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Tag Archives: Rehabilitation
A Brief Review of How the COVID-19 Pandemic Relates to Elderly Care and Research (JGCR)
Summary A brief literature review examines publications relating to the elderly population arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Themes, and possible areas for further research, are identified. Full Text Link Reference Tripathy, S. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic and the elderly patient: … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2019 Novel Coronavirus, Age Discrimination, Age Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatment Decision-Making, Ageism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Bhubaneswar; India), Association for Geriatric Palliative Medicine (FGPG), Clinical Features of COVID-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19 and Older Adults, COVID-19 and Older People, COVID-19 Epidemiology, COVID-19 Infection, COVID-19 Mortality Rates: International Variations, COVID-19: Impact on the Elderly and Their Carers, Decision Making, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Department of Community Medicine: Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences (Bhandarkhal; Kathmandu), Department of Neuroanaesthesia: Walton Centre (Liverpool), Department of Psychiatry: King George's Medical University (Lucknow; India), Department of Psychiatry: King George’s Medical University (India), Dexamethasone, Discrimination / Stigma, Effects of COVID-19 on Elderly Health, Epidemiology and Statistics, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics, Example Impact of COVID-19 in Resource-Constrained Countries, Faith, India, King George’s Medical University (India), King George’s Medical University (Lucknow; Uttar Pradesh), Literature Reviews, Mortality Statistics: Age-Related Case Fatality Rates (CFRs), Nepal, Nepal Corona Crisis Management Centre (CCMC), Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences (Kathmandu; Nepal), Novel Coronavirus Infection, Palliation, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS Rohtak: India), Prevention, Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Trial on Dexamethasone, Rehabilitation, Religion and Behaviour: the COVID-19 Context, Religious Congregation Versus Social Distancing, Repatriation of COVID-19 Infected Nepali Migrant Workers From India, Resource Allocation, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (Rohtak; India), SIAARTI; Italian Society of Anesthesia Analgesia and Intensive Care, Signs and Symptoms of COVID-19, Stigma, University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham Medical School, Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
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GREAT Findings for Cognitive Rehabilitation? (NIHR HTA / International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry / NIHR Signal)
Summary The “Goal-oriented cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-stage Alzheimer’s and related dementias: multicentre single-blind randomised controlled Trial (GREAT)” was designed to discover whether individual goal-oriented cognitive rehabilitation might improve everyday functioning in people living with mild-to-moderate dementia. It found a significant … Continue reading →
Posted in Community 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, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Bangor Goal‐Setting Interview (BGSI), Bangor University, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), Canterbury, Cardiff University, Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health: University of Exeter, Centre of the Health of the Elderly: Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapies (CRTs), Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy, Cost Effectiveness Studies, Cost-Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness Analyses, Delis‐Kaplan Executive Function System, Dementia Pal Ltd., Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL), Dementia Services Development Centre: Bangor University, Dementia-Related Quality of Life (DEMQOL), DEMQOL-U, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology: University of Manchester, Department of Psychological Medicine: King's College London, Division of Population Medicine: Cardiff University, Early Stage of Dementia, Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Dementia Care, Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale, Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-Stage Dementia, Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Mild to Moderate Stage Dementia, Goal-Setting, GREAT Researchers, GREAT Study: Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in EArly sTage Dementia, GREAT: Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Trial, GSES: Generalized Self‐Efficacy Scale, HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Health Technology Assessment, Health Technology Assessment Database, Health Technology Assessment in the UK, Health Technology Assessment Study, Health Technology Assessments, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression, Institute of Psychiatry: King's College London, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Kent and Medway NHS Partnership Trust, Kings College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, National Institute for Health Research: Health Technology Assessment Programme, NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, NIHR HTA: Health Technology Assessment Programme, NIHR Signal, North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health: Bangor University, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Personal Social Services Research Unit: London School of Economics and Political Science, Psychology and Neuroscience: King's College London, RBMT: Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test, Reablement and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation and Dementia, Rehabilitation in Dementia, Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test, Royal United Hospital (Bath), School of Dementia Studies: University of Bradford, Self-Management Interventions in Early Stage of Dementia, St Martin's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital: King's College London, TEA: Test of Everyday Attention, Tendentious Cost-Effectiveness Analyses, Test of Everyday Attention, The RICE Centre: Royal United Hospital (Bath), University College London (UCL), University Llandough Hospital, University of Bradford, University of Exeter, University of Manchester, VAS: Visual Analogue Scale
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A Model for Enhancing Independence and Self-Management for People Living With Dementia (JGCR)
Summary An article from Japan proposes a model for self-management support, entitled “Self-Management of Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment (SMILE)”. Five factors for helping to preserve social function include: A focus on individuals’ retained functions and strengths, rather than their deficits. … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Anosognosia, Autonomous Decision Making, Autonomous Interdependence, Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment, Autonomy and Choice, Autonomy and Self-Determination, Barriers to Self-Management for People with Dementia, Co-Beneficial Relationships, Communication Support, Decision-Making Capacity, Declining Social Cognition, Deterioration in Social Cognition, Easing Decision-Making, Empowerment, Empowerment and Dementia, Empowerment and Support, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Functional Independence of Older Adults, Gratitude, Gratitude and Appreciation, Habituation of Gratitude, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Ageing, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence in Older Adults, Information Flow in Alzheimer’s Disease, International Classification of Functioning Disability and Participation, Japan, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Maintaining Good Relationships With Others, Maintaining Independence, Maintaining Relationships, Metacognition and Perspective-Taking in Alzheimer’s Disease, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan), Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO), Patient Empowerment, Positive Relationships, Pragmatic Language, Progressive Theory of Mind Decay, Reablement and Rehabilitation, Reciprocal Relationships, Recovery and Rehabilitation, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation, Respect for Autonomy, Self Care For Life, Self-Care, Self-Management, Self-Management in Early Stage Dementia, Self-Management of Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment (SMILE), Self-Management Support, Services Maximising Independence, Setting Goals for Rehabilitation, Shared Decision-Making, SMILE Model for Person-Centred Communication Support, Social Cognitive Deficits, Social Cognitive Deterioration, Social Relationships, Social Reserve, Strength-Based Conversations, Strengths-Based Approaches to Care, Supporting Decision-Making, Supporting Self-Care, Supporting the Independence of People With Dementia, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Supportive Relationships, Supportive Social Relationships, Sustaining Relationships, Theory of Mind, Theory of Mind and Social Reserve, User Empowerment
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Allied Health Professionals: AHPs Into Action (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has released a report explaining how the NHS, the social care system and society at large could be transformed if the Allied Health Professions (AHPs) were used more effectively. Fifty three case studies describe examples of innovative … Continue reading →
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, A&E Emergency Care Practitioners, Adult Social Care and Wellbeing, Advanced Life Support Trainers, Ageing Population, AHP Professional Bodies, AHPs Into Action, Allied Health Professionals, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Allied Health Professions (AHPs), Allied Health Professions into Action: NHS England (2016/17 - 2020/21), Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Art Therapists, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Care Closer to Home, Challenging Traditional Approaches to Care Practice for People With Dementia, Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO), Community Rehabilitation, Costs and Cost Pressures, Crowdsourcing, Day Surgery, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiographers, Dietitians, Drama Therapists, First International Conference on Arts and Dementia Research, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Greater Manchester Dementia Action Alliance, Greenview Intermediate Care Unit, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Manchester Camerata, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Multi-Morbidity, Music in Mind, Music Therapists, Music Therapy, Music Therapy and Dementia, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Sustainability, Obesity, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy, Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs), Orthopists, Osteopaths, Osteopathy, Paramedics, Physician Associate Anaesthesia (PAAs), Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prosthetists and Orthotists, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Rehabilitation, Royal Bolton Hospital, Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Safe and Well Checks, Safe and Well Visits, Samantha Jones: Director of New Models of Care at NHS England, Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs), Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Suzanne Rastrick: NHS England’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, Transplant Co-ordinators, Using Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) to Transform Health Social Care and Wellbeing, Wythenshawe Hospital
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Commissioning Rehabilitation Services (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has published guidance on commissioning rehabilitation services in the form of an interactive guide. This document contains links to the latest evidence and examples of good practice. It covers rehabilitation for both mental and physical health conditions, … Continue reading →
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Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reablement: National Audit Report 2015 (NHS IQ)
Summary The “Unbundling Recovery: Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reablement National Audit Report”, from NHS Improving Quality, investigates the use of an audit methodology (used earlier for surgical conditions) to assess how to improve the rehabilitation in acute hospitals. This report describes … Continue reading →
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Audit Cycles, Auditing, Average Length of RRR Phase, Barking and Dagenham Havering and Redbridge, Capitated Budgets, Capitated Budgets for People With Complex Needs, Capitated Budgets Within Long Term Conditions, Complex Needs, Delayed Transfer of Care to Social Care (DToC), Delayed Transfers of Care, Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Decisions, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Dr Martin McShane: NHS England’s Director for People With Long Term Conditions, East Kent, Features of Patients With Long Hospital RRR Phases, Gathering Linking and Analysing Data, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Information Sharing, L-Point (Liberation Point): Hospital Discharge, Leeds, Length of Stay (LoS), Linked Data Sets, Linked Datasets, Linking Data, Long Term Conditions (LTC) Year of Care Commissioning Programme, Long Term Conditions Year of Care Commissioning Programme Unbundling Recovery Simulation Model, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), LTC Year of Care Commissioning Model, LTC Year of Care Programme, National X-Point Approach, NHS Improving Quality, NHS Improving Quality (IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), North Staffordshire and Stoke, Patient-Level Linked Datasets, Patients With Long Hospital RRR Phases, Power of Shared Information, Prevention and Reablement, Priorites Within Acute Hospitals, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England’s Director of Acute Care, Quality and Service Improvement Tools, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Quality Improvement Methodologies, R-Point and the L-Point (Liberation Point), Reablement, Reablement Funding, Reablement Services, Recovery, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR) Clinical Audit, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation in Acute Hospitals, RRR Auditing and Modelling, RRR Expert Clinical Reference Group, RRR Phase in Acute Hospitals, Service Improvement in Healthcare, Unbundling Recovery Simulation Model, Unbundling Recovery: Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement National Audit Report, X-Point Analysis, Year of Care, Year of Care Approach, Year of Care Commissioning, Year of Care Funding Model, Year of Care Payment Approach, Year of Care Tariff
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Scotland’s Updated Care of Older People in Hospital Standards (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)
Summary Revised Scottish standards concerning acute care of older people in hospital address all aspects of the patient care pathway, including initial assessment on admission, rehabilitation, care transitions and discharge planning. There are sixteen standards. Section headings comprise: Standard 1: … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Age Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland, Care of Older People in Hospital Standards, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Consent, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity on the Ward, Discharge Planning, Engagement and Patient Preferences., Frailty, Frailty Syndromes, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Hospital Pharmacies, Hospital Pharmacy Services, Managing Transitions, NHS Education for Scotland, NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Grampian, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian, NHS Tayside, Older People in Acute Care, Patient Flows, Patient Preferences, Patients Charter, Personal Preferences, Pharmaceutical Care, Physical Rehabilitation, Pressure Sores, Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Assessment, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers, Recognition and Diagnosis of Frailty, Recovery and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Care Pathways, Reshaping Care for Older People, Royal College of Nursing Scotland, Safe Staffing Levels, Scottish Government, Scottish Government’s (2011) Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland, Scottish Patient Safety Programme, Staffing Levels, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, Standards for Food Fluid and Nutritional Care, Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Ward Staffing Levels, Whittle Review Group
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Updates on Mental Health Care Provision (BBC News / Healthwatch England / JGCR)
Summary Data from 32 mental health trusts, obtained by a Freedom of Information request from Healthwatch England, indicates the average number of bed days per psychiatric patient per year has fallen by 10%. Such patients spend six fewer days in … Continue reading →
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Tagged Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder: Commissioning Guide, Access to Mental Health Services, Acute Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Alistair Burt: Minister for Community and Social Care, Anna Bradley: Chairwoman of Healthwatch England, BBC Radio 4, Bed Days, CEDS - CYP Model, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Annual Report: Public Mental Health, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team, Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) Programme, Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Chris Naylor: King's Fund, Commissioning and Service Development, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams and Psychiatric Admission Rates, CUES-Ed: Schools Programme, Declining Investment for Mental Health, Dr Jacqueline Cornish: NHS England’s National Clinical Director Children Young People and Transition to Adulthood, File on 4 (BBC Radio 4), Future in Mind Report: Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Healthwatch England, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Impact of Poor Mental Health on Physical Health, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Integration of Health and Social Care, Investment in Adult Mental Health Services, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Late Life CRHTs (LLCRHTs), Local Transformation Plans for Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Care and Treatment, Mental Health Funding, Mental Health Spending, Mental Health Trusts, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, New Zealand, No Health Without Mental Health, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Prof. Louis Appleby: Chairman of National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Psychological Therapies, Psychological Wellbeing, Public Mental Health, Public Mental Health Commissioning, Public Mental Health Priorities, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Recovery and Rehabilitation, Reducing Bed Days, Rehabilitation, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Transformation Plans for Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing, Waitemata District Health Board (New Zealand), Young People’s Mental Health Services
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Dementia Care, Patient Experience and Risk Reduction Are Priorities for World Dementia Council (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / WDC)
Summary It has been agreed at the World Dementia Council‘s third meeting in London (held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Friday October 17th 2014) that dementia care (i.e. health and social care) and risk reduction should be added … Continue reading →
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Tagged Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Collaborative Projects, Community Rehabilitation, Continuity Plans (WDC and GAAD Agenda), Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Danish Health and Medicines Authority, Dementia Alliance International, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Risk Factors, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health's Digital Health Blog, Digital Engagement, Dr Kiyoshi Kurokawa: Professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Science Advisor to the Cabinet of Japan, Dr Margaret Chan: WHO Director-General, European Medicines Agency, Experiences, Experiences of Diagnosis, Experts by Experience, F ederal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices Germany, Finance and Incentives, Fourth World Dementia Council Meeting (February 2015), G7 Countries, G7 Global Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit, GADAA Toolkit: Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance, Geoff Huggins: Scottish Government, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), 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, Health Canada, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Hilary Doxford: World Dementia Council Member, Innovation in Care and Prevention (Japan Legacy Event), Innovative Technology, Integrated Development, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Programmes, Italian Medicines Agency, Japan Legacy Event, Japan Legacy Event: Innovation in Care and Prevention, Japan’s G7 Legacy Event on Dementia Care and Prevention, JP Morgan, Kate Swaffer: Chair of Dementia Alliance International, Legacy Event in March 2015, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lived Experience, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Maintaining Independence, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority UK, Medicines Evaluation Board Netherlands, Modifiable Risk Factors, Open Science and Data, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personal Experience of Dementia, Peter Paniccia, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency Japan, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmaceutical Regulators, Pre-Clinical Fund, Pre-Clinical Space, Prescribed Disengagement, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Professor Martin Rossor: Former Director of the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Network (DeNDRoN), Professor Martin Rossor: NIHR National Director for Dementia Research, Professor Martin Rossor: UCL Institute of Neurology, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reablement, Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation and Self Management, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Reduction (Formerly Termed Prevention by WDC), Science and Innovation, Service User Experience, Sir Mark Walport, Sir Mark Walport (Wellcome Trust), Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Staying Independent, Support for Carers, Sustainable Care, Tackling Barriers to Innovation, Third Global Dementia Legacy Event, Third Global Dementia Legacy Event (Japan: November 2014), Third World Dementia Council Meeting Communique, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, US Food and Drug Administration, WDC Dementia Risk Reduction Statement, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO)
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Better Care Fund: Questions and Assumptions? (BBC News / NAO)
Summary Questions have arisen about the scale of savings achievable from the £5.3bn Better Care Fund (BCF). The BCF aims to improve integration between NHS and social care. A National Audit Office (NAO) review of the assumptions behind the BCF … Continue reading →
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