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Who cares? Managing obligation and responsibility across the changing landscapes of informal dementia care (2012)
Journal Article
Egdell, V. (2013). Who cares? Managing obligation and responsibility across the changing landscapes of informal dementia care. Ageing and society, 33(05), 888-907. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x12000311

This paper explores the different ways in which informal carers for people with dementia negotiate their care-giving role across the changing organisational and spatial landscape of care. In-depth qualitative data are used to argue that the decisions... Read More about Who cares? Managing obligation and responsibility across the changing landscapes of informal dementia care.

Promoting health and wellbeing in later life (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frost, H., Haw, S., & Frank, J. (2012, April). Promoting health and wellbeing in later life. Paper presented at Population Health - Methods and Challenges Conference

No abstract available.

Gatekeepers of Gerontological Research: A Pilot Study Investigating Factors Influencing Research Compliance (2012)
Journal Article
Bailey, K. A., Baker, J., Spassiani, N. A., & Meisner, B. A. (2012). Gatekeepers of Gerontological Research: A Pilot Study Investigating Factors Influencing Research Compliance. Research on Aging, 34(5), 499-506. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027512444290

Gerontological studies note research noncompliance as a limitation of their results; however, few investigations focus on ways to minimize noncompliance.
Additionally, older adults’ research participation is often controlled by
other individuals su... Read More about Gatekeepers of Gerontological Research: A Pilot Study Investigating Factors Influencing Research Compliance.

Patient views of single number access to urgent care services (2012)
Journal Article
Brown, S., Henderson, E., Howse, J., & Rubin, G. (2012). Patient views of single number access to urgent care services. Family Practice, 29, 713-718. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cms023

Background. In October 2009, NHS County Durham and Darlington introduced a single point of access telephone number for people requiring out-of-hours health care. We evaluated users’ views and experiences of the service.
Methods. We used a validated... Read More about Patient views of single number access to urgent care services.

Shift Recording in Residential Child Care (2012)
Journal Article
Hardy, M. (2012). Shift Recording in Residential Child Care. Ethics and Social Welfare, 6(1), 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2012.651894

Recording is a task often perceived by residential child care workers as boring or taking time away from the ‘real work’, direct engagement with young people. It is required by legislation and policy but has been undertheorized and treated as a techn... Read More about Shift Recording in Residential Child Care.

The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study: Year Two Report (2012)
Report
Osborne, S. P., Bond, S., Dutton, M., & Honore, E. (2012). The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study: Year Two Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government

The report provides findings from the second year of a three year qualitative longitudinal study on the third sector in Scotland.

Patient centric health care: an integrated and secure, cloud-based, e-Health platform. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., Lo, O., & Thuemmler, C. (2012, February). Patient centric health care: an integrated and secure, cloud-based, e-Health platform. Paper presented at BCS Branch Meeting

There are many issues related to health care infrastructure within the UK, including the lack of integration of data between the different parts of the health and social care system, and around an aging population. This presentation outlines a new Cl... Read More about Patient centric health care: an integrated and secure, cloud-based, e-Health platform..

Palliative care - a UK perspective (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicol, J. (2012, January). Palliative care - a UK perspective. Presented at Palliative care - a UK perspective

Palliative care - a UK perspective

The UK’s eHealth cloud project: EHR and the cloud: assessing the benefits and mitigating the risks. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., Lo, O., Thuemmler, C., & Lawson, A. (2012, January). The UK’s eHealth cloud project: EHR and the cloud: assessing the benefits and mitigating the risks. Paper presented at Arab Health 2012 (Electronic Healthcare Records)

This presentation focuses on: - Using the Cloud to provide geographical flexibility and facilitate information exchange to enable the effective treatment of patients across boundaries. - How the Cloud can improve clinical workflow and provide better... Read More about The UK’s eHealth cloud project: EHR and the cloud: assessing the benefits and mitigating the risks..

Role emerging placements crossing into new areas of practice: opportunities for OTs? Crossing borders: challanges and opportunities promoting best practice and collaboration amongst occupational therapists in All-Ireland. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Warren, A., Linnane, E., McKay, E. A., & Taylor, A. (2011, December). Role emerging placements crossing into new areas of practice: opportunities for OTs? Crossing borders: challanges and opportunities promoting best practice and collaboration amongst occupational therapists in All-Ireland. Paper presented at AOTI & COT

The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge (2011)
Thesis
Chiu, W. H. The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4969

Advances in medical technology have led to increasing numbers of people undergoing heart surgery with decreasing hospital stay and decreasing mortality (Leske & Pelczynski, 1999). With patients being discharged home quicker and sicker than in the pas... Read More about The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge.

Social experimentation for active ageing: Edinburgh stakeholders interviews. (2011)
Report
Fuertes, V., McQuaid, R. W., & Egdell, V. (2011). Social experimentation for active ageing: Edinburgh stakeholders interviews

The Edinburgh Stakeholder Interviews presented in this report are part of QeC-ERAN’s (European Areas Regeneration Network – Quartiers en Crise) ‘Social Experimentation for Active Ageing’ transnational project.
The overall aim of QeC-ERAN ‘Social Exp... Read More about Social experimentation for active ageing: Edinburgh stakeholders interviews..

The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study Year One Report: Baseline Findings (2011)
Report
Osborne, S. P., Honore, E., Bond, S., & Dutton, M. (2011). The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study Year One Report: Baseline Findings

This research report outlines the findings from the first year of a three year longitudinal study examining the opportunities and challenges facing third sector organisations ( TSOs) in Scotland in the delivery of public services. The first year of t... Read More about The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study Year One Report: Baseline Findings.

Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England (2011)
Journal Article
Rainbird, H., Leeson, E., & Munro, A. (2011). Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(18), 3727-3741. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.622921

The Care Standards Act (2000) regulates the provision of care services in the UK, specifying induction and competence requirements for managers and workers, and that workers should have access to 3 days of training a year. Applying Dickens' concept... Read More about Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England.

Recommendations by Queensland GPs to be more physically active: which patients were recommended which activities and what action they took (2011)
Journal Article
Robertson, R., Jepson, R., Shepherd, A., & McInnes, R. (2011). Recommendations by Queensland GPs to be more physically active: which patients were recommended which activities and what action they took. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(6), 537-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00779.x

Objective: To ascertain the extent to which general practitioners in Queensland recommend physical activity to their patients, the types of patients they target, types of activities they suggest and how patients respond to the recommendations.

Met... Read More about Recommendations by Queensland GPs to be more physically active: which patients were recommended which activities and what action they took.

A grounded theory longitudinal study of carers’ experiences of caring for people with dementia (2011)
Journal Article
Lin, M.-C., Macmillan, M., & Brown, N. (2012). A grounded theory longitudinal study of carers’ experiences of caring for people with dementia. Dementia, 11(2), 181-197. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301211421362

Introduction Increasingly the provision of care for older people with dementia has shifted from institutions to the community. This has resulted in an increase in burden and a reduction in autonomy for those who care for these individuals.


Aims... Read More about A grounded theory longitudinal study of carers’ experiences of caring for people with dementia.