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Tag Archives: Older People
NHS England’s Pharmacy Integration Fund (NHS England / BBC News)
Summary Care home residents often have multiple long-term conditions and are often prescribed several different medicines (polypharmacy). NHS England plans to fund recruitment of 180 pharmacists and 60 pharmacy technicians who will work with care homes to try to reduce … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Achieving Better Value, Ageing Population, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, BBC Health News, Better Value, Better Value Healthcare, Better Value in the NHS, Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, Care Home Pharmacists, Care Home Pharmacists to Cut Overmedication, Care Homes, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Clinical Pharmacists, Community Pharmacists, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Confusion in Care Homes, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Discontinuation of Multiple Medications in Older Adults, Drug Cost Savings, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Economic Sustainability, English Pharmacy Board, Financial Constraints, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Frail Older People, Good Practice in Care Homes, Harms of Too Much Medicine, Hospital Pharmacists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Pharmacists, Imelda Redmond: Healthwatch England, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Pharmaceutical Care in Care Homes, Improving Prescribing Practice, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Inappropriate Drug Use, Inappropriate Medication, Inappropriate Prescribing, Integrated Care in Northumberland, Interdisciplinary Teams, Later Life, Less is More, Liaison and In-Reach Services for Frail Older People, Living Well in Care Homes, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lowering Costs, Managing Medicines in Care Homes, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Overuse, Medication Reviews, Medication Reviews in Care Homes, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Multi-Morbidities, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG, NHS England Local Area Teams: Frail Older People With Complex Needs, NHS England Pharmacy Integration Fund, Northumberland, Older Care Home Residents, Older People, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People's Care, Oral Nutritional Support, Over-Medication, Over-Prescribing, Over-Treatment, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment, Overmedicaton in Care Homes, Overprescription, Overuse of Medication, Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Patients With Polypharmacy Risks, Pharmacist-Led Care Home Medication Reviews, Pharmacist-Led Medication Reviews, Pharmacists, Pharmacists to Cut Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Pharmacy Integration Fund (NHS England), Pharmacy Technicians, Polypharmacy, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, 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 Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Proactive Specialist In-Reach, Protecting Resources and Promoting Value, Redesigning Services, Reducing Expenditure, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Prescribing Costs, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Reducing Wasted Medications, Research in Care Homes, Sandra Gidley: Chair of Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s English Pharmacy Board, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transforming Care for Frail Older People, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Value for Money, Value Improvement, Wellbeing in Care Homes
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Getting Ready for Ageing Manifesto (Ready for Ageing Alliance)
Summary The Ready for Ageing Alliance has released a manifesto on ageing and demographic change, entitled “Getting Ready for Ageing”. Their report presents ideas for policy makers on coping with the challenges of an ageing society, while also offering individuals with … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Hospitals, Adult Social Care, Age and Ageing, Age Discrimination, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in Europe, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Anchor, Anchor Trust, Attitudes to Ageing, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care in an Ageing Society, Centre for Policy on Ageing, Commissioning for Older People, Commissioning Urgent and Emergency Care for Older People, Community and Voluntary Sector, CPA: Centre for Policy on Ageing, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Demographic Change, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Extra Care Housing, Getting Ready for Ageing Manifesto, Health and Housing, Hospitals, Housing for Older People, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Independent Age, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), International Longevity Centre UK (ILCUK), National Dementia Declaration for England, Older Demographics, Older People, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People with High Support Needs, R4AA: Ready for Ageing Alliance, Ready for Ageing, Ready for Ageing Alliance, Ready for Ageing Alliance (R4AA), Ready for Later Life Pack (Proposal), Social Demographics, Under-Utilisation of Older People, Voluntary Sector, Voluntary Sector and Ageing, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Voluntary Sector Provision, Voluntary Sector Strategic Partnerships
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Statistical Focus on the Health and Care of Older People (HSCIC)
Summary The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has published a summary of information about older people living in England. This collection of statistical information presents a broad picture of the health, care and wellbeing of older people in … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A&E Attendances, Access to Hospital Services, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return (ASC-CAR), Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Aids and Adaptations, Bed Days, Body Mass Index (BMI), Care in an Ageing Society, Cause of Death, Community Care Statistics, Community-Based Services, Consultants Working in Geriatric Medicine, Consultants Working in Old Age Psychiatry, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England, Day-Cases, Dementia and Falls, Diabetes Prevalence, Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE), Epidemiology and Statistics, EuroQol Group, Falls in Older People, FCE Bed Days, Geriatric Medicine, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Future Trends, Health Episode Statistics, Health Statistics, Home Adaptations, Home Care, Hospital Admissions, Housing Adaptations, HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy, Local Authority Equipment and Adaptations: Unit / Reference Costs, Mental Health Minimum Data Set (MHMDS), National Dementia Prevalence, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce Statistics, Obesity, Obesity Prevalence in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Old Age Psychiatry, Older People, Older People’s Services, Outpatient Attendances, Prescribing, Prevalence of Cancer, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevalence of Ischaemic Heart Disease, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Referrals Assessments and Packages of Care Return (RAP), Secondary Mental Health Services, Services for Older People in England, Smoking, Social Care, Social Care for Older People, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Wellbeing Ageing and Mortality, Wellbeing in an Ageing Population
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Care and Support Jargon Buster Online (TLAP)
Summary The Care and Support Jargon Buster is a plain English guide to the meaning of many commonly used social care words and phrases. The Care and Support Jargon Buster won a Plain English Campaign Award in 2013. A version … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Patient Information, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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