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Tag Archives: Later Life
Updates Relating to the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (Lancet / Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy / Alzheimer’s and Dementia)
Summary The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care has updated evidence on modifiable risk factors the prevention of dementia, and the “life-course model of dementia prevention”. There were nine modifiable risk factors for reducing the risk of dementia … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Risk of Dementia, Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute: University of Southern California, Barriers to Support, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Burden of Multimorbidity, Canada, Capital Medical University (Beijing China), Caring for Family Carers, China, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, CVDPREVENT: National Primary Care Audit, Daping Hospital, Delivery of Improved Practice by Increasing Knowledge and Informing Changes in Practice and Culture, Dementia and COVID-19, Dementia and Multimorbidity, Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia Policy, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support, Dementia Prevalence Projections: LMIC Countries, Dementia Prevalence Projections: LMIC Countries (Low and Middle Income Countries), Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology: University of Ioannina Medical School, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Excessive Alcohol Consumption, Family Carers, Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER), France, Fudan University (Shanghai China), Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe), Greece, Harvard Medical School, Head Injury, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing 2020 International Conference [Online] (GeriCaRe), Healthy and Active Ageing: Life-Course Approach (WHO), Healthy Lifestyles, Hippocampal Sclerosis Associated with TDP-43 Proteinopathy, Holistic Post-Diagnostic Care, Hong Kong, Huashan Hospital (Shanghai China), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan China), Hyperhomocysteinaemia, Increasing Knowledge of Risk and Protective Factors, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Journal of Neurology, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Lancet, Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care, Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care (LCDPIC), Later Life, LCDPIC: Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Life-Course Model of Dementia Prevention: Twelve Risk Factors, Life-Course Model of Dementia Prevention, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE), LMICs, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness Harms Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Maximising Benefits to People Living With Dementia and Their Families of Seeking and Receiving a Diagnosis of 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Summary of NICE’s Impact on Dementia Health and Care (NICE)
Summary A National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) marketing report gives an overview of progress in implementing NICE guidance across health and care. The main section headings comprise: Prevent or delay onset of dementia. Referral, diagnosis and care … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), 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, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Activities to Promote Wellbeing, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics in People With Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Assessment of Care Needs, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Care and Support, Care and Support Planning, Care of People with Dementia: Quality Standard, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning in Dementia, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Choice and Control, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Choice in Health and Social Care, Choirs (Community Singing), Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Commissioning Carer Support Services, Community Singing, Comprehensive Assessments for Older People in Hospital, Comprehensive Model of Personal Care, Control and Independence, Coordinated Care, Coordinating Care, Dementia - Assessment Management and Support for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: NICE Guideline NG97, Dementia - NICE Care Pathway, Dementia Assessment Referral to GP (DeAR-GP), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset - NICE Care Pathway, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life; Midlife Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset: NICE Guideline (NG16), Dementia Friendly Hospitals Charter, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support, Dementia Quality Standard (QS184), Dementia Quality Standards, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Discharge From Hospital, Dr Hilda Hayo: Chief Admiral Nurse, Dr Hilda Hayo: Chief Executive of Dementia UK, Emergency Admissions, Healthwatch, Healthy Lifestyles, Home Care, Informed Choices, Later Life, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Managing Distress, Managing Psychological and Behavioural Distress in People with Dementia, Meaningful Activity, Mental Health Promotion, Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset of Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life, Modifiable Risk Factors, Named Care Coordinators, National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2016-2017 - Third Round of Audit Report: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2017), National Guidance and Quality Standards, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s Quality Standard on Dementia (2019), Needs of Carers, Neurological Disorders, NHS Comprehensive Model of Personal Care, NICE Guideline NG97: Dementia - Assessment Management and Support for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers, NICE Quality Standard 184 (QS184), NICEimpact Dementia, Patient Preferences, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Personal Preferences, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention Agenda, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Quality of Life of Carers, Quality Standard on Care of People with Dementia, Quality Statements, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Risk Reduction, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Social Care, Social Care and Support, Statement of Wishes and Preferences, Structured Assessment (Pre- Non-Pharmacological or Pharmacological Treatment for Distress), Supporting Carers, Supporting Carers of People With Dementia, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Thinking Ahead - Advance Care Planning, Transforming Dementia Care in Hospital, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings
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Dementia Care Costs: UK Statistical Projections (LSE / CPEC / Age and Ageing / International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
Summary The number of people with dementia in the UK is expected to roughly double to 1.6 million by 2040 yet, according to a report by the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), the cost of social care is projected … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Facts and Figures on Unmet Needs in Older People in England (Age UK)
Summary Age UK have produced a statistical report investigating needs and experiences of disadvantage in six key aspects of life’s difficulties: Ill health. Care and support. Poor housing. Poverty. Loneliness. Social isolation. Full Text Link Reference Estimating need in older … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Affordable Housing: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Access to Healthcare: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Access to Social Services: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Ageing Population, Assessing Population Needs, Assessment of Care Needs, Assessment of Needs, Bothered by Loneliness, Broad Determinants of Health, Combinations of Needs of Older People in England, Commissioning for Older People, Complex Health and Care Needs in Older People, Complex Needs, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Emotional and Social Isolation, Enduring Disabilities and Disadvantage, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Experiences of Loneliness, Financial Hardship, Health Determinants, Hidden Unmet Needs, High Support Needs, Identifying Patients’ Needs and Priorities, Impact(s) of Unmet Needs, Later Life, Living With Needs in Later Life, Loneliness, Loneliness and Isolation, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness in Older People, Multiple Needs, Needs in Later Life, Needs of Older People in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Older Men at the Margins, Overlapping Needs of Older People in England, Pensioner Poverty, Poor Housing, Poverty, Poverty-Related Concerns, Preventable Ill Health, Qualitative Research, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Determinants of Mental Health, Social Isolation, Social Isolation and Loneliness, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Socioeconomic Deprivation, Struggling to Cope, Tackling Causes of Preventable Ill Health, Unmet Care Needs, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Mental Health Needs of Older People, Unmet Needs and Well-Being, Unmet Social Care Needs, Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups
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Dementia Risk Factors Re-Explored / Confirmed (NIHR Signal / BMJ Open)
Summary A further systematic review indicates that unhealthy behaviours tend to increase dementia risk. Pooled meta-analysis of previous research demonstrate a 20% increase in the risk of dementia from one risk factor, while the co-occurrence of three risk factors doubles … Continue reading →
Posted in 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, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Consensus Statement on Healthy Ageing (PHE / CfAB)
Summary Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better have released a consensus statement, containing widely accepted proposals for making England the “best place in the world to grow old”. Five core principles are given, with the aim of … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health Foundation, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Royal College of Psychiatrists, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Age of No Retirement?’, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Society Grand Challenge, Ageism, Ageism in Britain, Ageism in Wider Society, Ageist Terminology, AGILE, Allied Health Professionals Federation, Anna Dixon, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Association of Directors of Public Health, Awareness of Local Assets, Barriers and Facilitators in Lifestyle Change, Barriers and Facilitators to Participation, Barriers to Employing Older Workers, Barriers to Integrated Care, Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Later Life Learning, Barriers to Support, Barriers to Talking About Ageing, Barriers: Discrimination, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry, British Dental Association, British Geriatrics Society, British Society of Gerodontology, Campaign to End Loneliness, Canal and River Trust, Care and Repair England, Centre for Ageing Better (CfAB), Centre for Mental Health, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Clinical Epidemiology: Keele University, Communities and Service Design, Consensus on Healthy Ageing, Consensus Statement on Healthy Ageing : PHE and the Centre for Ageing Better, Contribution to Society, Council for Work and Health, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dental Professionals Alliance, Design Council, Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England, EngAgeNet, Faculty of Dental Surgery: Royal College of Surgeons of England, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), Faculty of Public Health, Health and Housing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing: Consensus Statement, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing LIN, Independent Age, Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing, Inequalities In Healthy Life Expectancy, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Institute for Employment Studies, International Longevity Centre UK, Later Life, Living Streets, Making England the Best in the World to Grow Old, Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Inequalities, National Fire Chief’s Council, National Housing Federation, National Oral Health Promotion Group, National Police Chief's Council, Natural England, Negative Impact of Ageist Attitudes, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Overcoming Barriers, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, PHE: Public Health England, Physiological Society, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Better Than Cure, Professor Carol Brayne CBE: Director of Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Medicine: University of Cambridge, Race Equality Foundation, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Royal Osteoporosis Society, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Royal Town Planning Institute, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Societal Contribution, Society of British Dental Nurses, Society of Occupational Medicine, Sport England, St John Ambulance, Turning Point, UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, UK Active, UK Public Health Register, University College London, University of Manchester, University of Northumbria, University of the Third Age, Urban Design Group, Versus Arthritis
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More on the The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine / Lancet)
Summary The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care has produced recommendations for the prevention of dementia, proposing a “life-course model of dementia prevention” incorporating nine modifiable risk factors for reducing the risk of dementia. The commission also offers recommendations about the pharmacological, … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Alzheimer's Research UK, Australia, Barriers to Support, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure, Brighton and Sussex Medical School: University of Sussex, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Canada, Center for Innovative Care in Aging: Johns Hopkins University, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Dementia Studies: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Centre for Dementia Studies: University of Manchester, Centre for Dementia Studies: University of Sussex, Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research (Innlandet Hospital Trust), Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health: University of Exeter, Centre for the Health Care of Elderly People: Dalhousie University, Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dalhousie University (Halifax; Canada), Delivery of Improved Practice by Increasing Knowledge and Informing Changes in Practice and Culture, Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia Policy, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Health Promotion: Tel-Aviv University, Department of Medicine: University of Washington, Department of Neurology and Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioural Sciences: Keck School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Johns Hopkins Bayview, Department of Psychiatry: University of Michigan, Department Psychosocial and Community Health: University of Washington, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Faculty of Medicine: University of Oslo, France, Geriatric Medicine: Dalhousie University, Healthy Ageing, Healthy and Active Ageing: Life-Course Approach (WHO), Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Lifestyles and Public Health Programmes, Healthy Living, Heczeg Institute on Aging: Tel Aviv University, Increasing Knowledge of Risk and Protective Factors, Innlandet Hospital Trust (Norway), Inserm: Unit 1061, Institute of Health and Society: University of Oslo, Institute of Neurology: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Israel, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine, La Colombière Hospital, Lancet, Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care, Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care (LCDPIC), Later Life, LCDPIC: Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology: University of Southern California, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Life-Course Model of Dementia Prevention, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness Harms Health, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department: University College London, Maximising Benefits to People Living With Dementia and Their Families of Seeking and Receiving a Diagnosis of Dementia, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Medical School: University of Exeter, Mediterranean Diet, Midlife Hypertension, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life: Tel Aviv University, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, National Ageing Research Institute (Australia) Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age: University of Melbourne, Neurological Disorders, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuropsychiatry - Epidemiological and Clinical Research: La Colombière Hospital, Norway, Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Aging and Health (Norway), Obesity, Obesity Risk Factor, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Physical Activity Before Dementia, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Preclinical Dementia and Associated Lifestyle Changes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prevention Better Than Cure, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention of Future Dementia Cases by Increasing Knowledge of Risk and Protective Factors, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Public Health, Public Health Interventions, Quality of Life for People Affected by Dementia by Preventing and Treating Negative Consequences of Dementia, Quality of Life for People Affected by Dementia by Promoting Functional Capabilities and Independence, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Research Networks, Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health intervention (REACH), Risk and Protective Factors, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Cognitive Impairment, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Dementia, Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia, Sackler Faculty of Medicine: Tel-Aviv University, School of Nursing: University of Washington, School of Public Health: Tel Aviv University, Sedentary Lifestyles, Sensory Impairments, Smoking Cessation, Social Activities, Social Epidemiology, Social Isolation, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations (NIA Health Disparities Populations), Staying Healthy for Longer, STrAtegies for RelaTives (START), Successful Ageing, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Supporting People Affected by Dementia, T2DM, Tel Aviv University, Tobacco, Tobacco Cessation, Tobacco Consumption, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, United States, University College London, University of Edinburgh, University of Exeter, University of Manchester, University of Melbourne, University of Michigan, University of Montpellier, University of Oslo, University of Southern California, University of Sussex, University of Washington, University of Washington (Seattle), USA, VA Center for Clinical Management Research (Ann Arbor USA), Vestfold Health Trust (Norway), Weight Management
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Potential Harms From Polypharmacy in the Elderly (BBC News / Age UK / EJCP / Bazian / Lancet Psychiatry)
Summary An Age UK report investigates the potential harms of over-prescribing medicines for older people. Older persons often remain on too many prescribed medicines, putting them at risk of side-effects, potentially resulting in falls and other forms of serious harm. … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Antipsychotics, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Achieving Better Value, Addictions Department - Division of Academic Psychiatry: King's College London, Addictive Prescription Medicines, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Ageing Population, Alcohol Drugs Tobacco and Justice Division: Public Health England, AntiCholinergic Burden, Anticholinergic Drugs, Anticholinergics, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics and Hypnotics (Including Benzodiazepines), ARMOUR Tool, Australian Prescribing Indicators, Austrian Criteria, Barenholtz Levy, Bazian, BBC Health News, Beers Criteria, Behind the Headlines, Benzodiazepines, Better Value, Better Value Healthcare, Better Value in the NHS, Brown Model, Cantrill Indicators, Care Home Pharmacists, Care Home Pharmacists to Cut Overmedication, Care Homes, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Care of Older People Living at Home, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Care Planning: Relating New Prescribing Decisions to Existing Medicines, Care Quality Improvement Department: Royal College of Physicians, Case Management and Enhanced Rapid Response, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Choosing Wisely, Choosing Wisely in the NHS, Choosing Wisely in the UK, Clinical Pharmacists, CMS List, Communication Between Community Pharmacists and GPs, Community Pharmacies, Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Comorbidity, Comorbidity and Dementia, Comorbidity and Polypharmacy in People With Dementia, Dementia Friendly Community Pharmacists, Department of Family Medicine: University of California Los Angeles, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Dependence and Withdrawal Associated With Prescribed Medicines (PHE Review), Deprescribing, Discontinuation of Multiple Medications in Older Adults, Doubling-Up, Drug Burden Index, Drug Cost Savings, Economic Sustainability, Elderly Malnutrition, European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, FORTA Criteria, Four or More Medicines (FOMM) Support Service, Frail Older People, Frailty, Gabapentinoids, Geriatric Medication Algorithm, German PRISCUS List of Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Good Practice in Care Homes, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Hamdy Criteria, Hanoi Medical University, Harms of Too Much Medicine, Health Improvement Directorate: Public Health England, High Quality Medicines Reviews, Holmes Criteria, Hospital Pharmacists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Pharmacists, Hull-York Medical School: University of Hull, Imperial College London, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Pharmaceutical Care in Care Homes, Improving Prescribing in the Elderly Tool, Improving Prescribing Practice, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Inappropriate Drug Use, Inappropriate Medication, Inappropriate Prescribing, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience: King’s College London, Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist (ICP) for Frail Older People, Integrated Care Pharmacists (ICPs), Kaiser Permanente Model, Kings College London, KPC Criteria, Lambeth Addictions: South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust, Lancet Psychiatry, Laroche Criteria, Later Life, Lechevallier Criteria, Less is More, Liaison and In-Reach Services for Frail Older People, Lindblad’s List, Lipton’s Tool, Living at Home, Living Well in Care Homes, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lowering Costs, Maio Criteria, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Malone’s List, Management of Challenging Behaviour, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Managing Medicines in Care Homes, Matsumura Alert System, McLeod Criteria, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Overuse, Medication Adherence, Medication Appropriateness Index, Medication Creep, Medication Nonadherence, Medication Reviews, Medication Reviews in Care Homes, Medication Without Harm (WHO), Medication-Related Harm, Medications Management Outcome Monitor, Medicine Combinations, Medicines Management, Multi-Morbidities, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Comorbidities, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), National Guideline Centre: Royal College of Physicians, NCOA Criteria, New Mexico Criteria, NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), NHS Community Pharmacies, Non-Adherence: Medication-Related Harm, Norwegian General Practice (NORGEP) Criteria, Oborne’s Prescribing Indicators, Older Adults Higher Levels of Dependency Dementia and Comorbidity, Older People, Older People Supported and Involved in Decisions About Medicines, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People's Care, Opioid Painkillers, Opioids, Optimising Prescribing and Deprescribing in Older Adults, Over-Medication, Over-Prescribing, Over-Treatment, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment, Overmedicalization, Overmedicaton in Care Homes, Overprescribing, Overprescription, Overuse of Medication, Owen’s Steps, Patient Harms, Patient Preference and Adherence, Patient Safety, Patients With Polypharmacy Risks, People With Dementia Living at Home, Pharmacist-Led Care Home Medication Reviews, Pharmacist-Led Home Medication Reviews, Pharmacist-Led Information Technology Intervention (PINCER), Pharmacist-Led Medication Reviews, Pharmacists, Pharmacists to Cut Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, PINCER, PINCER Intervention, PMDRP, Polypharmacy, Polypharmacy and Frailty, Polypharmacy in the Elderly STOPP and START Criteria, Poor Medicines Management, Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs), Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly: the PRISCUS List, Potentially Inappropriate Medicine Combinations, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP), Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older People With Dementia, Prescribing Cascades, Prescribing Optimisation Method, Prescription Drugs, Prescription Drugs Dependency, Prescription Drugs: Long-Term Use, Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs, Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older People With Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventing Acute Admissions from Care Homes, Prevention, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Adverse Drug Reactions, PRISCUS List, Proactive Specialist In-Reach, Professor Paul Cosford: Director for Health Protection and Medical Director at Public Health England, Protecting Resources and Promoting Value, Psychotropic Drug Cessation, Psychotropic Drugs, Public Health England, Rancourt Criteria, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Prescribing Costs, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Reducing Wasted Medications, Robertson’s Flow Charts, Royal College of Physicians, School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health: Hanoi Medical University, Sloane List, Social Prescribing, Social Prescribing Approach to Reducing Default to Medicines / Drug-Based Treatments, South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust, START Criteria, STOPP and START Criteria, STOPP Criteria, STOPP START Criteria, Suboptimal Prescribing, Summary Care Records, Summary Care Records (SCRs), Sustainability, Sustainability in the NHS, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, TIMER Tool, Too Much Medicine, Tools for Measuring Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older People With Dementia, Transforming Care for Frail Older People, United States, University of California Los Angeles, University of Hull, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unsafe Drug Combinations, USA. Fielding School of Public Health: University of California Los Angeles, Value for Money, Value Improvement, Vietnam, Wellbeing in Care Homes, Wolfson Centre for Palliative Care Research: University of Hull, Z-Drugs (Sleeping Tablets), Zhan Criteria
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Reducing Hospital Admissions From Care Homes (Health Foundation / PCC)
Summary A Health Foundation report indicates that perhaps over 40% of emergency hospital admissions on the part of permanent care home residents aged ≥65 years could have been avoided with better preventive primary care, community support / NHS care in care … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, Ageing Population, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, Care Home Assessment Teams (CHATs), Care Home-Associated Deconditioning, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes-Related Deconditioning, Chronic Disease and Frailty, Chronic Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, Co-Production, Co-Production for Wellbeing, Co-Production in Commissioning, Co-production in Quality Improvement, Continuing Health Care, Coproduction, Deconditioning, Deconditioning in Hospital, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia: People With Dementia in Care Homes, Embedding Co-Production, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, Enfield Care Home Assessment Team (CHAT), Enhanced Care Packages (Care Homes), Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Framework, Enhanced Specification of General Practice Care for Frail Older People Living in Care Homes, Enhanced Support, Frailty, Haringey, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Admissions, Hospital-Associated Deconditioning, Hospital-Related Deconditioning, Hydration and Nutrition, Improved Support from Community Nurses for Nurses Employed in Care Homes, Improvement Analytics Unit (IAU), Improvement Analytics Unit (NHS England and Health Foundation Partnership), Improvement Analytics Unit: Health Foundation, Influence of Primary Care Quality Upon Hospital Admissions by People with Dementia in England, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration of Health and Care, Interface Between Primary and Secondary Care, Later Life, Living Well in Care Homes, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medication Reviews, Medication Reviews in Care Homes, Medicine Reviews, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multispecialty Community Providers (Integrated Out-of-Hospital Care), Multispecialty Community Providers (MCPs), Named GPs, Named GPs for Over-75s, New Care Models, New Care Models: Vanguard Sites, New Models of Care, New Models of Primary Care, NHS Nottingham City CCG, Nottingham City, Out-of-Hours Urgent Care, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Pharmacist-Led Care Home Medication Reviews, Pneumonia, Pneumonitis (Inflammation of Lung Tissue) Caused by Inhaled Food or Liquid, Pressure Sores, Pressure Ulcers, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Quality and Safety Improvement Approaches in Care Homes, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Rates of Hospital Admissions by Care Home Residents, Reducing Hospital Attendance, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Regular Medication Reviews, Residential Care Homes, Rushcliffe, Staff Training, Support for Care Homes, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Sutton, Sutton Homes of Care Vanguard, Training and Support, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Wakefield, Wakefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
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Healthy Lifestyles May Partially Help Offset Genetic Risk Factors for Dementia (BBC News / JAMA / Bazian)
Summary Persons in the UK Biobank study were followed over time to discover whether pursuing a healthy lifestyle (not smoking, regular physical activity, healthy diet and moderate alcohol consumption) might be associated with lower risk of developing dementia regardless of predisposing genetic risk factors. Statistically, favourable (“healthy”) lifestyles … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Lifestyle, Ageing Population, Alan Turing Institute, Albertinen-Haus Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology: University of Hamburg, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2019), Association Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function and / or Dementia, Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk Factors With Incidence of Dementia, Australia, Australian Centre for Precision Health: University of South Australia, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Cigarette Smoking, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit: University of Oxford, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Critical Appraisals, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research: Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Division of General Medicine: University of Michigan, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Genetic Risk Factors, Genetic Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease, Germany, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Diet, Healthy Lifestyle Score: Based on Four Established Dementia Risk Factors (Smoking Physical Activity Diet and Alcohol Consumption), Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research: University of Michigan, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Later Life, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Moderate Alcohol Consumption, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neurological Disorders, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, Obesity Risk Factor, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Physical Activity Before Dementia, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Polygenic Risk Score: Individual’s Load of Common Genetic Variants Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Risk, Population Policy and Practice: University College London, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Better Than Cure, Prevention of Dementia, Preventive Care, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Regular Physical Activity, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Cognitive Impairment, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Dementia, Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia, Scientific Department: University of Hamburg, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Social Epidemiology, South Australia, Staying Healthy for Longer, Tobacco Consumption, UK Biobank, Unhealthy Lifestyles, United States, University College London, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Hamburg, University of Michigan, University of Oxford, University of South Australia, University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute, USA, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research in Michigan, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research: Michigan
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