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An analytical review of local and national fall policy and guidelines
Narayanan, Venkat; Simpson, Charles Melvyn; Dickinson, Angela; Victor, Christina; Humphrey, Deborah; Griffiths, Caroline (2011-07-05)The prevalence of falls in the United Kingdom is high with 1 in 3 people aged over 65, and 1 in 2 people over the age of 85 falling each year. The potential for older people to fall is exacerbated by mental health problems, ... -
Effective health care for older people resident in care homes : The Optimal study protocol for realist review
Goodman, Claire; Gordon, Adam L; Martin , Finbarr; Davies, Susan; Iliffe, Steve; Bowman, Clive; Schneider, Justine; Meyer, Julienne; Victor, Christina; Gage, Heather; Gladman, John; Dening, Tom (2014-05-24)Background: Care homes in the UK rely on general practice for access to specialist medical and nursing care as well as referral to therapists and secondary care. Service delivery to care homes is highly variable in both ... -
Effective heath care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review
Goodman, Claire; Dening , Tom; Gordon , Adam; Davies, Susan; Meyer, Julienne; Martin , Finbarr; Gladman, John; Bowman, Clive; Victor, Christina (2016-07-16)Background Care home residents in England have variable access to health care services. There is currently no coherent policy or consensus about the best arrangements to meet these needs. The purpose of this review was to ... -
Falling in Acute Mental Health Settings for Older People : Who falls, where, when and why?
Victor, Christina; Dickinson, Angela; Narayanan, Venkataran; Simpson, Charles Melvyn; Griffiths, Caroline; Humphrey, Deborah (2014-09-28)Falls, slips and trips are a major patient safety concern in hospital settings accounting for 26 per cent of all reported patient safety incidents in England. Mental health conditions and their treatments add further to ... -
Falls screening and assessment tools used in acute mental health settings : An analysis of polices in England and Wales
Dickinson, Angela; Simpson, Charles Melvyn; Victor, Christina; Humphrey, Deborah; Narayanan, Venkat; Griffiths, Caroline (2012-07-12)Background: There is an urgent need to improve the care of older people at risk of or who experience falls in mental health settings. Falls are the most frequently reported patient safety incident. NICE Guidelines recommends ... -
Integrated working between residential care homes and primary care : a survey of care homes in England
Gage, Heather; Dickinson, Angela; Victor, Christina; Williams, Peter; Cheynel, Jerome; Davies, Susan; Iliffe, Steve; Froggatt, Katherine; Martin, Wendy; Goodman, Claire (2012-11-14)Older people living in care homes in England have complex health needs due to a range of medical conditions, mental health needs and frailty. Despite an increasing policy expectation that professionals should operate in ... -
‘’It just happens’. Care home residents’ experiences and expectations of accessing GP care.
Victor, Christina; Davies, Sue L; Dickinson, Angela; Morbey , Hazel; Masey, Helen; Gage, Heather; Froggatt, Katherine; Iliffe, S.; Goodman, Claire (2018-11-01)Background: Care homes provide personal care and support for older people who can no longer be supported in the community. As part of a larger study of integrated working between the NHS and care homes we asked older people ... -
Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes
Gordon , Adam; Goodman, Claire; Davies, Sue L; Dening , Tom; Gage, Heather; Meyer, Julienne; Schneider, Justine; Bell , Brian; Jordan , Jake; Martin , Finbarr; Iliffe , Steve; Bowman, Clive; Gladman, John; Victor, Christina; Mayrhofer, Andrea; Handley, Melanie; Zubair , Maria (2018-07-01)Introduction: care home residents have high healthcare needs not fully met by prevailing healthcare models. This study explored how healthcare configuration influences resource use. Methods: a realist evaluation using ... -
Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings
Goodman, Claire; Davies, Sue L; Gordon , Adam; Dening , Tom; Gage, Heather; Meyer, Julienne; Bell , Brian; Jordon , Jake; Martin , Finbarr; Iliffe , Steve; Gladman, John; Victor, Christina; Mayrhofer, Andrea; Handley, Melanie; Zubair , Maria (2017-11-01)The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different models of health-care provision that are important for residents’ health care. Objectives: To understand ‘what works, for whom, ... -
Preventing and managing falls among older people with mental health problems : a systematic review
Simpson, Charles Melvyn; Dickinson, Angela; Bunn, Frances; Narayanan, Venkat; Victor, Christina; Humphrey, Deborah; Martin, Wendy; Griffiths, Caroline (2011-07-05) -
Preventing and managing falls among people with mental health problems
Bunn, Frances; Simpson, Charles Melvyn; Victor, Christina; Narayanan, Venkat; Humphrey, Deborah; Griffiths, Caroline; Dickinson, Angela (2012-07-12)Background: Falls are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in older people and these risks are exacerbated by mental health conditions such as depression and dementia. Previous reviews have focused on people with ... -
Preventing falls among older people with mental health problems : a systematic review
Bunn, Frances; Dickinson, Angela; Simpson, Charles Melvyn; Narayanan, Venkat; Humphrey, Deborah; Griffiths, Caroline; Martin, Wendy; Victor, Christina (2014-02-19)Falls are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in older people and the risk of falling is exacerbated by mental health conditions. Existing reviews have focused on people with dementia and cognitive impairment, but ... -
Provision of NHS generalist and specialist services to care homes in England : review of surveys
Iliffe , Steve; Davies, Susan; Gordon, Adam L; Schneider, Justine; Dening , Tom; Bowman, Clive; Gage, Heather; Martin , Finbarr; Gladman, John; Victor, Christina; Meyer, Julienne; Goodman, Claire (2016-03-01)Background: The number of beds in care homes (with and without nurses) in the UK is three times greater than the number of beds in NHS hospitals. Care homes are predominantly owned by a range of commercial, not-for-profit ... -
Public involvement in research within care homes : benefits and challenges in the APPROACH study
Froggatt, Katherine; Goodman, Claire; Morbey, Hazel; Davies, Sue L; Masey, Helen; Dickinson, Angela; Martin, Wendy; Victor, Christina (2016-12-01)BACKGROUND: Public involvement in research (PIR) can improve research design and recruitment. Less is known about how PIR enhances the experience of participation and enriches the data collection process. In a study to ... -
Relationships, Expertise, Incentives, and Governance: Supporting Care Home Residents' Access to Health Care : An interview study from England
Goodman, Claire; Davies, Susan; Gordon, Adam L.; Meyer, Julienne; Dening , Tom; Gladman, John; Iliffe , Steve; Zubair , Maria; Bowman, Clive; Victor, Christina; Martin , Finbarr (2015-05-01)Objectives: To explore what commissioners of care, regulators, providers and care home residents in England identify as the key mechanisms or components of different service delivery models that support the provision of ... -
Risks, roles and responsibilities : Evaluating falls in inpatient mental healthcare settings for older people
Simpson, C. M.; Dickinson, Angela; Victor, Christina; Humphrey, Deborah; Narayanan, Venkat; Martin, Wendy; Griffiths, Caroline (2010-07-06)Introduction: There is an urgent need to improve the care of older people at risk of or who experience falls in mental health settings. A report by the National Patient Safety Agency found that in 16 mental health services, ... -
A systematic review of integrated working between care homes and health care services
Davies, Susan; Goodman, Claire; Bunn, Frances; Victor, Christina; Dickinson, Angela; Iliffe, Steve; Gage, Heather (2011)In the UK there are almost three times as many beds in care homes as in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. Care homes rely on primary health care for access to medical care and specialist services. Repeated policy ...