older peopleThis article describes a participatory action research study aimed at improving the care of older people with mental health needs who are cared for in an older people's unit of a general hospital in the UK. A multicollaborative and interpretivist action research approach was adopted,...
A comprehensive evaluation of the impact of telemonitoring in patients with long-term conditions and social care needs: protocol for the whole systems demo... p pBackground/p pIt is expected that increased demands on services will result from expanding numbers of older people with long-term ...
Furthermore, little information is available regarding specific physical healthcare needs facing older people receiving specialist mental healthcare. The aim of this qualitative study was to determine the facilitators and barriers to delivering physical healthcare for older adult patients, their carers, ...
This book examines the role of staff education and training for carers working with people with dementia in the context of the business of running a care home. It gives real examples of appropriate education and training methods in care homes. It promotes understanding of dementia care in communi...
I have been running Purley View, a private nursing home, for five years now and was lucky enough to be able to commission it from the foundations up. In the last five years sweeping changes in elderly care in hospital have had their implications for nurs
Chronic subdural haematoma (cSDH) is a common subtype of traumatic brain injury, typically affecting older people living with frailty and multimorbidity. Until now, no published guideline has existed internationally to guide management, perhaps explaining why the care of the older cSDH patient varies ...
求翻译:The “Guidelines for improving the care of older persons with diabetes mellitus” proposed that treatment goals for blood glucose in older people with diabetes may be individually determined based on age, life expectancy, patient preference and the presence of geriatric syndrome: depression, pa...
Exploring caregivers' perspectives on improving care for older people at the end of life in Thailand Background: Older people in Thailand receive general medical and social care at the end of life, and many rarely access palliative services. In light of th... K Supaporn,SA Isaramalai,W Sut...
Improving the fundamentals of care for older people in the acute hospital setting: facilitating practice improvement using a Knowledge Translation Toolkit This paper reports on a structured facilitation program where seven interdisciplinary teams conducted projects aimed at improving the care of the older ...
Background: Most oral diseases can be managed by combining professional and good daily care, but the provision of daily oral care in older adults with dementia is complicated by patient behavior and aggression. Recent data indicate that oral care needs of institutionalized older adults with dementia...