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Improving care for older people with co-existing mental disorders and alcohol misuse
misuse was formally adopted by the SLAM Mental Health of Older Adults and Dementia Clinical Academic Group. Screening and brief...
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on InterDry for intertrigo .
Fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant for treating recurrent non-infectious uveitis (TA590)
Evidence-based recommendations on fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant (Iluvien) for treating recurrent non-infectious uveitis in adults.
This indicator covers the percentage of patients with moderate or severe frailty and/or multimorbidity who have received a medication review in the last 12 months which is structured, has considered the use of a recognised tool and taken place as a shared discussion. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM186
Multiple long-term conditions: multimorbidity register (IND205)
This indicator covers the practice can produce a register of people with multimorbidity who would benefit from a tailored approach to care. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM184
This guideline covers assessing and managing motor neurone disease (MND). It aims to improve care from the time of diagnosis, and covers information and support, organisation of care, managing symptoms and preparing for end of life care.
identify areas for improvement, such as supporting people to live well with dementia . The audits also helped them confirm they were...
This quality standard covers assessing and managing hearing loss in adults (aged 18 and over). It includes people presenting with hearing loss for the first time in adulthood whether it started in adulthood or earlier. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS185
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- Quality statement 1: Earwax removal
- Quality statement 2: Sudden onset of hearing loss
- Quality statement 3: Rapid worsening of hearing loss
- Quality statement 4: Audiological assessment
- Quality statement 5: Provision of hearing aids
- Quality statement 6: Follow-up audiology appointment
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Evidence-based recommendations on the bisphosphonates alendronic acid, ibandronic acid, risedronate sodium and zoledronic acid for treating osteoporosis.
This quality standard covers preventing dementia, and assessment, management and health and social care support for people with dementia. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Raising awareness – health promotion interventions
- Quality statement 2: Diagnosis
- Quality statement 3: Advance care planning
- Quality statement 4: Coordinating care
- Quality statement 5: Activities to promote wellbeing
- Quality statement 6: Managing distress
- Quality statement 7: Supporting carers
Urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women: management (NG123)
This guideline covers assessing and managing urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women aged 18 and over. It also covers complications associated with mesh surgery for these conditions.
prevention of deconditioning. This includes providing information about dementia care, recognising nutrition and hydration needs, as...
Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or
with having a dementia. Alongside pharmacological interventions, the NICE guidance NG97 recommends people with a mild to moderate...
burden:- Does actively reducing anticholinergic burden in people living with dementia improve cognitive outcomes compared with usual...
in relation to the decisionmaking capacity for treatment of people with dementia, a learning disability, an acquired brain injury or a...
burden:- Does actively reducing anticholinergic burden in people living with dementia improve cognitive outcomes compared with usual...
hearing aids and incidence of dementia:- In adults with hearing loss, does the use of hearing aids reduce the incidence of...
details Comes from guidance Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers...
cost effectiveness of using a dementia-specific addition to the Care Certificate for community staff, including...
report their difficulties. These include people with learning disabilities, dementia and mild cognitive impairment.Given the importance...
compared with usual care on quality of life (for the person living with dementia and for their carers) and the timing of entry to...
Recommendation ID NG97/4 Question Managing delirium superimposed on dementia:- What are the most clinically and cost-effective...
Recommendation ID NG96/4 Question Dementia education and training programmes for family members and carers:- What is the effectiveness
sensoryimpairments and learning disabilities, older people, people with dementia and their carers)? Are effects maintained over time?...
Question Dementia care:- How effective and cost effective is intermediate care including reablement for supporting people living with...
NG71/1 Question Combination treatment for Parkinson's disease dementia:- What is the effectiveness of combination treatment with a...
some effectiveness in improving behavioural symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease dementia. At present, no evidence exists to...
This guideline covers decision-making in people 16 years and over who may lack capacity now or in the future. It aims to help health and social care practitioners support people to make their own decisions where they have the capacity to do so. It also helps practitioners to keep people who lack capacity at the centre of the decision-making process.
This quality standard covers referral and assessment for intermediate care and how to deliver the service. It covers bed-based intermediate care, crisis response, home-based intermediate care and reablement. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover rehabilitation for specific conditions.
Dementia: independence and wellbeing (QS30)
How training on positive lifestyle changes can benefit health and social care staff
evaluate their own lifestyles. This supports NICE guidance on disability, dementia and frailty in later life, where recommendation 13...
Neighbourhood Integrated Medicines Optimisation Team: Improving medicines use at home
Hospital and 141 from other healthcare professionals such as district nurses, dementia re-ablement services and social services. We also...
Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (TA217)
Evidence-based recommendations on donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl), rivastigmine (Exelon) and memantine (Ebixa) for treating Alzheimer's disease in adults.
Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers (NG97)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease). It aims to improve care by making recommendations on training staff and helping carers to support people living with dementia.
Decision aid for Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers c NICE 2018....
Dementia. Patient decision aid on enteral (tube) feeding for people living with severe dementia
Decision aid for Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers c NICE 2018....
CCG and LA joint process for using NICE Quality Standards to drive quality improvement
and to test it out with the newly launched dementia quality standard. The development of our local dementia strategy and...
People growing older with learning disabilities should get regular health checks, says NICE
NICE says people growing older with learning disabilities need to have annual health checks to help them manage conditions that can quickly affect them as they grow older.
Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities (NG96)
This guideline covers care and support for adults with learning disabilities as they grow older. It covers identifying changing needs, planning for the future, and delivering services including health, social care and housing. It aims to support people to access the services they need as they get older.
This guideline covers how to improve the physical environment to encourage and support physical activity. The aim is to increase the general population’s physical activity levels.
them. The instructor's complete additional training for sight impairment, dementia, cerebral vascular accident and Parkinson's disease....
This guideline covers the care and support of adults receiving social care in their own homes, residential care and community settings. It aims to help people understand what care they can expect and to improve their experience by supporting them to make decisions about their care.
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Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system (QS163)
This quality standard covers recognising, assessing and managing mental health problems in adults (aged 18 and over) who are in contact with the criminal justice system (this includes police contact, court and prison custody, street triage, liaison and diversion services, and probation services). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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This quality standard covers the management of Parkinson’s disease in adults. It does not include treatment of parkinsonism not caused by Parkinson’s disease. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Point of contact with specialist services
- Quality statement 2: Information about impulse control disorders
- Quality statement 3: Referral to physiotherapy, occupational therapy or speech and language therapy
- Quality statement 4: Levodopa in hospital or a care home
- Quality statement 5: Access to clozapine for treating hallucinations and delusions
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Remove earwax if a build-up is causing hearing loss problems, NICE tells primary care
GP surgeries or community clinics should offer to remove earwax if a build-up is contributing to someone’s hearing loss.
This guideline covers managing cataracts in adults aged 18 and over. It aims to improve care before, during and after cataract surgery by optimising service organisation, referral and surgical management, and reducing complications. It further aims to improve the availability of information for people with cataracts before, during and after cataract surgery.
The Healthy Homes initiative is led by Knowsley Council's public health team in partnership with a number of local agencies.
This guideline covers referral and assessment for intermediate care and how to deliver the service. Intermediate care is a multidisciplinary service that helps people to be as independent as possible. It provides support and rehabilitation to people at risk of hospital admission or who have been in hospital. It aims to ensure people transfer from hospital to the community in a timely way and to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitals and residential care.
This quality standard covers interventions to improve the uptake of HIV testing among people who may have undiagnosed HIV. It focuses on increasing testing to reduce undiagnosed infection in people at increased risk of exposure. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Hospitals in areas of high and extremely high HIV prevalence
- Quality statement 2: General practice in areas of high and extremely high HIV prevalence
- Quality statement 3: HIV indicator conditions
- Quality statement 4: Regular HIV testing
- Quality statement 5: People who may have been exposed to HIV
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