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World Alzheimer’s Day and World Alzheimer’s Month 2016 (Alzheimer’s Disease International)

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Information is available from Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) concerning World Alzheimer’s Month (September); and World Alzheimer’s Day 2016, on September 21st 2016. The theme for this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month campaign is “Remember Me”. World Alzheimer’s Month is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, In the News, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 20000 Reasons Campaign (Alzheimer's Society: Northern Ireland), 45000 Reasons Campaign (Alzheimer's Society: Wales), Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Awareness, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Carey Mulligan, Carey Mulligan: UK Global Dementia Friends Ambassador, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dementia Awareness Campaigns, Dementia Awareness Raising, Dementia Friends, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Global Outlook, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macau (SAR China), Macau SAR, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, PR China, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, TADA Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, World Alzheimer's Month 2016 (Remember Me), World Alzheimer’s Day 2016, World Alzheimer’s Month 2016, Zimbabwe | Leave a comment

Significant Changes at the World Dementia Council? (WDC)

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary There has been reform within the World Dementia Council (WDC). The changes are intended to make this body “more representative” in global terms (if such were possible) and fully independent. The Council now includes a wider range of international … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO) | Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Academia-Industry Partnerships, Academic Research, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Argentina, ARUK: Alzheimer’s Research UK, Assistive Technology, Associate Members (WDC), Awareness, Awareness Raising, Behavioural Risk Factors, Big Data, Big Data Partnership, Big Pharma, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Biopharmaceutical Companies, Biotechnology, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Charitable Funding, Clinical Trial Efficiencies, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Data Sharing, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Consortium, Dementia Discovery Fund, Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Research: UK Impact, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health’s Integrated Development Initiative, Digital Technology, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Dr Yves Joanette: Scientific Director of Canadian Institute of Health Research (Institute of Aging), Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, Future Long-Term Care Costs, GAAD: Global Action Against Dementia, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Action Against Dementia (GAAD), Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Government Research Funding, Hilary Doxford: World Dementia Council Member, Indonesia, Information Technology, Innovative Technology, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Programmes, Interventions for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Men, Investment in Technology, Join Dementia Research, Leveraging Big Data, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institute of Ageing (NIA), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurological Research, Nigeria, Open Data and Big Data, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Philanthropic Funding, Pipeline Databases, Prevention, Prevention of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Raj Long: Vice Chair of World Dementia Council, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Regulatory Agencies, Regulatory Experts, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Research Funding, Resource and Incentives, Restraint and Restrictions, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Risk Factors, Risk Reduction, Risk Reduction (Formerly Termed Prevention by WDC), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Social Isolation, Stigma, Taiwan, Treatment and Prevention of Dementia, US National Institute on Aging, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council, World Health Organisation (WHO), Yves Joanette: Chair of World Dementia Council | Leave a comment

Quality of Death Index: UK End-Of-Life Care Second To None? (BBC News / EIU / NHS England / CQC / National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A comparative study of palliative care across 80 countries by the Economist Intelligence Unit has declared that end-of-life care in the UK can be ranked the best in the world. The UK was ranked first due to comprehensive national … Continue reading →

Patient Empowerment (All Party Parliamentary Group)

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

Summary A recent All Party Parliamentary Group(s) report explains the benefits from the global patient empowerment movement. The aim is to promote a more active role for individuals in their own healthcare. Full Text Link Reference Patient empowerment: for better … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, 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, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO) | Tagged Active Engagement, All Party Health Group, All Party Parliamentary Group(s), APPG on Global Health, APPG on Global Tuberculosis, APPG on HIV/AIDS, APPG on Patient and Public Involvement in Health and Social Care, APPG on Population Development and Reproductive Health, Australia, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality of Healthcare, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Bangladesh, Barriers to Engagement, Barriers to Involvement, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, BEUC: The European Consumer Organization, Care Companion Programme (Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in India), Care Companion Project, Care Companion Project: India, Carer Satisfaction, Choice, Chronic and Severe Illness, Chronic Care, Co-Production, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Danish Society for Patient Safety, Denmark, Department for International Development, DFID: Department for International Development, Economic Sustainability, Economics of Co-Production, Empowerment, Engagement, EPP: Expert Patients Programme, European Health Futures Forum, European Society for Quality in Healthcare, Evidence for Action, Expert Patient Programme, Fondazione Piero e Lucille Corti Onlus, General Practice and Primary Care: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Global Context, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Global Perspectives on Healthcare, Health Decision Sciences Centre at Massachusetts General Hospital, Health Literacy, Healthy Behaviours, HMP Grendon, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Quality Improvement, Improving Patient Safety, India, Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, Institute of Health and Wellbeing: University of Glasgow, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations, INVOLVE: Public Involvement in Research, JAMA Internal Medicine, John D Stoeckle Centre for Primary Care Innovation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Just Ask, Just Ask Campaign: Denmark, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit: Mayo Clinic, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Liam Donaldson: WHO Envoy for Patient Safety, Littlefox Communications, Local Empowerment, Luke O’Shea: Head of Patient Participation at NHS England, Maikhanda Trust, Malawi, Mandate to NHS England, Marie Stopes International, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, MI: Motivational Interviewing, Narayana Health, National Coproduction Advisory Group, National Voices, Nepal, NHS Constitution, NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS Expert Patient Programme (EPP), NHS Fife: One Size Fits One, NHS Mandate, Nigeria, Non-Involvement, Participatory Women’s Groups (Bangladesh India Malawi and Nepal), Partnering with Patients Families and Communities for Health, Partnerships With Patients and Consumers, Patient Choice, Patient Empowerment, Patient Empowerment Movement, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Strategies, Patient First Ambassadors (Australia), Patient Focus, Patient Handbook: A Patient’s Guide to a Safer Hospital Stay, Patient Held Records (Denmark and Malawi), Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Patients for Patient Safety Canada, Patients' Co-Ownership of Medical Records, PDA: Patient Decision Aid, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Preventable Hospital Admissions, Public Involvement in Research (INVOLVE), Quality and Sustainability, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Respectful Maternity Care (Nepal and Nigeria), RMC: Respectful Maternity Care, Scaling Up Shared Decision-Making (USA), Scotland, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Self Management of Chronic Disease, Self-Administration, Self-Care, Self-Determination, Self-Directed Services, Self-Directed Support, Self-Help, Self-Management in Chronic Illness, Service User Involvement, Sheffield-Gulu Mental Health Partnership, St Louis University School of Medicine, Stockholm Research Network: Patient Power, Strategies for Informing Educating and Involving Patients, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, TASO: The AIDS Support Organisation, Telehealth and Self Care, Transparency, TrygFonden, Uganda, United Nations, University of Central Lancashire, University of Minnesota, US National Institutes of Health (NIH), User Involvement, White Ribbon Alliance, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, WHO Patient Safety Programme, World Health Organization, World Health Organization’s Patients for Patient Safety Programme, World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) | Leave a comment

Prevalence of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment in Sub-Saharan Africa (WHO)

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This systematic review of literature on the prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia in sub-Saharan Africa found the estimated prevalence of dementia ranges from 0%, to 10.1% in Nigeria. The estimated prevalence of cognitive impairment ranges from 6.3%, in … Continue reading →

Posted in For Researchers (mostly), International, National, NIHR, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO) | Tagged Benin, Botswana, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Central African Republic, Cognitive Impairment, Congo, Dementia Diagnosis in Developing Countries, Dementia in Africa, Dementia Prevalence Projections: LMIC Countries (Low and Middle Income Countries), Developing Countries, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Nigeria, Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment, Prevalence of Dementia, Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, Social Epidemiology, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Third World Countries, University of Oxford, University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg, University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School: University of Warwick, WHO: World Health Organization, World Health Organization | Leave a comment

Elderly Care: Analysis of Long-Term Care for Dementia (ADI / BBC News)

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary More than 35 million people live with dementia throughout the world, according to the World Health Organisation; more than half of whom live in low and middle income countries. The global costs of treating and caring for people with dementia are estimated … Continue reading →

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