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Tag Archives: Risk Reduction
Summary of NICE’s Impact on Dementia Health and Care (NICE)
Summary A National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) marketing report gives an overview of progress in implementing NICE guidance across health and care. The main section headings comprise: Prevent or delay onset of dementia. Referral, diagnosis and care … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Activities to Promote Wellbeing, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics in People With Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Assessment of Care Needs, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Care and Support, Care and Support Planning, Care of People with Dementia: Quality Standard, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning in Dementia, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Choice and Control, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Choice in Health and Social Care, Choirs (Community Singing), Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Commissioning Carer Support Services, Community Singing, Comprehensive Assessments for Older People in Hospital, Comprehensive Model of Personal Care, Control and Independence, Coordinated Care, Coordinating Care, Dementia - Assessment Management and Support for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: NICE Guideline NG97, Dementia - NICE Care Pathway, Dementia Assessment Referral to GP (DeAR-GP), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset - NICE Care Pathway, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life; Midlife Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset: NICE Guideline (NG16), Dementia Friendly Hospitals Charter, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support, Dementia Quality Standard (QS184), Dementia Quality Standards, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Discharge From Hospital, Dr Hilda Hayo: Chief Admiral Nurse, Dr Hilda Hayo: Chief Executive of Dementia UK, Emergency Admissions, Healthwatch, Healthy Lifestyles, Home Care, Informed Choices, Later Life, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Managing Distress, Managing Psychological and Behavioural Distress in People with Dementia, Meaningful Activity, Mental Health Promotion, Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset of Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life, Modifiable Risk Factors, Named Care Coordinators, National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2016-2017 - Third Round of Audit Report: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2017), National Guidance and Quality Standards, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s Quality Standard on Dementia (2019), Needs of Carers, Neurological Disorders, NHS Comprehensive Model of Personal Care, NICE Guideline NG97: Dementia - Assessment Management and Support for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers, NICE Quality Standard 184 (QS184), NICEimpact Dementia, Patient Preferences, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Personal Preferences, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention Agenda, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Quality of Life of Carers, Quality Standard on Care of People with Dementia, Quality Statements, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Risk Reduction, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Social Care, Social Care and Support, Statement of Wishes and Preferences, Structured Assessment (Pre- Non-Pharmacological or Pharmacological Treatment for Distress), Supporting Carers, Supporting Carers of People With Dementia, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Thinking Ahead - Advance Care Planning, Transforming Dementia Care in Hospital, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings
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More on the Association Between Poor Oral Hygiene and Dementia / Alzheimer’s Disease Risk (NHS Choices / Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)
Summary Poor dental hygiene and tooth loss appear to be associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, according to research from Japan. Full Text Link Reference ‘Tooth loss link to increased risk of dementia’. London: NHS Choices; Behind the … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, American Geriatrics Society, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behind the Headlines, Center for Cohort Studies: Kyushu University, Chronic Periodontitis, Critical Appraisals, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dental Health Habits and Dementia, Dental Hygiene, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health: Kyushu University, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science: Kyushu University, Department of Neuropsychiatry: Kyushu University, Division of Oral Health Growth and Development: Kyushu University, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Faculty of Dental Science: Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences: Kyushu University, Gum Disease, Gum Disease (Periodontitis), Hisayama Study, Inflammation, Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Japan, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Kyushu University (Japan), Kyushu University in Japan, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Ministry for Education Culture Sports Science and Technology of Japan, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare of Japan, Modifiable Risk Factors, Multiple Tooth Loss, Oral Hygiene, Periodontal Disease, Periodontal Disease Bacteria, Periodontal Status, Periodontitis, Risk Factors, Risk Reduction, Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry: Kyushu University, Systemic Inflammation, Tooth Loss, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Dementia: Prevention
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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
Tagged Alzheimer's Research UK, Assistive Technology, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Awareness and Understanding, Bridget Warr: UK Home Care Association, Bruce Bovill (Carer), Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Care England, Care Models, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Clara Swinson: Chair of Dementia Advisory Group, Clara Swinson: Director for Social Care Policy at the Department of Health, Cost Neutral Plans on Policy Development, Cross-Boundary Care Pathways, Cross-National Research, Cross-Organisation Learning, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Cross-System Modelling, David Pearson: Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Advisory Group, Dementia Care: Unpaid Care Contribution, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Policy, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Champions Group, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia UK, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health's National Dementia Strategy (Continuing Development), Department of Health: Dementia Policy Team, Digital Technology, Domestic Dementia Policy (England), Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, English National Dementia Strategy, Future Commissioning Models, Future of Dementia Advisory Group (aka the Dementia Advisory Group), Graeme Whippy: Lloyds Banking Group, Graeme Whippy: PM Challenge Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Graham Stokes: Chair of Dementia Action Alliance, Health and Care Champion Group, Health Technology, Helen Kay: Local Government Association, Helena Herklots: Carers UK, Hilda Hayo: Chief Executive of Dementia UK, Information Technology, Innovative Models, International Activity, International Collaborations, International Comparisons, Involvement and Participation, Jeremy Hughes (Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive), Jill Rasmussen: Royal College of General Practitioners Dementia Champions, Joy Watson (Person Living With Dementia), Local Government Association: LGA, London School of Economics, Lorraine Jackson: Deputy Chair of Dementia Advisory Group, Lorraine Jackson: Deputy Director for Dementia Domestic Policy, Martin Green: Care England, Martin Knapp: London School of Economics, Mobile Technology, National Council for Palliative Care, National Dementia Plans, National Dementia Policy, National Dementia Strategy, NDSE: National Dementia Strategy (for England), NDSE: National Dementia Strategy (Renewed Plans for England), New Models of Care, New Technology, Outcomes for People with Dementia: Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Paul Lincoln: UK Health Forum, Post-Diagnostic Support, Prevention, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Dawn Brooker, Professor Martin Knapp: Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 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, Public Engagement, Public Involvement in Research, Quality Outcomes for People with Dementia: Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Research Champion Group, Risk Reduction, Sarah Pickup (ADASS), Sarah Pickup: Hertfordshire County Council, Sarah Pickup: PM Challenge Health and Care Champion Group, Service Models, Simon Chapman: National Council for Palliative Care, Tim Parry: Alzheimer’s Research UK, Tom Wright: Age UK, Tony Watson (Carer), UK Dementia Policy Framework, UK Dementia Policy Framework Development, UK Health Forum, UK Home Care Association, University of Worcester, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, User Involvement
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