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Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, M., Terry, J., Crompton, A. J., & Radford, K. A. (2014). Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), 409-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background: The stroke survivor’s voice has been identified as a key priority when evaluating rehabilitation interventions. Employer involvement in vocational rehabilitation (VR) studies has been largely absent yet their influence considered importa... Read More about Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study.

Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Radford, K. A., Grant, M., Sinclair, E., Terry, J., Sampson, C. J., Edwards, C., …Jenkinson, M. (2014). Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background: A quarter of UK strokes occur in working age people. Fewer than half resume work. Rehabilitation frequently fails to address work needs and evidence for post-stroke vocational rehabilitation is lacking. This pilot trial tested the feas... Read More about Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis.

What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial (2014)
Journal Article
Sinclair, E., Radford, K. A., Grant, M., & Terry, J. (2014). What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), 410-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background: Return to work (RTW) is an outcome in determining the effectiveness of rehabilitation post-stroke. However, stroke survivors (SS) may return to different roles with altered work status. Income, hours, responsibilities and job-satisfactio... Read More about What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial.

Caring for cognitively impaired older patients in the general hospital: A qualitative analysis of similarities and differences between a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit and standard care wards (2014)
Journal Article
Goldberg, S. E., Whittamore, K. H., Pollock, K., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2014). Caring for cognitively impaired older patients in the general hospital: A qualitative analysis of similarities and differences between a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit and standard care wards. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51(10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.02.002

Background: Around half of people aged over 70 admitted as an emergency to general hospital have dementia, delirium or both. Dissatisfaction is often expressed about the quality of hospital care. A medical and mental health unit was developed to pr... Read More about Caring for cognitively impaired older patients in the general hospital: A qualitative analysis of similarities and differences between a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit and standard care wards.

The treatment of hypertension in people with dementia: a systematic review of observational studies (2014)
Journal Article
Welsh, T., Gladman, J. R., & Gordon, A. L. (2014). The treatment of hypertension in people with dementia: a systematic review of observational studies. BMC Geriatrics, 14(1), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-19

Background Hypertension is very common in older people and a number of trials of antihypertensives have demonstrated benefit from treatment in even the oldest old. However, people with dementia were significantly under-represented in these studies a... Read More about The treatment of hypertension in people with dementia: a systematic review of observational studies.

Group memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomized controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article
Carr, S., das Nair, R., Schwartz, A., & Lincoln, N. (2014). Group memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomized controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513512336

Objective: To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of a group memory rehabilitation programme combining compensation and restitution strategies. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Community. Participants: People with multiple sc... Read More about Group memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Health status of UK care home residents: a cohort study (2014)
Journal Article
Gordon, A. L., Franklin, M., Bradshaw, L., Logan, P., Elliott, R., & Gladman, J. R. (2014). Health status of UK care home residents: a cohort study. Age and Ageing, 43(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft077

Background: UK care home residents are often poorly served by existing healthcare arrangements. Published descriptions of residents’ health status have been limited by lack of detail and use of data derived from surveys drawn from social, rather than... Read More about Health status of UK care home residents: a cohort study.

The treatment of hypertension in care home residents: a systematic review of observational studies (2014)
Journal Article
Welsh, T., Gladman, J. R., & Gordon, A. L. (2014). The treatment of hypertension in care home residents: a systematic review of observational studies. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2013.06.012

Aim: To describe the prevalence of hypertension in care home residents, its treatment, change in treatment over time, and the achievement of blood pressure (BP) control. Method: The PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, and PsychINFO databases were searched fo... Read More about The treatment of hypertension in care home residents: a systematic review of observational studies.