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Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses
(Oxford University Press, 2018-09-04)
Introduction: Care home residents are often unable to complete Health Related Quality of Life questionnaires for themselves because of prevalent cognitive impairment. This study compared care home resident and staff proxy ...
Embedding shared decision-making in the care of patients with severe and enduring mental health problems: the EQUIP pragmatic cluster randomised trial
(PLOS ONE, 2018-08-22)
Background
Severe mental illness is a major driver of worldwide disease burden. Shared decision-making
is critical for high quality care, and can enhance patient satisfaction and outcomes. However,
it has not been ...
Capacity and consent: understanding the implications for nursing practice
(MA Healthcare, 2018-05-04)
It is a fundamental principle enshrined in health law, and central to medical and nursing ethics, that health care professionals are unable to treat an individual unless they have obtained their informed consent. This ...
Working with patient with long-term conditions and learning disabilities
(MA Healthcare, 2018-07-23)
People with a learning disability (LD) can face many barriers to receiving high-quality healthcare. Health
professionals in all settings, including the renal unit, need to make reasonable adjustments to ensure
patients ...
A Quality Improvement Collaborative Aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol
(BMJ Open, 2018-11-12)
Introduction
This protocol describes a study of a Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) to support implementation
and delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in UK care homes. The QIC will be formed ...
Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses for EQ-5D-5L and HowRu: protocol for assessing proxy reliability in care home outcome testing
(BMJ, 2018-06-01)
Introduction: Care home residents are often unable to complete Health Related Quality of Life questionnaires for themselves because of prevalent cognitive impairment. This study compared care home resident and staff proxy ...
Morbidly obese patients’ experiences of mobility during hospitalisation and rehabilitation: A qualitative descriptive study.
(2018-03-01)
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 ...
Mental health and well‐being in parents of excessively crying infants: Prospective evaluation of a support package
(Wiley, 2018-04-17)
Background:
During the first 4 months of age, approximately 20% of infants cry a
lot without an apparent reason. Most research has targeted the crying, but the impact
of the crying on parents, and subsequent outcomes, ...
Advance care planning for people with dementia: Ordinary everyday conversations
(Sage, 2018-03-23)
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 ...
The development of a clinical policy ethics assessment tool
(Sage, 2018-10-14)
Introduction: Clinical policies control several aspects of clinical practice, including individual treatment
and care, resource management and healthcare professionals’ etiquette. This article presents Clinical Policy
Ethics ...
