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Improving recruitment of older people to research through good practice
(2011-11)
There is widespread evidence both of the exclusion of older people from clinical research, and of under-recruitment to clinical trials. This review and opinion piece provides practical advice to assist researchers both to ...
Nurse case management and general practice : implications for GP consortia
(2011-10)
Reducing hospital admission rates by nurse-led case management (community matrons) is attractive in theory but in practice is challenging for a range of reasons that need to be understood in commissioning similar services ...
Sustaining innovation in the health care workforce: a case study of community nurse consultant posts in England
(2011-08-20)
Background: Recruiting, retaining and meeting increasing demand for experienced, qualified nurses is an issue of concern for all health care systems. The UK has been creating clinical career structures for nurses that ...
Frailty scales - their potential in interprofessional working with older people: a discussion paper
(2011-07)
New models of interprofessional working are continuously being proposed to address the burgeoning health and social care needs of older people with complex and long-term health conditions. Evaluations of the effectiveness ...
Good practice outside the care homes
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011)
Incontinence : enhancing care in women's prisons
(2011)
There is no evidence on the prevalence of urinary and faecal incontinence symptoms in women prisoners.
A systematic review of integrated working between care homes and health care services
(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 ...
Models of Inter Professional Working for older people living at home : a survey and review of the local strategies of English health and social care statutory organisations
(2011)
BACKGROUND: Most services provided by health and social care organisations for older people living at home rely on interprofessional working (IPW). Although there is research investigating what supports and inhibits how ...
Evaluation of a modified chronic disease self-management programme for people with intellectual disabilities
(2011)
Aim : To evaluate an eight week chronic disease self-management programme adapted for people with moderate intellectual disabilities. Background : People with intellectual disabilities are four times more likely to have a ...
Culture, consent, costs and care homes: Enabling older people with dementia to participate in research
(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 ...