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Tag Archives: International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK)
Exploring the Value and Benefits of Music for People With Dementia (ILC-UK / Commission on Dementia and Music)
Summary A report from the International Longevity Centre UK covers the potential roles of therapeutic music services, and digital music streaming technologies, for people living with dementia. “If music publishers and streaming platforms could make music available for free or … Continue reading →
Posted in Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abnormal Vocalisations, Active Engagement, Activities and Engagement, Ageing Population, Ageing With Dementia, Aggressive Behaviour, Aging and Mental Health, Agitation and Aggression, Alexia Quin: Music as Therapy International, All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Art Health and Wellbeing, Allied Health Professions (AHPs), Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Connect Tool, Ambassador for Dementia and Music (Proposal}, Anxiety and Depression, Arts Council England, Arts Therapies, Awareness Raising, Baroness Sally Greengross: Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK, Beatie Wolfe, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Benefits of Music for People With Dementia, Brain Plasticity, British Association for Music Therapy, British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Care Homes, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Commission on Dementia and Music, Community Singing, Community Singing Projects, Community-Based Arts and Health interventions, Cortical Plasticity, Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing (National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing), Cultural Commissioning, Dementia and Music, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia-Care Resource Trolleys, Dementia-Focused Singing Groups, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Digital Interventions, Digital Music Streaming, Digital Technology, Distraction Therapy, Distraction Therapy in the Recovery Room, Emerging Technology, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Engagement, Forget-Me-Not Chorus, Found in Music, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC), International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), JoCo Learning and Development, Kent And Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Live Music Now, Live Music Now (LMN), Living Well with Dementia, Local Dementia Friendly Communities, Local Dementia Strategies, Lost Chord, Manchester Camerata’s Music in Mind Project, Martin Green: Care England, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Relationships, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mindsong, Mood and Engagement, Music as Therapy International, Music Distraction Therapy, Music for Life (Wigmore Hall), Music for the Moment, Music in Care Homes, Music in Hospitals and Care (MiHC), Music Streaming Platforms, Music Therapists, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Music-Based Therapeutic Interventions, Musical Memories Choir, Musical Moments, National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing, National Arts and Health Alliance, Neuroplasticity, Neuroprotection, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Participation, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Participation, Performing Arts, Peri-Operative Care of the Elderly, Perioperative Care, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Playlist for Life, Playlist for Life by 2020, Post-Anaesthetic Care, Post-Operative Care, Postoperative Care, Potential Savings, Professor Alistair Burns, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychological Wellbeing, Psychosocial Interventions, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Sarah Metcalfe: Chief Executive at Playlist for Life, Service Cost Reductions, Sing For Your Life, Singing, Singing and Dementia, Singing For The Brain, Singing Groups, Singing Together Groups, Social Wellbeing, Soundtrack to My Life (STML), Speech and Language Skills (Retention), Spotify (or Amazon Prime) Music Services, Standards of Education and Training (SETs), Standards of Proficiency (SOPs), Targeting Hard-to-Reach Groups, Together in Sound, Utley Foundation, Violence and Aggression, Wellbeing in Older People, With Music in Mind, World Congress of Music Therapy
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Innovation for Efficiency, Productivity and Affordability in Healthcare (ILC-UK / EY)
Summary A report from the International Longevity Centre covers seven examples of UK-based and international schemes involving innovation. These examples are: Memory First: an integrated dementia service run by a consortium of 162 GPs across 41 practices in Staffordshire. Urban … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accelerating Innovation, Access to Care, Access to General Practice, Access to GP Services, Adopters and Adoption of Innovation, Affordability, Affordability of Care, Ageing Population, Barriers to Innovation, Belgium, Benefits of Case Management, Care Coordination / Case Management Approaches For People With Dementia Living at Home, Case Management, Closing the NHS Funding Gap, EASYCare, EASYCare Project, Economic Sustainability, Effective Innovation for Affordable Healthcare, Efficiencies and Productivity Gains, Encouraging Innovation, Ernst & Young, EY, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Dialysis, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Innovation, Innovation and Improvement, Innovation for an Ageing Population, Integrated Dementia Care, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Manchester Royal Infirmary, Memory Assessment Services, Memory Clinics, Memory First, Memory First (Staffordshire), Memory Services, NHS Belongs to the People, NHS Efficiency Challenge, NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, Operational Productivity and Performance (Carter Report), Personalised Case Management, Potential NHS Provider Productivity improvements, Productivity, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) Programme, Productivity in the NHS, Protocol 3 (P3), Redesigning Care Pathways, Redesigning Services, Research and Innovation, Rio de Janeiro, Science and Innovation, Service Redesign (Telehealth), Service Redesign for Productivity, Service Transformation, SOS 2020, Staffordshire, Supporting Economic Growth, Supporting Research and Innovation, Sustainability, Tackling Barriers to Innovation, Tackling Variation, Task Force on E-Health, Transformational Commissioning, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Technology, Transparency, Unwarranted Variations, Urban E-Health Pilot, Variations in Procurement, Variations in Spending, Wasted Resources
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Concerned About Disjointed and Substandard Care For Common Dementia Comorbidities (ILC-UK / Alzheimer’s Society / Pharma Times Online / APPG on Dementia)
Summary Inadequate care and systemic failures in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities experienced by people with dementia is believed to result in (i) unnecessary costs for the NHS, (ii) widespread and preventable reduced quality of life among patients … Continue reading →
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Tagged All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, Amenable Mortality, APPG on Dementia, Average Annual Cost Per Person With Dementia, Average Annual Cost Per Person With Dementia: All Severity Levels, Average Annual Cost Per Person With Dementia: Mild Dementia, Average Annual Cost Per Person With Dementia: Moderate Dementia, Average Annual Cost Per Person With Dementia: People With Dementia Living in Residential Care, Average Annual Cost Per Person With Dementia: People With Dementia Living in the Community, Average Annual Cost Per Person With Dementia: Severe Dementia, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Baroness Sally Greengross: Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK, Barriers to Self-Management for People with Dementia, Barriers to Self-Management in Early Stage Dementia, Co-Morbidities, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Co-Morbidities In Older Patients, Common Dementia Comorbidities, Comorbidities Framework, Complex Conditions, Cost of Co-Morbidities, Cost of Mismanaging Dementia and Diabetes Depression and Urinary Tract Infections (£1 Billion Per Year), Costs to the National Health Service (NHS): Type 2 Diabetes, CQC Inspection Regimes To Assess Quality of Care Pathways Across Health and Social Care Settings (Proposal), Deaths Associated with Hospitalisation, Debbie Abrahams MP: Co-Chair of APPG on Dementia, Dementia and Comorbidities: Ensuring Parity of Care (ILC-UK), Dementia and Depression, Dementia and Diabetes, Dementia and Mortality, Dementia and Urinary Tract Infections, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Comorbidities, Dementia Rarely Travels Alone: All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia 2016 Report, Dementia Risk Factors, Depression and Dementia, Diabetes, Diabetes and Multiple Morbidities, Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, Diabetes Self-Management Support (DSMS), Disjointed and Substandard Care, Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Health and Social Care Integration, Holistic Annual Health Review Coordinated by GPs (Proposal), Holistic Approaches, Holistic Assessments, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Consolidated Review of Separate Conditions (Proposal), Holistic Medical Reviews, Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA), Hospital Mortality, ILC-UK, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Impact of Dementia on Hospital Mortality, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Management of Co-Morbidities, Medication Management, Mental Health Co-Morbidities, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), Parity of Care Report (ILC-UK), Perverse Incentives, Pharma Times Online, PharmaTimes, Premature Death, Preventable Deaths in English Acute Hospitals, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF): Perverse Incentives, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF): Tick-Box Culture, Reducing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Revision of Quality Outcomes Framework Which Currently Incentivises Separate Reviews (Proposal), Risk Factors, Self-Care, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management in People With Early Stage Dementia, Self-Management of Long-Term Illnesses, Self-Management Support, Standards To Avoid Perverse Incentives, Support for Self-Care, Supporting Self-Care, Type 2 Diabetes, Untreated Comorbidities, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Urinary Tract Infections and Dementia
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On the Interdependence Between Social Care Provision and NHS Performance: a “Perfect Storm” Brewing for Winter? (BBC News / Nuffield Trust / ILC-UK / RCEM)
Summary While the Government’s Spending Review gave scope for more money to be made available to support social care services, (i) by allowing local authorities to raise council tax by 2% and (ii) increasing the amount of money available for … Continue reading →
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Loneliness in Old Age: Male Perspectives (BBC News / ILC-UK / Independent Age)
Summary Increasing numbers of men face loneliness and isolation in old age, according to research by the International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) and Independent Age. While older women are likely to remain more likely to outlive their husbands, it is also … Continue reading →
Posted in Age Concern (England), Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing in the Community, Ageing Population, Attitudes to Ageing, Baroness Sally Greengross: Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK, BBC Education and Family News, BBC Health News, Bereavement and Loneliness, Campaign to End Loneliness, Characteristics of Volunteers, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Network, Community Networks, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programmes, Culture Club, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, English Longitudinal Survey of Aging (ELSA), Gender and Inequalities in Health in Later Life, Hobbies and Interests, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Independent Age, Informal Networks, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), International Longevity Centre UK (ILCUK), Interventions for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Men, Lesbian Gay Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT), LGBT VCOs, Life Expectancy, Local Networks, Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Isolation, Loneliness and Mortality in Older People, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness By Gender, Masculinity and (Not) Help Seeking, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Relationships, Men in Sheds, Men: Under-Reporting of Loneliness, NatCen Social Research: University College London, Non-Partnered Men and Women by Marital Status, Older Men in England, Older Men’s Experiences of Social Isolation and Loneliness, Peer Support Networks, Preventing Isolation, Preventing Loneliness, Seafarers Project, Skills and Hobbies, Social Exclusion, Social Isolation, Social Isolation and Mortality in Older People, Social Isolation by Gender, Social Isolation Index, Social Isolation: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Social Networks, Social Networks and Organizations, Social Support / Community Networks, Support Networks, Value of Volunteering, Voluntary and Community Action, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Organisations, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector and Ageing, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Provision, Volunteering, Volunteers, Walking Football
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Getting Ready for Ageing Manifesto (Ready for Ageing Alliance)
Summary The Ready for Ageing Alliance has released a manifesto on ageing and demographic change, entitled “Getting Ready for Ageing”. Their report presents ideas for policy makers on coping with the challenges of an ageing society, while also offering individuals with … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospitals, Adult Social Care, Age and Ageing, Age Discrimination, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in Europe, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Anchor, Anchor Trust, Attitudes to Ageing, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care in an Ageing Society, Centre for Policy on Ageing, Commissioning for Older People, Commissioning Urgent and Emergency Care for Older People, Community and Voluntary Sector, CPA: Centre for Policy on Ageing, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Demographic Change, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Extra Care Housing, Getting Ready for Ageing Manifesto, Health and Housing, Hospitals, Housing for Older People, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Independent Age, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), International Longevity Centre UK (ILCUK), National Dementia Declaration for England, Older Demographics, Older People, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People with High Support Needs, R4AA: Ready for Ageing Alliance, Ready for Ageing, Ready for Ageing Alliance, Ready for Ageing Alliance (R4AA), Ready for Later Life Pack (Proposal), Social Demographics, Under-Utilisation of Older People, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector and Ageing, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Provision, Voluntary Sector Strategic Partnerships
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Mapping UK Demographic Changes (ILC-UK)
Summary The International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) has released a second summary “factpack” of statistics about a number of topics relating to the UK’s elderly. Projections indicate that future generations of pensioners face a poorer financial future unless the long-term challenges … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, National, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age Structure of the UK’s Population, Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care: Projections, Ageing and Society, Ageing in the Community, Ageing Population, Attitudes to Ageing, Centre for Ageing Better, Demographic Changes, Demographics, Downsizing in Later Life, Future Care Workforce, Future Long-Term Care Costs, Health and Employment in Older Age, Healthy Life Expectancy, Housing in the UK, ILC-UK Population Patterns Seminar Series, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Lifestyle, Linking State Pension Age to Longevity, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Longevity, Mapping UK Demographic Changes, Office for Budget Responsibility, Older Demographics, Oldest Old, Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Oldest Old: the 85+ Age Group, Partnership (ILC), Paying for Long-Term Care, Pensioner Poverty, Pensioner Poverty (Relative), Pensions and Savings, Personal Finances, Relative Low Income, Retirement Housing, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Social Demographics, UK Demographics, Unmet Care Needs, Unmet Needs, Wealth and Assets Survey, Working Longer in Northern Ireland
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Prevention of Dementia (ILC-UK)
Summary This International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) report summarises current knowledge about how more can be done to prevent the scale of dementia prevalence in future, and to reduce avoidable costs. It considers the potential savings achievable by tackling … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Ageing, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing Population, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Australian National Dementia Strategy, Awareness Campaigns, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Behavioural Pathways to Health Inequalities, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure, Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease, Burden of Dementia, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia Policy, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia: a Public Health Priority, Diabetes Mellitus, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Disability Dementia and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Interventions, Disease Burden, Eating and Drinking, Education and Awareness, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Financial Constraints, Financial Pressures, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Hypertension, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease, Integrated Prevention Approaches, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), International Longevity Centre UK (ILCUK), Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Midlife Hypertension, NHS Finances, Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Pfizer Inc., Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Inactivity, Policy and Law, Prevalence, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Primary Preventative Strategies, PSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit (LSE), Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Interventions, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Savings in Private Payments and Informal Care, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep Disorders, Smoking, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Socio-Economic Patterning, Staying Healthy for Longer, Successful Ageing, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living
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Housing: Older People At Home (ILC-UK / Age UK)
Summary The International Longevity Centre has released a briefing about how communities need to adapt to comply with the needs of an ageing society. “At home” is the second of three briefings from an ILC-UK and Age UK “Community Matters” … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alternative Housing Tenure, At Home, “Community Matters” Series, Co-Housing, Cohousing, Community Capacity, English Housing Survey, Extra Care Housing, Finland, Framework Programme Seven (FP7), Fuel Poverty, GiraffPlus Project, Good Housing Design, Health and Housing, Healthy Homes Campaign, Home Environment, Housing Adaptations, Housing and Ageing, Housing and People with Dementia, Housing for Older People, ILC-UK, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods, New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, Older People At Home, On Lock Lifeways Centres, PACE: Programme for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, Retirement Housing, Senior Citizen Label, Senior Cohousing Communities, Steering Committee for Experiments in Public Housing (SEV), Tyvimaa, University Retirement Community
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Blackfriars Consensus Statement on Dementia Risk Factors (Public Health England / UK Health Forum / Lancet)
Summary Coinciding with Dementia Awareness Week (2014) the “Blackfriars Consensus Statement” has been organised jointly by the UK Health Forum and Public Health England. This consensus statement calls for a national focus on dementia risk reduction, which involves raising awareness … Continue reading →
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