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Tag Archives: Statistics
Reducing Health Inequalities: Health Professionals’ Roles (UCL Institute of Health Equity)
Summary The report discusses ways to reduce health inequities. Full Text Link Reference Allen, M. Allen, J. [and] Hogarth, S. (2013). Working for Health Equity: The Role of Health Professionals. London: UCL Institute of Health Equity, Department of Epidemiology and Public … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, British Association for Music Therapy, Education and Training, Epidemiology, Health and Wellbeing, Health Equity, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Institute of Health Equity (UCL), Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Services, Mental Wellbeing, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, NHS Organisations, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Public Health, Public Health Services, RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs), Statistics, UCL Institute of Health Equity, University College London, University College London (UCL), Wellbeing, Workforce as Advocates, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy (Dementia Action Alliance / Wolverhampton City Council / Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust)
Summary This page on the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA)‘s website clarifies Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy. “The Joint Dementia Strategy developed by Wolverhampton City Council and Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust sets out how the city will meet the objectives identified … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, New Cross Dementia Project, New Cross Hospital, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Admissions, Angela Rippon, Association for Dementia Studies, Avoidable Admissions, Care Fit For VIPS, Care Homes, Carers Support Group, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Citizens’ Journey, Clinical Commissioning, CMHTs, Co-Production, Community Gateway, Creating Dementia Friendly Communities Conference (Wolverhampton), Creating Dementia Friendly Communities in Wolverhampton, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Critique and Evaluation of Dementia Care at New Cross Hospital, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Action Network (DAN), Dementia Café Live, Dementia Cafés (Wolverhampton), Dementia Care in Wolverhampton, Dementia Care Matters, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Opera Project, Dementia Outreach Team, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Demographics, Developing Dementia Friendly Wolverhampton, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, Gemma Hammond (New Cross Dementia Carers Support Group), Grand Theatre (Wolverhampton), Improving Standards in Care Homes, Joint Dementia Strategy for Wolverhampton, Joint Dementia Strategy Steering Group (Wolverhampton), Julie Willoughby (Consultant Nurse: Dementia Services at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Mapping of Universal and Preventative Services, National Dementia Strategy: Wolverhampton’s Forward Plan, New Cross Hospital Dementia Outreach Service, Penn Hospital, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Professor Dawn Brooker, Putting People First, Reablement, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Safe Places, Santosh Kumari (Wolverhampton City Council), Santosh Kumari: Joint Commissioning Officer; Wolverhampton, Services in Wolverhampton, Specialist Dementia Nurses, Statistics, Support for Carers, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, University of Worcester, VIPS Framework of Dementia Care, VIPS Standards, West Midlands Dementia Action Alliance, Wolverhampton Carers’ Strategy, Wolverhampton City Council, Wolverhampton City Council: Joint Dementia Strategy Steering Group, Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton Dementia Action Alliance, Wolverhampton Local Authority, Wolverhampton Partnership Executive Board, Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton Science Park, Wolverhampton Social Services, Wolverhampton UK, Wolverhampton: Dementia Friendly City, Wolverhampton’s Joint Dementia Strategy, Worcester University
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Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures 2012 (Alzheimer’s Association)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 8, March 2012]. Summary This report from the Alzheimer’s Association provides a statistical summary of United States data concerning Alzheimer’s Disease, as well as … Continue reading
Posted in International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms, Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Disease: Causes, Alzheimer’s Disease: Death Rates by Age (US), Alzheimer’s Disease: Duration of Illness from Diagnosis to Death (US), Alzheimer’s Disease: Facts and Figures 2012, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Alzheimer’s Disease: Treatment, Caregiving (Carers), Dementia: Definition and Specific Types, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Mortality, People with Dementia Who Live Alone, Prevalence of Dementia, Projections (US), Racial and Geographic Disparities (US), Statistics, Survival After Diagnosis of Dementia, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Use and Costs of Hospice Care (US), Use and Costs of Long-Term Care Services (US)
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UCL Institute of Health Equity: Narrowing the Health Gap
Summary The University College London (UCL) Institute of Health Equity has been launched to help reduce health inequalities through action on the social determinants of disease. The UCL Institute of Health Equity is led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot and … Continue reading
Seven Modifiable Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Diseease
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 2, September 2011]. Summary Approximately 820,000 people in Britain suffer from dementia, half of these having Alzheimer’s Disease (and half of the latter group … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer’s Association, Blood Pressure, Cognitive Inactivity, Diabetes, Epidemiology, Exercise, Hazard Ratios (HR), Low Educational Attainment, Midlife Hypertension, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, Obesity, Odds Ratios (OR), Physical Activity, Population Attributable Risk (PAR), Relative Risk (RR), Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Smoking, Statistics, University of California, US National Institute on Aging
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West Midlands’ Dementia Expert and Some Statistics (NHS Local)
Summary Dr Karim Saad is commonly hailed as the West Midlands’ leading expert on dementia. The NHS West Midlands web site introduces this expert and provides some statistics about dementia from the Alzheimer’s Research Trust: An estimated 820,000 people in the UK live … Continue reading
