All Outputs (11)

The Falls In Care Home study: a feasibility randomized controlled trial of the use of a risk assessment and decision support tool to prevent falls in care homes (2015)
Journal Article

Objective: To explore the feasibility of implementing and evaluating the Guide to Action Care Home fall prevention intervention. Design: Two-centre, cluster feasibility randomized controlled trial and process evaluation. Setting: Purposive s... Read More about The Falls In Care Home study: a feasibility randomized controlled trial of the use of a risk assessment and decision support tool to prevent falls in care homes.

Medical students' and doctors' attitudes towards older patients and their care in hospital settings: a conceptualisation (2015)
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Background: despite assertions in reports from governmental and charitable bodies that negative staff attitudes towards older patients may contribute to inequitable healthcare provision for older patients when compared with younger patients (those ag... Read More about Medical students' and doctors' attitudes towards older patients and their care in hospital settings: a conceptualisation.

Experimental evaluation of cohesive and adhesive bond strength and fracture energy of bitumen-aggregate systems (2015)
Journal Article

Degradation of asphalt pavements is an inevitable phenomenon due to the combined effects of high traffic loads and harsh environmental conditions. Deterioration can be in the form of cohesive failure of the bitumen and/or bitumen-filler mastic or by... Read More about Experimental evaluation of cohesive and adhesive bond strength and fracture energy of bitumen-aggregate systems.

Influence of aggregate mineralogical composition on water resistance of aggregate–bitumen adhesion (2015)
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The effects of aggregate mineralogical composition on moistures sensitivity of aggregate–bitumen bonds were investigated using four aggregate types (two limestone and two granite)and two bitumen grades (40/60 penand70/100pen). Moisture sensitivity... Read More about Influence of aggregate mineralogical composition on water resistance of aggregate–bitumen adhesion.

Provision of NHS generalist and specialist services to care homes in England: review of surveys (2015)
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Background: The number of beds in care homes (with and without nurses) in the United Kingdom is three times greater than the number of beds in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. Care homes are predominantly owned by a range of commercial, not-f... Read More about Provision of NHS generalist and specialist services to care homes in England: review of surveys.

Medical Crises in Older People: cohort study of older people attending acute medical units, developmental work and randomised controlled trial of a specialist geriatric medical intervention for high-risk older people; cohort study of older people with mental health problems admitted to hospital, developmental work and randomised controlled trial of a specialist medical and mental health unit for general hospital patients with delirium and dementia; and cohort study of residents of care homes and interview study of health-care provision to residents of care homes (2015)
Journal Article

Background This programme of research addressed shortcomings in the care of three groups of older patients: patients discharged from acute medical units (AMUs), patients with dementia and delirium admitted to general hospitals, and care home residen... Read More about Medical Crises in Older People: cohort study of older people attending acute medical units, developmental work and randomised controlled trial of a specialist geriatric medical intervention for high-risk older people; cohort study of older people with mental health problems admitted to hospital, developmental work and randomised controlled trial of a specialist medical and mental health unit for general hospital patients with delirium and dementia; and cohort study of residents of care homes and interview study of health-care provision to residents of care homes.

An investigation on using pre-treated tyre rubber as a replacement of synthetic polymers for bitumen modification (2015)
Journal Article

Rubberized bitumen obtained through a swelling process, has widely proven to be a successful technology for asphalt pavement applications and a solution to reduce the dismantling of tyre rubber on landfills. However, this technology presents two main... Read More about An investigation on using pre-treated tyre rubber as a replacement of synthetic polymers for bitumen modification.

Are accelerometers a useful way to measure activity in care home residents? (2015)
Journal Article

Introduction: Accurate measurement of activity in care home residents is important for monitoring and evaluating interventions for activity promotion. Accelerometers provide a potential method. However, their usefulness in this population has not bee... Read More about Are accelerometers a useful way to measure activity in care home residents?.

Discrete element modelling of creep of asphalt mixtures (2015)
Journal Article

Creep tests on asphalt mixtures have been undertaken under four stress levels in the laboratory while the Discrete Element Model (DEM) has been used to simulate the laboratory tests. A modified Burger’s model has been used to represent the time-depen... Read More about Discrete element modelling of creep of asphalt mixtures.

Relationships, expertise, incentives, and governance: supporting care home residents' access to health care: an interview study from England (2015)
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Objectives To explore what commissioners of care, regulators, providers, and care home residents in England identify as the key mechanisms or components of different service delivery models that support the provision of National Health Service (NHS)... Read More about Relationships, expertise, incentives, and governance: supporting care home residents' access to health care: an interview study from England.

Moisture damage assessment using surface energy, bitumen stripping and the SATS moisture conditioning procedure (2015)
Journal Article

Durability is one of the most important properties of an asphalt mixture. A key factor affecting the durability of asphalt pavements is moisture damage. Moisture damage generally results in the loss of strength of the mixture due to two main mechanis... Read More about Moisture damage assessment using surface energy, bitumen stripping and the SATS moisture conditioning procedure.