Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live (2017)
Journal Article
Fleming, A., Kydd, A., & Stewart, S. (2017). Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live. Maturitas, 99, 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.02.013

This paper reports on part of a doctoral study which explored stakeholder perceptions of the importance of a homelike environment in a care home and which factors contributed to this. The changes in institutional care for older people have evolved fr... Read More about Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live.

Palliative care and dementia - a time and place? (2015)
Journal Article
Kydd, A., & Sharp, B. (2015). Palliative care and dementia - a time and place?. Maturitas, 84, 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.10.007

The current focus in dementia care places emphasis on the potential of people to live well with the condition. Given the historical tendency to neglect the full rights and citizenship of people with dementia, such an emphasis gives hope and optimism... Read More about Palliative care and dementia - a time and place?.

Palliative care: from oncology to all nursing arenas - good practice or scaring the patients? (2015)
Journal Article
Kydd, A. (2015). Palliative care: from oncology to all nursing arenas - good practice or scaring the patients?. Maturitas, 81(4), 446-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.06.003

The aim of this paper is to encourage critical discussion of an individual's understanding of palliative care and compare this with a health care professional's understanding of palliative care. In doing this, the paper serves to illustrate the impor... Read More about Palliative care: from oncology to all nursing arenas - good practice or scaring the patients?.