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Myth: If a patient knows their name and date, they can’t be delirious. Fact: Delirium fluctuates, & even then, people with inattention can correctly answer simple orientation questions. Use onset/fluctuation, & altered alertness, & other sources to come to a diagnosis.

It's #LearningDisabilityWeek, and Monday's theme is myth busting! #TeamLDCYPMHS have highlighted some common misconceptions about learning disabilities, and why they're wrong. #LDAwarenessWeek #LDWeek #CYPMentalHealth #CYMPHS #CWP #CWPMyMind

It's Learning Disability Week. People with Learning Disability can experience many physical health challenges. Many die years too early. We can and must provide better support to access health care. #LearningDisabilityWeek2025 #DoYouSeeMe #parityofesteem Royal College of Psychiatrists

#Sarcopenia

Air pollution in the UK is costing more than £500m a week in ill health, NHS care and productivity losses. Dirty air is killing more than 500 people a week, with health harm to almost every organ of the body, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said. theguardian.com/environment/20…

New research: language barriers greatly increase challenges for dementia patients in the ED. Caregivers are very important - translating language but also in interpreting nonverbal cues, & providing advocacy. "My mom doesn't know how to speak English really well...if I wasn't

Diverse Alzheimers I think when we think about people who are socially isolated, step one is to reduce that happening in the first instance by creating compassionate communities, step two is regular health assessments, a call, a knock at the door by someone. #diversealz

Thanks to Heston Blumenthal for making Heston: My Life with Bipolar. Honest and intelligent programme and an excellent insight into life with the condition and difficulties balancing medication effects. An unselfish man, he’s moved by the stories of others bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

What an amazing afternoon to be out and about with some of the Partnership Design team! We were at the Grosvenor's Eaton Estate yesterday to discuss plans for the Charity Garden Open Day we're hosting on August 24th. We're so grateful to them for the support they're giving us.

About 25% of people in the UK who need palliative and end-of-life care do not get it. While an estimated 90% of people who die would benefit from palliative care, only around 50% actually receive it, according to the Association for Palliative Medicine. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg4r…

Discussion with colleagues recently about people admitted from hospital with high falls risk, who sat in the ward on chair alarms or beside the nurses station... people who now, in the #carehome, walk independently with low falls risk. People need the right environment to grow.

What a fantastic summer fayre we had today! So much fun had by everyone! Same again next year? #LearningDisabilityWeek2025

For females between 15 and 24 years old the death rate for Anorexia Nervosa is 12 times higher than for all other causes of death. A review concluded that lack of funding and research is influenced by the fact that majority of patients are female. #rcpsychic

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NEW delirium tool validation study: 🧠 The #4AT is now validated for monitoring delirium recovery ✓ 94-96% sensitivity across repeated assessments ➡️ World's first formal study validating performance of a delirium assessment tool for tracking recovery Link👇

Young people in England’s coastal towns three times more likely to have a mental health condition. They are suffering disproportionately and without help, say researchers. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Children have shared their experiences of what poverty looks and feels like: choosing between food or heating, no place to wash, dangerous, dirty homes. Their voices are at the heart of my report - and political leaders must listen to their solutions 👇 childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/growi…

My take from the literature: 1/5 The fragmentation of job roles into tasks can increase coordination costs, put a higher burden on senior staff who have to oversee the work of juniors and risk disrupting continuity of care.

#delirium

Now that’s called representation and being mainstream #T1Diabetes #Technology Lovely to see 😊 A combined work of MATTEL & Breakthrough T1D UK And one special one for Lila Moss 😊 #gbdoc 💙 bbc.co.uk/newsround/arti…