Nurse specialist in dementia care, passionate about providing person centred care to enable people to live well with dementia. All views are my own.

Gateshead
Joined September 2013
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💡 #Delirium isn’t “just confusion” - it TRIPLES mortality at 30 days. Would you ignore a heart attack? Stop normalizing brain failure. #WDAD2025
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Delrium is more than just confusion. It's a serious medical condition that can affect thinking, attention, and awareness, especially in hospitalized patients. As we approach World Delirium Awareness Day on March 12, let's raise awareness and improve care! #WDAD2025 #Delirium @WesElyMD @DrJimJackson @iDelirium_Aware @pratikpande15 @Walk4Pics
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Our Regional detect and prevent #delirium conference was an amazing day with so much passion and engagement #WDAD2025 @MADEinMelissa @nessabarrett @AmerDelirium @A_MacLullich
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🧠 #Delirium treatment is complex. 🧠 Need systematic approach 🧠 Much more than just 'treating the cause' 🔗 Guide to delirium care: the4at.com/deliriumguide
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Scan the QR code to access deliriumday.com to follow various events that are planned for #WDAD2023 – at Stockton-on-Tees, England
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If you work @NewcastleHosps and want to hear more about #dementia (including #lewybody) then tune in next Tuesday ⬇️ @emmaprend @abley_c @NuthOpm
💜🗓️ DATE FOR THE DIARY 🗓️💜 Dementia Update Webinar – Tues 25 Oct 2:30-3.00pm Dr Alison Yarnall, Trust’s Lead Clinician for Dementia will be providing updates on dementia, treatments & potential treatments on the horizon. To register interest email [email protected]
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💙 One of the Harm Free Care priorities in our NMAHPs Strategy focuses on providing excellence in Dementia Care - the team will be holding a programme of webinars Mon 19-Fri 23 Sept to support the launch of our new Dementia Care Plan for 2022-2026 @NewcastleHosps 🧵
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justgiving.com/fundraising/j… The Great Belsay Bake Off in aid of @DementiaUK #timeforacuppa2022 The Belsay Unit is full of delicious cakes and bakes waiting for the Star Baker to be announced this afternoon!! @NewcastleHosps
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Are they different today? #WDAD2022 watch the video on delirium and delirium super imposed dementia. We also developed an app to help with management @rnegi71 @fix_psych @MADEinHEENE @iDelirium_Aware @A_MacLullich
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Replying to @iDelirium_Aware
There is not just one way to manage delirium. Humans are complex and so are our needs. #delirium highlights this. #WDAD2022 #WDADchat. Some key ideas are broken down here: youtu.be/BPfZgBmcQB8
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Today’s OPM lunchtime departmental teaching was given by our fantastic colleague @emmaprend with a fab talk about the Dementia Specialist Nurse team recent delirium intervention on ward 15 Freeman. Great results - we look forward to this being rolled out across our other wards!
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Another great session for our students this afternoon. Please look out for our monthly poster for what’s on this month. Thank you @abley_c @emmaprend
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A loud and very happy Christmas from today’s team serving Christmas lunch to our staff @NewcastleHosps @JackieDanielNHS – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
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Pimp my zimmer... Christmas Style!Fab morning on Ward 15 with the physio and dementia nurse teams working together to provide fun treatment sessions for our elderly patients! @Jenn_skipsey @emmaprend @NuthOpm @NewcastleHosps
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Best Christmas activity seen today so far ‘Pimp my Zimmer’ on FH15 lots of giggling patients & staff and a huge amount of glitter & tinsel. Top work troops @NewcastleHosps @emmaprend @JackieDanielNHS @MCushlow – at Byker, England
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#Delirium is strongly associated with mortality, but few studies have attempted to work out *why*. This study linked restraints, hospital-acquired complications, & noxious insults with risk of mortality in delirium. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2803…
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🌟Please retweet🌟 - the Spring Northern Region @GeriSoc meeting "Loneliness, Lifestyle and Learning in Later Life" is taking place at the RVI Education Centre @NewcastleHosps on 25th March 2020. Register now at 👇👇 bgs.org.uk/events/northern-r…
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Emma Prendergast retweeted
G Guy ollowing on from @emmaprend very interesting presentation (she’s going to e rolling out a QI project relating to delirium recovery as part of her fellowship programme), Dr Baye presents about anti-cholinergic burden in our patient population.
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Replying to @emmaprend
@emmaprend presents @NuthOpm Friday lunch time teaching regarding updates in delirium!
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