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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 →

Potential Harms From Polypharmacy in the Elderly (BBC News / Age UK / EJCP / Bazian / Lancet Psychiatry)

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An Age UK report investigates the potential harms of over-prescribing medicines for older people. Older persons often remain on too many prescribed medicines, putting them at risk of side-effects, potentially resulting in falls and other forms of serious harm. … Continue reading →

Reducing Hospital Admissions From Care Homes (Health Foundation / PCC)

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

Summary A Health Foundation report indicates that perhaps over 40% of emergency hospital admissions on the part of permanent care home residents aged ≥65 years could have been avoided with better preventive primary care, community support / NHS care in care … Continue reading →

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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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The Community Ageing Research 75+ [CARE 75+] Study (BMJ Open)

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Community Ageing Research 75+ Study (CARE75+)” is collecting a range of health, social and economic data regarding health and wellbeing of older people, frailty, independence and quality of life in older age. This research will combine epidemiological research … 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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The Hospital Frailty Risk Score: a Simpler Method of Screening for Frailty and Patients at Greater Risk (Lancet)

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Hospital Frailty Risk Score is a risk score designed for the identification of older people at risk of harm or adverse outcomes in hospitals. It is based on standard diagnostic codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases … Continue reading →

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