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Frailty: Core Capabilities Framework (Skills for Health)

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Skills for Health have produced the Frailty Core Capabilities Framework. This framework was commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, and aims to formalise the skills to provide high quality, holistic, compassionate care and support for persons with … Continue reading →

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Improving Care for Older People (NHS England / Age UK / PHE / Chief Fire Officer’s Association / JGCR)

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The guide to Improving Care for Older People, developed by NHS England in partnership with Age UK, Public Health England, and the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, is actually a collection of resources (some dating back several years). This collection … Continue reading →

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Reducing Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities (BBC News / HQIP)

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and the University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre have published an interim update report, commissioned by NHS England, on the premature deaths of people with learning disabilities in NHS care. The Learning … Continue reading →

The Hospital Frailty Risk Score: a Simpler Method of Screening for Frailty and Patients at Greater Risk (Lancet)

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Hospital Frailty Risk Score is a risk score designed for the identification of older people at risk of harm or adverse outcomes in hospitals. It is based on standard diagnostic codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases … Continue reading →

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Screening For Frailty: as Easy as eFI? (NHS England / Age and Ageing)

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “electronic Frailty Index (eFI)” is discussed, by NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People and Person Centred Integrated Care, as a validated tool which might assist in the proactive identification, diagnosis and management of frailty. Potentially, the … Continue reading →

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Care Home Residents’ Access to GPs For Basic Health Care: Far Sighted or Short Sighted GP Contract Changes? (BBC News)

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care home residents are generally 50% more likely to be admitted to hospital as an emergency than other older persons, and might be expected to be a high priority for primary care. Paradoxically, there are reports that GPs have … Continue reading →

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The Frailty Fulcrum: A Multi-Dimensional Model for Understanding Issues in Frailty (NHS England / Fusion48)

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Frailty Fulcrum” provides an animated model to help conceptualise, and balance, the main shifting factors – both positive and negative – potentially at play in frailty. It was developed by Fusion48. The main influencing factors are considered to … Continue reading →

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Better Care in the Community, Instead of Hospitals, for People With Learning Disabilities (NHS England / LGA / ADASS / BBC News)

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary People with a learning disabilities and / or autism are to benefit from improved care options in the community, instead of hospitals. The number of hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism will be halved in England. … Continue reading →

Care and Treatment Reviews: Soon to be Mainstream? (NHS England)

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs) were introduced, as a means to reduce unnecessary admissions and avoid lengthy stays in hospital, within NHS England’s commitment to improving the care of people with learning disabilities. The underlying philosophy behind CTRs is … Continue reading →

Progress Report on Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities (NHS England / BBC News / SeeAbility)

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

Summary The Transforming Care Delivery Board, with the joint involvement of NHS England, the Local Government Association (LGA), the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Health Education England (HEE) and the Department of … Continue reading →

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