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Tag Archives: Use of Social Media
Healthy Caring Guide (NHS England / PHE / Age UK / Carers Trust / Carers UK)
Summary NHS England, Public Health England (PHE) and partners (Age UK, the Carers Trust and Carers UK) have released a healthy caring guide, which provides practical advice and information to carers (particularly older carers). Full Text Link Reference New guide gives … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS England, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Adult Carers in England: Quality of Life, Adult Social Care, Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Burden on Caregivers, Care in an Ageing Society, Caregiver Assessments, Caregiver Burden, Caregivers, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Awareness, Carer Experience, Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Organisations, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Perspective, Carers Strategy, Carers Trust, Carers UK Adviceline, Carers' Assessments, Carers’ Benefits, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Caring into Later Life, CCG Improvement and Assurance Framework for 2016-17, Community Care Assessments, Community-Based Services, Coping With Stress, Emily Holzhausen: Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Healthy Caring Guide, Impact of Caring on Carers, Improving Lives of Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Information Technology, Maintaining Relationships, Mental Health Needs of Carers, Mobile Technology, Needs of Carers, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Social Media, Support for Carers, Sustainable Caring, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Use of Social Media, Valuing Carers
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Steps to Unfreeze the Glacial Pace of Dementia Research and Drugs Development (BBC News / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary World Dementia Envoy, Dr Dennis Gillings, has commented on how progress on new research and treatments for dementia has been “achingly slow”. The World Dementia Council, led by the World Dementia Envoy, is meeting today; six months after the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, 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, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academia-Industry Partnerships, African Agricultural Capital Fund, Araclon, AstraZeneca, BBC Health News, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Charitable Funding, Collaborative Projects, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Crowdsource Investment, Data Sharing, Defeat Dementia Campaign, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Innovation, Dementia Research, Dementia Time-Bomb, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Dr Etienne Hirsch: INSERM, Dr Linda Elam: Department of Health and Human Services (United States), Dr Neil Buckholtz: National Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr Paul Wicks: PatientsLikeMe, Dr Shekhar Saxena: Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Yves Joanette: Scientific Director of Canadian Institute of Health Research (Institute of Aging), Dr. Luc Truyen: Johnson&Johnson, Dr. Maria C. Carrillo: Alzheimer’s Association US, Dr. Yoshiki Niimi: Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare (Japan), DY Suharya: Alzheimer's Indonesia, Elisabetta Vaudano: Innovative Medicines Initiative, EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, G7 Global Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit Agreements, Gates Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, Genomics, Genomics in the NHS, George Vradenburg: President and Chairman of the Vradenburg Foundation and US Against Alzheimer’s, Global Action Against Dementia, Global Context, Global Dementia Legacy Event, Global Dementia Legacy Event on Finance and Social Investment, Global Dementia Legacy Event Speech (Dr Gillings), Global Digital Platform (for Dementia Research), Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Gregory Simon: Polliwogg, GSK, Improving Care for People with Dementia, Incentives and Investment, Incentives for Drug Development, Innovation, Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), International Collaborations, International Programmes, IXICO, Janssen Research & Development, John Ryan: European Commission Public Health Directorate, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), Jon Rouse: Department of Health, KHP/ LSHTM Centre for Global Mental Health: Kings College London, Kings College London, Layered Funding Models, Leadership, Legacies and Charitable Giving, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, London School of Economics, Marc Wortmann: Executive Director of Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), Market Failure, Market Failure (Dementia Research and Drug Development), Matthew Bishop: Author of Philanthrocapitalism, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council's UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), MedImmune, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mr. Dirk Pilat: Directorate for Science, Mr. Mark Boleat: City of London, MRC UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), Ms Inez Jabalpurwala: Brain Canada Foundation, Ms. Cathrin Petty: JP Morgan, Openness and Collaboration, Orphan Diseases, Orphan Drug Act (United States), Partnership, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patent Box, Patents: Extended Period of Exclusivity, Payment Systems and Incentives, Philanthrocapitalism, Philanthropic Funding, Philanthropy, Policy Innovation, Prevention, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Andrew Lo: MIT Sloan Professor of Finance, Professor Lefkos Middleton: Imperial College London, Professor Martin Knapp: Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Professor Martin Rossor: NIHR National Director for Dementia Research, Professor Ronald Petersen: Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Promoting Brain Health (Blackfriars Consensus Statement), Public Health, Public-Private Partnership (PPP), Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Risk Factors, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Social Entrepreneurs, Social Finance, Social Impact Bonds, Social Impact Investment, Social Investment, Social Media, SomaLogic, Stephen Johnston: Aging2.0 and Generator Ventures, Technology and Industry (OECD) & Technical Advisor to the World Dementia Council, Tom Wright CBE: Age UK, UK Dementias Research Platform, UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), UK Presidency of G8 2013, Use of Social Media, World Dementia Council
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Dementia Awareness Raising Via Social Media (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Research UK / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)
Summary Facebook users can experience a simulation of the subjective effects of living with dementia. Alzheimer’s Research UK have produced their FaceDementia app which has been designed to modify users’ personal Facebook pages (safely and without long-term damage to the … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, In the News, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Carer Awareness, Coping with Memory Loss, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Empathy, Empathy and Understanding, Empathy Training, Facebook, FaceDementia, Memory Loss, Memory Problems, Old-Age Memory Loss, Raising Awareness, Reducing Stigma, Simulated Memory Problems, Social Media, Societal Empathy, Staff Awareness, Use of Social Media
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