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Tag Archives: South Australia
Review of Community-Based Services Designed to Avoid or Delay Residential Care Home Admissions (BMC Geriatrics)
Summary An Australian systematic review investigated the effectiveness of community-based care interventions for the elderly in terms of their role in avoiding or delaying admission to residential care. It was found that multi-factorial, individualised community programmes are more effective, while … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Admissions to Residential Care, Australia, BMC Geriatrics, Case Management, Centre-Based Wellness Programmes, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Services to Avoid or Delay Residential Care Home Admissions, Community-Based Support, Complex Interventions, Complex Interventions (Multifactorial Preventative Home Visits), Consumer Directed Care (CDC), Dementia Specific Interventions, Discharge From Hospital to Primary Care, Division of Health Sciences: University of South Australia, ECH Incorporated (South Australia), Edith Cowan University (Australia), Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA), Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Multi-Factorial Falls Assessments and Care Plans, Multifactorial Assessment (Falls), Multifactorial Falls Risk Assessment (MFRA), Multifactorial Preventative Home Visits, Preventative Home Visiting, Re-Enablement (Restorative Home Care), School of Medical and Health Sciences: Edith Cowan University, South Australia, Staying at Home, Staying Put, University of South Australia, Unwillingness to Consider Residential Care, Western Australia
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Healthy Lifestyles May Partially Help Offset Genetic Risk Factors for Dementia (BBC News / JAMA / Bazian)
Summary Persons in the UK Biobank study were followed over time to discover whether pursuing a healthy lifestyle (not smoking, regular physical activity, healthy diet and moderate alcohol consumption) might be associated with lower risk of developing dementia regardless of predisposing genetic risk factors. Statistically, favourable (“healthy”) lifestyles … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Lifestyle, Ageing Population, Alan Turing Institute, Albertinen-Haus Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology: University of Hamburg, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2019), Association Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function and / or Dementia, Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk Factors With Incidence of Dementia, Australia, Australian Centre for Precision Health: University of South Australia, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Cigarette Smoking, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit: University of Oxford, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Critical Appraisals, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research: Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Division of General Medicine: University of Michigan, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Genetic Risk Factors, Genetic Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease, Germany, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Diet, Healthy Lifestyle Score: Based on Four Established Dementia Risk Factors (Smoking Physical Activity Diet and Alcohol Consumption), Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research: University of Michigan, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Later Life, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Moderate Alcohol Consumption, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neurological Disorders, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, Obesity Risk Factor, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Physical Activity Before Dementia, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Polygenic Risk Score: Individual’s Load of Common Genetic Variants Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Risk, Population Policy and Practice: University College London, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Better Than Cure, Prevention of Dementia, Preventive Care, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Regular Physical Activity, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Cognitive Impairment, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Dementia, Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia, Scientific Department: University of Hamburg, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Social Epidemiology, South Australia, Staying Healthy for Longer, Tobacco Consumption, UK Biobank, Unhealthy Lifestyles, United States, University College London, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Hamburg, University of Michigan, University of Oxford, University of South Australia, University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute, USA, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research in Michigan, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research: Michigan
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Review of Interventions Which May Potentially Delay Functional Decline in Persons With Dementia (BMJ Open)
Summary The authors examined 23 systematic reviews about the benefits of non-pharmacological, pharmacological and alternative therapies on activities of daily living (ADL) in people with dementia. Interventions thought to be effective (based on evidence sometimes judged to be “low quality”) … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors, Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors (AChEIs), Activities of Daily Living, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Acupuncture, Ageing Work and Health Research Unit: University of Sydney, Anti-Dementia Medication, Aromatherapy, Aromatherapy for Dementia, Australia, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Bright Light Therapy, Carer Burden in Dementia, Case Management, Case Management for Dementia, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, Department of Rehabilitation Aged and Extended Care: Flinders University, Depression and Anxiety, Donepezil, Dyadic Interventions, Dyadic Interventions For Community-Dwelling People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers, Enabling Activities of Daily Living, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Flinders University, Flinders University (Adelaide), Functional Decline, Gingko Biloba, Ginkgo Biloba, Ginkgo Biloba Extract, Health and Quality of Life, Huperzine A, Improving the Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Interventions to Delay Functional Decline in Persons With Dementia, Latrepirdine, Latrepirdine (Dimebon), Lecithin, Light Therapy, Light Therapy for Dementia, Maintaining Independence, Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Melatonin, Memantine, Metal Protein Attenuating Compounds (MPACs), MPACs: Metal Protein Attenuating Compounds, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, New South Wales, Nimodipine, Nutritional Interventions, Nutritional Supplementation, Nutritional Supplements, Patient-Carer Dyads, Pharmacotherapies for Sleep Disturbances, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Post Market Review Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Anti-Dementia Medicines, Psychological Treatments for Depression and Anxiety, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Selegiline, Services Maximising Independence, South Australia, Statins, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Sydney, Validation Therapy, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, Vitamins B Supplementation
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Sexualities and Dementia Education Resource (Dementia Training Study Centres)
Summary The Dementia Training Study Centres (created by the Australian Government in 2006) has produced an online resource designed to help health professionals understand and develop acceptable approaches to sexual matters and the need for intimacy on the part of … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Aged Care Early Intervention Management Program: Queensland Health, Alzheimer’s Australia, Australia, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, Autonomy and Solidarity, Avoiding Exploitation, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness of Relationships, Barriers to the Expression of Sexuality, Classifications of Sexual Behaviour, Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service, Dementia Training Study Centres, Dementia-Related Sexual Expression, Disinhibition, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Expressions of Intimacy, Griffith Health Institute, HammondCare: New South Wales, Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour, Intimacy, Latrobe University, Medical Ethics, Needs-Based Approaches, New South Wales, P-LI-SS-IT Model of Care, Personhood, Personhood (‘Now’ vs. ‘Then’), Privacy Rights, Psychological Needs-Based Approaches, Queensland Dementia Training Study Centre, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice: Griffith Health Institute, Responding to Sexual Advances, Risk Management, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Older People, Sexual Behaviours, Sexualities and Dementia Education Resource, Sexualities and Dementia Policy, Sexuality, Sexuality and Dementia, Sexuality Assessment Tools, Sexuality in Care Settings, South Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Dementia Training Study Centre
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