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Tag Archives: OECD
UK “Health at a Glance 2017” Using OECD Indicators (BBC News / OECD)
Summary The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Health at a Glance provides “the latest comparable data and trends on the performance of health systems in OECD countries”. Britain appears to be the “most obese nation” in Western Europe, … Continue reading
Posted in Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Care, Access to Services, Access to Treatment, Alcohol Consumption, Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Delayed Discharges, Epidemiology, European Community Health Indicators (ECHI), European Health, European Union (EU), Finance, Financial Context, Financial Issues, Financing of Health Care, Health Expenditure, Health: Financing, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, International Comparisons, International Health Care Comparisons, International Perspectives, Life Expectancy, Men vs. Women (Diseease Prevalence), Mortality, NHS Workforce, Obesity, OECD, OECD Health Policy Studies, OECD Indicators, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Overweight, Public Health, Smoking, Social Epidemiology
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European Health at a Glance (European Commission)
Summary This report summarises statistical data on health, and health systems, in 35 European countries, including all European Union member states, candidate European countries (not Albania) and European Free Trade Association countries. There is a section on dementia prevalence (among … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Care, Addressing Dementia: the OECD Response, Broad Determinants of Health, Cancer Incidence, Cancer Mortality Profiles, Candidate European Countries, Candidate European Union Member, Dementia Prevalence (Europe), Dementia Prevalence Projections: OECD Countries, Determinants of Health, Determinants of Health and Disability, Diabetes Prevalence and Incidence, Epidemiology and Statistics, European Commission, European Countries, European Free Trade Association Countries, European Health, European Union Member States, Health at a Glance: Europe 2014, Health Care Resources and Activities, Health Expenditure and Financing, Health Inequalities, Healthy Life Expectancy, Impact of the Economic Crisis on Health, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Inequalities in Infant Mortality, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequalities of Health Care, International Comparisons, Life Expectancy, Mortality, National Dementia Prevalence, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Prevalence of Dementia, Quality of Care, Reducing Health Inequalities, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Societal Determinants of Health, Variations in Quality of Care, Wider Determinants of Health
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World Dementia Council’s Newsletter: Issue No.2 (World Dementia Council)
Summary The World Dementia Envoy, Dr Dennis Gillings, has published the second edition of the World Dementia Council Newsletter. This is available in English currently. Translations into other languages are expected to follow shortly. Full Text Link Reference Second World … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, 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, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, Academia-Industry Partnerships (Canada and France Co-Led), Academia-Industry Synergies, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (2014), Big Data, Canada-France Legacy Event, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Daisy Acosta: World Dementia Council Member, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Innovation, Dementia Research, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Finance, France / Canada Legacy Event, George Vradenburg: President and Chairman of the Vradenburg Foundation and US Against Alzheimer’s, Global Dementia Legacy Event, Global Dementia Legacy Event on Academia-Industry Synergies, Global Dementia Legacy Event Speech (Dr Gillings), Harry Johns: President and CEO of Alzheimer’s Association, Harry Johns: World Dementia Council Member, Incentives and Investment, Joël Ménard: Professor of Public Health Faculty of Medicine Paris-Descartes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Meera Pattabiraman: World Dementia Council Member, Modifiable Risk Factors, OECD, Open Data and Big Data, Open Science, Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Philippe Amouyel: World Dementia Council Member, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Philippe Amouyel: EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Risk Factors, Second Global Dementia Legacy Event, Second Global Dementia Legacy Event (Ottawa: September 2014), Second World Dementia Council Meeting Communique, Tonio Borg: EU Health Commissioner, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council Members, World Dementia Council Newsletter, World Dementia Envoy, Yves Leterme: Former Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD
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Second World Dementia Council Meeting Communique (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary The World Dementia Council (WDC) has announced further steps to speed-up dementia research and increase investment, explaining plans agreed at a second meeting at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris during July 2014. The four main … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, Alzheimer's Association, Behavioural Risk Factors, Bermuda Principles (Genomics), Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Charitable Funding, Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Daisy Acosta: World Dementia Council Member, Data Sharing, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Epidemiology, European Commission, Financial Incentives, France / Canada Legacy Event, Free Open Access Journals, G20 Countries, G7 Countries, Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Harry Johns: President and CEO of Alzheimer’s Association, Harry Johns: World Dementia Council Member, Incentives and Investment, Incentives for Drug Development, Integrated Development Pathway, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Programmes, Japan Legacy Event, Joel Menard: World Dementia Council Member, JP Morgan, Meera Pattabiraman: World Dementia Council Member, Modifiable Risk Factors, Ms. Cathrin Petty: JP Morgan, OECD, Open Access Databases, Open Access Journals, Open Access Knowledge Resources, Open Access Research, Open Science, Open Source Solutions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Philanthropic Funding, Philippe Amouyel: World Dementia Council Member, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Philippe Amouyel: EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Public Health, Public-Private Partnership (PPP), Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Second World Dementia Council Meeting Communique, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council
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Launch of the Global Dementia and Alzheimer’s Action Alliance: World Health Assembly, Geneva (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / WHO)
Summary The “Global Dementia and Alzheimer’s Action Alliance” has been launched at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. The World Health Assembly is the annual meeting of the World Health Organization. This Alliance is a direct outcome of the call … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Better Policies for People with Dementia, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Challenge, First WHO Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, First WHO Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia: Better Policies for People with Dementia, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, G8 Dementia Summit Declaration, Geneva, Global Action Alliance, Global Alzheimer and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA) Catalogue of Resources (on Care Models Policy Development and Changing Attitudes), Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance, Global Dementia and Alzheimer’s Action Alliance, International Collaborations, International Consortium on Health Outcome Measures (ICHOM), International Good Practice, Mark Pearson: Deputy Director of OECD Directorate for Employment; Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Scottish Government, WHO, WHO: World Health Organization, World Health Assembly, World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Towards a Better Life with Alzheimer’s Disease (ESRO / Alzheimer’s Society / Red & Yellow Care / Lancet)
Summary A recent report from ESRO and Red & Yellow Care (published with the Alzheimer’s Society) looks at steps required to improve the wellbeing of people living with dementia, whether in the community or in care. This thoughtfully written report … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Arts Council England, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness of Relationships, Awareness Raising, Balancing Risk and Choice, Better Life with Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Risk Assessments, Embracing Now, Enabling Happiness, ESRO, Flexibility, Good Life with Alzheimer's Disease, Happiness, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Wellbeing, Identity, Improving Flexibility of Care, Increasing Wellbeing, Independence Choice and Risk, Lancet, Living in the Mment, Maintaining Identity, Meaningful Relationships, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Post-2015, Mindfulness, My Home Life (MHL), My Home Life Network, My Name is Not Dementia, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Perfect Imperfection, Personal Identity, Personal Relationships, Physical Wellbeing, Positive Relationships, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Psychological Wellbeing, Quality of Life, Quality of Life Promotion, Raising Awareness, Red & Yellow Care, Relationships, Relationships and Context, Remembering Life Experiences, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Therapy, Respect, Respect for Identity, Right to Take Risk, Risk and Mitigation Strategies, Risk Management, Sense of Identity, Social Wellbeing, Spots of Time, Supporting Agency, Sustaining Relationships, Value of Arts and Culture to People and Society, Valuing Contrast: Good Days and Bad Days, Wellbeing, Wellbeing in Later Life
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G8 Dementia Summit: Agreement Documents (Department of Health / Prime Minister’s Office)
Summary A declaration and a communique present the agreements consolidated at the G8 Dementia Summit. G8 countries have agreed: The ambition to identify a cure or therapy for dementia by 2025, with a commitment to significantly increase spending on dementia research … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, Academia-Industry Partnerships (Canada and France Co-Led), Carer Support, Carers, Collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Daniel Bahr: MDB (FDP) Federal Minster for Health (Germany), Dementia Research, Don Moulds: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (USA), Dr Margaret Chan: WHO Director-General, Dr. Giuseppe Ruocco: Director General for Prevention - Ministry of Health (Italy: on behalf of Minister Beatrice Lorenzin), EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease (JPND), European Commission, First G8 Dementia Summit, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, G8 Dementia Summit Communique, G8 Dementia Summit Declaration, G8 Health and Science Ministers, G8 Nations, Global Context, Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Outlook, Government Research Funding, International Programmes, Knowledge Translation, Leadership, Madame Marisol Touraine: Minister of Health and Social Affairs (France), Ms Shinako Tsuchiya: Senior Vice Minister of Health Labour and Welfare (Japan), New Care and Prevention Models (Japan-Led), Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), OECD, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Veronika I. Skvortsova: Minister of Health (Russia), Reducing Stigma, Research and Innovation, Robert Greenhill: World Economic Forum, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Social Impact Investment (UK-Led), Stigma, The Honourable Rona Ambrose: Minister of Health (Canada), UK Presidency of G8 2013, WHO, Yves Leterme: Former Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD
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