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Integrated working between residential care homes and primary care : a survey of care homes in England
(2012-11-14)
Older people living in care homes in England have complex health needs due to a range of medical conditions, mental health needs and frailty. Despite an increasing policy expectation that professionals should operate in ...
Psychosocial Factors That Shape Patient and Carer Experiences of Dementia Diagnosis and Treatment : A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies
(2012-10-31)
Early diagnosis and intervention for people with dementia is increasingly considered a priority, but practitioners are concerned with the effects of earlier diagnosis and interventions on patients and caregivers. This ...
Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia in care homes : a retrospective analysis
(2012-08-31)
Background: Older people in general and care home residents in particular are at high risk of suboptimal or inappropriate prescribing. To date, research into potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) has not focused on ...
An uncertain future : The unchanging views of care home residents about living and dying
(2012-07-05)
BACKGROUND: Older people living in a care home have a limited life expectancy, and care homes are an important setting for end-of-life care provision. AIM: This research aimed to explore the views, experiences and expectations ...
End of life care
(NIHR School for Social Care Research, 2012)
The majority of end-of-life care research is based in health care settings and/or is led by health professionals or health based researchers. This review is informed by that work. It is a guide for researchers undertaking ...
ENRICH : a new innovation to facilitate dementia research in care homes
(2012)
There are currently almost three times as many care home beds as NHS hospital beds in England, and the number is projected to rise significantly by 2019 (Laing and Buisson, 2009). The majority of care homes have no on-site ...
Nurse-led case management in the National Health Service : bridging clinical and social worlds
(2012)
To understand the effects of Nurse Case Managers (NCMs) working in primary care in the English National Health Service (NHS) from multiple perspectives and how this new role impacts on social workers, this paper reports ...