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Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes
(2018-07-01)
Introduction: care home residents have high healthcare needs not fully met by prevailing healthcare models. This study explored how healthcare configuration influences resource use. Methods: a realist evaluation using ...
Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in community dwelling older people with dementia:1. A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions
(2018-03-20)
Background: Two-thirds of people living with dementia live at home in the UK and many experience distressing behavioural and psychological symptoms. This systematic review evaluates the effectiveness of non-pharmacological ...
Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in community dwelling older people with dementia: 2. A systematic review of qualitative studies : 2. A systematic review of qualitative studies
(2018-03-20)
Background: People living with dementia often develop distressing behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD) that can affect their quality of life and the capacity of family carers and staff providing support at home. ...
Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings
(2017-11-01)
The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different models of health-care provision that are important for residents’ health care. Objectives: To understand ‘what works, for whom, ...
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 ...
Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in people with dementia and their carers living at home/community- A mixed methods evidence synthesis for non-pharmacological interventions
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-12-16)
Plain English Summary Background Two-thirds of people with dementia live at home and many experience distressing symptoms such as aggression, wandering, agitation, emotional problems, known as behavioural and psychological ...
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 ...
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 ...