NHS Health Check Dementia Component Practitioner Prompt Sheet

Description

NHS Health Check Training

Delivered by Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc

Former Clinical Advisor Personalised Prevention OHID

Chair Health Care Committee HEART UK

This is a Face to Face event, this bespoke NHS Health Check Training is a great opportunity to update your knowledge nationally and locally, whilst networking with colleagues from across City & Hackney.

This event is for City & Hackney only, please visit the Smart Health Solutions website for more information on the NHS Health Check training.

This course will provide the learner with updated knowledge and understanding to support them in carrying out an NHS Health Check assessment and to inform the client of the significance of their results and their risk, providing brief advice if required.

It provides underpinning knowledge for the core competences and technical competences described in the NHS Health Check competence framework produced by Public Health England.

Learning Outcomes

State why NHS Health Checks are important.
Identify non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Identify modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Know the NHS Health Check filters
State how an NHS Health Check should be conducted.
Identify how an NHS Health Check can assess and interpret the risk of cardiovascular disease.
State how the risk of cardiovascular disease and opportunities for reducing this risk may best be communicated

Who should attend

Anyone involved in the delivery of health checks including:

Practice Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
GPs
Health Care Assistants
Care co-ordinators
Social Prescribers
Administration
Practice Staff
Pharmacists
Allied Healthcare Professionals
Health Trainers & Champions
Healthy Lifestyle Professionals

Certificates of participation are available to all attendees on submission of evaluation and handouts for each course are available for future reference via the MedAll platform.

We are a registered Centre for the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), and HEART UK supports our cardiovascular training. The NHS Health Check Competency Framework underpins our training.

We are proud of our strong heritage in supporting the NHS Health Check Programme, especially for training we have been providing since 2008 and that we have won all training tenders we have bid for.

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NHS Health Check Dementia Component Prompt resource for Health Care Practitioners This documentisdesigned to support practitionershaving conversationswith patientson reducing the risk of dementia during a Health Check. This supplementsthe NHS Health Check Dementia leaflet (Dementia: Helping your brain to stayhealthy http://www.healthcheck.nhs.uk/document.php?o=327%E2%80%8E) Practitioners are asked to include the following key messages intheir conversation: • What is good for the heart isgood for the brain • Dementia is not an inevitable part ofageing – it is caused by diseasesof the brain • Increased risksof cardiovascular disease also increase risk of developing dementia • Adopting a healthy lifestyle can reduce riskof dementia • There are local services available to support people to make healthylifestyle changes Practitioners may want to use the following key points within the HealthCheck conversation: Dementia is a disease, not an inevitable part of ageing • Dementia affectsthe waythe brainworks and makesit difficultto do every dayactivities. • Not just aboutbeing forgetful as people may getconfused,and it can affect speech and decision making. • Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia are the mostcommon formsof dementia. (Signpost to NHS Choices http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia-guide/pages/about- dementia.aspx for more information) Like cancer, cardiovascular disease and many other conditions,dementia is not inevitable. There are things one can do to reduce the risk of getting these conditions. • By making changesand adopting a healthier lifestyle people canreduce riskof developing dementia. • Approximately30% of cases of Alzheimer’s disease maybe avoided through adopting healthier lifestyles. Is the Health Check recipient aware that the following actions can reduce the chance of getting dementia, alongwith cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes? (HCP to promote positive behaviour change to lifestyle) • Being physically active every day • Eating a healthy balanced diet and maintaining a healthyweight • Not drinking too much alcohol • Giving up smoking • Connecting with people around them There are local services available to support livinga healthy lifestyle • Signpost to local healthy lifestyle servicesavailable for person’s level of risk and GP practice. Further information,support and advice about living with dementia or caring for someone with dementia is readily available. • Signpost to NHSChoices, the Alzheimer’sSocietyfor more information on dementia, local resources https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/BranchWebsites and local service directories https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/local-information/dementia-connect/#!/search and Alzheimer’s Research UK for more information around risk http://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/about- dementia/helpful-information/reducing-the-risk/