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Statistics on Unpaid Carers in the UK: Carers Rights Day 2019 (Carers UK)

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Carers Rights Day 2019 took place on Thursday November 21st 2019. Research shows that two thirds of adults in the UK can expect to be unpaid carers. There is a 50:50 chance of becoming such a carer by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Awareness Raising, British Household Panel Survey / Understanding Society, Building Carer Friendly Communities, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Addition, Carer Awareness, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Friendly Communities, Carer Friendly Employers, Carer Friendly Policies, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Friendly Workplaces, Carer Isolation, Carer Premium, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Allowance, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers and Families, Carers Pension (Proposal), Carers Rights Day (2019), Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Age (Statistics), Caring and Employment, Centre for International Research on Care Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE), CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Combining Paid Work With Caring, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Employers for Carers: Supporting Carers to Remain in Employment, Employers Supporting Working Carers, Epidemiology and Statistics, Experiences, Experiences of Health Care Services, Experiences of Social Care Services, Families, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Financial Hardship of Unpaid Carers, Gender (Sex), Gender and Caring, Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers, Helen Walker: Chief Executive at Carers UK, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Carer Health and Wellbeing, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Labour and Equalities): University of Sheffield, Lifetime Patterns of Caring, Listening to Carers, Low Income in Later Life, National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC), Prevalence of Unpaid Caring, Support for Carers, Supporting Carers to Remain in Employment, Sustainable Care: Connecting People and Systems, Sustainable Caring, Undervalued Hidden Workforce, University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Valuing Carers | Leave a comment

Dementia Risk Factors Re-Explored / Confirmed (NIHR Signal / BMJ Open)

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A further systematic review indicates that unhealthy behaviours tend to increase dementia risk. Pooled meta-analysis of previous research demonstrate a 20% increase in the risk of dementia from one risk factor, while the co-occurrence of three risk factors doubles … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Active Lifestyle, Ageing Population. Association Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function and / or Dementia, Alcohol Intake, Australia, Australian Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, Australian National University (ANU), Blackfriars Consensus, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Canada, Cigarette Smoking, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dalhousie University (Halifax Nova Scotia), Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Diabetes, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Geriatric Medicine: University of Alberta, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Diet, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Hypertension, Imperial College London, Lack of Physical Exercise, Later Life, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mid-Life Obesity, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Moderate Alcohol Consumption, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Neurological Disorders, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Neuroscience Research Australia (New South Wales), NIHR Dissemination Centre, NIHR Signal, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, Obesity Risk Factor, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Physical Activity Before Dementia, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Poor Diet, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Better Than Cure, Prevention of Dementia, Preventive Care, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Public Health and Ageing, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Regular Physical Activity, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Cognitive Impairment, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Dementia, Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR): University of Sheffield, School of Public Health: Imperial College London, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Social Epidemiology, Staying Healthy for Longer, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Tobacco Consumption, Unhealthy Lifestyles, University of Alberta, University of New South Wales, University of Newcastle (Callaghan New South Wales), University of Sheffield | Leave a comment

Functional Memory Disorders: a Potential Reason for Dementia Misdiagnoses? (BJGP)

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The authors of this review speculate whether a proportion of persons receiving referrals to memory clinics may not have dementia (or perhaps not even pre-clinical neurodegenerative disease at all); this category of patients may instead have functional disorders of … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ability to Answer Multi-Part Questions, Accounts and Metaphor, Alzheimer Phobia (Speculative Construct), Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Anosognosia, Assessment and Diagnosis, Assessment of Cognition During Natural Interaction, Attending Alone, Autobiographical Information, Awareness of Repetition, BJGP: British Journal of General Practice, British Journal of General Practice, Cognitive Assessments to Help Differentiate Between Dementia and Functional Disorders of Memory, Cognitive Decline and Dementia, Companion Involvement, Compensatory Strategies: Humour, Competent Identity, Conversation Analysis, Conversation Analysis in Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems, Conversation Analytic (CA) Interventions, Conversational Assessment in Memory Clinic Encounters, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia-Related Misdiagnosis, Depressive Pseudo-Dementia, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems, Dominant Humour, Early Differential Diagnosis, East London Foundation Trust, Face-Saving Behaviour, Features of Communication to Discriminate Between Neurodegenerative and Functional Memory Disorders, Forgetful Identity, Functional Memory Disorder (FMD), General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition, Head Turning Sign (HTS), Homerton Psychological Medicine (East London), I Don’t Know (IDK) Responses, Knowledge Reinforcing Tokens, Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), Memory Clinics, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Neuropsychiatry Service: St George's Hospital (London), Patient Ability to Answer and Participate in Consultation, Prodromal Dementia, Quick Relevant Detailed and Unsolicited accounts of Memory Problems, Referral to Memory Clinics: Assessment, Requesting Companion Confirmation, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN): University of Sheffield, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, St George's Hospital (London), Subjective Cognitive Complaints, University of Sheffield, Working Memory Within the Interaction (Refering to Things Said Earlier) | Leave a comment

The Community Ageing Research 75+ [CARE 75+] Study (BMJ Open)

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Community Ageing Research 75+ Study (CARE75+)” is collecting a range of health, social and economic data regarding health and wellbeing of older people, frailty, independence and quality of life in older age. This research will combine epidemiological research … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation: Bradford Institute for Health Research, Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation: University of Leeds, Academic Unit of Midwifery Social Work Pharmacy and Counselling and Psychotherapy: University of Leeds, Ageing and Frailty Research, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing With Multimorbidity, Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs), Assessment of Quality of Life, Barthel Scale of Activities of Daily Living, Biomarkers of Ageing, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Care South West Peninsula (NIHR PenCLAHRC), Carer Quality of Life, Centre for Applied Dementia Studies: University of Bradford, Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), Cognition and Mood, Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), Community Ageing Research, Community Ageing Research 75+ Study (CARE75+), Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Coping, de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale, Edmonton Frail Scale, Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, electronic Frailty Index (eFI), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Demography, Epidemiology and Statistics, Frailty, Frailty Biomarkers, Frailty Index, Frailty Research, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale Short-Form, Geriatric Pain Measure Short Form, Health and Wellbeing, Health Related Quality of Life, Healthy Ageing, Hearing Impairment, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence in Older Adults, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, LogMar Vision Test, Loneliness, Multimorbidity, Newcastle University, NIHR CLAHRC for South Yorkshire, NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Older Community-Dwelling Adults, PenCLAHRC, Personal Wellbeing, Physiological Dysregulation and Frailty, Quality of Life For Older People, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences: University of Keele, School of Health and Related Research: University of Sheffield, School of Healthcare: University of Leeds, Self-Efficacy, Sensory Impairments, Social Epidemiology, SoReLL Study: Investigating Communication Between Older People and Healthcare Professionals, Timed-Up-and-Go Test (TUGT), Trial Within Cohorts (TwiCs) Methodology, University of Bradford, University of Exeter, University of Keele, University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, Unmet Needs of Community-Dwelling Older Persons, Unmet Needs of Community-Dwelling Primary Care Patients, Visual Impairment, Yorkshire and Humber, Yorkshire and the Humber Academic Health Science Network | Leave a comment

Blueprint for Complex Care: Care for Individuals with Complex Health and Social Needs (National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs / IHI / Duke University / NIHR)

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

Summary The latest Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) report covers multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches to better coordination in the provision of care for individuals with complex health and social needs, from a USA perspective. “The Blueprint for Complex Care is a joint … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Standards, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton | Tagged Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Accountable Care Organisations (in United States and England), Accountable Health Communities, Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Advancing Integrated Care in England: Practical Path for Care Transformation, Ageing Population, Barriers to Integrated Care, Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Integration: Different Funding Models, Barriers to Integration: Different Workforce Cultures, Barriers to Integration: Difficulties in Effective Information Sharing, Barriers to Integration: Organisational Integration, Blueprint for Complex Care, Bridgespan Group: Strong Field Framework, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (CCHP), Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Center for Health Care Strategies, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Commonwealth Fund, Community Outreach, Complex Care, Complex Care and Multimorbidity, Complex Care Champions, Complex Care Ecosystem, Complex Chronic Conditions, Complex Comorbidities, Complex Conditions, Complex Needs, Complex Patients at Risk of Hospital Admission, Conceptual Model: Starter Taxonomy for High-Need Patients, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Data Sharing, Data Sharing for Better Health, Dr Robin Miller: Deputy Director of Health Services Management Centre at University of Birmingham, Duke University, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Effective Care for High Need Patients: National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Report, Global Health Innovation Center: Duke University, Health Care Innovation Awards, Health Services Management Centre (HSMC): University of Birmingham, Health Services Management Centre: University of Birmingham, HSMC: University of Birmingham, IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Innovation Accelerator Program, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Integrated Care Partnerships and Accountable Care Organisations, Integrated Multi-Agency Care, Lived Experience, Medication Management, Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Agency Working, National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, National Institute for Health Research Signal, NIHR Signal, Organisational Competencies to Accelerate Care Improvements, Outreach Services, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), SCAN Foundation, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR): University of Sheffield, Strong Field Framework, United States, University of Sheffield, USA, Value-Based Payments (VBP), Variability in Implementation (of Integrated Care), Vertical Integration, Vertical Integration (of Primary and Secondary Care) | Leave a comment

Research Into New Models of Care in Integrated Care (NIHR)

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Multispecialty Community Provider (MCP) model has been assessed against the quadruple aim i.e. (i) outcomes addressed population health, (ii) cost-effectiveness, (iii) patient experience and (iv) improved staff experience / involvement. Full Text Link Reference Turner, A. Mulla, A. … Continue reading →

Postural (Orthostatic) Hypotension: Possible Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Stroke (BBC News / Neurology / NHS Choices / European Heart Journal)

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary There is an association between postural hypotension in middle age and higher risk of cognitive decline, dementia or stroke in later life. Full Text Link Reference Dizziness when getting up could increase dementia risk, US study says. London: BBC … Continue reading →

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