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Tag Archives: Prescribing
Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism (STOMP) Campaign (NHS England / Royal College of Psychiatrists / BPS)
Summary Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, has written to raise awareness about the over-medication of people with learning disabilities or autism, on the first anniversary of the Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Access to Psychological Therapies for People With Intellectual Disabilities, Algorithm For Review Reduction or Stopping of Psychotropic Drugs in People With a Learning Disability Autism or Both, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Anxiolytics and Hypnotics (Including Benzodiazepines), Art Drama and Music Therapies, Arts Therapies, Autism, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, British Psychological Society (BPS), British Psychological Society: Division of Clinical Psychology, CAT: Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF), Chemical Restraint, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Challenges, Commissioning Team for Faculties For Intellectual Disabilities of Royal College of Psychiatrists, DCP: Division of Clinical Psychology, Deficits and Distortions, Deprescribing, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Dramatherapy, Drug Prescribing, Drugs for Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, Facing Real Challenges, Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability: Royal College of Psychiatrists, General Practice, GP Practices, GPs, Group Interventions, Group-Based Mindfulness Interventions, Improving Prescribing Practice, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Innovation Adaptation and Reasonable Adjustments to Ensure Equality for People With Intellectual Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities: Addressing the Meaning of ID to Individuals, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disability Autism or Both, Learning Disability Professional Senate, Measurement of Outcomes in Psychological Therapies for People With Intellectual Disabilities, Medication Reviews, Mental Health and Behaviour Which Challenges, Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Therapies, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), MiXIT Theatre Group (Newcastle), Mood Stabilisers, Music Therapy, Over-Medication, Over-Medication for People With Learning Disabilities, Over-Prescribing, Overprescribing, People With Learning Disabilities, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Prescribing, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Learning Disabilities, Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Psychological Therapies, Psychological Therapies and People Who Have Intellectual Disabilities (BPS), Psychological Therapies for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Quality Measures, Psychotropic Drug Prescribing For People With Behaviours That Challenge (RCPsych), Psychotropic Drug Prescribing For People With Intellectual Disability (RCPsych), Psychotropic Drug Prescribing For People With Mental Health Problems (RCPsych), Real Life Change, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists: Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Royal Colleges of Nursing - Psychiatrists, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Self-Monitoring, Soles of the Feet Meditation, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Standards For Psychotropic Drug Prescribing, STOMP (Awareness Campaign), STOMP It Out Drugs Campaign, STOMP Pledge, STOMP Pledge on Overmedication of People With Learning Disability and Autism, STOMP-STAMP Pledge: Resources, STOMP: Stopping Over Medication of People With a Learning Disability Autism or Both, Stop the Over-Medication of People With a Learning Disability or Autism (STOMP) Campaign, Supporting Treatment and Appropriate Medication in Paediatrics (STAMP), Systemic Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Bond, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG)
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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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Review of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Care Homes (BMC Geriatrics)
Summary This review attempts to map the literature generated from research in care homes. The authors performed a systematic mapping review, looking specifically into the evidence-base from randomised controlled trials conducted in care homes. Of the 291 articles reviewed in full, most … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Systematic Reviews
Tagged Aromatherapy, BMC Geriatrics, Care Home Administration, Care Homes. Nursing Homes, Case Management, Cognitive Performance, Constipation, COPD, Cough Reflex Sensitivity, Decubitus Ulcers, Dehydration, Dementia, Dental and Oral Health Interventions, Department of Health Care of Older People: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Medicine: Peterborough City Hospital, Department of Psychiatry: University of Nottingham, Depression, Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing: University of Nottingham, Faecal Incontinence, Falls, Fractures, General Health, Homes for the Aged, Hypertension, Immunity, Influenza, Interpersonal Skills, Long Term Care, Malnutrition, Medical Crises in Older People Study Group, Microbial Colonisation, Mobility, Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nursing, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy Aids and Appliances, Oral Health, Osteoporosis, Pain, Peterborough, Peterborough City Hospital, Pharmacological, Physical Function, Physical Restraint Use, Physical Therapy, Prescribing, Psychological or Behavioural Therapy, Quality of Care, Quality of Life, Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), Research in Care Homes, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Facilities, Respiratory Infection, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Skin Health, Sleep, Staff Education, Swallowing, University of Nottingham, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), UTI, Vaccination, Vitamin D Deficiency
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Spotlight on Dementia Care (Health Foundation)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 9, April 2012]. Summary The Health Foundation’s “Spotlight on Dementia Care” report, written by Matrix Evidence, assembles a huge volume of statistical evidence, good … Continue reading
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care in General Hospitals, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Cognitive Stimulation Therapy at Dementia Academy in Norfolk, Community Care, Comparative Costs of Community Care, Costs, Costs of Dementia Care, Costs of Social Care for Older People, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Metrics, Dementia Quality Standards, Dementia Skills Gap, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Enriched Opportunities Programme, Epidemiology, General Hospitals, Guidance for Commissioners, Health and Social Care, Home and Community Care Services, Information and Metrics, MAGDR, MAGDR: Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research, Manchester Health and Social Care Trust, Matrix Evidence, Memory Clinics, Memory Services, Mersey Care NHS Trust, Mind the Gap, Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research (MAGDR), National Guidance and Quality Standards, NICE Guidelines Dementia, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust, Norfolk Clinical Academy for Dementia, Personal Social Services, Prescribing, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Research Funding, Social Care, Social Epidemiology, Social Services, Spotlight on Dementia Care, Transforming General Hospital Care, Typical Dementia Care Pathway
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Interventions to Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing in Nursing Homes: a Systematic Review
Abstract Residents in nursing homes have tended to be exposed to inappropriate medication, particularly in regard to the excessive use of anti-psychotics which are commonly prescribed for nursing home residents suffering from dementia. This review attempted to identify the effect … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Pharmacological Treatments, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Anti-Psychotic Drugs for Dementia, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Atypical Antipsychotics, Interventions, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Nursing Homes, Prescribing, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Systematic Review
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