Browsing by Author "de Vries, Kay"
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Administering questionnaires to older people: Rigid adherence to protocol may deny and disacknowledge emotional expression
de Vries, Kay; Leppa, C.; Sandford, R.; Vydelingum, V. (Article)This paper draws on data from a larger study conducted in care home facilities in: Seattle, USA; West Sussex and Surrey in the UK; and in the lower North Island in New Zealand. Two extracts from interactions between the ... -
Advance Care Planning for older people: The influence of ethnicity, religiosity, spirituality and health literacy
de Vries, Kay; Banister, E.; Harrison Dening, K.; Ochieng, B. (Article)Older people from cultural and ethnic minorities have low access to palliative or end-of-life care and there is poor uptake of Advance Care Planning by this group across a number of countries where Advance Care Planning ... -
Advance care planning for people with dementia: Ordinary everyday conversations
de Vries, Kay; Drury-Ruddlesden, Jenny (Article)Advance care planning for people with dementia has become a focus of dementia care policies in developed countries. In New Zealand, the framework for dementia care relies on the person with dementia having a level of ... -
‘And so I took up residence’:The experiences of family members of people with dementia during admissionto an acute hospital unit
de Vries, Kay; Drury-Ruddlesden, Jenny; Gaul, Chris (Article)It is estimated that a quarter of acute hospital beds are in use by older people with dementia at any one time. Little empirical research has been carried out that has specifically examined the day-to-day input of family ... -
Certainty and uncertainty about end of life care nursing practices in New Zealand Intensive Care Units: a mixed methods study
Coombs, M. A.; Tester, R.; Donovan, S.; Fullbrook, P.; de Vries, Kay (Article)Background: With end-of-life (EOL) central to the nursing role in intensive care, few studies have been undertaken to explore EOL care in the context of New Zealand (NZ) intensive care nursing. Objective: To investigate ... -
The challenges in caring for morbidly obese patients in Intensive Care: A focused ethnographic study.
Coombs, Maureen A.; de Vries, Kay; Hales, C. (Article)Background: Critically ill morbidly obese patients pose considerable healthcare delivery and resource utilisation challenges. However little is known about the care of these patients in intensive care. Objective: To explore ... -
Dignity in long-term care: An application of Nordenfelt’s work
de Vries, Kay; Kane, J. (Article)The concept of dignity is recognised as a fundamental right in many countries. It is embedded into law, human rights legislation and is often visible in organisations’ philosophy of care, particularly in aged care. Yet, ... -
Ethical dilemmas faced by hospice nurses when administering palliative sedation to patients with terminal cancer.
de Vries, Kay; Plaskota, Marek (Article)Objective: Palliative sedation is a method of symptom management frequently used in hospices to treat uncontrolled symptoms at the end of life. There is a substantial body of literature on this subject; however, there has ... -
Evaluating a train-the-trainer educational intervention to raise standards of care, within the nursing home sector in the United Kingdom
Clifton, Andrew; de Vries, Kay; Juttla, Karan; Welyczko, Nikki; Carroll, Rachael; O’Keeffe, Gabriella (Article)Objective: As a response to service needs and project development by the East Midlands Health Innovation Education Cluster, now the Health Education East Midlands, an education programme intervention was developed to raise ... -
An examination of the research priorities for a hospice service in New Zealand: A Delphi study
de Vries, Kay; Walton, J.; Nelson, K.; Knox, R. (Article)Objectives: dependent on multiple factors such as complex ethical decisions in designing and conducting the research; access to participants who may be deemed “vulnerable” and an increasingly medically focused approach to ... -
Examining the UK Covid-19 mortality paradox: Pandemic preparedness, healthcare expenditure and the nursing workforce
Stribling, Julian; Clifton, Andrew; McGill, George; de Vries, Kay (Article)Aim To examine the UK pandemic preparedness in light of health expenditure, nursing workforce, and mortality rates in and relation to nursing leadership. Background The Global Health Security Index categorised the ... -
How do we enhance undergraduate healthcare education in dementia? A review of the role of innovative approaches and development of the Time for Dementia programme.
Banerjee, Sube; Farina, N.; Daley, S.; Grosvenor, W.; Hughes, L.; Hebditch, M.; Mackrell, S.; Nilforooshan, R.; Wyatt, C.; de Vries, Kay; Haq, I.; Wright, J. (Article)Traditional healthcare education, delivered through a series of time-limited clinical placements, often fails to deliver an understanding of the experiences of those with long-term conditions, a growing issue for healthcare ... -
Investigation into attitudes towards older people with dementia in acute hospital using the Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire
de Vries, Kay; Drury-Ruddlesden, Jenny; McGill, George (Article)Background: Health care professionals have poor recognition of cognitive impairment among older patients and often have difficulties in providing care for people with dementia in acute hospitals. There are also reported ... -
"Just another day”: The lived experience of being a hundred years old for ten New Zealanders.
Ratan, Ashwina; de Vries, Kay (Article)The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the experiences of extended longevity as perceived by centenarians. Centenarians (people over 100 years of age) are the fastest growing group of the ageing population ... -
Managing risk during care transitions when approaching end of life: A qualitative study of patients’ and health care professionals’ decision making
Coombs, Maureen A.; Parker, Roses; de Vries, Kay (Article)Background: Increasing importance is being placed on the coordination of services at the end of life. Aim: To describe decision-making processes that influence transitions in care when approaching the end of life. Design: ... -
Managing social awkwardness when caring for morbidly obese patients in intensive care: a focused ethnography
Hales, Caz; de Vries, Kay; Coombs, Maureen A. (Article)Background:Critically ill morbidly obese patients pose considerable healthcare delivery and resource utilisation challenges in the intensive care setting. These are resultant from specific physiological responses to critical ... -
Morbidly obese patients’ experiences of mobility during hospitalisation and rehabilitation: A qualitative descriptive study.
Hales, Caz; Curran, Nikki; de Vries, Kay (Article)Morbid obesity is strongly linked to declining mobility and is a main risk factor for mobility disability. Little is known about morbidly obese patients’ experience of mobility during hospital admission and the specific ... -
Prison Nurses’ Professional Identity
Goddard, Donna; de Vries, Kay; McIntosh, Tania; Theodosius, Katherine (Article)Recruitment and retention to the specialist field of Health and Justice Nursing, specifically prison nursing, is problematic in the UK. This article considers the background to the current situation in prison nursing and ... -
Redefining the patient-carer model at end of life
de Vries, Kay; Coombs, Maureen A.; Parker, R. (Article)Context: While the patient-carer dyad has been broadly described, there is little exploration about carer-patient models in use. Aim: To explore types of carer-patient models in use for those with advanced and progressive ...