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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 ...
Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia : an observational study
(2014-08-28)
BACKGROUND: Older people resident in care homes have a limited life expectancy and approximately two-thirds have limited mental capacity. Despite initiatives to reduce unplanned hospital admissions for this population, ...
Exploring resource use and associated costs in end-of-life care for older people with dementia in residential care homes
(2014-06-06)
The goals of this study are to describe end-of-life care costs of older people with dementia (OPWD) residents in care homes (CHs) with no on-site nursing and evaluate the economic case for an intervention designed to improve ...
Consumer involvement in health research : a UK scoping and survey
(2014-01)
Consumer involvement or patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research is a UK policy imperative and a prerequisite for many funders. PPI in research is defined as research carried out with or being carried out ...