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A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Bajwa, R. K., Goldberg, S. E., Van Der Wardt, V., Burgon, C., Di Lorito, C., Godfrey, M., …Harwood, R. H. (2019). A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol. Trials, 20(1), Article 815. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3871-9

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: People with dementia progressively lose cognitive and functional abilities. Interventions promoting exercise and activity may slow decline. We developed a novel intervention to promote activity and independence and p... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol.

Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial (2019)
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Goldberg, S. E., van der Wardt, V., Brand, A., Burgon, C., Bajwa, R., Hoare, Z., …on behalf of the PrAISED Study Group. (2019). Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial. BMC Geriatrics, 19(1), Article 353. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1379-5

BACKGROUND: We tested the feasibility of delivering and evaluating a complex therapy intervention which aimed to promote activity and independence for people with early dementia (PrAISED). Feasibility questions were on: recruitment, randomisation, in... Read More about Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial.

The Nottingham Spinal Health (NoSH) Study: a cohort study of patients hospitalised with vertebral fragility fractures (2019)
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Ong, T., Sahota, O., & Gladman, J. R. F. (2020). The Nottingham Spinal Health (NoSH) Study: a cohort study of patients hospitalised with vertebral fragility fractures. Osteoporosis International, 31(2), 363–370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-019-05198-x

© 2019, The Author(s). Summary: Patients hospitalised with vertebral fragility fractures were elderly, multimorbid and frail and lead to poor outcomes. Their hospital treatment needs to consider this alongside their acute fracture. A systematic organ... Read More about The Nottingham Spinal Health (NoSH) Study: a cohort study of patients hospitalised with vertebral fragility fractures.

The treatment of hypertension in people with dementia: a multi-centre prospective observational cohort study (2019)
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Welsh, T., Gladman, J., & Gordon, A. (2019). The treatment of hypertension in people with dementia: a multi-centre prospective observational cohort study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20(9), 1111-1115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.03.036

Objectives To describe the treatment of hypertension in people with dementia and collate evidence on adverse health events whilst on treatment. Design A multicenter prospective observational cohort study. Setting and participants People with... Read More about The treatment of hypertension in people with dementia: a multi-centre prospective observational cohort study.

Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review (2019)
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Sousa, L., Chadborn, N. H., Goodman, C., Zubair, M., Sousa, L., Gladman, J. R. F., …Gordon, A. L. (2019). Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review. BMJ Open, 9(4), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026921

Objectives Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) may be a way to deliver optimal care for care home residents. We used realist review to develop a theory-driven account of how CGA works in care homes. Design Realist review Setting Care ho... Read More about Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review.

Improving community support for older people’s needs through commissioning third sector services: a qualitative study (2019)
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Chadborn, N., Craig, C., Sands, G., Schneider, J., & Gladman, J. (2019). Improving community support for older people’s needs through commissioning third sector services: a qualitative study. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 24(2), 116-123. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819619829774

Aim: This exploratory study of commissioning third sector services for older people aimed to explore whether service data was fed back to commissioners and whether this could improve intelligence about the population and hence inform future commissio... Read More about Improving community support for older people’s needs through commissioning third sector services: a qualitative study.

Growing research in geriatric medicine (2019)
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Yarnall, A., Walker, R., Tullo, E., Todd, O., Steves, C. J., Shenkin, S. D., …Extended Working Group from the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre Meeting. (2019). Growing research in geriatric medicine. Age and Ageing, 48(3), 316-319. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy220

© 2019 The Author(s). Academic geriatric medicine activity lags behind the scale of clinical activity in the specialty. A meeting of UK academic geriatricians was convened in March 2018 to consider causes and solutions to this problem. The meeting hi... Read More about Growing research in geriatric medicine.

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.