Care in people 60 years of age and over with chronic or recently diagnosed epilepsy: a note review in United Kingdom general practice.

Aim: To ascertain present United Kingdom (UK) management processes for epilepsy in older people.

Method: This was a general practice notes review of people being treated for epilepsy 60 years and over.

Results: The cohort of 110 was from six practices.

Problems that mothers' with epilepsy experience when caring for their children.

Women with epilepsy who were service users of Epilepsy Action in the United Kingdom (UK) completed a questionnaire on the risks of caring for their baby and whether they were provided with useful information on fulfilling their caring role (Epilepsy Action is the trading name of the British Epilepsy Association a major UK charity for those with epilepsy). The cohort of 84 all reported some problems. The following were rated as being the most problematic; caring for their baby outside the home and bathing, whereas breastfeeding was rated as much less problematic.

An audit of lamotrigine, levetiracetam and topiramate usage for epilepsy in a district general hospital.

The aim of this audit was to ascertain outcomes for people who had taken or who were still taking three "new generation" broad-spectrum antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), namely lamotrigine, levetiracetam and topiramate. Thirteen percent of people became seizure free and approximately, one-third had a reduction of greater than 50% in their seizures. Two-thirds of people were still taking their audit AED.

Implementing good practice in epilepsy care.

Examples of evidence-based guidelines for epilepsy care exist. However, guidelines are of little use if they are not recognised, implemented and supported. The object of this study was to establish the degree to which good practice guidelines for epilepsy have been implemented and to identify positive and negative factors that affect their implementation.