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European Study of Unpaid Dementia Carer Burden (JAMDA)

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following article covers a study of people with dementia and their informal carers supported by community services (whether living at home or receiving day care or respite care) across eight European countries. The investigation explored any association(s) between … Continue reading →

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Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing for Older Persons: Revisited (APPG on Dementia / Newsmax / European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG), back in 2008, asserted that perhaps half of dementia patients may be receiving inappropriate medications. While the extent to which this position may have changed in recent years is debatable, the allegation … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), APPG on Dementia, Dementia Specialists LLP, England, Estonia, EU(7)-PIM List: Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Older People, European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, European List of Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM), Faculty of Health: University of Witten/Herdecke, Finland, France, Functional Decline Associated With Polypharmacy, German PRISCUS List of Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Germany, Inappropriate Care, Inappropriate Drug Use, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Inappropriate Interventions, Inappropriate Medication, Inappropriate Prescribing, Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine: University of Witten/Herdecke, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), Netherlands, Newsmax; Health, Polypharmacy, Polypharmacy in the Elderly STOPP and START Criteria, Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM), Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly: the PRISCUS List, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP), Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs, Prevention, PRISCUS List, PRISCUS Research Consortium, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Inappropriate Applications, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, RightTimePlaceCare - Seventh Framework European Project, RightTimePlaceCare Consortium, RightTimePlaceCare Study, Seventh Framework European Project: RightTimePlaceCare, Spain, STOPP and START Criteria, Sweden, University Hospital Parc de Salut Mar (Barcelona), University of Witten / Herdecke (Germany), Washington University School of Medicine | Leave a comment