Category: Older People

Dementia Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

All credit for this bulletin goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service.

In this issue:

  • Searching for the Ideal Selection of Cognitive Screening Tasks for Early Detection of Cognitive Decline in Older Individuals With Low Literacy
  • The effects of improved access to diabetes medications on risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
  • Patient, care partner, and clinician perspectives on a “good day” with dementia
  • Caregivers in a Haystack? Informatics‐Driven Clinical Trial Enrollment of Dementia Caregivers at Medical Visits
  • Plus much more

14 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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Making Workplaces Work for Everyone.

Centre for Ageing Better; 2026.

[Disabled older workers and people with long-term health conditions continue to face significant barriers in the labour market. These challenges are not caused by an individual’s impairment or health condition, but by barriers in the workplace that fail to accommodate different needs. The findings here highlight both areas of consensus and barriers to implementation, and help inform practical action to improve working conditions.]
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Barriers to Mental Health Service Use Among Older Adults: A Multistakeholder Qualitative Study in Southampton.

Wang F. Health and Social Care in the Community 2026;2026(1):5577869.

[Older adults in the UK face significant challenges accessing mental health services, despite high levels of need. This study aimed to explore barriers to mental health service use among older adults in Southampton, drawing on perspectives from strategic stakeholders, frontline workers, older adults, and a family carer.]
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State of Ageing Spotlight: Older LGBTQ+ people

Centre for Ageing Better; 2026.

[This State of Ageing Spotlight addresses the invisibility of older LGBTQ+ people in our data and in discussions about our ageing population.]
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Sweet dreams: The importance of good sleep for healthy ageing.

International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK); 2026.

[This report builds on a joint webinar with the University of Surrey Centre of Excellence on Ageing, bringing together expert insights on sleep, ageing and workplace health.]
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Sweet dreams: The importance of good sleep for healthy ageing

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Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin

Volume 13 Issue 8 by North West Health Libraries

All credit goes to North West Health Libraries

Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning | from North West Health Libraries

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Mental health personalised care framework: the modern care programme approach.

NHS England; 2026.

[This framework sets out the approach and related principles and actions for delivering personalised care for adults and older people with severe mental health problems. Personalised care means people have choice and control over the way their care is planned and delivered. It is based on ‘what matters’ to them and their individual strengths and needs.]
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Effectiveness of infection prevention and control interventions in reducing health-care-associated infections in long-term care facilities for older people: a systematic review.

The Lancet : Healthy Longevity; 2026.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(26)00043-7/fulltext
[This Systematic Review shows that IPC interventions in Long Term Care Facilities are more likely to be effective when they are implemented as coordinated, multifaceted interventions incorporating elements of the WHO MultiModal Improvement Strategy MMIS (core component 5).]
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New Resource: The mark of co-production

Co-production involves people coming together as equals to make decisions and create services that work for them. This new co-produced resource supports anyone interested in planning, running, or evaluating a co-production project. It outlines the definitions, celebrates the approach, and explores how projects can aim for the highest levels of co-production.

The tool is grouped into four key stages of co-production:

  1. Planning
  2. Process
  3. Completing, sharing, celebrating
  4. Review

Developed from work with adults’ social care, the core principles can be adapted to support practice with young people and more.

The resource is most effective when used to support reflection by all involved in a co-production project – including members of the public, practitioners, researchers, or managers.

Find out more: How to practice effective co-production | Research in Practice

Preferences for Models of Care for Older People With High Care Needs: Survey of People Aged 50 years and Over in England.

Walbaum M. Health and Social Care in the Community 2026;Jan(1):9635386.

The rising number of older adults, many with long-term conditions or limitations in activities of daily living, is expected to increase demand for social care services and for housing options to accommodate their future care needs. Additionally, an increasingly diverse population may require care models that respond to different preferences, beliefs and values. This study aims to explore how preferences to meet future care needs vary across demographic, socioeconomic and care-related factors.

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