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Tag Archives: Professor Martin Knapp: Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Dementia Evidence Toolkit Launched (PSSRU at LSE / MODEM / NIHR)
Summary The new Dementia Evidence Toolkit has been built on a database of 3,000 journal articles and 700 reviews of research studies. This ambitious and world-leading online resource aims to offer a one-stop “hub” from which to access the latest evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, End of Life Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Hip Fractures, Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged ADLs/IADLs, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Ageing Population, Alzheimer’s Disease, Care Home Admission Delay, Carer Burden, Carer Outcomes (Financial Burden and More), Carers’ Mental Health, Carers’ Physical Health, Choice in Health and Social Care, Co-Morbidities, Cognition, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Community Settings, Consumer Experiences of Health and Social Care, Day Care, Dementia (General / Unspecified), Dementia Evidence Toolkit, Dementia Evidence Toolkit (MODEM): Evidence Database, Dementia Evidence Toolkit (MODEM): Evidence Summaries, Dementia Research, Dementia: What Works?, Depression and Anxiety, Early-Onset Dementia, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Education and Staff Training, ESCR and NIHR’s Improving Dementia Care Initiative, Extra Care Housing, Fronto-Temporal Dementia, Global Leadership, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Services, Hospital Inpatient Care, Hospital Outpatient Care, Hospital Use Reduction, Huntingtons, Innovation in Health and Social Care, Instruments Measuring Carer Burden, Lewy Body Dementia, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Long Term Residential Care Without Medically Trained Staff, LSE's Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Memory Clinics, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia Project (MODEM), MODEM, MODEM (Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia) Project, Museums, Music Therapy, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)’s Improving Dementia Care Initiative, Nursing Homes, Outcomes, Parkinson’s Dementia, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU): London School of Economics and Political Science, Physical Health, Pick’s Disease, Prevention and/or Management of Co-morbidities, Primary Care, Professor Martin Knapp: Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), PSSRU at LSE, Quality of Life of Carers, Quality Of Life Of Person With Dementia, Satisfaction With Care/services, Service Cost Reductions, Service Use, Specialist Dementia Centre Care / Memory Clinics, Staff Training, Staff Training in Assisted Living Residences (STAR), START: STrAtegies for RelaTives, STrAtegies for RelaTives (START), Supporting People with Dementia and Their Carers in Health and Social Care, Types of Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Workforce Training
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National Dementia Policy: Formation of Dementia Advisory Group (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)
Summary The Department of Health intends to publish a renewed “vision” for strategic direction, with plans up to 2020, on the future of dementia policy in England. It should be ready by early 2015. This will continue and extend existing … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Steps to Unfreeze the Glacial Pace of Dementia Research and Drugs Development (BBC News / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary World Dementia Envoy, Dr Dennis Gillings, has commented on how progress on new research and treatments for dementia has been “achingly slow”. The World Dementia Council, led by the World Dementia Envoy, is meeting today; six months after the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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