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Promoting independence, health and well-being for older people: : a feasibility study of computer-aided health and social risk appraisal system in primary care
(2017-03-24)
Abstract Background: With population ageing, research is needed into new low-cost, scalable methods of effective promotion of health and wellbeing for older people. We aimed to assess feasibility, reach and costs of ...
Service use of older people who participate in primary care health promotion: a latent class analysis
(2017-03-06)
Abstract Background Recruiting patients to health promotion programmes who will benefit is crucial to success. A key policy driver for health promotion in older people is to reduce health and social care use. Our aim was ...
Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in people with dementia and their carers living at home/community- A mixed methods evidence synthesis for non-pharmacological interventions
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-12-16)
Plain English Summary Background Two-thirds of people with dementia live at home and many experience distressing symptoms such as aggression, wandering, agitation, emotional problems, known as behavioural and psychological ...
Changing practice in dementia care in the community : developing and testing evidence-based interventions, from timely diagnosis to end of life (EVIDEM)
(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 ...
Enabling research in care homes : an evaluation of a national network of research ready care homes
(2014-04-05)
In the UK care homes are one of the main providers of long term care for older people with dementia. Despite the recent increase in care home research, residents with dementia are often excluded from studies. Care home ...
Living and dying : Responsibility for end of life care in care homes without on-site nursing provision - a prospective study
(2013-12-08)
The aim of the study was to describe the expectations and experiences of End-of-life care of older people resident in care homes, and how care home staff and the healthcare practitioners who visited the care home interpreted ...
Can networks of research active care homes for older people be created and sustained?
(2013-06-26)
Background: In the UK care homes are one of the main providers of long term care for older people with dementia. Despite the recent increase in care home research, residents with dementia are often excluded (Gordon et al, ...
A protocol for a systematic review of research on managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia for community-dwelling older people
(2013)
Background:Non-cognitive behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia affect up to 90% of people with dementia at some point in the disease course and result in distress, increased carer burden, high service utilization ...