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Proactive integrated consultation-liaison psychiatry and time spent in hospital by older medical inpatients in England (The HOME Study): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Sharpe, M., Walker, J., van Niekerk, M., Toynbee, M., Magill, N., Frost, C., White, I. R., Walker, S., Duarte, A., Owens, C., Dickens, C., Price, A., Sharpe, M., Walker, J., van Niekerk, M., Toynbee, M., Magill, N., Frost, C., White, I. R., Walker, S., …Yousif, M. (online). Proactive integrated consultation-liaison psychiatry and time spent in hospital by older medical inpatients in England (The HOME Study): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366%2824%2900188-3

Summary Background Older people admitted to hospital in an emergency often have prolonged inpatient stays that worsen their outcomes, increase health-care costs, and reduce bed availability. Growing evidence suggests that the biopsychosocial complex... Read More about Proactive integrated consultation-liaison psychiatry and time spent in hospital by older medical inpatients in England (The HOME Study): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial.

New horizons in clinical practice guidelines for use with older people (2024)
Journal Article
Martin, F. C., Quinn, T. J., Straus, S. E., Anand, S., van der Velde, N., & Harwood, R. H. (2024). New horizons in clinical practice guidelines for use with older people. Age and Ageing, 53(7), Article afae158. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae158

Globally, more people are living into advanced old age, with age-associated frailty, disability and multimorbidity. Achieving equity for all ages necessitates adapting healthcare systems. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have an important place in... Read More about New horizons in clinical practice guidelines for use with older people.

Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Lorito, C. D., Pollock, K., Booth, V., Howe, L., Goldberg, S., Godfrey, M., Dunlop, M., Harwood, R. H., Van Der Wardt, V., & Lorito, C. D. (2024). Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), Article 615. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05086-y

Background: Interventions promoting social activity may reduce behavioural psychological symptoms and improve quality of life in people living with dementia. This study aimed to identify social benefits for participants living with dementia in the co... Read More about Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation.

Establishing a research partnership to investigate functional loss and rehabilitation towards the end of life (2024)
Journal Article
Maddocks, M., Brighton, L. J., Connell, L., Cowley, A., Laird, B., Peryer, G., …Harwood, R. (2024). Establishing a research partnership to investigate functional loss and rehabilitation towards the end of life. Health Technology Assessment, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3310/pthc7598

Background Functional loss, the inability to perform necessary or desired tasks, is a common consequence of life-limiting illnesses and associated symptoms (pain, fatigue, breathlessness, etc.) and causes suffering for patients and families. Rehabil... Read More about Establishing a research partnership to investigate functional loss and rehabilitation towards the end of life.

Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Howard, R., Cort, E., Rawlinson, C., Wiegand, M., Downey, A., Lawrence, V., …Gould, R. (2024). Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 20(4), 2990-2999. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13766

INTRODUCTION: Trials of effectiveness of treatment options for depression in dementia are an important priority. METHODS: Randomized controlled trial to assess adapted Problem Adaptation Therapy (PATH) for depression in mild/moderate dementia caused... Read More about Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial.