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Social context, art making processes and creative output: a qualitative study exploring how psychosocial benefits of art participation during stroke rehabilitation occur (2015)
Journal Article
Morris, J., Toma, M., Kelly, C., Joice, S., Kroll, T., Mead, G., & Williams, B. (2016). Social context, art making processes and creative output: a qualitative study exploring how psychosocial benefits of art participation during stroke rehabilitation occur. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(7), 661-672. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1055383

PURPOSE:
To explore stroke survivors' and artists' beliefs about participatory visual arts programme participation during in-patient rehabilitation to identify benefits and potential mechanisms of action.
METHOD:
Qualitative design using semi-stru... Read More about Social context, art making processes and creative output: a qualitative study exploring how psychosocial benefits of art participation during stroke rehabilitation occur.

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?.

Disclosure on transitioning to the labour market for graduates with disabilities. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amin, M., Eerola, M., Horghagen, S., Kiely, S., Magnus, E., McKay, E., & Nolan, C. (2015, May). Disclosure on transitioning to the labour market for graduates with disabilities. Paper presented at NNDR 13th Research Conference

Research Aim: This paper will bring together various research strands from international multidisciplinary perspectives on the transition to the workplace for graduates with seen and unseen disabilities. In the limited evidence to date the issue of d... Read More about Disclosure on transitioning to the labour market for graduates with disabilities..

The burden of care: a focus group study of healthcare practitioners in Scotland talking about parental drug misuse (2015)
Journal Article
Whittaker, A., Williams, N., Chandler, A., Cunningham-Burley, S., McGorm, K., & Mathews, G. (2016). The burden of care: a focus group study of healthcare practitioners in Scotland talking about parental drug misuse. Health and Social Care in the Community, 24(5), e72-e80. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12249

Parenting and family support are key prevention and intervention strategies for improving outcomes for children and families affected by parental drug misuse. However, little is known about the delivery of parenting support for drug-dependent parents... Read More about The burden of care: a focus group study of healthcare practitioners in Scotland talking about parental drug misuse.

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.

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.

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.

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

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..

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.

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..