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Culture, consent, costs and care homes: Enabling older people with dementia to participate in research
Goodman, Claire; Baron, Natasha L.; Machen, Ina; Stevenson, Elizabeth; Evans, Catherine; Davies, Sue L.; Iliffe, Steve (2011)Objectives: To describe factors that support and inhibit recruitment and participation of people with dementia living in care homes. Method: This article focuses on the methods used to recruit people with dementia to a ... -
Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia : an observational study
Amador, Sarah; Goodman, Claire; King, Derek; Machen, Ina; Elmore, Natasha; Mathie, Elspeth; Iliffe, Steve (2014-08-28)BACKGROUND: Older people resident in care homes have a limited life expectancy and approximately two-thirds have limited mental capacity. Despite initiatives to reduce unplanned hospital admissions for this population, ... -
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 ... -
Nurses and paramedics in partnership : an evaluation
Machen, Ina; Dickinson, Angela; Widiatmoko, Dono; Williams, Julia; Kendall, S. (University of Hertfordshire, 2005) -
Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia in care homes : a retrospective analysis
Parsons, Carole; Johnston, Sarah; Mathie, Elspeth; Baron, Natasha; Machen, Ina; Amador, Sarah; Goodman, Claire (2012-08-31)Background: Older people in general and care home residents in particular are at high risk of suboptimal or inappropriate prescribing. To date, research into potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) has not focused on ... -
Preferences and priorities for ongoing and end-of-life care : A qualitative study of older people with dementia resident in care homes
Amador, Sarah; Goodman, Claire; Mathie, Elspeth; Machen, Ina; Baron, Natasha (2013-12)Background: The older person with dementia has a limited life expectancy and the dying trajectory can be protracted and unpredictable. For good end-of-life care, early communication, exploration of residents’ wishes, and ... -
The role of health professionals in promoting the uptake of fall prevention interventions : A qualitative study of older people's views
Dickinson, Angela; Horton, Khim; Machen, Ina; Bunn, Frances; Cove, Jenny; Jain, Deepak; Maddex, Ted (2011-11)Objective: to explore older people's perceptions of the facilitators and barriers to participation in fall prevention interventions in the UK. Methods: we undertook a qualitative study with older people who had taken part ... -
Sedative load of medications prescribed for older people with dementia in care homes
Parsons, Carole; Haydock, Jane; Mathie, Elspeth; Baron, Natasha; Machen, Ina; Stevenson, Elizabeth; Amador, Sarah; Goodman, Claire (2011)ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to determine the sedative load and use of sedative and psychotropic medications among older people with dementia living in (residential) care homes. METHODS: Medication ...