All Outputs (12)

The geriatrician’s role in end-of-life care (2020)
Journal Article

Healthcare aims to help older people to live well, but ultimately must also support them to die well. Most people die in old age, but predicting death in both short- and long-term is impossible for many, although not all, older people. Frail older pe... Read More about The geriatrician’s role in end-of-life care.

Pandemic research for older people: doing it better next time (2020)
Journal Article

Measuring physical activity levels in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia (2020)
Journal Article

Measuring physical activity (PA) in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia can be difficult. The aim was to investigate the validity and acceptability of three different PA measurement methods. The mixed-method analysis included 49... Read More about Measuring physical activity levels in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia.

Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and stability in early Dementia (PrAISED), following changes required by the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
Journal Article

Introduction. The PrAISED Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) is evaluating a home-based, face-to-face, individually tailored, activity and exercise programme for people living with dementia. Social distancing requirements following the COVID-19 pandem... Read More about Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and stability in early Dementia (PrAISED), following changes required by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Association of frailty with mortality in older inpatients with Covid-19: a cohort study (2020)
Journal Article

Background: COVID-19 has disproportionately affected older people. Objective: to investigate whether frailty is associated with all-cause mortality in older hospital inpatients, with COVID-19. Design: cohort study Setting: secondary care acute hos... Read More about Association of frailty with mortality in older inpatients with Covid-19: a cohort study.

When people living with dementia say ‘no’: Negotiating refusal in the acute hospital setting (2020)
Journal Article

A quarter of UK acute hospital beds are occupied by people living with dementia (PLWD). Concerns have been raised by both policy makers and carers about the quality of communication between hospital staff and PLWD. PLWD may experience communication i... Read More about When people living with dementia say ‘no’: Negotiating refusal in the acute hospital setting.

Exercise interventions for older adults: A systematic review of meta-analyses (2020)
Journal Article

Background The evidence concerning which physical exercise characteristics are most effective for older adults is fragmented. Methods We aimed to characterise the extent of this diversity and inconsistency and identify future directions for rese... Read More about Exercise interventions for older adults: A systematic review of meta-analyses.

Adherence to exercise interventions in older people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in a frail older person (2020)
Journal Article

Common symptoms of pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) include fever and cough.We describe a 94-year-old man with well-controlled schizoaffective disorder, who presented with non-specific and atypical symptoms: delirium, low-grade pyrexia and a... Read More about Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in a frail older person.

‘Socialised care futility’ in the care of older people in hospital who call out repetitively: an ethnographic study (2020)
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Background People living with dementia may call out repetitively, sometimes called disruptive vocalisation, or verbal agitation. In literature and policy, patients who call out repetitively are assumed to be expressing an unmet need, which should... Read More about ‘Socialised care futility’ in the care of older people in hospital who call out repetitively: an ethnographic study.

Adding to the knowledge on Patient and Public Involvement: Reflections from an experience of co-research with carers of people with dementia (2020)
Journal Article

External Validation of the ‘PHYT in Dementia’, a Theoretical Model Promoting Physical Activity in People with Dementia (2020)
Journal Article

Physical activity is beneficial for people with dementia. We previously developed a theoretical model to explain behaviour change in physical activity in dementia (PHYT-in-dementia). This study aimed to externally validate the model. Validation occur... Read More about External Validation of the ‘PHYT in Dementia’, a Theoretical Model Promoting Physical Activity in People with Dementia.