All Outputs (7)

Defining the oldest old (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A., Fleming, A., Paoletti, I., & Hvalic Touzery, S. (2016, October). Defining the oldest old. Paper presented at 5th European Nursing Congress, Rotterdam

Background: It is an incontrovertible fact that the world has an increasing number of people who are classed as the ‘oldest old’ and sometimes referred to as the ‘fourth age’. This group of people are usually identified as those aged 85 and over. The... Read More about Defining the oldest old.

Management of indwelling urethral catheters in community settings (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A., MacKay, W., MacIntosh, T., McIver, V., & O'Kane, C. (2016, October). Management of indwelling urethral catheters in community settings. Paper presented at 5th European Nursing Congress, Rotterdam

Introduction: This paper presents part of a larger study which examined callout patterns of people with catheters in the community, explored stakeholder experiences and developed a shared training resource to address identified problems. The study wa... Read More about Management of indwelling urethral catheters in community settings.

Culture change in care homes: development and facilitation (2016)
Journal Article
Wild, D., & Kydd, A. (2016). Culture change in care homes: development and facilitation. Nursing Older People, 28(8), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.2016.e790

This article is the second of a two-part series that explores a programme of culture change in care homes. In this article, the authors describe their independent development and facilitation of a flexible learning programme for care homes, designed... Read More about Culture change in care homes: development and facilitation.

Culture change in care homes: a literature review. (2016)
Journal Article
Wild, D., & Kydd, A. (2016). Culture change in care homes: a literature review. Nursing Older People, 28(7), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.2016.e789

This article is the first of a two-part series that explores a programme of culture change in care homes. A UK care home company sought the authors’ expertise to design and facilitate an independent programme of learning to encourage and support staf... Read More about Culture change in care homes: a literature review..

Digital skills training in care homes: achievement: In the second of their two-part series, Deidre Wild and colleagues describe the successes and challenges of introducing training for staff with the help of ‘IT champions’ (2016)
Journal Article
Wild, D., & Kydd, A. (2016). Digital skills training in care homes: achievement: In the second of their two-part series, Deidre Wild and colleagues describe the successes and challenges of introducing training for staff with the help of ‘IT champions’. Nursing Older People, 28(5), 31-36. https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.28.5.31.s26

This article describes digital skills training (DST) for staff and later, residents, as part of a programme of culture change in a large care home with nursing in Glasgow. It presents the successes and challenges arising from DST from the perspective... Read More about Digital skills training in care homes: achievement: In the second of their two-part series, Deidre Wild and colleagues describe the successes and challenges of introducing training for staff with the help of ‘IT champions’.

What doctors need to know: Prescribing or not for the oldest old (2016)
Journal Article
Kydd, A., & Fleming, A. (2016). What doctors need to know: Prescribing or not for the oldest old. Maturitas, 90, 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.05.003

Given the global increase in the number of people over the age of 85, there is a growing body of work concerning this group, termed the oldest old. Much of this work is confined to the literature specialising in geriatrics and the more generic health... Read More about What doctors need to know: Prescribing or not for the oldest old.

Implementing digital skills training in care homes: a literature review (2016)
Journal Article
Wild, D., Kydd, A., & Szczepura, A. (2016). Implementing digital skills training in care homes: a literature review. Nursing Older People, 28(4), 26-29. https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.28.4.26.s22

This article is the first of a two-part series that together inform and describe digital skills training using a dedicated console computer provided for staff and residents in a care home setting. This was part of a programme of culture change in... Read More about Implementing digital skills training in care homes: a literature review.