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Genomic epidemiology of COVID-19 in care homes in the east of England

eLife, 2021
COVID-19 poses a major challenge to care homes, as SARS-CoV-2 is readily transmitted and causes disproportionately severe disease in older people. Here, 1167 residents from 337 care homes were identified from a dataset of 6600 COVID-19 cases from the ...
William L Hamilton, Gerry Tonkin-Hill, Emily R Smith, Dinesh Aggarwal, Charlotte J Houldcroft, Ben Warne, Luke W Meredith, Myra Hosmillo, Aminu S Jahun, Martin D Curran, Surendra Parmar, Laura G Caller, Sarah L Caddy, Fahad A Khokhar, Anna Yakovleva, Grant Hall, Theresa Feltwell, Malte L Pinckert, Iliana Georgana, Yasmin Chaudhry, Colin S Brown, Sonia Gonçalves, Roberto Amato, Ewan M Harrison, Nicholas M Brown, Mathew A Beale, Michael Spencer Chapman, David K Jackson, Ian Johnston, Alex Alderton, John Sillitoe, Cordelia Langford, Gordon Dougan, Sharon J Peacock, Dominic P Kwiatowski, Ian G Goodfellow, M Estee Torok, COVID-19 Genomics Consortium UK   +37 more
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Researchers’ Experiences of the Challenges of Conducting Two Randomised Controlled Trials in Care Homes

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2023
The population of older people in care homes has been under-represented in health research, possibly due to the complexity and challenges of conducting research in this setting.
Ismail Patel, Liz Graham, Anne Forster, Ikhlaq Jacob, Alison Ellwood   +4 more
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Evolution and effects of COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes: a population analysis in 189 care homes in one geographical region of the UK

The Lancet. Healthy Longevity, 2020
Summary: Background: COVID-19 has affected care home residents internationally, but detailed information on outbreaks is scarce. We aimed to describe the evolution of outbreaks of COVID-19 in all care homes in one large health region in Scotland ...
Jennifer K Burton, PhD, Gwen Bayne, PhD, Christine Evans, MD, Frederike Garbe, DrMed, Dermot Gorman, FFPH, Naomi Honhold, PhD, Duncan McCormick, MBChB, Richard Othieno, FFPH, Janet E Stevenson, MBBS, Stefanie Swietlik, PhD, Kate E Templeton, PhD, Mette Tranter, PhD, Lorna Willocks, MD, Bruce Guthrie, ProfPhD   +13 more
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Special interest group Evidence based integrated care

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Both in literature and in practice there is debate about defining Integrated Care. The WHO for example, defines Integrated Care as a process, not covering the perspective of (cost-) effectiveness.
Roelof Ettema, John Eastwood
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The ‘regulated death’: a documentary analysis of the regulation and inspection of dying and death in English care homes for older people. [PDF]

, 2007
In England, processes of regulation and inspection have been established to ensure that older people living in long-term care settings receive quality care.
Froggatt, Katherine A.
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Legionella colonisation in hot water systems in care homes from two Danish municipalities

Journal of Water and Health, 2022
Legionnaires' disease is a serious health risk among the elderly. Water systems in care homes are therefore of particular interest. We investigated the levels of culturable Legionella in the hot water systems in care homes in two Danish municipalities ...
Niss Skov Nilsen, Søren Anker Uldum
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Partnerships for skills training in the care home sector [PDF]

, 2009
Aim: This paper describes an initiative in North East London that aimed to facilitate access to training for care-home staff by using a mobile skills-centre in the form of an adapted bus.
Anne Levington, Clelland, Dudman, Henwood, Julie Cooper, Julienne Meyer, Kirkwood, Logan, Meyer, Morrell, Nicol, Stephen Abbott, Wild   +12 more
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Recruiting care homes to a randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background There are more than a quarter of a million individuals aged ≥ 65 years who are resident in care homes in England and Wales. Care home residents have high levels of cognitive impairment, physical disability, multimorbidity and polypharmacy ...
Alison Ellwood, Jennifer Airlie, Robert Cicero, Bonnie Cundill, David R Ellard, Amanda Farrin, Mary Godfrey, Liz Graham, John Green, Vicki McLellan, Najma Siddiqi, Anne Forster, On behalf of the REACH Programme Team   +12 more
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Care Process in Iranian Nursing Homes: A Grounded Theory Study [PDF]

Journal of Caring Sciences, 2021
Introduction: The need and use of long-term care services for older people has increased with their rising population and there is little information about the state of serving in nursing homes.
Reza Fadayevatan, Majid Rahimi, Heidarali Abedi   +2 more
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Physical activity promotion in care homes [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on the implementation of a physical activity (PA) scheme – Let’s Motivate (LM) – within private care homes (CHs) in Dumfries and Galloway (D&G), Scotland; aiming to provide an insight into the ...
Topping, Christopher, Turpie, Lindsay, Whitelaw, Sandy   +2 more
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