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Qualitative Research Into the Acute Hospital Care Weekend Effect (BMC Health Services Research)

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary While much recent research has cast doubt upon the validity of the “Weekend Effect” construct, the authors of this qualitative research focus instead on the perceptions of patients and hospital workers regarding the quality and safety of care at … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 7 Day Services, Access to Urgent and Emergency Care, Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments, Acute and Hospital Services, Acute Care, Acute Care and Quality, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Birmingham (UK), BMC Health Services Research, Care in General Hospitals, Care of Deteriorating Patients, Consultant Delivered Care, Consultant Input, Day-of-the-Week Effect, Delays in Clinical Decision-Making (Weekends), Department of Health Sciences: University of Leicester, Deteriorating Patients, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Admission (EHA), Emergency Hospital Treatment, Emergency Medicine, General Hospital Care, High Intensity Specialist Led Acute Care (HiSLAC), High-Intensity Specialist-Led Acute Care (HiSLAC) Project, HiSLAC (High Intensity Specialist-Led Care) Study, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Improving Patient Safety, Leicester (UK), Monday to Friday Culture, Monitoring and Responding to Deteriorating Patients, Mortality, Mortality Associated With After Hours and Weekend Admissions, Mortality at the Weekend, Mortality by Day of the Week, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), Patient Flows, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Improvement, Positive Deviance, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Qualitative Research, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekend, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Reduced Continuity of Clinical Care (Weekends), Rescue and Stabilisation of Sick Patients, Resilience and Risk of Error (Weekends), Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Working, Staffing Levels, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, Thematic Analyses, Therapeutic Pathway Flow, University Hospitals Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Leicester, Urgent and Emergency Care, Variations in Quality of Care, Weekend Effect, Weekend Hospitalisation and Additional Risk of Death, Weekend Mortality for Emergency Admissions, Weekend Specialist to Patient Ratio in Hospitals, Weekend Working | 1 Comment

Oral Health in Older Adults: a Review of the Literature (OBM Geriatrics / BBC News)

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A detailed literature review covers the relationship(s) between oral health, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults. Effective management of oral health problems helps to prevent or reduce malnutrition / undernutrition. It plays an important role in … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Pain, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Bengbu Medical College, Biochemical Markers, BMC Psychiatry, British Dental Association: BDA, Care Home Residents, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Charlotte Waite: British Dental Association (BDA), China, Common Oral Problems and Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Factors, Dental Caries (Tooth Decay), Dental Healthcare, Dental Hygiene, Dental Impact on Daily Living (DIDP), Dental Impact Profile (DIP), Dental Status, Department of Anesthesiology: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Department of Neurology: Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Department of Neurology: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital (Guangdong), Differential Diagnosis, Dignity and Wellbeing, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Eating and Nutritional Care, Elderly Malnutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy: Bengbu Medical College, Geriatrics Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, Gum Disease, Health and Quality of Life, Health Care Needs of Care Home Residents, Healthy Eating Index (HEI), Improving Nutritional Care, Laboratory of RNA and Major Diseases of Brain and Heart: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Literature Reviews, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Modifiable Risk Factors, Nutritional Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002), OBM Geriatrics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Oral Cancer, Oral Candidiasis (Thrush), Oral Care in End of Life Care, Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP), Oral Health in Older Adults, Oral Health Quality of Life (OHQoL), Oral Health Risk Assessments, Oral Healthcare, Oral Hygiene, Oral Impact on Daily Living (OIDP), Periodontal Disease, Periodontal Status, Psychosocial Wellbeing, Quality of Life (QoL), Quality of Life Burdens in Older Adults with Oral Health Problems, Quality of Life For Older People, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Risk Factors, Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (Guangdong), Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), Social Impacts of Dental Disease (SIDD), Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital (Guangdong), Sun Yat-sen University (Guangdong), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Tooth Brushing, Tooth Decay, Tooth Loss, Tooth Loss: Risk Factor for Dementia, United States, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, USA, Xerostomia (Dry Mouth), Zhongshan School of Medicine: Sun Yat-sen University | Leave a comment

Further £816 Million Invested in NHS / NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (Department of Health)

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Extra funding for 20 NHS and university partnerships in England, organized through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has been awarded for research into mental health, dementia and antimicrobial resistance. “Mental health research will see funding increase to … Continue reading →

National Advisory Group on Health Information Technology in England: New Wachter Report (Department of Health / BBC News)

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Advisory Group on Health Information Technology in England, chaired by US clinician / digital expert Professor Robert Wachter, has produced a report on achieving “digital excellence” in the NHS. New / extended digital services for patients have … Continue reading →

Funding Available to NHS Hospitals for Digital Excellence (NHS England / Nuffield Trust)

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England is offering NHS hospital Trusts over £100 million funding to create centres of global digital excellence and explore better use of digital technology in health. Twenty-six selected trusts are invited to bid for up to £10 million … Continue reading →

Hotly Debated Weekend Effect May Have Been A Statistical Mirage? (Journal of Health Services Research and Policy / BBC News / Lancet / BMJ)

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

Summary Research does not take place in a socio-political vacuum. The ongoing junior doctors’ dispute has supplied fertile ground for allegations of “spin” and politically-motivated distortion in the interpretation of the so-called “weekend effect”, and raises questions concerning the planned … Continue reading →

Integrated Local Commissioning and Place-Based Health (NLGN and Collaborate / NHS England)

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Place-Based Health Commission was convened by the New Local Government Network (NLGN) and Collaborate. The following report, from NLGN and Collaborate, takes a fresh alternative view of the future of health and care, re-imagining what might be achievable if … Continue reading →

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