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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.

UK medical teaching about ageing is improving but there is still work to be done: the Second National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine (2013)
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Gordon, A. L., Blundell, A., Dhesi, J. K., Forrester-Paton, C., Forrester-Paton, J., Mitchell, H. K., …Gladman, J. R. (2014). UK medical teaching about ageing is improving but there is still work to be done: the Second National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine. Age and Ageing, 43(2), 293-297. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft207

Introduction: in 2008, a UK national survey of undergraduate teaching about ageing and geriatric medicine identified deficiencies, including failure to adequately teach about elder abuse, pressure ulcers and bio- and social gerontology. We repeated t... Read More about UK medical teaching about ageing is improving but there is still work to be done: the Second National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine.

Explaining the barriers to and tensions in delivering effective healthcare in UK care homes: a qualitative study (2013)
Journal Article
Robbins, I., Gordon, A., Dyas, J., Logan, P. A., & Gladman, J. R. (2013). Explaining the barriers to and tensions in delivering effective healthcare in UK care homes: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 3(7), Article e003178. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003178

Objective: To explain the current delivery of healthcare to residents living in UK care homes. Design: Qualitative interview study using a grounded theory approach. Setting: 6 UK care homes and primary care professionals serving the homes. P... Read More about Explaining the barriers to and tensions in delivering effective healthcare in UK care homes: a qualitative study.

Teaching and learning about dementia in UK medical schools: a national survey (2013)
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Tullo, E. S., & Gordon, A. L. (2013). Teaching and learning about dementia in UK medical schools: a national survey. BMC Geriatrics, 13(29), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-29

Background: Dementia is an increasingly common condition and all doctors, in both primary and secondary care environments, must be prepared to competently manage patients with this condition. It is unclear whether medical education about dementia i... Read More about Teaching and learning about dementia in UK medical schools: a national survey.

Pneumonia and influenza: specific considerations in care homes (2010)
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Gordon, A., & Ewan, V. (2010). Pneumonia and influenza: specific considerations in care homes. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 20(1), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959259810000043

This review provides an update on current evidence surrounding epidemiology, treatment and prevention of lower respiratory tract infection, with special reference to pneumonia and influenza, in care home residents. The care home sector is growing an... Read More about Pneumonia and influenza: specific considerations in care homes.

Are we teaching our students what they need to know about ageing? Results from the National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine (2010)
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Gordon, A., Blundell, A. G., Gladman, J. R., & Masud, T. (2010). Are we teaching our students what they need to know about ageing? Results from the National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine. Age and Ageing, 29(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afq011

Introduction - Learning about ageing and the appropriate management of older patients is important for all doctors. This survey set out to evaluate what medical undergraduates in the UK are taught about ageing and geriatric medicine and how this tea... Read More about Are we teaching our students what they need to know about ageing? Results from the National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine.

Cerebral misery perfusion diagnosed using hypercapnic blood-oxygenation-level-dependent contrast functional magnetic resonance imaging: a case report (2010)
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Gordon, A. L., Goode, S., D'Souza, O., Auer, D. P., & Munshi, S. K. (2010). Cerebral misery perfusion diagnosed using hypercapnic blood-oxygenation-level-dependent contrast functional magnetic resonance imaging: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-54

Introduction Cerebral misery perfusion represents a failure of cerebral autoregulation. It is animportant differential diagnosis in post-stroke patients presenting with collapses in the presence of haemodynamically significant cerebrovascular stenos... Read More about Cerebral misery perfusion diagnosed using hypercapnic blood-oxygenation-level-dependent contrast functional magnetic resonance imaging: a case report.

Non-respiratory infections – specific considerations in care homes
Journal Article
Ewan, V., & Gordon, A. Non-respiratory infections – specific considerations in care homes. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology,

This review provides an update on current evidence surrounding the epidemiology, treatment and prevention of non-respiratory infections in care homes. It covers urinary tract infection (UTI), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), decubi... Read More about Non-respiratory infections – specific considerations in care homes.

Sleep in care homes
Journal Article
Gordon, A., & Gladman, J. R. Sleep in care homes. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 20(4),

Sleep problems in older adults are common and disturbance in sleep is associated with increased mortality. These problems are more pronounced in the care home population because of institutional factors and a high prevalence of frailty and comorbidi... Read More about Sleep in care homes.