (Skills for Health)
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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Listening, Adults at Risk of Harm, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), British Geriatric Society, Care and Support Planning, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Carers, Causes and Prevention of Frailty, Clinical Frailty Scale: the Rockwood Score, Co-Morbid Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Working, Commissioning for Older People, Common Problems of Frailty, Community-Based Care for People With Frailty, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Cumulative Deficit Frailty Model, Cumulative Deficit Model, Edmonton Frail Scale, Electronic Frailty Index, End of Life Care, Families and Carers, Families and Carers as Partners in Frailty Care, Frailty, Frailty Framework of Core Capabilities: Skills for Health, Frailty Index, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework, Frailty: Mapping to Other Frameworks, Gait (Walking) Speed Test, Health Coaching, HEE: Health Education England, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Assessments, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Needs Assessment, Identification of Frailty, Identifying People Living With Frailty, Identifying Vulnerable People, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Involvement of Families and Carers, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Medication Management, Multi-Morbidities, Multidisciplinary Care, Multidisciplinary Holistic Assessments, Multidisciplinary Teams, Multimorbidity, Older People At Home, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, Patient Activation, People Living With Frailty, Person-Centred Approaches in Healthcare, Personalised Care and Support Planning, Phenotype Model of Frailty, PRISMA 7 Questionnaire, Rockwood Score, Royal College of GPs, Shared Decision-Making, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Health, Skills for Health (SfH), Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, The Frailty Fulcrum, Time Up and Go (TUG) Test, Vulnerable Adults
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Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)
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 →
Posted in Age UK, Commissioning, 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, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Ageing, Active and Healthy Ageing, Age and Ageing, Age-Friendly Housing, Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Ageing Well and Supporting People Living With Frailty (NHS England), Ageing Well With Technology, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bladder Problems, Burden on Caregivers, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Admission Delay, Care in an Ageing Society, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers Strategy, Carers Trust, Carers UK Adviceline, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Benefits, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Caring into Later Life, Case Finding and Risk Stratification, Chief Fire Officers Association, Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA), Chief Fire Officers Association: Ageing Safely Strategy, Cognitive Impairment, Cold Homes, Collaboration, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Models of Delivery, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community Care Assessments, Community Response Intervention Teams, Community Risk Intervention, Community Risk Intervention Team (CRIT), Community Volunteering, Community-Based Services, Complex Needs, Consensus Statement on Improving Health and Wellbeing (2015), Consent to Share Information, Cooking Arrangements, Coping With Stress, Culture Change in Health and Care, Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Design Principles for Safe and Well Visits, Determinants of Health, Electronic Frailty Index, electronic Frailty Index (eFI), Emily Holzhausen: Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK, Falls Prevention, Falls Reduction, Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT), Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Feeling Under the Weather (Campaign), Fire and Rescue Service Delivering Home Modifications, Fire and Rescue Services (FRS), Fire and Rescue Services (FRS): Health Ambassadors, Fire and Rescue Services Act (2004), Fire and Rescue Services Checks on Older People, Fire and Rescue Services Checks on People With Long Term Health Conditions, Fire as a Health Asset: Consensus, Fire Safety Check Programmes, Fires, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty Identification and Frailty Care, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, FRS Volunteers, Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe), Greater Manchester FRS Community Risk Intervention Teams (CRITs), Guide to Healthy Ageing, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing Conference 2018 (India), Healthy Ageing in India, Healthy Caring Guide, Healthy Feet, Hearing, Hearing Loss, Hoarding, Home Adaptations, Home Modifications, Home Safety, Home Security, Hydration and Nutrition, Identification of Frailty, Identification of Frailty (Routine Screening), Identifying People Living With Frailty, Identifying Vulnerable People, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Improving Care for Older People (NHS England), Improving General Practice, Improving Lives of Carers, Improving Quality in General Practice, Improving the Quality of Care in General Practice, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, India, India (State of Odisha), Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Information Technology, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Keep Warm Keep Well, LGA: Local Government Association, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Links Between Mental Health and Fire Risk, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Authority: Beyond Fighting Fires, Local Health and Care Services, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long Term Health Conditions, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Maintaining Independence, Maintaining Relationships, Mental Health Needs of Carers, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mobile Technology, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multi-Morbidity, Needs of Carers, NHS England Risk Stratification Guidance, Older Community-Dwelling Adults, Older People At Home, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Opportunities to Treat Patients Without Hospital Admission, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Partnership(s) Between NHS and Fire Service, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, Patient Targeting and Risk Stratification, People Living With Frailty, Personalised Care and Support Planning Handbook, PHE: Public Health England, Portable Heaters and Open Fires, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Primary Care, Provision of Risk Appropriate Domestic Fire Detection and Warning, Public Health England (PHE), Recognising and Managing Frailty in Primary Care, Reducing Unplanned Hospitalisation, Regaining Independence, Rehospitalisations, Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Wellbeing, Risk of Nursing Home Admission, Risk Stratification, Social Media, Support for Carers, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Sustainable Caring, Targeted Screening, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, Treating Patients Without Hospital Admission, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospitalisation, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Infections, Use of Social Media, Vaccination Programmes, Visual Impairment, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary Sector, Warm Homes, Winter Friends
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Exploring Changing Terminological Usage in Frailty Research (PLoS One)
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 →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, Articulating the Concept of Frailty, Attitudes About Support to Prevent and Manage Frailty, Causes and Prevention of Frailty, Chronic Disease and Frailty, College of Nursing: Gachon University, Common Problems of Frailty, Community-Based Care for People With Frailty, Dementia Terminology, Department of Nursing: Gachon University, Determinants and Measurement of Frailty, Elderly Malnutrition, Frailty, Frailty Research, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, Frailty: Language and Perceptions, Gachon University, Geriatric Giants: Frailty Syndromes, Gerontology, Identification of Frailty, Identifying People Living With Frailty, Korea Health Technology R&D Project, Korean Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI, Language (Terminology), Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Mapping Knowledge Structure of Frailty, Ministry of Health and Welfare: Republic of Korea, Net Miner, People Living With Frailty, PLoS One, Pros and Cons of Frailty (Terminology), Red Cross College of Nursing: Chung-Ang University (Seoul), Republic of Korea, Text Network Analysis, Top Frailty Keywords: Trends
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Screening For Frailty: as Easy as eFI? (NHS England / Age and Ageing)
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 →
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, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation: University of Leeds, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care: Projections, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Bradford, British Geriatrics Society, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Admission Delay, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination: University of York, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Commissioning for Older People, Connected Bradford, Connected Health Cities, Count-Based Multimorbidity Measures, Cumulative Deficit Frailty Model, Cumulative Deficit Model, Deficits Contained in eFI Calculations, Disease Counts, Dr Martin Vernon: Consultant Geriatrician and Associate Head of Division for Medicine and Community Services for Central Manchester, Dr Martin Vernon: National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Care, Dr Martin Vernon: NCD for Older People and Integrated Person Centred Care, Dublin, Effectiveness Matters, Electronic Frailty Index, electronic Frailty Index (eFI), Electronic Health Records, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Faculty of Health Studies: University of Bradford, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty Identification and Frailty Care, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, Functional Decline, General Practice, General Practices, General Practitioners, GP Assessment, Guidance on Supporting Routine Frailty Identification and Frailty Care Through the GP Contract 2017/2018, Holistic Medical Reviews (Automated Electronic Heuristics), Holistic Medical Reviews by GPs, HRB Centre for Primary Care Research: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Identification of Frailty, Identification of Frailty (Routine Screening), Identifying People Living With Frailty, Identifying Vulnerable People, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Improving General Practice, Improving Quality in General Practice, Improving the Quality of Care in General Practice, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Independence at Home, Institute of Applied Health Research: University of Birmingham, Ireland, John Young: Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation at University of Leeds, Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Maintaining Independence, Medication Counts, Mortality in Older People, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing, Multimorbidity Measures, Older Community-Dwelling Adults, Older People At Home, Opportunities to Treat Patients Without Hospital Admission, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, People Living With Frailty, Point-of-Care Screening, Population Health Sciences Division: Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI), Preventable Hospital Admissions, Primary Care, Professor John Young, Professor John Young: Former National Clinical Director for Integration and Frail Elderly at NHS England, Rapid Screening, Recognising and Managing Frailty in Primary Care, Reducing Unplanned Hospitalisation, Rehospitalisations, ResearchOne (TPP Leeds West Yorkshire), ResearchOne Health and Care Database, ResearchOne Primary Care Database, Risk of Nursing Home Admission, Routine Primary Care Electronic Health Record Data, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI), RxRisk-V, Screening, Screening For Frailty, Screening Tests, Selected Conditions Counts, Shakespeare: Seven Ages of Man, Staying Independent, Supporting Older People Living With Frailty in the Community, Supporting People With Hospital Admissions, Supporting Vulnerable People, SystmOne (TPP Leeds West Yorkshire), SystmOne Electronic Health Record System, Targeted Screening, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, The Health Improvement Network (THIN) Databases, THIN Database, Toolkit for General Practice in Supporting Older People Living With Frailty (NHS England), TPP SystmOne Clinical System, Treating Patients Without Hospital Admission, University of Leeds, University of York, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospitalisation, Validation of electronic Frailty Index (eFI), Vulnerable Adults, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and Humber AHSN Improvement Academy
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Opening Statement From National Clinical Director for Integration and the Frail Elderly (NHS England)
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 →
Posted in Commissioning, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing and Dementia, Ageing in the Community, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Applications of Big Data, Big Data, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Collaborative Care, Community and Voluntary Sector, Complex Conditions, Data Sharing, Dementia Policy, Demographic Time-Bomb, DevoManc, Diagnostic Pathway Waste and Duplication, Dr Martin Vernon: British Geriatrics Society Champion for End of Life Care, Dr Martin Vernon: Consultant Geriatrician and Associate Head of Division for Medicine and Community Services for Central Manchester, Dr Martin Vernon: Former Associate Medical Director for NHS Manchester, Dr Martin Vernon: Hon. Research Fellow at Manchester University, Dr Martin Vernon: Hon. Senior Lecturer at Salford University, Dr Martin Vernon: National Clinical Director for Older People and Integrated Care, Dr Martin Vernon: NCD for Older People and Integrated Person Centred Care, Five Year Forward View, Frailty, Frailty Services, Geriatric Medicine, Government Policy, Greater Manchester, Health Policy, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Leveraging Big Data, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Manchester Medical School, New Care Models, New Care Models: Vanguard Sites, New Models of Care, New Models of Service, NHS Policy, Preventative Care, Professor John Young, Professor John Young: Former National Clinical Director for Integration and Frail Elderly at NHS England, Unnecessary Pathway Prolongation, Voluntary Sector and Ageing
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Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People’s Report (BBC News / NHS Confedertation)
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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Access to Health and Social Care Support, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration, Acute Care Services, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA), Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA) Programme, Advancing Quality Alliance’s (AQuA) Integrated Care Discovering Communities, Age UK in Cornwall, Age UK Pathfinders, Age-Related Disability, Ageing Population, Alternatives to A&E, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions Enhanced Service (ES), BBC Health News, Bed Occupancy, Befriending, Befriending Interventions, Befriending Schemes, Better Care Fund (BCF), Can-Do Attitude (Leadership), Care Closer to Home, Care Coordination and Navigation, Care Coordinators, Care Homes, Challenges of Urgent and Emergency Care, Clinical Leadership, Collaboration for 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The Frailty Fulcrum: A Multi-Dimensional Model for Understanding Issues in Frailty (NHS England / Fusion48)
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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Tagged Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Causes and Prevention of Frailty, Commissioning for Older People, Common Problems of Frailty, Dr Dawn Moody: Clinical Associate (Frailty and Complex Care) North Staffordshire CCG, Dr Dawn Moody: Clinical Director for Health Education England (East Midlands) Nottinghamshire Frailty Toolkit and Training Programme, Dr Dawn Moody: Director of Fusion48, Dr Dawn Moody: Frailty Lead for the West Midlands Primary Care Workforce and Improved Patient Access Plan, Everybody Knows This; I Wish I'd Thought of It (Simple But Revolutionary Insights / Models), Frailty, Frailty Services, Fusion48, Fusion48's Frailty Fulcrum, Geriatric Giants: Frailty Syndromes, Health Education England (East Midlands) Nottinghamshire Frailty Toolkit and Training Programme, Identifying Vulnerable People, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Older People At Home, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, People Living With Frailty, Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund Wave 2 Scheme (Shropshire Doctors Co-operative Ltd), Resilience and Vulnerability, Resilience to Dementia Disability and Frailty, Supporting Vulnerable People, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, The Frailty Fulcrum, Vulnerable Adults, West Midlands Primary Care Workforce and Improved Patient Access Plan
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Fit for Frailty Guidance: Part 1 and Part 2 (BGS)
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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Tagged Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation: University of Leeds, Adult Social Services, Assessment of Capacity, BGS, British Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Care and Support Plans (CSP), Causes and Prevention of Frailty, Causes and Prevention of Frailty: Deficit Model, Causes and Prevention of Frailty: Phenotype Model, Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), Commissioners of Services, Common Problems of Frailty, Complications Screening Program (CSP), Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Cumulative Deficit Model, Dementia Long-Term Services, Fit for Frailty Guidance (BGS), Fit for Frailty Project, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, General Practitioners, Geriatricians, GP Assessment, Groningen Frailty Indicator Questionnaire, Health Service Managers, Holistic Medical Reviews, Holistic Medical Reviews by GPs, Identifying People Living With Frailty, Immobility, Incontinence, John Young: Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation at University of Leeds, John Young: NHS England, Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medication Reviews, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), National Voices, Older People’s Mental Health Teams, People Living With Frailty, PRISMA 7 Questionnaire, Professor John Young, Professor John Young: Former National Clinical Director for Integration and Frail Elderly at NHS England, RCGP, Recognition and Diagnosis of Frailty, Reshaping Care for Older People, Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Self-Reported Health, Social Service Managers, Social Services, Susceptibility to Side-Effects of Medication, Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT Measures), Walking Speed (Gait Speed)
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