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Alcohol use amongst older adults: Knowledge and beliefs of occupational therapists working in physical health care settings (2015)
Journal Article
Maclean, F., Gill, J., O’May, F., & Breckenridge, J. (2015). Alcohol use amongst older adults: Knowledge and beliefs of occupational therapists working in physical health care settings. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(5), 320-330. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022614562790

Introduction There is little discussion in the United Kingdom occupational therapy literature surrounding the topic of older people and alcohol, despite the growing prevalence of alcohol-related health problems in older adults resulting from an agein... Read More about Alcohol use amongst older adults: Knowledge and beliefs of occupational therapists working in physical health care settings.

Mobile Technology and Its Use in Clinical Nursing Education: A Literature Review (2015)
Journal Article
O’Connor, S., & Andrews, T. (2015). Mobile Technology and Its Use in Clinical Nursing Education: A Literature Review. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(3), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20150218-01

Nursing students face a variety of challenges to learning in clinical practice, from the theory–practice gap, to a lack of clinical supervision and the ad hoc nature of learning in clinical environments. Mobile technology is proposed as one way to ad... Read More about Mobile Technology and Its Use in Clinical Nursing Education: A Literature Review.

Shift Recording in Residential Child Care: Purposes, Issues and Implications for Policy and Practice (2014)
Journal Article
Hardy, M. (2014). Shift Recording in Residential Child Care: Purposes, Issues and Implications for Policy and Practice. Surveillance & Society, 12(1), 108-123

The ways in which information about children in residential child care is recorded and stored raises important implications for service-users, professionals and organizations but is an area of social welfare practise that is under-theorized. Whilst i... Read More about Shift Recording in Residential Child Care: Purposes, Issues and Implications for Policy and Practice.

Getting it right for children and families affected by parental problem alcohol and drug use: practitioner toolkit. (2014)
Report
Whittaker, A., Templeton, L., Mitchell, F., Hill, L., & Neilson, A. (2014). Getting it right for children and families affected by parental problem alcohol and drug use: practitioner toolkit. Edinburgh, Scotland: NHS Lothian

Welcome to Lothian’s Practitioner TOOLKIT. This toolkit has been designed to complement Lothian’s interagency guidelines: Getting it right for children and families affected by parental problem alcohol and drug use: Guidelines for agencies in Edinbur... Read More about Getting it right for children and families affected by parental problem alcohol and drug use: practitioner toolkit..

Preparing for your death (2014)
Book
Willis, D. (2014). Preparing for your death. FAIR, Glasgow University, Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief

A helpful guide for people with learning disabilities and their carers.

Difficult conversations in bereavement (2014)
Journal Article
Dosser, I., & Nicol, J. S. (2014). Difficult conversations in bereavement. Nursing and Residential Care, 16(12), 693-697. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2014.16.12.693

Education in bereavement theory and communication skills are essential to ensure effective responses when participating in difficult conversations. Support for staff caring for those in nursing and residential care is paramount

White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price (2014)
Journal Article
Black, H., Michalova, L., Gill, J. S., Rees, C., Chick, J., O'May, F., Rush, R., & McPake, B. (2014). White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism, 49, 675-680. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu068

Aims: To compare characteristics of heavy drinkers who do, or do not, drink white cider during their typical drinking week and to contrast white cider drinkers' behaviour with a similar group recruited in comparable settings 4 years previously. To co... Read More about White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price.

Stigma: Barriers to Culture and Identity for People With Intellectual Disability (2014)
Journal Article
Spassiani, N. A., & Friedman, C. (2014). Stigma: Barriers to Culture and Identity for People With Intellectual Disability. Inclusion, 2(4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1352/2326-6988-2.4.329

This exploratory article examines disability culture and identity for people with intellectual disability. In doing so, we argue that the stigma around intellectual disability severely affects people with intellectual disability's sense of culture an... Read More about Stigma: Barriers to Culture and Identity for People With Intellectual Disability.

Optimising Older People’s Quality of Life: an Outcomes Framework. Strategic Outcomes Model. (2014)
Report
Cohen, L., Wimbush, E., Myers, F., Macdonald, W., & Frost, H. (2014). Optimising Older People’s Quality of Life: an Outcomes Framework. Strategic Outcomes Model. Scotland: NHS Health Scotland

More older people than ever before can look forward to many years of healthy life after retirement. Reflecting the priority the Scottish Government places on optimising the quality of later life, it has included in the National Performance Framework... Read More about Optimising Older People’s Quality of Life: an Outcomes Framework. Strategic Outcomes Model..

Behaviour change in 160 characters: a novel brief alcohol intervention for disadvantaged men (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, B., Crombie, I. K., Falconer, D. W., Irvine, L., Williams, B., Ricketts, I. W., Humphris, G., Norrie, J., Rice, P., & Slane, P. W. Behaviour change in 160 characters: a novel brief alcohol intervention for disadvantaged men

Background
Men from disadvantaged areas experience substantial alcohol-related harm. However such men can be missed by the conventional method of delivering brief alcohol interventions through primary care. This feasibility study designed and evalua... Read More about Behaviour change in 160 characters: a novel brief alcohol intervention for disadvantaged men.

Sustainable solutions for wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: presenting a cosmopolitan narrative with rich pictures. (2014)
Journal Article
Gowran, R. J., McKay, E. A., & O'Regan, B. (2014). Sustainable solutions for wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: presenting a cosmopolitan narrative with rich pictures. Technology and Disability, 26(2-3), 137-152. https://doi.org/10.3233/TAD-140408

BACKGROUND: Concepts of sustainability are beginning to emerge in relation to appropriate provision of wheelchair and seating assistive technology (WSAT) from design to follow up and management. OBJECTIVES: 1. Raising awareness and understanding of a... Read More about Sustainable solutions for wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: presenting a cosmopolitan narrative with rich pictures..

The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness in Social Work: A Case Study of an Evaluation of a Drug and Alcohol Referral Service in Scotland: Table 1. (2014)
Journal Article
Cree, V. E., Jain, S., & Hillen, P. (2014). The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness in Social Work: A Case Study of an Evaluation of a Drug and Alcohol Referral Service in Scotland: Table 1. British Journal of Social Work, 46(1), 277-293. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcu118

This article explores the challenge of measuring effectiveness in social work, building from an evaluation of a service for those with drug- and alcohol-related problems in Scotland conducted in 2012. Drug and alcohol misuse have long been recognised... Read More about The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness in Social Work: A Case Study of an Evaluation of a Drug and Alcohol Referral Service in Scotland: Table 1..

Self-directed support policy: challenges and possible solutions. (2014)
Journal Article
Harkes, M. A., Brown, M., & Horsburgh, D. (2014). Self-directed support policy: challenges and possible solutions. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42, 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12024

Accessible summary

•Self-Directed Support is the latest system of social care giving vulnerable people in the UK a budget instead of a service provided by local authorities.
•There is a lack of evidence to demonstrate how people with intellectual... Read More about Self-directed support policy: challenges and possible solutions..

Self-directed support and people with learning difficulties: a review of the published research evidence. (2014)
Journal Article
Harkes, M. A., Brown, M., & Horsburgh, D. (2014). Self-directed support and people with learning difficulties: a review of the published research evidence. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42, 87-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12011

Accessible summary

•Self Directed Support is the latest system of social care providing vulnerable people in the United Kingdom with a budget instead of direct service provision.
•There is a lack of evidence underpinning the strategy of Self Dire... Read More about Self-directed support and people with learning difficulties: a review of the published research evidence..

Deaths by suicide and their relationship with general and psychiatric hospital discharge: 30-year record linkage study (2014)
Journal Article
Dougall, N., Lambert, P., Maxwell, M., Dawson, A., Sinnott, R., McCafferty, S., Morris, C., Clark, D., & Springbett, A. (2014). Deaths by suicide and their relationship with general and psychiatric hospital discharge: 30-year record linkage study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 204(4), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.122374

Background: Studies have rarely explored suicides completed following discharge from both general and psychiatric hospital settings. Such research might identify additional opportunities for intervention. Aims: To identify and summarise Scottish psyc... Read More about Deaths by suicide and their relationship with general and psychiatric hospital discharge: 30-year record linkage study.