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Benefits of Low-Intensity Activity (Bazian / BMJ / BBC News)

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Evidence supports the common-sense view that any type of activity is beneficial for avoiding premature mortality. Conversely, long periods of inactivity and sitting are deleterious to health. Full Text Link Reference ‘Sit less, move more’ may be key advice … Continue reading →

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

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 →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Geriatric Medicine: University of Southampton, Adults at Risk of Harm, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Cardiff University, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Charlson Comorbidity Index, College of Life Sciences: University of Leicester, Commissioning for Older People, Count-Based Multimorbidity Measures, Data Analytics Team: Health Foundation, Department of Business Intelligence: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Geriatric Medicine: Lyon Teaching Hospital, Department of Health Policy: London School of Economics, Department of Health Sciences: University of Leicester, Department of Public Health: Cardiff University, Diagnostic Codes, Electronic Care Record (ECR), Electronic Care Records, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Frailty, Frailty Status at Admission to Hospital, France, Fried and Rockwood Scales, Fried Phenotype, Hospital Frailty Risk Score, ICD-10 Codes, Identification of Frailty, Identification of Frailty (Routine Screening), Identifying People Living With Frailty, Identifying Vulnerable People, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Institute for Ageing: Newcastle University, International Classification of Diseases (ICD), International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), Lancet, London School of Economics, Lyon Teaching Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Morbidity and Wellbeing, Multimorbidity Measures, Newcastle University, Optimising Acute Frailty, Patient Targeting and Risk Stratification, Risk Assessment, Risk Evaluation, Risk Stratification, Rockwood Frailty Index, Screening For Frailty, Screening for Frailty (in Hospitals), Targeted Screening, Targeting Resources on Vulnerable Populations, University of Leicester, University of Southampton, Vulnerable Adults, World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases: Tenth Revision (ICD-10) | Leave a comment

Multi-Morbidity Re-Visited (BBC News / Academy of Medical Sciences / Health Foundation / JGCR)

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Academy of Medical Sciences has produced a report on the unprecedented burden of “multi-morbidity”, i.e. the clustering of two or more physical and mental health conditions in the same patient. This is a summary of emerging evidence on … Continue reading →

Grounds for Cautious Optimism Regarding Two Drugs Re-Purposed for Neurodegenerative Diseases? (BBC News / MRC / NHS Choices / Brain)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Animal research, involving mice, has indicated promising results for the potential of two re-purposed drugs in helping to slow or halt the progression of a number of neurodegenerative brain diseases, including dementia. “The best known drug of the pair … Continue reading →

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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 →

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 →

Tag Archives: University of Leicester

Benefits of Low-Intensity Activity (Bazian / BMJ / BBC News)

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

Grounds for Cautious Optimism Regarding Two Drugs Re-Purposed for Neurodegenerative Diseases? (BBC News / MRC / NHS Choices / Brain)

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