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New strategy to transform the care, quality of life and health outcomes for people with COPD
National strategy to transform respiratory disease care
A new strategy to transform the care, quality of life and health outcomes for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) will drive improvements in outcomes for patients.
Coordinating the efforts of the NHS, patients, social care and voluntary organisations, the strategy aims to can people avoid lung disease and to lead longer and healthier lives.
Painkillers ‘may ease agitation’ in dementia patients
This could help Dementia patients live a better life
18 July 2011 Last updated at 01:08
By Jane Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News
Many dementia patients being prescribed “chemical cosh” antipsychotic drugs could be better treated with simple painkillers, research says.
The British and Norwegian study, published on the BMJ website, found painkillers significantly cut agitation in dementia patients.
Agitation, a common dementia symptom, is often treated with antipsychotic drugs, which have risky side effects.
Expect more tragedies like Southern Cross
Being forced to move care homes that are set to close could shorten the lives of the vulnerable and infirm.
7:00AM BST 18 Jul 2011
It does not require a medical degree to appreciate that elderly, infirm and disabled people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Recent revelations by BBC One’s Panorama about the obscene, sadistic behaviour of some “carers” towards residents in a home for those with learning disabilities has highlighted, to devastating effect, the suffering that results. A report by the Health Ombudsman, published earlier this year, reported cases of serious neglect on hospital wards, particularly involving older, incapacitated patients.
