Evidence Based Resources
Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Previous studies have found that exercise prevents falls in older people. This study aimed to test whether this effect is still present when new trials are added.
Preventative health care in elderly people needs rethinking
Dee Mangin, Kieran Sweeney, and Iona Heath argue that, rather than prolonging life, preventive treatments in elderly people simply change the cause of death.
Prognosis of patients with dementia
Aims to report mortality risks of dementia based on national hospital registry data, and to put these risks into perspective by comparing them with those in the general population and following cardiovascular diseases.
Age UK's page on incontinence
People of all ages can have a problem controlling their bladder or bowel. It can feel uncomfortable to talk about, but there's nothing to be embarrassed about and you should speak to your doctor if you're at all worried.
Reducing harmful polypharmacy to improve patient outcomes
Dr. Dee Mangin on TAPER (Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction) and Polypharmacy
Polypharmacy: Manage Medicines
The Scottish Government Effective Prescribing and Therapeutics team provide this Managing Multiple Medicines (formerly Polypharmacy) app and website. The aim is to provide information and tools to support healthcare professionals, patients and carers in making decisions about taking multiple medicines
Resuscitation Council UK - ReSPECT
Information on the ReSPECT process which creates personalised recommendations for a person’s clinical care and treatment in a future emergency in which they are unable to make or express choices.
Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)
Canadian educational resource about Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), designed for media but also useful for those caring for people with BPSD
Decision-making and consent
This guidance explains that the exchange of information between doctor and patient is essential to good decision making and will support you in your conversations with your patients; and help you to be confident you’re sharing the information they need to make decisions that are right for them. By following it, it will help you make sure that you have informed consent from your patient.
Age UK - Information guides and factsheets
Short and easy to digest, giving an overview of the relevant topic.
BBC Ideas - 'Dying is not as bad as you think'
Palliative care doctor and author Kathryn Mannix argues that it's time to break the taboo that exists around death.
Unconventional health and care: five organisations delivering care differently
This long read discusses five unconventional health and care organisations. These are organisations have considered deeply the needs of people in their care and found substantively different ways of supporting them.
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