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Tag Archives: Substance Misuse
Pharmacists’ Interventions to Promote Quality of Life and Healthy Ageing (PHE)
Summary Interventions which can be provided by pharmacy teams to help older people lead more independent lives and improve their health are listed, including those directed towards: Preventing falls. Dementia Physical inactivity. Social isolation. Malnutrition. Full Text Link Reference A … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alcohol, Alcohol or Substance Misuse, Blood Pressure and Atrial Fibrillation, Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE), Commissioning Community Pharmacy, Commissioning of Pharmacy Services, Community Pharmacies, Community Pharmacies: Promoting Health and Wellbeing. NICE Guideline [NG102] (NICE), Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Community Pharmacy and Public Health, Community Pharmacy Teams, Community Pharmacy: Interventions for Public Health, Community Pharmacy: Public Health Interventions, Contribution Community Pharmacy to Public Health, Dementia Friendly Pharmacy Practice: Seven Steps, Dementia Friendly Pharmacy Practices, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia-Friendly Community Pharmacies, Dementia-Friendly Pharmacies, Diet and Nutrition, Diet and Obesity, Dorset’s Nutritional Care Strategy for Adults, Eatwell Guide For Healthy Eating, Elderly Malnutrition, Falls and Musculoskeletal Health, Five Ways to Wellbeing Framework, Health and Quality of Life, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Ageing: Pharmacist Interventions for Quality of Life, Healthy Living Pharmacies (HLPs), Hypertension, Improving Public Mental Health, Improving Referral Pathways, Later Life, Local Medical Committees (LMCs), Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs), Local Professional Networks (LPNs), Loneliness and Social Isolation, Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Malnutrition in the Community, MECC Plus, Menu of Interventions (MOIs) for Productive Healthy Ageing, NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Long Term Plan (2019), Oral Health, Pharmacies, Pharmacist Interventions for Quality of Life, Pharmacist Involvement, Pharmacy for Public Health, Pharmacy Teams in Different Settings, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults, Physical Activity Recommendations, Physical Inactivity, Primary Care Network (PCN) Contract, Productive Healthy Ageing: Pharmacist Interventions for Quality of Life, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Mental Health, Quality of Life, Quality of Life For Older People, Reablement Services, Reducing Social Isolation, Seven Steps to Becoming a Dementia Friendly Pharmacy Practice, Social Connectedness, Social Isolation, Substance Misuse, Tackling Loneliness and Social Isolation: Role of Pharmacists, Tobacco
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Our Invisible Addicts: Updated Edition (Royal College of Psychiatrists / BBC News / ONS / Wiley)
Summary The Royal College of Psychiatrists has published a second edition of the “Our Invisible Addicts” report, which presents updates to evidence concerning mental health aspects of alcohol and substance misuse in the “baby boomer” generation. It advises that substance … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Addressing Problematic Opioid Use in OECD Countries (OECD 2019), Ageing Population, Alcohol Drugs and Tobacco, Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol Misuse Services for Older People, Alcohol Neurotoxicity, Alcohol Services, Alcohol-Related Brain Damage, Alcohol-Related Dementia, Alcohol-Related Harm, Alcoholic Dementia, Analgesic Misuse, ARBD: Alcohol Related Brain Damage, Baby Boomers, Barriers to Identification of Substance Misuse in Older People, BBC Health News, Benzodiazepines, Building Bridges Breaking Barriers (CQC), Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Castle Craig Hospital, Clinical Guidelines on Drug Misuse and Dependence Update 2017: Independent Expert Working Group, Codeine, DAPA-PC: Drug Abuse Problem Assessment for Primary Care, Deaths Related to Drug Poisoning in England (ONS), Delirium, DWAW: Drink Wise Age Well, EMCDDA: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Epidemiology and Demography, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Fentanyl, GAP: Gerontology Alcohol Project, Geriatric Addiction Program (GAP), GET SMART: Geriatric Evaluation Team: Substance Misuse/Abuse Recognition and Treatment, GP Prescribing in England, International Overdose Awareness Day, JETS: Joint Emergency Teams, Joint Emergency Team (JET), KS: Korsakoff’s Syndrome, Later Life, Men in Sheds, Mental Health and Illness, Model Alcohol Misuse Services for Older People, Morphine, NHS Digital, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Older Adults Support in Southwark (OASIS), Older People With Substance Misuse: Ethical and Legal Considerations, Older Persons’ Substance Misuse Working Group: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Opioid Addiction, Opioid Analgesics Dependency, Opioid Prescribing, Opioids, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OST: Opiate Substitution Treatment, Our Invisible Addicts: (Royal College of Psychiatrists), Overdose Awareness Day, Physical Complications of Substance Misuse, Policy and Public Affairs Committee (PPAC): Royal College of Psychiatrists, Practice Level Prescribing in England (NHS Digital), Premature Ageing and Mortality, Prescribed Medicines Causing Dependence or Withdrawal, Prescription Drug Misuse, Prescription Drugs Dependency, Public Health, Public Health and Substance Misuse in Older People, Public Health Research Consortium, Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych): Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists' Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group, Royal College of Psychiatrists' Report No.CR211, South Gloucestershire Opioid Analgesics Dependency Pilot Project, SSA: Society for the Study of Addiction, Substance Misuse, Substance Misuse and Suicide, Substance Misuse in Older People, Substance Use Disorder (SUD), SUD: Substance Use Disorder, Super-Strength Painkillers, Tobacco, Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Use Cessation in Older Adults, Traditional Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (Untidy Unsatisfactory and Probably Unsuitable), Tramadol, UK Addiction Treatment, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Wiley
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Further Information on Reducing Loneliness and Social Isolation (SCIE / Renaisi / BBC News / NIHR / Lancet)
Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s “SCIE Highlights No.3” briefing covers possible interventions to reduce loneliness and social isolation, and examines examples of good practice from the commissioning perspective. Full Text Link Reference Tackling loneliness and social isolation. the role of commissioners. … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Statistics on the Baby Boomer Generation’s Problem Drinking (BBC News / ONS)
Summary The latest Office for National Statistics lifestyle survey indicates that although alcohol consumption is declining in the UK generally, rates of drinking remain high among some age groups. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2017). Are Britons falling out of love … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Drinking Habits in Great Britain - 2005 to 2016: Office for National Statistics, Ageing, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Alcohol, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse in Older People, Alcohol or Substance Misuse, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Baby Boomers, Baby-Boomer Generation, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Binge Drinking, Cancer Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Factors, Dietary Risk Factors, Dr Tony Rao: Co-Chairman of Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Elderly Alcohol Abuse, Excess Alcohol Consumption, High Alcohol Consumption, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Moderate Alcohol Consumption, Modifiable Risk Factors, Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN): Office for National Statistics, Problem Drinking, Risk Factors, Royal College of Psychiatrists' Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group, Substance Misuse, Substance Misuse in Older People
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Drug and Alcohol Misuse by Older People (BBC News / DrugScope / All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse / Centre for Social Justice)
Summary There is a rising problem of drug and alcohol misuse amongst older people. The number of people aged 65 years and above needing treatment for drug problems in Europe is expected to double between 2001 and 2020. Full Text … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, National, NICE Guidelines, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Consultation on NICE Social Care Standards (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health is consulting care users, families and carers, service commissioners, care providers and staff about all aspects of social care. This is part of a review of the topics for inclusion in NICE social care guidance and standards. The comprehensive set of NICE … Continue reading →
Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, Department of Health, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Attachment and Permanence, Community Rehabilitation, Continuing Care, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Experiences, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Services, Homeless Older People, Homelessness and Ill-Health, Incontinence, Integration of Health and Social Care, Learning Disabilities, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Medicines Management, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), NICE, NICE Quality Standards, NICE Social Care Guidance and Standards, NICE Social Care Standards, Patient Experience, Personal Experience of Dementia, Pressure Sores, Reablement, Reablement Services, Service User Experience, Sexuality, Social Care, Social Care Provision, Social Care Quality Standards, Social Care Standards, Social Isolation, Substance Misuse, Urinary Incontinence, User Experience, Vision for Social Care, Young Carers
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Alcoholic Dementia and Alcohol-Related Dementia (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 1, August 2011]. Summary Various psychiatric comorbidities of substance misuse are not uncommon in older people; these include intoxication and delirium, withdrawal syndromes, anxiety, … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol Misuse Services for Older People, Alcohol Services, Alcohol-Related Dementia, Alcoholic Dementia, Delirium, Model Alcohol Misuse Services for Older People, Substance Misuse
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