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Becoming connected, being caring
Meyer, Julienne; Ashburner, Charlotte; Holman, Cheryl (2006-12)This paper highlights perspectives on action research in education, health and social care and was originally presented as a keynote at the International Practitioner Research Conference and Collaborative Action Research ... -
The complexity of loss in continuing care institutions for older people : A review of the literature
Holman, Cheryl; Meyer, J.; Cotter, Angela (2004)This article analyzes the findings of a literature review undertaken on loss in continuing care institutions. It suggests that research undertaken in continuing care institutions, such as care homes, ignores the complexity ... -
Doing Qualitative Research as a Practitioner : Processes, Issues and Understandings
Meyer, Julienne; Noble, Helen; Kilbride, Cherry; Holman, Cheryl; Bridges, Jackie (2009)Doing qualitative research as a practitioner presents some interesting processes, issues and challenges that are the focus of this paper. The authors suggest that practitioners have something unique and different to offer ... -
Establishing a community of practice for dementia champions (innovative practice)
Mayrhofer, Andrea; Goodman, Claire; Holman, Cheryl (2015-03-01)This discussion paper considers the currently evolving roles of dementia champions and describes an initiative designed to support their activities. The aim of this initiative was to establish a county-wide group that has ... -
The importance of staff support in the provision of emotionally sensitive care
Holman, Cheryl; Crowhurst, Keith (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009) -
Living bereavement : an exploration of healthcare workers' responses to loss and grief in an NHS continuing care ward for older people
Holman, Cheryl (2008-12)This article reports on research rooted in a work based education project and the theme of loss was chosen by the participating care staff who felt it was central to their work with dependent older people. They coined the ... -
Moving from victim blaming to an appreciative inquiry : exploring quality of life in care homes
Meyer, Julienne; Heath, Hazel; Holman, Cheryl; Owen, Tom (2006)This paper highlights the need for researchers to work across disciplinary boundaries in order to capture the complexity that care practitioners have to engage with everyday in care home settings. Drawing on findings from ... -
Nursing Older Adults
Holman, Cheryl (Churchill Livingstone, 2011) -
Preventing and treating constipation in later life.
Holman, Cheryl; Roberts, Sally; Nichol, Maggie (2008) -
Promoting adequate nutrition : using artificial feeding
Holman, Cheryl; Roberts, Sally; Nichol, Maggie (2006)An earlier article in this series (Holman et al 2005a) identified that in some circumstances the decision is made to administer artificial feeding. Here, Cheryl Holman, Sally Roberts and Maggie Nicol describe the reasons ... -
Psychoanalytically informed action research in an NHS continuing care unit for older people : exploring and developing care staff’s work with complex loss and grief
Holman, Cheryl; Meyer, J.; Davenhill, Rachel (2006-11)There are studies about the emotional and social aspects of loss and grief in continuing care environments such as care homes and hospital wards, but researchers have tended to focus on either the cultural aspect of the ... -
Reflection on life experience as an aid to deeper learning
Roberts, Sally; Fitzpatrick, Daniel; Cooper, Julie; Holman, Cheryl; Reynolds Smith, Judith (2010)Sally Roberts and colleagues discuss how a placement that encourages nursing students to observe older people and listen to their stories is challenging their attitudes to ageing