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Contextual factors influencing complex intervention research processes in care homes
Guy Peryer, Sarah Kelly, Jessica Blake, Jennifer K Burton, Lisa Irvine, Andy Cowan, Gizdem Akdur, Anne Killett, Sarah L Brand, Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Julienne Meyer, Adam L Gordon, Claire Goodman
Apr 04, 2022
Abstract
Background
Care homes are complex settings to undertake intervention research. Barriers to research implementation processes can threaten studies’ validity, reducing the value to residents, staff, researchers...
Published by: Age and ageing
Jane Smith and Jennifer Disney Capture Faculty Awards
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Faculty members Jane Smith, English, and Jennifer Disney, political science, were named Distinguished Professor and Outstanding Junior Professor. The awards were presented May 5 during spring commencement.
Published by: Winthrop University
Eating well in care homes
Background: The health and well-being of care home residents are influenced by their experience of mealtimes, which provide an opportunity for residents to socialise and exercise control over their lives, as well as providing...
'The older I get, the colder I get' - older people's perspectives on coping in cold homes.
An average of 26,560 UK excess winter deaths occur in people 65+ years old each winter, of which 30% are attributed to cold homes. Cold homes are known to exacerbate health problems prevalent in the 65+ demographic. Through...
'The older I get, the colder I get' - older people's perspectives on coping in cold homes.
An average of 26,560 UK excess winter deaths occur in people 65+ years old each winter, of which 30% are attributed to cold homes. Cold homes are known to exacerbate health problems prevalent in the 65+ demographic. Through...
Air pollution dispersion from biomass stoves to neighboring homes in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Anne M Weaver, Emily S Gurley, Christina Crabtree-Ide, Henrik Salje, Eun-Hye Yoo, Lina Mu, Nasrin Akter, Pavani K Ram
Feb 15, 2021
BACKGROUND: Indoor air pollution, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and carbon monoxide (CO), is a major risk factor for pneumonia and other respiratory diseases. Biomass-burning cookstoves are major contributors to...
Isolating residents including wandering residents in care and group homes
Kathleen Liddell, Alexander Ruck Keene, Anthony Holland, Julian Huppert, Benjamin R Underwood, Orna Clark, Stephen Ig Barclay
Apr 27, 2021
This article investigates the lawfulness of isolating residents of care and group homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many residents are mobile, and their freedom to move is a central ethical tenet and human right. It is not...
Internet of Things and Its Significance on Smart Homes/Cities
Smart homes and cities is one of the crucial topics for an individual of any age that requires almost zero computer literacy in order to benefit the leisure and luxury offered by smart homes and cities. Benefits offered by smart...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Teardown Index
Replacing older homes with new ones constructed to higher efficiency standards is one way to raise the operating efficiency of building stocks. However, new buildings require large amounts of embodied energy to construct, and it...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Living in uncertain times
Stephen Barclay, Katherine Froggatt, Clare Crang, Elspeth Mathie, Melanie Handley, Steve Iliffe, Jill Manthorpe, Heather Gage, Claire Goodman
Nov 19, 2018
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 of end-of-life...
care homes dying trajectories end-of-life care Palliative Care Primary Health Care advance care planning Aged Aged 80 and over Attitude of Health Personnel England Frail Elderly Health Services Research Homes for the Aged Hospitalization Humans Nursing Homes Policy Making Primary Health Care Professional-Patient Relations Prospective Studies qualitative research Terminal Care
Eating well in care homes
Background: The health and well-being of care home residents are influenced by their experience of mealtimes, which provide an opportunity for residents to socialise and exercise control over their lives, as well as providing...
Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach
Reena Devi, Graham Martin, Jay Banerjee, Louise Butler, Tim Pattison, Lesley Cruickshank, Caroline Maries-Tillott, Tracie Wilson, Sarah Damery, Julienne Meyer, Antonius Poot, Peter Chamberlain, Debbie Harvey, Clarissa Giebel, Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith, Neil Chadborn, Adam Lee Gordon
Oct 20, 2020
The Breakthrough Series Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) initiative is a well-developed and widely used approach, but most of what we know about it has come from healthcare settings. In this article, those leading QICs to...
Provision of palliative and end-of-life care in UK care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Andy Bradshaw, Sophia Ostler, Claire Goodman, Izabele Batkovskyte, Clare Ellis-Smith, India Tunnard, Anna E Bone, Stephen Barclay, Martin Vernon, Irene J Higginson, Catherine J Evans, Katherine E Sleeman
Apr 17, 2023
Introduction
Little consideration has been given to how the provision of palliative and end-of-life care in care homes was affected by COVID-19. The aims of this study were to: (i) investigate the response of UK care...
Policy Palliative Care care homes end-of-life care mixed methods observational covid-19 Humans Terminal Care Cross-Sectional Studies Pandemics United Kingdom covid-19
Published by: Frontiers in public health
An Occupational Therapy intervention for residents with stroke-related disabilities in UK Care Homes (OTCH)
Catherine M Sackley, Marion F Walker, Christopher R Burton, Caroline L Watkins, Jonathan Mant, Andrea K Roalfe, Keith Wheatley, Bart Sheehan, Leslie Sharp, Katie E Stant, Joanna Fletcher-Smith, Kerry Steel, Garry R Barton, Lisa Irvine, Guy Peryer, OTCH investigators
May 02, 2018
BACKGROUND: Care home residents with stroke-related disabilities have significant activity limitations. Phase II trial results suggested a potential benefit of occupational therapy (OT) in maintaining residents' capacity to...
Care homes as hospices for the prevalent form of dying
Diana Teggi
Sep 01, 2020
In the UK and the Westernised countries, most people die aged 80+ from disabling, chronic and degenerative diseases, having spent several years in poor health. There is thus continuity between long-term care (LTC) and end of...
Care homes as hospices for the prevalent form of dying
Diana Teggi
Sep 01, 2020
In the UK and the Westernised countries, most people die aged 80+ from disabling, chronic and degenerative diseases, having spent several years in poor health. There is thus continuity between long-term care (LTC) and end of...
Uptake and use of a minimum data set (MDS) for older people living and dying in care homes in England
Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Gizdem Akdur, Barbara Hanratty, Sarah Kelly, Adam Gordon, Guy Peryer, Karen Spilsbury, Anne Killett, Jennifer Burton, Julienne Meyer, Sue Fortescue, Ann-Marie Towers, Lisa Irvine, Claire Goodman
Nov 17, 2020
Introduction: Care homes provide nursing and social care for older people who can no longer live independently at home. In the UK, there is no consistent approach to how information about residents’ medical history, care needs...
The uptake and use of a minimum data set (MDS) for older people living and dying in care homes
Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Gizdem Akdur, Sarah Brand, Anne Killett, Karen Spilsbury, Guy Peryer, Jennifer Kirsty Burton, Adam Lee Gordon, Barbara Hanratty, Ann-Marie Towers, Lisa Irvine, Sarah Kelly, Liz Jones, Julienne Meyer, Claire Goodman
Jan 10, 2022
BACKGROUND: Care homes provide long term care for older people. Countries with standardised approaches to residents' assessment, care planning and review (known as minimum data sets (MDS)) use the aggregate data to guide...
The uptake and use of a minimum data set (MDS) for older people living and dying in care homes
Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Gizdem Akdur, Sarah Brand, Anne Killett, Karen Spilsbury, Guy Peryer, Jennifer Kirsty Burton, Adam Lee Gordon, Barbara Hanratty, Ann-Marie Towers, Lisa Irvine, Sarah Kelly, Liz Jones, Julienne Meyer, Claire Goodman
Feb 09, 2022
BACKGROUND: Care homes provide long term care for older people. Countries with standardised approaches to residents' assessment, care planning and review (known as minimum data sets (MDS)) use the aggregate data to guide...
The difficulties of discharging hospice patients to care homes at the end of life
BACKGROUND: Discharge from inpatient palliative care units to long-term care can be challenging. In the United Kingdom, hospice inpatients move to a care home if they no longer require specialist palliative care and cannot be...
How Secure Having IoT Devices in Our Homes?
Nowadays, technology has evolved to be in our daily lives to assist in making our lives easier. We now have technology helping us in our lives at home. Devices used to create our “smart home” have done a great deal in making our...
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
How Secure Having IoT Devices in Our Homes?
Nowadays, technology has evolved to be in our daily lives to assist in making our lives easier. We now have technology helping us in our lives at home. Devices used to create our “smart home” have done a great deal in making our...
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
How Secure Having IoT Devices in Our Homes?
Nowadays, technology has evolved to be in our daily lives to assist in making our lives easier. We now have technology helping us in our lives at home. Devices used to create our “smart home” have done a great deal in making our...
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
“Getting Involved”
A large number of children around the world are currently living in residential children’s homes and a central figure in those settings is the caregiver. The relationship children establish with their temporary caregivers can be...
Enhancing Smart System Platforms
Mohammad Khasawneh
Jan 01, 2022
Smart systems are going to transform the social life of modern society. Notwithstanding the benefits of these systems, its use is still low in developing world including Jordan. This study aims to construct a novel model to...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
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