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Tag Archives: General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG)
Change of Focus: From Dementia Diagnosis Rates to Post-Diagnostic Support for People with Dementia (NHS England)
Summary Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, and Peter Bagshaw, Clinical Lead for Dementia at the South West Strategic Clinical Network, discuss the changing emphases of current concerns regarding the recording and management of dementia in primary care. A … 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
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Assessment and Treatment of Dementia in Older Adults (NICE Eyes on Evidence)
Summary A quick review of the latest evidence regarding the assessment and treatment of dementia in older adults. This systematic review indicates that brief cognitive assessment tools can adequately detect early dementia. Whether interventions for mild cognitive impairment or early dementia … Continue reading
Posted in Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors, Assessment and Treatment of Dementia in Older Adults, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Cognitive Impairment Test, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Screening, Dementia Screening Debate, Diagnosis Rates, Diagnosis Rates Ambition (UK), Donepezil, Early Screening, Eyes on Evidence (NICE), Galantamine, General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), GPCog (The General Practitioner assessment of Cognition), Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia, Memantine, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Health Check Programme, NICE Eyes on Evidence, NICE Pathway on Dementia, NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance: TA217, Rivastigmine, Screening for Dementia, Steve Iliffe: Professor of Primary Care for Older People; University College London, UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC)
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Canadian Survey of Brief Cognitive Screening Instruments (CAGP / CJG)
Summary This article presents the results of a Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (CAGP) survey into the brief cognitive screening instruments used for the assessment of dementia in Canada. The survey assessed the perceived characteristics and frequency of use of … Continue reading
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights
Tagged Alternating Sequences, Assessment and Diagnosis, Behavioural Neurology Assessment (BNA), Brief Cognitive Screening Instruments, Calgary (Canada), Canada, Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (CAGP), Canadian Geriatrics Journal: CGJ, Canadian Psychogeriatric Clinicians, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto), Clock Drawing Test (CDT), Cognitive Screening, Cognitive Screening Instruments, Cognitive Testing, Delayed Word Recall, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Department of Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences: Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Canada), Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Diagnosis of Dementia, General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), Geriatric Psychiatry, Go / No-Go Test, GPCog (The General Practitioner assessment of Cognition), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mini-Cog, Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE), MMSE, MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Pre-Dementia (MCI), Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS), Screening Tools for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), Similarities (Screening Tool), Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination: SMMSE, Test Your Memory (TYM), Toronto, Trail Making Test, University of Calgary, University of Toronto, Verbal Fluency (FAS Set Test), Verbal Fluency Test Category / Letters
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Accountability and Scrutiny in the New Structures (BMA Guidance)
Summary This discussion paper, produced jointly by the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) and the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS), explores the concepts of accountability and scrutiny in the new NHSstructures. GPs and Local Medical Committees (LMCs) are encouraged to ensure … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), Guidelines, National, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, BMA Guidance, Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS), CfPS: Centre for Public Scrutiny, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), Health and Wellbeing Boards, Inclusiveness, Local Medical Committees (LMCs), New Structures, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), Scrutiny, Transparency
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Cognitive Assessment of Older People (BMJ Clinical Review)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 3, October 2011]. Abstract This review article examines the cognitive assessment of older people (i.e. those aged over 65 years) with a view to … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Abbreviated Mental Test Score, Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, Cognitive Assessment, Confusion Assessment Method, Depression in Older People, General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), Mini-Mental State Examination, Professor John Young
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