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Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
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Wylie, G., Morris, J., Witham, M., Campbell, P., Frost, H., Torrens, C., & Gordon, A. (2019). Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 48(3), 327–336. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy189

Background: The growing number of trials evaluating podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people indicates that evidence synthesis to determine effectiveness is timely. This systematic review examined podiatry interventions for falls preve... Read More about Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses (2019)
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Usman, A., Lewis, S., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Long, A., Housley, G., Jordan, J., …Gordon, A. L. (2019). Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses. Age and Ageing, 48(3), 407–413. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy191

Introduction: Care home residents are often unable to complete Health Related Quality of Life questionnaires for themselves because of prevalent cognitive impairment. This study compared care home resident and staff proxy responses for two measures,... Read More about Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses.

Advancing Long-Term Care Science Through Using Common Data Elements: Candidate Measures for Care Outcomes of Personhood, Well-Being, and Quality of Life (2019)
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Edvardsson, D., Baxter, R., Corneliusson, L., Anderson, R. A., Beeber, A., Boas, P. V., …Zúñiga, F. (2019). Advancing Long-Term Care Science Through Using Common Data Elements: Candidate Measures for Care Outcomes of Personhood, Well-Being, and Quality of Life. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 5, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721419842672

To support the development of internationally comparable common data elements (CDEs) that can be used to measure essential aspects of long-term care (LTC) across low-, middle-, and high-income countries, a group of researchers in medicine, nursing, b... Read More about Advancing Long-Term Care Science Through Using Common Data Elements: Candidate Measures for Care Outcomes of Personhood, Well-Being, and Quality of Life.

Comparing knowledge and attitudes to dementia care in Brazilian and UK GPs to guide future decisions about educational interventions (2018)
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Jacinto, A. F., Gordon, A. L., Samra, R., Steiner, A. B., Ferreira Sá Mayoral, V., & De Albuquerque Citero, V. (2020). Comparing knowledge and attitudes to dementia care in Brazilian and UK GPs to guide future decisions about educational interventions. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 41(2), 250-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2018.1551216

Background: Dementia training for Brazilian GPs is underdeveloped. We investigated knowledge and attitudes to dementia management amongst Brazilian GPs and compared these with previous UK findings to inform future decisions about how training is stru... Read More about Comparing knowledge and attitudes to dementia care in Brazilian and UK GPs to guide future decisions about educational interventions.

Effect of non-meat, high protein supplementation on quality of life and clinical outcomes for older people living in care homes: systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
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Donaldson, A., Smith, T. O., Alder, S., Johnstone, A. M., De Roos, B., Aucott, L. S., …Myint, P. K. (2019). Effect of non-meat, high protein supplementation on quality of life and clinical outcomes for older people living in care homes: systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition Reviews, 77(2), 116-127. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuy061

CONTEXT: Care home residents are at risk of malnutrition through reduced overall food intake, ‘anabolic resistance’ in ageing muscle and high prevalence of medical morbidity and functional dependency. There has been limited consensus regarding effect... Read More about Effect of non-meat, high protein supplementation on quality of life and clinical outcomes for older people living in care homes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

European postgraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine developed using an international modified Delphi technique (2018)
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Roller-Wirnsberger, R., Masud, T., Vassallo, M., Zöbl, M., Reiter, R., Van Den Noortgate, N., …Singler, K. (2019). European postgraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine developed using an international modified Delphi technique. Age and Ageing, 48(2), 291-299. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy173

Background: The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS-GMS) recommendations for training in Geriatric Medicine were published in 1993. The practice of Geriatric Medicine has developed considerably since then and it has therefore become neces... Read More about European postgraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine developed using an international modified Delphi technique.

Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol (2018)
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Devi, R., Meyer, J., Banerjee, J., Goodman, C., Gladman, J. R., Dening, T., …Gordon, A. L. (2018). Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol. BMJ Open, 8(11), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023287

Introduction: This protocol describes a study of a Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) to support implementation and delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in UK care homes. The QIC will be formed of health and social care professio... Read More about Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol.

Effect of care assistant communication style on communicative behaviours of residents with dementia: a systematic multiple case-study (2018)
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Stanyon, M., Griffiths, A., Gordon, A., & Thomas, S. (2019). Effect of care assistant communication style on communicative behaviours of residents with dementia: a systematic multiple case-study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 33(1), 207-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12622

Objectives: To determine whether varying the communication style of care assistants, encouraging them to use direct instructions and allowing more time for residents’ responses, influenced the communicative behaviour of care home residents living wit... Read More about Effect of care assistant communication style on communicative behaviours of residents with dementia: a systematic multiple case-study.

Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents, comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses for EQ-5D-5L and HowRu: protocol for assessing proxy reliability in care home outcome testing (2018)
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Usman, A., Lewis, S., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Long, A., Housley, G., Jordan, J., …Gordon, A. L. (2018). Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents, comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses for EQ-5D-5L and HowRu: protocol for assessing proxy reliability in care home outcome testing. BMJ Open, 8(8), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022127

Introduction Research into interventions to improve health and wellbeing for older people living in care homes is increasingly common. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is frequently used as an outcome measure but collecting both self-reported... Read More about Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents, comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses for EQ-5D-5L and HowRu: protocol for assessing proxy reliability in care home outcome testing.

Formulation predictive dissolution (fPD) testing to advance oral drug product development: an introduction to the US FDA funded ‘21st Century BA/BE’ project (2018)
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Hens, B., Sinko, P., Job, N., Dean, M., Al-Gousous, J., Salehi, N., …Amidon, G. L. (2018). Formulation predictive dissolution (fPD) testing to advance oral drug product development: an introduction to the US FDA funded ‘21st Century BA/BE’ project. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 548(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.06.050

Over the past decade, formulation predictive dissolution (fPD) testing has gained increasing attention. Another mindset is pushed forward where scientists in our field are more confident to explore the in vivo behavior of an oral drug product by perf... Read More about Formulation predictive dissolution (fPD) testing to advance oral drug product development: an introduction to the US FDA funded ‘21st Century BA/BE’ project.

Anticholinergic drug burden tools/scales and adverse outcomes in different clinical settings: a systematic review of reviews (2018)
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Welsh, T. J., van der Wardt, V., Ojo, G., Gordon, A. L., & Gladman, J. R. (in press). Anticholinergic drug burden tools/scales and adverse outcomes in different clinical settings: a systematic review of reviews. Drugs and Aging, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-018-0549-z

Background: Cumulative anticholinergic exposure (anticholinergic burden) has been linked to a number of adverse outcomes. To conduct research in this area, an agreed approach to describing anticholinergic burden is needed. Objective: This review set... Read More about Anticholinergic drug burden tools/scales and adverse outcomes in different clinical settings: a systematic review of reviews.

Chair based exercise in community settings: a cluster randomised feasibility study (2018)
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Robinson, K., Long, A., Leighton, P., Armstrong, S., Pulikottill-Jacob, R., Gladman, J., …Masud, T. (2018). Chair based exercise in community settings: a cluster randomised feasibility study. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1), Article 82. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0769-4

Background: Some older people who find standard exercise programmes too strenuous may be encouraged to exercise while remaining seated - chair based exercises (CBE). We previously developed a consensus CBE programme (CCBE) following a modified Delphi... Read More about Chair based exercise in community settings: a cluster randomised feasibility study.

Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes (2018)
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Gordon, A. L., Goodman, C., Davies, S. L., Dening, T., Gage, H., Meyer, J., …Zubair, M. (2018). Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes. Age and Ageing, 47(4), 595-603. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx195

Introduction: care home residents have high healthcare needs not fully met by prevailing healthcare models. This study explored how healthcare configuration influences resource use. Methods: a realist evaluation using qualitative and quantitative... Read More about Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes.

Accurate identification of hospital admissions from care homes: development and validation of an automated algorithm (2017)
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Housley, G., Lewis, S., Usman, A., Gordon, A. L., & Shaw, D. E. (2018). Accurate identification of hospital admissions from care homes: development and validation of an automated algorithm. Age and Ageing, 47(3), 387-391. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx182

Background: measuring the complex needs of care home residents is crucial for resource allocation. Hospital patient administration systems (PAS) may not accurately identify admissions from care homes. Objective: to develop and validate an accurate,... Read More about Accurate identification of hospital admissions from care homes: development and validation of an automated algorithm.

Physical and rheological characterization of carbonated bitumen for paving applications (2017)
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Apeagyei, A. K., & Airey, G. (2018). Physical and rheological characterization of carbonated bitumen for paving applications. Materials and Design, 140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.11.069

In the paving industry, current attempts aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions have focused on the development of technologies that decrease bitumen viscosity so that asphalt mixtures can be produced at temperatures that are lower than conventio... Read More about Physical and rheological characterization of carbonated bitumen for paving applications.

Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers (2017)
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Burton, J. K., Quinn, T. J., Gordon, A. L., MacLullich, A. M., Reynish, E. L., & Shenkin, S. D. (2017). Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers. Journal of Nursing Home Research, 3(2017), https://doi.org/10.14283/jnhrs.2017.15

Collating the published research around institutional, long term care is confounded by the differing terminologies used to describe this health-care setting. We aimed to collate the descriptors used by researchers to inform the future development of... Read More about Indentifying published studies of care home research: an international survey of researchers.

Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings (2017)
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Goodman, C., Davies, S. L., Gordon, A. L., Dening, T., Gage, H., Meyer, J., …Zubair, M. (2017). Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings. Health Services and Delivery Research, 5(29), https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr05290

Background: Care homes are the institutional providers of long-term care for older people. The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different models of health-care provision that are important for residents’ h... Read More about Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings.

Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for quality improvements in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: protocol for realist review within Proactive Healthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study (2017)
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Zubair, M., Chadborn, N., Gladman, J. R., Dening, T., Gordon, A. L., & Goodman, C. (2017). Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for quality improvements in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: protocol for realist review within Proactive Healthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study. BMJ Open, 7(10), Article e017270. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017270

Introduction Care home residents are relatively high users of healthcare resources and may have complex needs. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) may benefit care home residents and improve efficiency of care delivery. This is an approach t... Read More about Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for quality improvements in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: protocol for realist review within Proactive Healthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study.

Relative pavement performance for dual and wide-based tyre assemblies using a finite element method (2017)
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Casey, D., Airey, G., & Grenfell, J. (2017). Relative pavement performance for dual and wide-based tyre assemblies using a finite element method. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 45(6), https://doi.org/10.1520/JTE20160589

There is a need to assess the realistic tire contact pressure created by a tire in contact with a pavement. The contact pressure is a function of tire type, axle loading, and tire inflation pressure (TiP). The research carried out considered dual tir... Read More about Relative pavement performance for dual and wide-based tyre assemblies using a finite element method.