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The role of Dementia Champion in dementia care : Its aspirations, development and training needs (innovative practice)
(2016-09-01)
Background: The conceptualisation and development of the role of Dementia Champions in clinical practice is on-going, and dementia specific training has a significant impact on the scope of the role. Aim: This survey aimed ...
Effective heath care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review
(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 ...
Evaluation of an Organisational Intervention to Promote Integrated Working between Health Services and Care Homes in the Delivery of End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia : Understanding the Change Process Using a Social Identity Approach
(2016-06-03)
In the United Kingdom, approximately a third of people with dementia live in long-term care facilities for adults, the majority of whom are in the last years of life. Working arrangements between health services and care ...
Workforce development in dementia care through education and training: an audit of two counties
(2016-05-16)
Abstract Purpose – People with dementia require care at home, in care homes and in hospitals, which has implications for the current and future workforce in health and social care. To inform regional workforce development ...
Using ambulance service PCRs to understand 999 call-outs to older people with dementia
(2016-05-11)
Objectives: To use local ambulance service patient care records (PCRs) at an aggregate level to study the use of emergency medical services (EMS) by older people with dementia in two English counties. To understand how and ...
Concurrent use of prescription drugs and herbal medicinal products in older adults : A systematic review protocol
(2016-04-21)
Background: There has been a global increase in the use of herbal medicinal products (HMPs). About a quarter of UK adults use HMPs, bought over the counter by self-prescription and often not disclosed to healthcare ...
Provision of NHS generalist and specialist services to care homes in England : review of surveys
(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 ...
Comorbidity and dementia : a mixed method study on improving healthcare for people with dementia (CoDem)
(2016-02-01)
Among people living with dementia (PLWD) there is a high prevalence of comorbid medical conditions but little is known about the effects of comorbidity on processes and quality of care and patient needs or how services are ...
The feasibility of a train-the-trainer approach to end of life care training in care homes: an evaluation
(2016-01-22)
Background: The ABC End of Life Education Programme trained approximately 3000 care home staff in End of Life (EoL) care. An evaluation that compared this programme with the Gold Standards Framework found that it achieved ...
Managing diabetes in people with dementia : protocol for a realist review
(2016-01-07)
Worldwide, the prevalences of diabetes and dementia are both increasing, particularly in older people. Rates of diabetes in people with dementia are between 13 and 20 %. Diabetes management and diabetic self-care may be ...