Later life Blog Posts

• “Decision-makers need to think differently about how to commission long-term condition services” says study

  16 Sep 2013

  • Caroline De Brún

  
• Limited evidence on the benefit of providing oral healthcare education to care home nurses on their attitude and their oral hygiene care skills

  04 Sep 2013

  • Derek Richards

  
• Moderators of outcome in late-life depression: should we be prescribing antidepressants to older people?

  26 Aug 2013

  • Sarah Knowles

  
• More evidence needed on additional interventions to reduce mortality in older people with depression

  13 Aug 2013

  • Broadbent Amy
  • and Douglas Badenoch

  
• Little attention paid to menopausal transition experiences or wellbeing of women with learning disabilities

  12 Aug 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Helping patients and carers deal with a diagnosis of dementia: one size doesn’t fit all

  26 Jul 2013

  • Caroline Struthers

  
• The number, location and distribution of 
the teeth affect chewing ability in older adults

  05 Jul 2013

  • Derek Richards

  
• Effective support from health and social services could improve carer well-being, study suggests

  02 Jul 2013

  • Caroline De Brún

  
• Moderate intensity exercise programmes do not improve depressive symptoms in elderly care home residents: results from the OPERA trial

  02 Jul 2013

  • Rupert Thurston

  
• New mental health commissioning guides from JCPMH

  26 Jun 2013

  • Andre Tomlin