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NHS England’s Pharmacy Integration Fund (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care home residents often have multiple long-term conditions and are often prescribed several different medicines (polypharmacy). NHS England plans to fund recruitment of 180 pharmacists and 60 pharmacy technicians who will work with care homes to try to reduce … Continue reading →

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Primary Care Home: a New Model of Primary Care (NAPC / Nuffield Trust / SCIE / PA Consulting Group)

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) has recently proposed an alternative model pf primary care, which is intended to realign primary care resources around the health and social needs of local communities. It involves “primary, community, mental, social … Continue reading →

Pharmacist Involvement in Hospital Ward Teams and Rates of Hospital Readmission (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent Swedish trial was conducted to assess whether comprehensive medication reviews performed by clinical pharmacists working on hospital wards as part of healthcare multidisciplinary team might reduce drug-related hospital readmission rates for people with dementia or cognitive impairment. … Continue reading →

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Flipping Healthcare: a Parallel With Flipping Education? (BMJ / IHI / Healthcare)

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Two authors from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) have proposed that it might be beneficial to “flip” medical thinking (i.e. introduce a 180º change and turn-around), in order to develop innovative models of care which can improve health … Continue reading →

Organising and Managing Multidisciplinary Teams in Local Government (PHE)

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Public Health England (PHE) document covers the employment of public health professionals working as consultants in public health and directors of public health. These individual are included on the GMC Specialist Register / GDC Specialist List or the … Continue reading →

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Human Brain Project (HBP): New Paradigm or New Confusion? (BBC News)

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Senior neuroscientists have released an open letter to the EC which is critical about the European Human Brain Project (HBP). Critics assert that this project, aimed at attempting to simulate the human brain, has drifted off-course. They are demanding … Continue reading →

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Home-Based Care Coordination for Elders with Memory Disorders: the Maximizing Independence at Home (MIND) Trial (American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This article reports the results of a pilot trial in the United States to assess whether a dementia care coordination intervention for community-living elders with memory disorders had the potential to delay the transition from living at home into … Continue reading →

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