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Under-Diagnosis of Dementia in the Community: an International Review (BMJ Open / JGCR)

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A literature review and meta-analysis of 23 international studies on the under-detection (i.e. the failure to achieve a diagnosis) of dementia identified a pooled rate of undetected dementia assessed to be 61.7%. The rate of under-detection was higher in … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Academic Institute of Medicine: University of Wolverhampton, Affluence and Health Inequalities, Age and Gender Differences in Diagnosis Rates, Agewell Foundation (India), Anhui Medical University, Assessment and Diagnosis, Australia, Australian National University, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Case Finding, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Centre for Research on Ageing Health and Wellbeing: Australian National University, China, Cognitive Assessment Tools, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre-Early Diagnosis and Prevention: Australian National University, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Dementia Screening Debate, Department of Practice and Policy: University College London, Department of Psychiatry: University of Liverpool, Department of Public Health: Wolverhampton City Council, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis at Primary Care Level, Diagnosis Gap, Diagnosis of Dementia, Diagnosis Rates, Dignity Foundation (India), Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Effectiveness of Early Detection and Treatment, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, Europe, Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing: University of Wolverhampton, General Practice, Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe), GPs, Health Inequalities, HelpAge India, India, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Liverpool, Mental Health Inequalities, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), National Programme for the Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE), New Cross Hospital: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, North America, Post Graduate Academic Institute of Medicine: University of Wolverhampton, Reducing Health Inequalities, Research School of Population Health: Australian National University, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, School of Health Administration: Anhui Medical University, Screening, Screening for Cognitive Impairment, Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults, Screening for Dementia, Screening Programmes, Screening Tests, Socio-Economic Differences in Diagnosis Rates, Timely Diagnosis, UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), Under-Detection of Dementia, University College London, University of Liverpool, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton City Council | 1 Comment

Latest NHS Whistleblowing Policy (NHS Improvement)

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS Improvement has released a summary of NHS whistleblowing policy, in the form of a practical handbook. The aim is to promote an open and supportive culture which encourages staff to raise concerns about patient care quality or safety … Continue reading →

The Emergency Care Improvement Programme (NHS England / UEC Review Team / ECIP / ECIST / BMJ Open)

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP) has created possibly the ultimate collection of online resources to help hospitals understand and manage the challenges in improving the quality and performance of urgent and emergency care systems (and to address the … Continue reading →

Brief Audit of the New Cross Hospital Specialised Dementia Unit: a “New” Discovery (European Geriatric Medicine)

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A short conference abstract relating to the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project has been discovered, entirely fortuitously, over three years after the event held in Brussels. This brief piece communicates the results of an audit into the effectiveness of … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Standards, Statistics, UK, Wolverhampton | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, Care Bundle Approach, Care in General Hospitals, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Congress of the EUGMS (Brussels 2012), Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Critique and Evaluation of Specialist Hospital Dementia Care in the UK, Dementia Care Bundle (DCB), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in an Acute Hospital (New Cross Hospital), Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital. Wolverhampton, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Department of Geriatric Medicine: Royal Wolverhamptom NHS Trust, Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP), European Geriatric Medicine, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Geriatric Medicine: Good Hope Hospital, Good Hope Hospital: Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, National Audit of Dementia Care, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals 2011, New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital Dementia Ward, NHS West Midlands, Patients With Physical Illness and Dementia, Physical Illness and Dementia Ward, Purpose-Designed Dementia Ward, Retrospective Case-Notes Audit, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | Leave a comment

New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle: a “New” Discovery (Health Foundation)

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following case study from the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust covers how the Dementia Care Bundle (DCB) was implemented at New Cross Hospital and how this has improved patient safety. This apparently neglected item from the University of Worcester, … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Delirium, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, All About Me Board, Association for Dementia Studies, Association for Dementia Studies: University of Worcester, Bundle Approach to Improving Care, Bundle Design, Care and Compassion, Care Bundle Approach, Care Bundle: Defined, Care Bundles (Approaches to Improving Care), Care in General Hospitals, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Cheryl Etches: Chief Nurse at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Cognitive Impairment in Hospital Settings, Comfort and Pain Management, Communication, Communication Problems, Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassionate Care, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Critique and Evaluation of Specialist Hospital Dementia Care in the UK, Dementia Action Network (DAN), Dementia and Physical Illness Ward, Dementia Care Bundle, Dementia Care Bundle (DCB), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in an Acute Hospital (New Cross Hospital), Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital. Wolverhampton, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia Outreach Team, Dementia Training Programme (RWHT), Dementia Ward, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Designing Care Bundles, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Grace Hampson (Project Manager of the New Cross Hospital Dementia Project), Improvement Methods for Re-design of Care Processes, Improving Patient Safety, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Jennifer Bray: Association for Dementia Studies at University of Worcester, Julie Willoughby (Consultant Nurse: Dementia Services at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Matron Karen Bowley, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multidisciplinary Teams, New Cross Hospital Dementia Care Bundle, New Cross Hospital Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital Dementia Ward, NHS West Midlands, Nutrition and Hydration, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Overcoming Barriers, Patient Safety, Patient Safety in the NHS, Patient Safety Strategies, Patients With Acute Physical Illness and Co-Existing Dementia, Patients With Physical Illness and Dementia, Pauline Smith: Strategic Health Authority (NHS West Midlands), Physical Illness and Dementia Ward, Professor Dawn Brooker, Professor Dominic Upton, Purpose-Designed Dementia Ward, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, University of Worcester, University of Worcester: Association for Dementia Studies, Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, Worcester University | Leave a comment

New Trust to Run Stafford Hospital (BBC News)

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

Summary A new trust is being created (“renamed”) to run the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital and another hospital in Stoke. On November 1st 2014, the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust will become the University Hospitals of North Midlands. The NHS … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, In the News, Local Interest, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Cannock Hospital, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, County Hospital (Previously Stafford Hospital), Dissolution of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Francis Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (MSFT), Monitor, North Staffordshire, North Staffordshire Hospitals, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Royal Stoke University Hospital (Previously City General), Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Stafford, Stafford Hospital, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS), University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, University Hospitals North Staffordshire, University Hospitals of North Midlands, University Hospitals of North Midlands (Previously University Hospital of North Staffordshire) | Leave a comment

NHS Trusts Winter Performance Report (BBC News / NHS TDA / Monitor)

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Trust Development Authority has predicted that 26 hospital trusts will record a deficit this financial year. The growing problem of NHS trust deficits has been discussed elsewhere. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2014). Hospitals feeling the … Continue reading →

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Brief Audit of the New Cross Hospital Specialised Dementia Unit: a “New” Discovery (European Geriatric Medicine)

New Trust to Run Stafford Hospital (BBC News)

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