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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 ...
Care homes and health services : an uneasy alliance
(2016-01-01)
In England, there are approximately three times as many beds in care homes (both residential and nursing homes) as there are in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. Despite the recent Commission on Residential Care ...