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Tag Archives: Ireland
Interventions to Improve Resilience in People Living With Dementia (Frontiers in Medicine)
Summary A review of the literature has identified five types of interventions designed to support resilience (coping with adversity) in people with dementia, which comprise: Dementia Advisors. Peer Support Network Services. Visual Arts Enrichment Activities (VAEA). Memory Makers. Early-Stage and … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Arts and Mental Wellbeing, Arts Engagement, Arts Therapies, Centre for Economic and Social Research on Dementia: National University of Ireland, Community Activities, Community Involvement, Coping, Coping and Adjustment, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Coping With Adversity in Dementia, Coping With Dementia, Coping with Memory Loss, Coping with Stigma, Creative Arts for Dementia, Cultural Arts Interventions, Dementia Adviser Services, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisers (DAs), Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Services, Dementia Groups, Early-Stage and Beyond Community Activities (ESBCA), Empowerment of People With Dementia, Engagement, Frontiers in Medicine (Journal), Group Belonging, Group Programmes, Improving Resilience in People Living With Dementia, Increasing Personal and Social Resources, Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Worth, Interventions for Social Isolation and Loneliness, Interventions to Improve Resilience in People Living With Dementia, Ireland, Literature Reviews, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Memory Makers, Mental Resilience, National University of Ireland, Overcoming Adversity in Dementia, Patient and Family Engagement, Peer Support Network (PSN) Services, Peer Support Networks, Personal Resilience, Positive Engagement, Psychological Coping Skills, Psychosocial Interventions to Support Resilience, Reciprocal Support, Reducing Adversity of Social Isolation, Reducing Adversity of Stigma, Reducing Social Isolation, Resilience, Resilience and Vulnerability, Resilience to Dementia Disability and Frailty, School of Nursing and Midwifery: National University of Ireland, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Worth, Social Networks, Stigma-Free Space, Support and Coping Mechanisms, Supportive Social Networks, Systematic Literature Reviews, Visual Arts Enrichment Activities (VAEA), Wellness and Resilience
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Brain Training in Later Life: Limited Value for Prevention of Cognitive Decline? (BBC News / BMJ / NHS Digital)
Summary A Scottish study indicates that self-reported intellectual engagement (in the form of performing puzzles, crosswords and other problem-solving activities) during later life has little influence on the trajectory of decline of memory or mental processing speed. The cognitive reserve … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aberdeen Birth Cohort Studies, Alzheimer's Research UK, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Biology and Biotechnology Science Research Council, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Brain Training, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Interventions, Cognitive Reserve, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Critical Appraisals, Curiosity (Openness), Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Psychology: National University of Ireland, Department of Psychology: University of Aberdeen, Engage Your Brain: GCBH Recommendations on Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Enjoyment and General Engagement, Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Henry Smith Charity, Hobbies and Interests, Institute of Applied Health Sciences: University of Aberdeen, Intellectual Engagement (Self-Reported), Ireland, Lifelong Learning, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Medical Research Council, Mentally Challenging Occupations, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Modifiable Risk Factors, National University of Ireland (Galway), Neuroprotective Lifestyles, NHS Grampian (Aberdeen), Positive Engagement, Problem-Solving Skills, Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Rates of Conversion From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, Scottish Government Health Department, Scottish Mental Health Survey of 1947, Skills and Hobbies, Slowing of Cognitive Decline, University of Aberdeen, Use It or Lose It Hypothesis, Use It or Lose It Hypothesis: Benefit of Cognitively Stimulating Activity, Wellcome Trust
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Specialist Geriatric Wards for Older Patients With Dementia: in Ireland / N. Ireland (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
Summary Data on 900 patients, taken from the Irish and Northern Irish audits of dementia care, was analysed to determine whether admission to a specialist geriatric medicine ward yielded improvements to acute care for patients with dementia. It was found … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Advance Planning, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Centre for Ageing: Tallaght Hospital, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation: University College Cork, Cork (Ireland), Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute District General Hospital, Dementia Nursing Specialists, Discharge Planning, Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Orders (DNACPR), Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Do Not Resuscitate (DNR), International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Ireland, Irish National Audit of Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals, Multidisciplinary Holistic Assessments, Multidisciplinary Patient Management, Multidisciplinary Team Care, National Audit of Dementia Care, Neuroscience and the Humanities: Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, School of Medicine: University College Cork, Specialist Centres of Care, Specialist Dementia Support, Specialist Geriatric Wards for Patients With Dementia, Specialist Wards for Older Patients With Dementia, Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), Trinity Centre for Health Sciences: Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), University College Cork
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Progression of Neurological Diseases Presaged By Hidden Alterations in Artistic Style? (BBC News / Neuropsychology)
Summary Psychological researchers performed detailed mathematical analysis (“fractal analysis”) of barely perceptible changes to the brushstrokes used by artists, some of whom later developed neurological diseases. Analysis of hidden patterns of change in the fractal dimension of paintings reveals that … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alterations to Artistic Style, and Wear Valleys NHS Trust, Artworks, BBC Health News, Department of Computer Science: Maynooth University, Department of Psychology: University of Liverpool, Disease Progression, Fine Art, Fine Motor Control, Fractal Analysis of Artistic Brushstrokes, Fractal Analysis of Neurological Changes (In Artists), Fractal Analysis of Paintings, Ireland, Maynooth University, Neurological Conditions, Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorders, Neuropsychology (Journal), Progression of Neurological Diseases, Pyschology of Art, Symptoms and Progression of Dementia, Tees Esk, University of Liverpool, Variations in Motor Control
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Palliative Care in Advanced Dementia (Cochrane Database)
Summary A recent Cochrane review assessed the evidence concerning the effect of palliative care interventions in advanced dementia. As usually happens in rigorous studies of this nature, the authors of this review could find few high quality trials exploring palliative … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews
Tagged Advance Care Planning, ALOIS: the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Assisted Feeding Treatments, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Care Planning, Care Planning and Proxy Decision Making, Cochrane Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Death in Hospital, Decision-Making at End of Life, Easing Decision-Making, Ethics and Decision-Making, Feeding Assistance, Feeding Discussions, Home Palliative Care Services, Hospital Admissions, HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network Ireland, Ireland, NUI Galway, Palliative Care, Palliative Care in Advanced Dementia, Palliative Care in Older People With Dementia, Palliative Care Intervention, Palliative Care Planning, Palliative Care Teams, Palliative Care Teams in Acute Hospitals, Palliative Care Teams Versus Usual Care, Personalised Care Planning, Shared Decision-Making, Specialist Palliative Care Teams, Surrogate Decision-Making
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