Older people

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1. Mental health in later life: Understanding needs, policies and services in England (5 March 2024)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Mental health
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Older People (over 65)
     • Mental health
     • Discrimination
     • Unconscious bias
     • Accessibility

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 March

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   • 15 March

2. Shingles Vaccination Programme: GP toolkit for improving uptake (NHS England)

   • Medicine - Infectious disease
   • Vaccination
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Medicine - Infectious disease
     • Vaccination
     • Older People (over 65)

   By Patient Safety Learning, 7 March

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   • 101 views
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   • 7 March

3. Implementation of a geriatric oncology service at the Royal Marsden Hospital (13 January 2023)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Cancer
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Cancer
     • Research
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 January

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   • 167 views
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   • 25 January

4. Ageism in healthcare technology: the older patients’ aspirations for improved online accessibility (13 July 2022)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Technology
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Technology
     • Health and Care Apps
     • Accessibility
     • Inclusivity

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 December, 2023

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   • 22 December, 2023

5. Inpatient falls and fractures – one chance to get it right: The 2023 National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF) report on 2022 clinical data (9 November 2023)

   • Falls
   • Older People (over 65)
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Falls
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Audit
     • Data

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 November, 2023

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   • 25 November, 2023

6. Infographic: Meet Harry... (Greater Manchester Major Trauma Network)

   • Emergency medicine
   • Accident and Emergency
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Emergency medicine
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Staff support
     • Assessment

   By Patient Safety Learning, 10 November, 2023

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   • 201 views
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   • 10 November, 2023

7. Pay attention to falls prevention infographic (Sonia Sparkles)

   • Falls
   • Older People (over 65)
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Falls
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Hospital ward
     • Staff engagement
     • Information sharing
     • Training
     • Risk assessment

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 9 October, 2023

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   • 276 views
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   • 9 October, 2023

8. Reducing falls in dementia inpatients using vision-based technology (April 2022)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Falls

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 2 October, 2023

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   • 209 views
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   • 2 October, 2023

9. Acute care of older people: Reflections on Acute Frailty Network impact (BGS, 8 September 2023)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Quality improvement
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Quality improvement
     • Research
     • Hospital ward
     • Assessment

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 September, 2023

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   • 389 views
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   • 14 September, 2023

10. GIRFT: Six steps to better care for older people in acute hospitals (27 June 2023)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Community care
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Community care
      • Discharge
      • Care goals
      • Medicine - Geriatric

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 July, 2023

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    • 10 July, 2023

11. NHS RightCare: Frailty toolkit - Optimising a frailty system

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Care goals
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Care goals
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Commisioning
      • Community care

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 May, 2023

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    • 273 views
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    • 10 May, 2023

12. Sexual assault against older people in hospitals: viewpoint from Amanda Warburton-Wynn (March 2023)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Criminal behaviour
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Criminal behaviour
      • Patient harmed
      • Staff factors
      • Investigation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 April, 2023

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    • 341 views
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    • 21 April, 2023

13. Royal College of Physicians: Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) patient resources

    • Falls
    • Slip/ fall
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Falls
      • Slip/ fall
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Patient
      • Carer
      • Patient / family support
      • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2023

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    • 469 views
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    • 16 March, 2023

14. Interview with Dr Elena Mucci, Consultant Geriatrician at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Medicine - Geriatric
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Medicine - Geriatric
      • End of life care
      • Patient engagement
      • Information sharing
      • Health education
      • Medication
      • Dementia

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 March, 2023

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    • 13 March, 2023

15. Age UK: Fixing the Foundations (17 February 2023)

    • Social Care
    • Home
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Social Care
      • Home
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Accident and Emergency
      • Carer
      • Care navigation
      • Long-term conditions
      • Lack of resources

    By Patient Safety Learning, 17 February, 2023

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    • 640 views
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    • 17 February, 2023

16. Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention program (20 January 2023)

    • Falls
    • Hospital ward
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Falls
      • Hospital ward
      • Resources / Organisational management
      • Impact analysis
      • USA

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 February, 2023

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    • 586 views
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    • 2 February, 2023

17. Bringing hospital care home: Virtual Wards and Hospital at Home for older people (British Geriatrics Society, 17 August 2022)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Home
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Home
      • Patient
      • Community care
      • Virtual ward
      • Discharge

    By Patient Safety Learning, 9 January, 2023

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    • 9 January, 2023

18. Improving understanding: The National Hip Fracture Database report on 2021 (8 September 2022)

    • Medicine - Rheumatology
    • Falls
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Medicine - Rheumatology
      • Falls
      • Imaging
      • Physiotherapist
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Quality improvement
      • Database
      • Research

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 October, 2022

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    • 7 October, 2022

19. Your hip fracture: all about your hip fracture and what to expect on the road to recovery (18 February 2020)

    • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
    • Older People (over 65)
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Falls
      • Pain
      • Patient engagement

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 September, 2022

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    • 1 September, 2022

20. Incidence of adverse incidents in residential aged care (19 October 2021)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Care home
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Care home
      • Patient safety incident
      • Reporting
      • Research
      • Australia

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 August, 2022

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    • 12 August, 2022

21. RCP - What should happen if you or someone you know experiences a fragility fracture? (14 June 2022)

    • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
    • Falls
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
      • Falls
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Patient / family support
      • Patient engagement
      • Imaging
      • Medication

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 July, 2022

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    • 25 July, 2022

22. Frailty, gaps in care coordination, and preventable adverse events (2 June 2022)

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Patient safety incident
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Older People (over 65)
      • Patient safety incident
      • Care coordination
      • USA

    By Mark Hughes, 11 July, 2022

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    • 649 views
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    • 11 July, 2022

23. National Audit of Inpatient Falls - How should your hospital prevent and respond to falls during your stay?

    • Falls
    • Hospital ward
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Falls
      • Hospital ward
      • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
      • Older People (over 65)

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 3 May, 2022

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    • 941 views
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    • 3 May, 2022

24. Ageing, inequality and ethnicity: Evidence cards (14 April 2022)

    • Health inequalities
    • Health Disparities
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Race
      • Ethnicity
      • BAME

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 April, 2022

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    • 705 views
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    • 25 April, 2022

25. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Empowering patients within the Extensive Care Service

    • Patient engagement
    • Older People (over 65)
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient engagement
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Pharmacist
      • Medication
      • Patient / family support
      • Emergency medicine

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 November, 2021

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    • 928 views
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    • 26 November, 2021