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Tag Archives: University College Cork
First Year Progress Review of the Carers Action Plan for 2018 to 2020 (DHSC)
Summary The Department of Health and Social Care a has published a progress review of the first year of the action plan for carers in England. The government’s action plan for carers was first published in June 2018. Progress is … Continue reading →
Posted in Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age and Ageing, Age and Ageing (Journal), Age-Friendly and Inclusive Volunteering Fund, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Anne Longfield: Children’s Commissioner for England, Awareness Raising, Brazil, Building Carer Friendly Communities, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Confident Benchmarking Scheme, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Friendly Employers, Carer Friendly Policies, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Friendly Workplaces, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Passport Scheme, Carer Passports, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer-Related Research and Evidence Exchange Network (CAREN), Carer’s Perspective, Carers Action Plan 2018 to 2020, Carers Action Plan 2018 to 2020: One-Year Progress Review, Carers Action Plan Oversight Group, Carers and Families, Carers Employment Digital Discovery Project, Carers Innovation Fund, Carers Trust, Carers’ Breaks: Guidance for Commissioners and Providers, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caroline Dinenage MP: Minister of State for Care, Civil Service-Wide Carer's Passport, Civil Society Strategy, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), David Croisdale-Appleby: Former Chair of Standing Commission on Carers and Independent Advisory Group for Carers, Department of Human Development and Family Studies: Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychiatry: Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology: University of Nottingham, Dublin City University, Elysia McCaffrey: Government Equalities Office - Deputy Director of Gender Policy and Operations, Employers for Carers: Supporting Carers to Remain in Employment, Employers Supporting Working Carers, Evidence Review of Community Contributions in Later Life, Exemplar Models of Support for Older Carers and Carers of People With Dementia: Informing Commissioning, Experiences, Experiences of Health Care Services, Experiences of Social Care Services, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Family Carers' Legal Rights, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), First Year Progress Review of Carers Action Plan for 2018 to 2020, Flexible Hours for Carers, Fuller Working Lives - Improving Lives: the Future of Work Health and Disability and Loneliness, Gerontologist (Journal), Giles Meyer: Chief Executive at Carers Trust, Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers, Helen Martin: Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy - Joint Head of Individual Rights and Migration Team, Helen Walker: Chief Executive at Carers UK, Help For Young Carers, Ian Peters: Chair of Employers for Carers, Identification of Young Carers, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Carer Health and Wellbeing, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Ireland, Jo Warner: Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy - Joint Head of Individual Rights and Migration Team, Listening to Carers, Loneliness Strategy, Mark Knight: Department of Work and Pensions - Deputy Director of Fuller Working Lives Ageing Society and State Pensions, Ministerial Carers Action Plan Oversight Group (Members List), National Carers Strategy, National University of Ireland, National University of Ireland (Galway), Older Carers, Older Carers’ Wellbeing, Pennsylvania State University, Principal Social Worker Network, Productive Healthy Ageing Profile, Professor Martin Orrell, Ramona Herdman: Department for Culture Media and Sport - Head of Tackling Loneliness, Rosamond Roughton: Director for Care and Transformation at Department of Health and Social Care, School of Medicine: University of Nottingham, Self-Care, Self-Care for Unpaid Carers, Self-Care in Family Caregivers of People With Dementia, Shazia Hussain: Department for Education - Deputy Director of Child Protection Safeguarding and Family Law, Support for Carers, Support for Self-Care, Supporting Carers to Remain in Employment, Supporting Carers Today: Carers Action Plan (2018 to 2020), Sustainable Caring, Undervalued Hidden Workforce, Universal Personalised Care: Implementing the Comprehensive Model, University College Cork, University of Nottingham, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, USA, Valuing Carers, Working and Caring, Working Carers, Young Carers, Young Carers Transition to Adult Project
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Mediterranean Diets: Good for Mental Health? (BBC News / Molecular Psychiatry / NHS Choices)
Summary Mediterranean diets may help to prevent depression, according to a new meta-analysis of 41 earlier studies. More research is needed to confirm this suspected link. Full Text Link Reference Mediterranean diet ‘may help prevent depression’. London: BBC Health News, … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academy of Finland, Anti-Inflammatory Diets, Association Between Inflammation and Depression, Australia, Avoidance of Pro-Inflammatory Diets, Bazian, Beans, Behind the Headlines, Brown Rice It also contains moderate amounts of fish, Cereal Products, Cereals, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Critical Appraisals, Deakin University, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), Dietary Behaviour, Dietary Factors, Dietary Indices, Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), Dietary Patterns, Dietary Recommendations, Dietary Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Food and Diet, France, Fruit and Vegetables, Fruits, Gut Microbiome, Gut Microbiota, Healthy Eating, Healthy Eating Index (HEI), Human Gut Microbiome: a Potential Risk Factor for Depression, Human Gut Microbiome: a Potential Risk Factor for Mental Ill-Health, Inflammation, Inflammatory Potential of Diet, Medical Research Council, Mediterranean and DASH Diets, Mediterranean Diet, Mediterranean Diets: Bone Density, Mediterranean Diets: Frailty, Modifiable Risk Factors, Molecular Psychiatry (Journal), Nordforsk, NU-AGE Diet, NU-AGE Project, NU-AGE Trial, Nutrition, Nutrition and Depression, Nutrition and Mental Health, Nutrition and Wellbeing, Nutritional Needs, Olive Oil, Oxidative Stress, Pasta, Plant-Rich Diets, Prevention, Queen's University Belfast, Risk Factors for Depression, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Spain, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Université Clermont Auvergne, University College Cork, University College London, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, University of Montpellier, Wageningen University (Netherlands), White Meats, Wholegrain Bread
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Specialist Geriatric Wards for Older Patients With Dementia: in Ireland / N. Ireland (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
Summary Data on 900 patients, taken from the Irish and Northern Irish audits of dementia care, was analysed to determine whether admission to a specialist geriatric medicine ward yielded improvements to acute care for patients with dementia. It was found … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Advance Planning, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Centre for Ageing: Tallaght Hospital, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation: University College Cork, Cork (Ireland), Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute District General Hospital, Dementia Nursing Specialists, Discharge Planning, Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Orders (DNACPR), Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Do Not Resuscitate (DNR), International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Ireland, Irish National Audit of Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals, Multidisciplinary Holistic Assessments, Multidisciplinary Patient Management, Multidisciplinary Team Care, National Audit of Dementia Care, Neuroscience and the Humanities: Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, School of Medicine: University College Cork, Specialist Centres of Care, Specialist Dementia Support, Specialist Geriatric Wards for Patients With Dementia, Specialist Wards for Older Patients With Dementia, Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), Trinity Centre for Health Sciences: Tallaght Hospital (Dublin), University College Cork
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Review of Interventions for BPSD: a SENATOR-ONTOP Systematic Review (BMJ Open)
Summary A recent broad-ranging systematic review of non-pharmacological interventions for behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD) covers (i) sensory stimulation, including acupressure, aromatherapy, massage / touch therapy, light therapy and sensory gardens, (ii) cognitive / emotion-oriented interventions including cognitive … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Delirium, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Systematic Reviews, UK
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Tagged Acupressure, Agitation, Animal Assisted Therapy, Aromatherapy, Aromatherapy for Dementia, Behaviour Management, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Belgium, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Chronic Geriatric Conditions, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Dance / Movement Therapy, Delirium Management, Delirium Prevention, Dementia Behaviour Management, Department of Internal Medicine (Geriatrics), Department of Medicine (Geriatrics): University College Cork, Department of Medicine for the Elderly: Woodend Hospital, Dining Room Environment-Based Interventions, Exercise Therapy, Geriatric Conditions, Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care: Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ghent University, Golgi Cenci Foundation (Milan), Grading of Recommendations Assessment Development and Evaluation (GRADE), Grading of Recommendations Assessment Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Approach, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Caja (Madrid), Iceland, Interventions for BPSD, Ireland, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Italy, Journal of Nutrition Health and Aging, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Landspitali University Hospital Reykjavik, Light Therapy, Light Therapy for Dementia, Managing Agitation, Massage, Massage / Touch Therapy, Multi-Sensory Stimulation, Multi-Sensory Stimulation For People Living With Dementia, Music and Dance Therapy, Non-Pharmacological Prevention or Treatment of Delirium, Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Pressure Ulcers, Optimal Evidence-Based Non-Drug Therapies in Older People (ONTOP) Project, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Therapy, SENATOR-ONTOP Systematic Reviews, SENATOR: Software ENgine for the Assessment and Optimization of Drug and Non-Drug Therapy in Older Persons, Sensory Gardens, Sensory Stimulation, Servicio de Geriatría: Hospital Universitario Ramón y Caja, Simulated Presence Therapy, Snoezelen, Software ENgine for the Assessment and Optimization of Drug and Non-Drug Therapy in Older Persons (SENATOR), Spain, Special Care Units, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Touch Therapy, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, University College Cork, Validation Therapy, Woodend Hospital (Aberdeen)
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Independence in Older Adults: on the Role of Time-Limited Home-Care Reablement Services (Cochrane Database)
Summary A recent systematic review investigated the outcomes reported for reablement (restorative care) services delivered as home-care services for older adults at risk of functional decline. Reablement services of this type are often time-limited (between six to twelve weeks duration) … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Centre of Gerontology and Rehabilitation: University College Cork, Clinical Research Support Centre: Royal Group of Hospitals Trust (Belfast), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Functional Independence of Older Adults, Home-Based Rehabilitation and Reablement, Homecare Reablement, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence in Older Adults, Independence of Older Adults, Ireland, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Maynooth University Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Queen’s University Belfast, Reablement, Reablement Services, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Regaining Independence, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust (Belfast), School of Medicine: University College Cork, Services Maximising Independence, Social Care Reablement Services, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Time-Limited Home-Care Reablement Services, University College Cork
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Centrally Acting ACE Inhibitors Reduce Rate of Cognitive Decline in Dementia? (BMJ Open)
Summary It has been found that taking angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, a class of drugs which help to reduce blood pressure by relaxing the walls of blood vessels, may help to slow mental decline in people diagnosed with dementia. The … Continue reading →
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, International, Management of Condition, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged ACE Inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Associated with Decreased Incidence and Progression of Dementia, Antihypertensive Medications, Atlantic Philanthropies, Behind the Headlines, Blood Pressure, BMJ Open, Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Cardiovascular Health Study, Centrally Acting ACE Inhibitors, Centrally Acting ACE inhibitors (CACE-Is), Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation: University College Cork, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline in Dementia, Cognitive Impairment, Health Services Executive Ireland, Ireland, Irish Hospice Foundation, MCI, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, McMaster University: Canada, Mercy University Hospital, Mild Cognitive Impairment, NewCACE-I, ONTARGET and TRANSCEND Trials, Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS), Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment (Qmci) Screen, St Finbarrs' Hospital: Cork City, Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE), Study on Cognition and Prognosis in the Elderly (SCOPE), Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Study, University College Cork
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