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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]

open access: yes, 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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Genomic epidemiology of COVID-19 in care homes in the east of England

open access: yeseLife, 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   +37 more
doaj   +1 more source

Researchers’ Experiences of the Challenges of Conducting Two Randomised Controlled Trials in Care Homes

open access: yesJournal 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   +4 more
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Special interest group Evidence based integrated care

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution and effects of COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes: a population analysis in 189 care homes in one geographical region of the UK

open access: yesThe 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   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling research in care homes: an evaluation of a national network of research ready care homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the UK care homes are one of the main providers of long term care for older people with dementia. Despite the recent increase in care home research, residents with dementia are often excluded from studies.
Davies, SL   +19 more
core   +2 more sources

Integrated working between residential care homes and primary care: a survey of care homes in England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
© 2012 Gage et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0),which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and ...
Cheynel Jerome   +41 more
core   +2 more sources

Legionella colonisation in hot water systems in care homes from two Danish municipalities

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Recruiting care homes to a randomised controlled trial

open access: yesTrials, 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   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Safety at Home”: Experiences From Testing of Video Communication Between Patients and Home Health Care Personnel

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2017
The implementation of welfare technology in Norwegian municipals is a governmental priority, but there is little research on transfer of technological solutions into regular health care services.
Linda Rykkje, Gunhild H. B. Hjorth
doaj   +1 more source

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