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Relationships, Expertise, Incentives, and Governance: Supporting Care Home Residents' Access to Health Care : An interview study from England
(2015-05-01)
Objectives: To explore what commissioners of care, regulators, providers and care home residents in England identify as the key mechanisms or components of different service delivery models that support the provision of ...
Difference between how ambulance service personnel use paper and electronic patient care records when attending older people at home
(2015-04-01)
In the course of our study, Research into Older people with Dementia and their carers’ use of Emergency ambulance Services (RODES), we have noted a difference between how ambulance service personnel use paper-based as ...
The role, remit and training needs of Dementia Champions : Results from an online survey
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-04)
Background: Dementia Champions play a critical role in implementing the goals of the National Dementia Strategy. Whilst there is no common definition of what a Dementia Champion is, their role is often to act as change ...
Establishing a community of practice for dementia champions (innovative practice)
(2015-03-01)
This discussion paper considers the currently evolving roles of dementia champions and describes an initiative designed to support their activities. The aim of this initiative was to establish a county-wide group that has ...
What research we no longer need in neurodegenerative disease at the end of life : The case of research in dementia
(2015-03)
A complete silence. That was what we got back from the European experts who had been energetically discussing research priorities in palliative care in neurodegenerative disease (ND) until a short while ago.1 The chair, ...
Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home : an evidence synthesis
(2015-02-16)
Specialist nurses are one way of providing support for family carers of people with dementia, but relatively little is known about what these roles achieve, or if they are more effective than roles that do not require a ...
Dementia Education and Training in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire : An organisational audit commissioned by Health Education England
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-12-16)
This audit established the range of dementia education available to NHS staff, social care staff and GPs across the two counties. It reports on current uptake of training, course content, assessment and accreditation of ...
Unplanned, urgent and emergency care : what are the roles that EMS plays in providing for older people with dementia? An integrative review of policy, professional recommendations and evidence
(2014-12-02)
OBJECTIVE: To synthesise the existing literature on the roles that emergency medical services (EMS) play in unplanned, urgent and emergency care for older people with dementia (OPWD), to define these roles, understand the ...
Comorbidity and dementia: a scoping review of the literature
(2014-10-31)
Background: Evidence suggests that amongst people with dementia there is a high prevalence of comorbid medical conditions and related complaints. The presence of dementia may complicate clinical care for other conditions ...
Living in Uncertain Times: trajectories to death in residential care homes
(2014-09-01)
Abstract Background Older people living in care homes often have limited life expectancy. Practitioners and policymakers are increasingly questioning the appropriateness of many acute hospital admissions and the quality ...