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Specialist nursing support for unpaid carers of people with dementia: a mixed-methods feasibility study

Centre for Health Economics, April 2019
Admiral Nursing is the only nursing service that specifically focuses on supporting carers of people with dementia in the UK.  The information routinely collected by Dementia UK showed that, on average, the needs of carers with an Admiral Nurse reduced over time. However, the data were not detailed enough to show what caused this improvement. In interviews and focus groups, carers themselves said that the sorts of support provided by Admiral Nurses could positively influence their health, quality of life and confidence in caring.
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Productive healthy ageing: interventions for quality of life

Public Health England, April 2019
This document lists interventions that can be made by pharmacy teams, to help older people to lead more independent lives and improve their health.
The document includes interventions based around:

  • preventing falls
  • dementia
  • physical inactivity
  • social isolation, and loneliness
  • malnutrition

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Raising the bar on strength and balance: The importance of community-based provision

Centre for Ageing Better, February 2019
This report by the Centre for Ageing Better and the University of Manchester’s Healthy Ageing Research Group shows a need for sustained, targeted funding for community-based strength and balance programmes.  Despite common misconceptions, falls are not an inevitable part of ageing and can be prevented. Although there are some NHS rehabilitation services that provide strength and balance programmes, these are often of limited length, making it essential that there are effective community-based strength and balance programmes in their local areas to move on to.  The report presents possible models of delivery, issues, barriers and innovative solutions. It focuses on community-based strength and balance programmes targeting all older adults and includes evidence-based programmes to reduce falls.
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Understanding the health care needs of people with multiple health conditions

The Health Foundation, November 2018
This report finds that approximately 14.2 million people have two or more conditions, which represents nearly a quarter of all adults living in England. It argues that resourcing primary care so GPs and nurses have the time to work together with patients to manage their conditions, and ensuring that hospital care has more coordination between specialties is key to supporting patients with multiple health conditions.
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Supporting organisations engaging with locums and doctors in short-term placements: A practical guide for healthcare providers, locum agencies and revalidation management services

NHS England, October 2018
This guidance is for any individual or organisation engaging with locum and short-term placement doctors, who often do not have easy access to to systems or structures in place to support their CPD, appraisal, revalidation and governance. This guidance highlights ways they may be supported to provide safe provision of healthcare as a valuable part of the workforce.
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Supporting locums and doctors in short-term placements: A practical guide for doctors in these roles

NHS England, October 2018
This guidance is for locum and short-term placement doctors, who often do not have easy access to systems or structures in place to support their CPD, appraisal, revalidation and governance. This guidance highlights ways they may be supported to provide safe provision of healthcare as a valuable part of the workforce.
Click here to view the full report.