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Tag Archives: Informed Decision-Making
Review of Tube Feeding in Advanced Dementia (Journal of Aging Research)
Summary A narrative literature review has investigated tube feeding in persons with advanced dementia, offering a comprehensive and unbiased attempt to achieve a balanced assessment of the perceived benefits and common disadvantages of such interventons, in broad terms of quality … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abdominal Discomfort, American Geriatrics Society (AGS), Anticipatory Decision-Making, Artificial Nutrition in Dementia, Aspiration Pneumonia, Benefit-Harm Ratio of Tube Feeding in People with Advanced Dementia, Best Interests Decision-Making, Burdens of Tube Feeding in People with Advanced Dementia, Colonic Fistulae, Community Haywood Hospital (Stoke-on-Trent), Constipation, Costs of Tube Feeding, Decision-Making at End of Life, Decision-Making Capacity, Dementia Disease Progression, Diarrhoea, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Eating in Advanced Dementia, Eating Problems in Advanced Dementia, Electrolyte Imbalance and Fluid Retention, Enteral Tube Feeding, Feeding Tube Placement in Advanced Dementia, Infection Risk, Informed Decision-Making, Journal of Aging Research, Literature Reviews, Local Pain and Bleeding, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Meetings, Multidisciplinary Teams, Nasogastric and Gastrostomy Tubes, Nasogatric Tube Feeding, Nutrition and Survival Benefits of Tube Feeding in Advanced Dementia, Oral Health-Related Problems, Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Perceived Benefits of Tube Feeding in Advanced Dementia Individuals, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG), Peristomal Wound Leakage, Poor Oral Intake in Patients With Advanced Dementia, Pressure Sores, Proxy Decision Making, Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy (RIG) Tube Feeding, Refeeding Syndrome, Reported Benefits of Tube Feeding in Advanced Dementia Individuals, Royal Stoke University Hospital (Previously City General), Sepsis From Abdominal Abscesses, Shared Decision-Making, Supporting Decision-Making, Surrogate Decision-Making, Survival Rates, Systematic Literature Reviews, Tube Feeding, Tube Feeding in Advanced Dementia, Tube Feeding in Advanced Dementia Versus Other Diseases, Tube Feeding Versus Oral Feeding, Tube Feeding: Cost-Effectiveness Studies, Tube Leaks or Blockages, William Harvey Hospital (Ashford)
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More on the NHS Long Term Plan (DHSC / NHS England / BBC News / NAO / King’s Fund)
Summary The NHS Long Term Plan was released earlier this week. The plan is backed by the commitment of an extra £20.5 billion funding for the NHS per year. “The 10-year plan includes measures to prevent 150,000 heart attacks, strokes … Continue reading →
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Prevention: Central to the NHS Long Term Plan (BBC News / NHS Egland)
Summary Early announcements concerning the NHS Long Term Plan, previously billed as the “NHS Ten Year Plan”, indicate an even greater emphasis on the prevention agenda. This will involve, among other related schemes, the provision for problem drinkers and smokers … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Renewed Policy Emphasis on Social Prescribing and Arts Therapies? (DHSC / NHS England / Cochrane Database / JGCR / Dementia)
Summary Matt Hancock, Health and Social Care Secretary, takes a positive view of social prescribing, including greater use the arts and social activities as means of enhancing health and wellbeing. “…we will create a National Academy for Social Prescribing to … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences: University of Leeds, Ageing Population, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Alchemy Project (Lambeth), All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts Health and Wellbeing, ALOIS: a Comprehensive Register of Dementia Studies, ALOIS: Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement's Specialized Register, American Psychiatric Association (APA), Art Therapists, Art Therapy, Arts and Dementia Research: Hermeneutics, Arts and Dementia Research: Methodological Challenges, Arts and Dementia Research: Phenomenological Issues, Arts and Mental Wellbeing, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts and Social Activities, Arts Council, Arts for Health, Arts for Health Activities in Care Homes, Arts in Health, Arts Practices in Healthcare, Arts Therapies, Association Between Physical Exercise and Mental Health, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, Bibliotherapy, British Association of Art Therapists, Canada, Care Homes, Choosing Wisely, Choosing Wisely in the NHS, Choosing Wisely in the UK, Cochrane Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG), Committee on Care Interventions for Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Community Classes, Complex Interventions, Complex Interventions (Arts-Based Activities for People With Dementia), Complexity, Creative Health: the Arts for Health and Wellbeing, Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing (National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing), Cultural Manifesto for Wellbeing, Dance for Psychosis, DCMS, Dementia (Journal), Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology: University of Nottingham, Edge Hill University, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Epistemology, Epistemology Relating to Research Methodologies, Evaluation of Arts-Based Interventions, Evaluation of Complex Interventions, Evidence: Hierarchies and Typologies, GP Contract Reform to Implement the NHS Long Term Plan: NHS England, Healthy Diet, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyles, Hierarchies of Evidence (Reappraised), Informed Choices, Informed Decision-Making, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Intrinsic Value Versus Instrumental Value, Japan, Jeremy Wright: Culture Secretary, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Leeds Institute of Health Sciences: University of Leeds, Life-Long Learning, Lifelong Learning, Loneliness Strategy, Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Meaning: Communication and Interpretation, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Methodological Challenges, Methodological Challenges in Arts and Dementia Research, Multi-Disciplinary Teams in Primary Care, Museums, Music Playlists for Persons With Dementia, National Academies Press (US), National Academy for Social Prescribing, National Academy for Social Prescribing (Proposed Formation), National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan), Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service, Nicky Morgan: Secretary of State for Digital Culture Media and Sport, Nordoff Robbins: Music Therapy Charity, Nutritional Advice, Older Adults, Over-Medicalisation (Speculative Concept), Over-Medication, Participation in Social Activities, Personalised Care Group, Pharmaceutical Journal, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Playlist for Life, Post-Stroke Recovery, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Primary Care Networks (PCNs), Psychological Wellbeing, Psychosocial Approaches to Dementia Support, Psychosocial Approaches to Dementia: Storytelling Music and Song, Public Libraries, Qualitative Research, Quality of Life, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Hull’s Stroke Recovery Service, RSPH First International Research Conference on the Arts and Dementia, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, School of Medicine: University of Nottingham, Self-Care, Self-Care Programmes, Singing for Chronic Lung Conditions, Social Activities, Social Prescriber Link Workers, Social Prescribing, Social Prescribing and Community-Based Support, Social Prescribing Connector Scheme, Social Prescribing Link Workers' Resource Pack (NHS England), Social Prescribing: Fundamental to Prevention, Social Prescribing: Link Workers, Societal Determinants of Health, Southbank Centre, Staying Healthy for Longer, Stroke Recovery Service (Hull), Support for Self-Care, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, TAnDem (The Arts and Dementia) Doctoral Training Centre, TAnDem Doctoral Training Centre, Tolerance of Ambiguity, United States: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, University of Leeds, University of Nottingham, University of Worcester, Wasted Resources, Wellbeing
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NHS Focus Back on the Prevention Agenda (BBC News / DHSC / NHS England)
Summary The right public health measures and better self-care, duly implemented and resourced, might enable people to have five more years of healthy independent life by 2035. “In the UK, we are spending £97 billion of public money on treating … Continue reading →
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Potential Costs and Risks of Over-Diagnosis and Over-Treatment? (BBC News / AoMRC / BMJ)
Summary The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) has again warned of the culture of a “more is better” approach regarding potentially unnecessary healthcare interventions. Their “Choosing Wisely” campaign (imported from the USA) exhorts medical organisations each to identify five … Continue reading →
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NICE Guideline SC1: Managing Medicines in Care Homes (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published the guideline “Managing medicines in care homes (SC1)”, which provides recommendations for good practice on the systems and processes for managing medicines in care homes. This guideline applies … Continue reading →
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