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Quality of life from the perspectives of older people

01 October 2004

Primary Health Care

Research

In this study, 80 older people, who had been identified from a larger sample of 999, were interviewed in depth about what quality of life meant to them. One year...

Primary care research digest

01 September 2002

Primary Health Care

Research

All practitioners are conscious of the pressures to be research aware, evidence- based and responsive to national and local policy demands and targets for service...

Hearing loss and visual impairment

01 February 2003

Primary Health Care

Research digest

The impact of hearing and visual loss is significant for many people’s quality of life and health. Experiencing these problems is disabling, potentially life...

Knowing the diagnosis and counselling the relatives of a person with dementia: the perspective of home nurses and home care workers in Belgium

01 June 2005

Primary Health Care

Research digest

Relatives are the main providers of care for people with dementia who live at home and it is district nurses/home nurses and care workers overseen by social services...

Dementia

01 June 2005

Primary Health Care

Research digest

Dementia affects over 4 per cent of people over 70 and this increases to 13 per cent for those over the age of 80. Practitioners working in primary care face a range...

Health promotion practices of older adults: testing an individualised approach

01 June 2003

Primary Health Care

Research digest

An American study to test the impact of a nurse practitioner-led individualised health promotion intervention for 134 older people resident in a continuing care...

Setting up a nursing research unit

01 November 2002

Primary Health Care

A&S Science

Primary care is central to the NHS, and it is where 85 per cent of all health care problems are managed. However, much primary care clinical activity is unsupported...

Multimorbidity and frailty in people with dementia

02 September 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Many people with dementia have other complex health needs, including comorbidity and frailty. Most models of care focus on single diseases and do not take into...

The bigger picture

16 December 2015

Nursing Standard

Reflections

The prime minister recently announced up to £150 million of funding to create the UK’s first dementia research institute. Led by the Medical Research Council, the...