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Changing practice in dementia care in the community : developing and testing evidence-based interventions, from timely diagnosis to end of life (EVIDEM)
Iliffe , Steve; Wilcock, Jane; Drennan, Vari; Goodman, Claire; Griffin, Mark; Knapp, Martin; Lowery, David; Manthorpe , Jill; Rait, Greta; Warner, James (National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), 2015-05-06)Background: The needs of people with dementia and their carers are inadequately addressed at all key points in the illness trajectory, from diagnosis through to end-of-life care. The EVIDEM (Evidence-based Interventions ... -
Contribution to 'Health Visiting'
Thurtle, V. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014) -
Contribution to 'New Birth Visits'
Thurtle, V. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014) -
Contribution to 'Support for Parenting'
Thurtle, V. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014) -
Contribution to 'Working with Parents'
Thurtle, V. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014) -
Dementia, dignity and quality of life : nursing practice and its dilemmas
Manthorpe, Jill; Iliffe, Steve; Samsi, Kritika; Cole, Laura; Goodman, Claire; Drennan, Vari; Warner, James (2010)The need for healthcare practitioners to respect the dignity of older people is widely recognised in England, where it has been given attention by politicians, professionals and health service regulators. This article aims ... -
The effectiveness of inter-professional working for older people living in the community : A systematic review
Trivedi, Daksha; Goodman, Claire; Gage, Heather; Baron, Natasha; Scheibl, Fiona; Iliffe, Steve; Manthorpe, Jill; Bunn, Frances; Drennan, Vari (2013)Health and social care policy in the UK advocates inter-professional working (IPW) to support older people with complex and multiple needs. Whilst there is a growing understanding of what supports IPW, there is a lack of ... -
An evaluation of the role of the Admiral Nurse : a systematic evidence synthesis to inform service delivery and research
Bunn, Frances; Pinkney, Emma; Drennan, Vari; Goodman, Claire (Dementia UK, 2013-10-17)Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community and receive support from family members. There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that caring for a person with dementia impacts on the health and wellbeing of ... -
Frailty scales - their potential in interprofessional working with older people: a discussion paper
Poltawski, Leon; Goodman, Claire; Iliffe, Steve; Manthorpe, Jill; Gage, Heather; Shah, Dhrushita; Drennan, Vari (2011-07)New models of interprofessional working are continuously being proposed to address the burgeoning health and social care needs of older people with complex and long-term health conditions. Evaluations of the effectiveness ... -
Health promotion for mild frailty based on behaviour change: perceptions of older people and service providers
Avgerinou , Christina; Gardner , Benjamin; Kharicha , Kalpa; Liljas, Ann; Elaswarapu, Rekha; Manthorpe , Jill; Drennan, Vari; Iliffe, Steve; Goodman, Claire; Walters, Kate (2019-09)Mild frailty is common among older people, but it is potentially reversible with health promotion interventions. Behaviour change may be a key to preventing progression of frailty; however, we know little about what ... -
Health promotion interventions for community-dwelling older people with mild or pre-frailty: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Goodman, Claire; Frost , Rachael; Belk , Celia; Jovicic , Ana; Ricciardi , Federico; Gardner , Benhamin; Iliffe, Steve; Manthorpe , Jill; Drennan, Vari; Walters, Kate (2017-07-20)Abstract Background: Mild or pre-frailty is common and associated with increased risks of hospitalisation, functional decline, moves to long-term care, and death. Little is known about the effectiveness of health promotion ... -
Home-based health promotion for older people with mild frailty (HomeHealth): intervention development and feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial
Walters, Kate; Frost , Rachael; Kharicha , Kalpa; Avgerinou , Christina; Gardner , Benjamin; Ricciardi , Federico; Hunter, Rachael; Liljas , Ann; Drennan, Vari; Wood , John; Goodman, Claire; Jovicic, Ana; Iliffe , Steve (National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), 2017-12-01)Abstract Background: Mild or pre-frailty is common yet potentially reversible. Preventing progression to worsening frailty may benefit individuals and lower health/social care costs. However, we know little about effective ... -
Identifying the content of home-based health behaviour change interventions for frail older people : A systematic review protocol
Jovicic, Ana; Gardner , Benjamin; Belk, Celia; Kharicha , Kalpa; Iliffe, Steve; Manthorpe, Jill; Goodman, Claire; Drennan, Vari; Walters, Kate (2015-11-04)Background: Meeting the needs of the growing number of older people is a challenge for health and social care services. Home-based interventions aiming to modify health-related behaviours of frail older people have the ... -
Incontinence : enhancing care in women's prisons
Drennan, Vari; Goodman, Claire; Norton, Christine; Wells, Amanda (2011)There is no evidence on the prevalence of urinary and faecal incontinence symptoms in women prisoners. -
Models of Inter Professional Working for older people living at home : a survey and review of the local strategies of English health and social care statutory organisations
Goodman, Claire; Drennan, Vari; Scheibl, Fiona; Shah, Dhrushita; Manthorpe, Jill; Gage, Heather; Iliffe, Steve (2011)BACKGROUND: Most services provided by health and social care organisations for older people living at home rely on interprofessional working (IPW). Although there is research investigating what supports and inhibits how ... -
Moving upstream in health promoting policies for older people with early frailty in England? A policy analysis
Drennan, Vari; Walters, Kate; Avgerinou , Christina; Gardner , Benjamin; Goodman, Claire; Frost , Rachael; Iliffe , Steve; Kharicha , Kalpa; Manthorpe , Jill (2018-07-01)Objectives: Globally, populations are rapidly ageing and countries have developed health promotion and wellbeing strategies to address increasing demand for health care and old-age support. The older population is not ... -
Nurse case management and general practice : implications for GP consortia
Iliffe, Steve; Drennan, Vari; Manthorpe, Jill; Gage, Heather; Davies, Susan; Massey, Helen; Sott, Cherill; Brearley, Sally; Goodman, Claire (2011-10)Reducing hospital admission rates by nurse-led case management (community matrons) is attractive in theory but in practice is challenging for a range of reasons that need to be understood in commissioning similar services ... -
Nurse-led case management in the National Health Service : bridging clinical and social worlds
Manthorpe, Jill; Goodman, Claire; Drennan, Vari; Davies, Susan; Masey, Helen; Gage, Heather; Scott, Cheryll; Brearley, Sally; Iliffe, Steve (2012)To understand the effects of Nurse Case Managers (NCMs) working in primary care in the English National Health Service (NHS) from multiple perspectives and how this new role impacts on social workers, this paper reports ... -
Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing
Drennan, Vari; Goodman, Claire; Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care; Department of Adult Nursing and Primary Care; Health & Human Sciences Research Institute; School of Health and Social Work; Older People's Health and Complex Conditions (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014-02-13) -
Reducing and managing faecal incontinence in people with advanced dementia who are resident in care homes : protocol for a realist synthesis
Goodman, Claire; Rycroft Malone, Jo; Norton, Christine; Harari, Danielle; Harwood, Rowan; Roe, Brenda; Russell, Bridget; Fader, Mandy; Buswell, Marina; Drennan, Vari; Bunn, Frances (2015-07-10)Faecal incontinence (FI) is the involuntary loss of liquid or solid stool that is a social or hygienic problem. The prevalence of FI in residents of care homes is high, but it is not an inevitable consequence of old age ...