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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 district nurses and care home staff improve bowel care for older people using a clinical benchmarking tool?
(2013-12)
A quasi-experimental study tested a clinical benchmarking tool (Essence of Care) to improve bowel-related care for older people living in six care homes. In the intervention care homes, district nurses and care home staff ...
Preferences and priorities for ongoing and end-of-life care : A qualitative study of older people with dementia resident in care homes
(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 ...
An evaluation of the role of the Admiral Nurse : a systematic evidence synthesis to inform service delivery and research
(Dementia UK, 2013-10-17)
Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community and receive support from family members. There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that caring for a person with dementia impacts on the health and wellbeing of ...
OPTIMAL: A realistic evaluation of what supports effective health care for care home residents
(2013-07-09)
This poster presents early findings from phase one of OPTIMAL, a 3 year study that asked: 1.What is the range of health service delivery models that provide health care to care home residents? 2.What features of these ...
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, ...
The effectiveness of inter-professional working for older people living in the community : A systematic review
(2013)
Health and social care policy in the UK advocates inter-professional working (IPW) to support older people with complex and multiple needs. Whilst there is a growing understanding of what supports IPW, there is a lack of ...
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 ...