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Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia (2014)
Journal Article
van der Wardt, V., Logan, P. A., Conroy, S., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2014). Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.03.005

Introduction
The range and magnitude of potential benefits and harms of antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia has not been previously established.
Method
A scoping review to identify potential domains of benefits and harms of antihyp... Read More about Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia.

Rehabilitation aimed at improving outdoor mobility for people after stroke: a multi-centre randomised controlled study (the Getting out of the House Study) (2014)
Journal Article
Logan, P. A., Armstrong, S., Avery, T., Barer, D., Barton, G., Darby, J., Gladman, J., Horne, J., Leach, S., Lincoln, N. B., Mehta, S., Newell, O., O’Neil, K., Sach, T. H., Walker, M. F., Williams, H. C., Woodhouse, L. J., & Leighton, M. P. (2014). Rehabilitation aimed at improving outdoor mobility for people after stroke: a multi-centre randomised controlled study (the Getting out of the House Study). Health Technology Assessment, 18(29), 1-73. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18290

Background: One-third of stroke patients are dependent on others to get outside their homes. This can cause people to become housebound, leading to increased immobility, poor health, isolation and misery. There is some evidence that outdoor mobility... Read More about Rehabilitation aimed at improving outdoor mobility for people after stroke: a multi-centre randomised controlled study (the Getting out of the House Study).

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.

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.

The DRESS trial: a feasibility randomized controlled trial of a neuropsychological approach to dressing therapy for stroke inpatients (2012)
Journal Article
Walker, M. F., Sunderland, A., Fletcher-Smith, J., Drummond, A. E., Logan, P., Edmans, J. A., Garvey, K., Dineen, R. A., Ince, P., Horne, J., Fisher, R. J., & Taylor, J. L. (2012). The DRESS trial: a feasibility randomized controlled trial of a neuropsychological approach to dressing therapy for stroke inpatients. Clinical Rehabilitation, 26(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215511431089

Objective: To investigate two approaches to treating patients with persistent dressing problems and cognitive difficulties following stroke.

Design: Pilot randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Inpatient stroke rehabilitation service.

Subj... Read More about The DRESS trial: a feasibility randomized controlled trial of a neuropsychological approach to dressing therapy for stroke inpatients.

Acute medical unit comprehensive geriatric assessment intervention study (AMIGOS): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2011)
Journal Article
Edmans, J., Conroy, S., Harwood, R., Lewis, S., Elliott, R. A., Logan, P., Bradshaw, L., Franklin, M., & Gladman, J. (2011). Acute medical unit comprehensive geriatric assessment intervention study (AMIGOS): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 12, Article 200. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-200

Background
Many older people presenting to Acute Medical Units (AMU) are discharged after only a short stay (< 72 hours), yet many re-present to hospital or die within 1 year. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment may improve patient outcomes for this... Read More about Acute medical unit comprehensive geriatric assessment intervention study (AMIGOS): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA) (2010)
Journal Article
Robertson, K., Logan, P. A., Conroy, S. P., Dodds, V., Gordon, A. L., Challands, L., Smith, S., Humpage, S., & Burn, A. (2010). Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA). British Journal of Community Nursing, 15(8),

Clinical guidelines and research papers help clinicians measure and understand the risk of falling in their older clients but very few provide the assessor with recommendations as to which interventions they can use to reduce the risk of a fall.

T... Read More about Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA).

Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Community Occupational Therapy for Stroke Patients (2004)
Journal Article
Walker, M., Leonardi-Bee, J., Bath, P., Langhorne, P., Dewey, M., Corr, S., Drummond, A., Gilbertson, L., Gladman, J., Jongbloed, L., Logan, P., & Parker, C. (2004). Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Community Occupational Therapy for Stroke Patients. Stroke, 35(9), 2226-2232. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000137766.17092.fb