Tag Archives: PSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit (LSE)

The Impact of Dementia in Wales (Alzheimer’s Society / PSSRU)

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Alzheimer’s Society’s “Hidden Cost of Dementia in Wales” report is an overview of the research conducted by the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of Economics. The estimated hidden cost of dementia in Wales … Continue reading →

Inequalities in Access to Palliative Care in the UK (BBC News / LSE / Marie Curie Cancer Care / International Journal of Palliative Nursing)

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research by the London School of Economics on behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care suggests that over 100,000 people a year who could benefit from palliative care fail to receive it. Patients sometimes lack suitable pain relief and respite, … Continue reading →

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Radical Review of Health and Social Care Funding (BBC News / Barker Commission / King’s Fund)

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Barker Commission has asserted that the NHS and social care systems in England need to be merged, with a single ring-fenced budget, in the most radical overhaul since their creation in the 1940s. Proposals for new models of … Continue reading →

Prevention of Dementia (ILC-UK)

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) report summarises current knowledge about how more can be done to prevent the scale of dementia prevalence in future, and to reduce avoidable costs. It considers the potential savings achievable by tackling … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Ageing, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing Population, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Australian National Dementia Strategy, Awareness Campaigns, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Behavioural Pathways to Health Inequalities, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure, Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease, Burden of Dementia, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia Policy, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia: a Public Health Priority, Diabetes Mellitus, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Disability Dementia and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Interventions, Disease Burden, Eating and Drinking, Education and Awareness, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Financial Constraints, Financial Pressures, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Hypertension, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease, Integrated Prevention Approaches, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), International Longevity Centre UK (ILCUK), Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Midlife Hypertension, NHS Finances, Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Pfizer Inc., Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Inactivity, Policy and Law, Prevalence, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Primary Preventative Strategies, PSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit (LSE), Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Interventions, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Savings in Private Payments and Informal Care, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep Disorders, Smoking, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Socio-Economic Patterning, Staying Healthy for Longer, Successful Ageing, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living | Leave a comment

Sporting Memories Network: Sport and Dementia (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / Sporting Memories Network / NHS England)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A brief piece introduces the Sporting Memories Network which aims to use sporting memories to help people with dementia. It also discusses the potential of raising public awareness of dementia through sport. Full Text Link Reference Sport and Dementia. … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Bedminsterdown School, Bristol and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and South Gloucestershire Councils, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, City of York Sporting Memories Project, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Challenge, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly York, England’s 1966 World Cup Winning Team, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Grimsby Town Football Club, Group Reminiscence Therapy, Jules Rimet Trophy (1966 World Cup), London School of Economics, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Meaning in Life, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Relationships, Memories Game, Monkwearmouth Hospital, National Citizen Service, Personal Social Services Research Unit, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Positive Interactions, Preventing Isolation, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, PSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit (LSE), Public Awareness, Raising Awareness, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Services, Reminiscence Therapy, Social Inclusion, Social Solidarity, Sport, Sport and Dementia, Sporting Memories, Sporting Memories Network, Tony Jameson-Allen: Director of Sporting Memories Network, Watchng Football, Workforce Development Innovation Fund Grant (Skills for Care), World Cup 2018 | Leave a comment

Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013 (Personal Social Services Research Unit / Department of Health)

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This detailed report provides comprehensive information about the costs of a wide range of health and social care services. Full Text Link Reference Curtis, L. (2014). Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013. Canterbury: University of Kent / Personal … Continue reading →

The Dementia Iceberg: Screening for Dementia (Bupa / PSSRU)

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This international report, sponsored and published by Bupa, examines how dementia screening could help to increase diagnosis rates. The “Dementia Iceberg” report – researching the United Kingdom (England and Wales), Spain, Australia and New Zealand – uses models to … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Advice for Family and Friends, Alzheimer’s Early Screening, Assessment and Diagnosis, Australia, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, Bupa, Bupa Care Services, BUPA Foundation, Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Iceberg, Dementia Screening, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis Rates, Disclosure of Diagnosis, Drug Identification, Early Diagnosis, Early Screening, England, Identification and Referral, Imperial College London, Living Well After Diagnosis, London School of Economics (LSE), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), National Ageing Research Institute: University of Melbourne, New Zealand, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Post-Diagnosis Support, PSSRU at London School of Economics and Political Science, PSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit (LSE), Recent Diagnosis, Reducing Delays in Dementia Diagnosis, Screening for Dementia, Spain, Spotting the Signs of Dementia, Timely Diagnosis, University College London, University of Auckland, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Worcester, Zaragoza University | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: PSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit (LSE)

The Impact of Dementia in Wales (Alzheimer’s Society / PSSRU)

Inequalities in Access to Palliative Care in the UK (BBC News / LSE / Marie Curie Cancer Care / International Journal of Palliative Nursing)

Radical Review of Health and Social Care Funding (BBC News / Barker Commission / King’s Fund)

Prevention of Dementia (ILC-UK)

Sporting Memories Network: Sport and Dementia (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / Sporting Memories Network / NHS England)

Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013 (Personal Social Services Research Unit / Department of Health)

The Dementia Iceberg: Screening for Dementia (Bupa / PSSRU)

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