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Tag Archives: Manchester
Dementia-Friendly Community Pharmacies (Greater Manchester Pharmacy LPN / RPS)
Summary The Greater Manchester Pharmacy Local Professional Network have produced a brief guide on the seven elements of good practice: The pharmacy environment. The pharmacy team. Public health messages, including lifestyle. Over the counter medicines. Prescription ordering and collection / … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Bolton, Communication Between Community Pharmacists and Caregivers, Community Pharmacies, Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Community Pharmacy and Public Health, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Pharmacies, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Information, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Pharmacies, Dementia-Friendly Shops, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Greater Manchester Pharmacy Local Professional Network, Healthy Lifestyles, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Information and Signposting Services, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Long Term Conditions and Mental Health, Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Conditions and Dementia, Manchester, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medicines Adherence, Multidisciplinary Care, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teamwork, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Primary Care and Community Pharmacy Network, Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Quality of Life for People With Long Term Conditions, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Greet Britain (RPS), Self-Care, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Self-Management, Self-Management Education, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Self-Management in Early Stage Dementia, Self-Management of Long-Term Illnesses, Self-Management Support, Seven Steps to Becoming a Dementia Friendly Pharmacy Practice, Signposting, Signposting Patient Information, Signposting to Appropriate Health Services, Signposting to Sources of Practical Help, Support for Self-Care, Supporting Self-Care
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Air Pollution Might Increase Risk of Dementia? (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society / PNAS / NHS Choices)
Summary Particles of iron oxide (magnetite) related to air pollution have been discovered in samples of human brain tissue. There may be a weak link between air pollution-related particulates and development of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, but the evidence at … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Public Health, Air Pollution and Risk of Dementia, Air Pollution in the UK, Air Quality, Air Quality: Diesel Scrappage Scheme Under Consideration, Airborne Particulate Matter, BBC Health News, BBC Politics News, BBC Science and Environment News, BBC Science News, BBC World Service, BBC’s So I Can Breathe Series, Behind the Headlines, Brain Magnetite, Centre for Environmental Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism: University of Lancaster, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Combustion-Derived Nanoparticles, Damaging Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), Department of Earth Sciences: University of Oxford, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences: University of Lancaster, Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Pyschology: University of Manchester, Dr Clare Walton: Research Manager at Alzheimer's Society, Engine Idling (Stationary Vehicles), Evidence for Risk Factors of Dementia, Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter, Faculty of Health and Medicine: University of Lancaster, Glasgow, House of Commons, House of Commons Environment Health Transport and Environmental Audit Committees, Iron Oxide Particles (Magnetite), Lancaster, Lancaster Environment Centre: University of Lancaster, Lancaster University, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution, Magnetite (Iron Oxide Particles), Magnetite From Air Pollution, Magnetite Pollution Nanoparticles, Magnetite Pollution Particles, Manchester, Mexico, Mexico City, Modifiable Risk Factors, Nanoscale Magnetite, Nanospheres, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurotoxicology Laboratory: University of Montana, Overlapping Risk Factors, Particulate Matter, PNAS, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Public Health England (PHE), School of Biological Sciences: University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy: University of Glasgow, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, So I Can Breathe (BBC World Service), So I Can Breathe (BBC), Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, SoICanBreathe Series (BBC World Service and BBC World News), Speed Bumps, UK's Most Polluted Towns and Cities (WHO 2018), Universidad del Valle de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Glasgow, University of Lancaster, University of Manchester, University of Montana, University of Oxford, Vehicular Pollution, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Three Models of Dementia Assessment and Diagnosis (NHS England / NHS IQ)
Summary Three different models of diagnosis and care for people with dementia have been cited by NHS England as examples of good practice. These schemes are based at Gnosall in Stafford, Northumberland, and Rotherham and Doncaster. Indicative costs and other … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, 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, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Growing Concern Over New Antibiotic-Resistant Hospital Infections: Klebsiella Pneumoniae Carbapenemase (BBC News)
Summary There is rising concern about the drug-resistant superbug called Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC), which is reported to have caused sixteen deaths in Manchester during the past four years. KPC causes urinary tract infections and pneumonia in patients with suppressed … Continue reading
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Salford Institute for Dementia (University of Salford)
Summary Introducing the University of Salford‘s Salford Institute for Dementia: “Working together with local, regional, national and international partners to make a positive difference to living with dementia”. Read more: Salford Institute for Dementia. School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work. University of Salford, … Continue reading
Posted in Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing With Dementia, Care for People with Dementia, Caring for People With Dementia, Challenges of Living with Dementia, Dementia Research, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Universities, Design Thinking, Environmental Design, Improving Care for People with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Living with Dementia, Manchester, Salford Institute for Dementia, Salford Institute for Dementia (University of Salford), School of Nursing Midwifery & Social Work: University of Salford, University of Salford: Salford Institute for Dementia
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