Dementia, frailty and end of life theme
Seeking your views about the use of non-pharmacological interventions in practice A group of dementia care practitioners from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust are doing some work to develop new care innovations for people living with advanced or later stages of dementia. They would like to understand a bit […]
Dying comfortably in very old age with or without dementia in different care settings – a representative “older old” population study A new study from the University of Cambridge, supported by the CLAHRC EoE suggests that very old people are more likely to die comfortably if they die in a […]
The NHS should see care homes as partners, not problems Professor Claire Goodman has written a must-read blog that was published on the Guardian homepage. She starts off by noting that for the NHS, care homes are a conundrum in that they provide care that used to be supplied by […]
The ‘Usual Suspects’ – Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in DEMCOM by Dr Elspeth Mathie “No matter how complicated the research, or how brilliant the researcher, patients and the public always offer unique invaluable insights. Their advice when designing, implementing and evaluating research invariably makes studies more effective, more credible […]
NIHR Health Service & Delivery Research (HS&DR) Researcher-led call The NIHR HS&DR programme funds research to improve the quality, effectiveness and accessibility of the NHS, including evaluations of how the NHS might improve delivery of services. The audience for this research is the public, service users, clinicians and managers. The […]
Project Title: Care pathways for individuals diagnosed with Young Onset Dementia (YoD) Type of Research: Mixed methods study (Development Grant) Background: In the UK 5% of people living with dementia have been diagnosed with young onset dementia (YoD). This refers to people who are under the age of 65 when […]
Frailty trajectories: understanding tipping points across care settings (DEM 12) Type of Research Mixed methods study Context Older adults are heavy users of health and social services, but not all use all types of services. Heavy utilisation is concentrated in the frailest and those nearing the end of their life.1,2 […]
NICE Guideline Update: Care of dying adults in the last days of life NICE have issued new guidelines which covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life. The aim of the guidelines is to improve end […]
CLAHRC Research Features in Independent Review of NIHR Research on End of Life Care Services An independent themed review “Better Endings Right care, right place, right time” features a number of CLAHRC research projects as examples of evidence to support those delivering, planning or using end of life services. CLAHRC East of England Theme […]
The first three weeks of my CLAHRC PhD: A blog by Jason Corner Starting anything new puts me in state of flux ‘Am I doing enough or too little, do people like me?!’. I did not open a text book until I was 25, and was not the person you would […]