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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 ... -
Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to prevent COVID-19 in care homes (COS-COVID-PCARE Study)
Shepherd, Victoria; Islam, Ishrat; Wood, Fiona; Williamson, Paula R.; Goodman, Claire; Bath, Philip M.; Thompson, Carl; Knapp, Martin; Gordon, Adam L.; Hood, Kerenza (2022-08-27)Abstract: Background: People living in care homes have experienced devastating impact from COVID-19. As interventions to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 are developed and evaluated, there is an urgent need for researchers ... -
Does integrated governance lead to integrated patient care? : Findings from the innovation forum
Beech, Roger; Henderson, Catherine; Ashby, Sue; Dickinson, Angela; Sheaff, Rod; Windle, Karen; Wistow, Gerald; Knapp, Martin (2013-11)Good integration of services that aim to reduce avoidable acute hospital bed use by older people requires frontline staff to be aware of service options and access them in a timely manner. In three localities where closer ... -
Exploring resource use and associated costs in end-of-life care for older people with dementia in residential care homes
Amador, Sarah; Goodman, Claire; King, Derek; Ng, Yi Ting; Elmore, Natasha; Mathie, Elspeth; Machen, Ina; Knapp, Martin (2014-06-06)The goals of this study are to describe end-of-life care costs of older people with dementia (OPWD) residents in care homes (CHs) with no on-site nursing and evaluate the economic case for an intervention designed to improve ... -
Reducing emergency bed-days for older people? : Network governance lessons from the 'Improving the Future for Older People' programme
Sheaff, Rod; Windle, Karen; Wistow, Gerald; Ashby, Sue; Beech, Roger; Dickinson, Angela; Henderson, Catherine; Knapp, Martin (2014-04)In 2007, the UK government set performance targets and public service agreements to control the escalation of emergency bed-days. Some years earlier, nine English local authorities had each created local networks with their ... -
Unplanned admissions of older people : exploring the issues
Henderson, Catherine; Sheaff, Rod; Dickinson, Angela; Beech, Roger; Wistow, Gerald; Ashby, Sue; Windle, Karen; Knapp, Martin (National Institute of Health Research Service Delivery Organisation NIHR SDO, 2011)National strategies, local initiatives, cross-agency agreements, various targets and financial incentives have all been deployed in an effort to reverse the growth in emergency bed days (EBDs). Within this rapidly changing ...