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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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Medication Errors: an Open Learning Culture Recommended to Reduce Patient Harm (BBC News / Department of Health / EEPRU / Department of Health and Social Care)

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Medication errors, which include (i) wrong medications given, (ii) incorrect doses and (iii) delays in medication being administered, cause an estimated 700 deaths per year and might play a role in something between 1,700 to 22,300 further avoidable deaths. … Continue reading →

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Alternative Approaches to Reducing Hospital Admissions / Re-Admissions (BBC News / British Red Cross / NESTA / King’s Fund)

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The British Red Cross has proposed that home assessments, and comparatively simple interventions, when discharging old and vulnerable people for hospitals would help to reduce avoidable but predictable hospital re-admissions (and prevent many hospital admissions in the first place). … Continue reading →

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No Room For Complacency Regarding Population Subclinical vCJD? (PLoS Pathogens / Lancet Infectious Diseases)

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

Summary After a near-miss mini-epidemic of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) in the 1990s, experts caution that: “It is essential that we do not become complacent and continue both surveillance and risk management strategies in both human and animal prion diseases”. … Continue reading →

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