All Outputs (8)

Development and Evaluation of a Recovery College Fidelity Measure (2018)
Journal Article
Toney, R., Knight, J., Hamill, K., Taylor, A., Henderson, C., Crowther, A., …Slade, M. (2019). Development and Evaluation of a Recovery College Fidelity Measure. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry / Revue Canadienene de Psychiatrie, 64(6), 405-414. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743718815893

Objective: Recovery Colleges are widespread, with little empirical research on their key components. This study aimed to characterise key components of Recovery Colleges, and to develop and evaluate (i) a developmental checklist and (ii) a quantitati... Read More about Development and Evaluation of a Recovery College Fidelity Measure.

‘Going the extra mile’ for older people with dementia: Exploring the voluntary labour of homecare workers (2018)
Journal Article
Turner, N., Schneider, J., Pollock, K., Travers, C., Perry-Young, L., & Wilkinson, S. (2018). ‘Going the extra mile’ for older people with dementia: Exploring the voluntary labour of homecare workers. Dementia, https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218817616

Homecare workers provide essential physical, social and emotional support to growing numbers of older people with dementia in the UK. Although it is acknowledged that the work can sometimes be demanding, some homecare workers regularly ‘go the extra... Read More about ‘Going the extra mile’ for older people with dementia: Exploring the voluntary labour of homecare workers.

The impact of Recovery Colleges on mental health staff, services and society (2018)
Journal Article
Crowther, A., Taylor, A., Toney, R., Meddings, S., Whale, T., Jennings, H., …Slade, M. (2019). The impact of Recovery Colleges on mental health staff, services and society. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 28(5), 481-488. https://doi.org/10.1017/S204579601800063X

Aims Recovery Colleges are opening internationally. The evaluation focus has been on outcomes for Recovery College students who use mental health services. However, benefits may also arise for: staff who attend or co-deliver courses; the mental heal... Read More about The impact of Recovery Colleges on mental health staff, services and society.

Mechanisms of action and outcomes for students in Recovery Colleges (2018)
Journal Article
Toney, R., Elton, D., Munday, E., Hamill, K., Crowther, A., Meddings, S., …Slade, M. (2018). Mechanisms of action and outcomes for students in Recovery Colleges. Psychiatric Services, 69(12), 1222-1229. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800283

Objective Recovery Colleges are widespread, with little empirical research on how they work and outcomes they produce. This study aimed to co-produce a change model characterising mechanisms of action and outcomes for mental health service users att... Read More about Mechanisms of action and outcomes for students in Recovery Colleges.

Managing medicines for patients dying at home: a review of family caregivers’ experiences (2018)
Journal Article
Wilson, E., Caswell, G., Turner, N., & Pollock, K. (2018). Managing medicines for patients dying at home: a review of family caregivers’ experiences. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 56(6), 962-974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.08.019

Context: Increased life expectancy, technical advances in treatment and symptom control, and the extension of palliative care in community settings not only lengthen life, but make it possible for many patients to be cared for, and to die, at home. M... Read More about Managing medicines for patients dying at home: a review of family caregivers’ experiences.

Advance care planning: a systematic review about experiences of patients with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness (2018)
Journal Article
Zwakman, M., Jabbarian, L., van Delden, J., van der Heide, A., Korfage, I., Pollock, K., …Kars, M. (in press). Advance care planning: a systematic review about experiences of patients with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness. Palliative Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318784474

Background: Advance care planning is seen as an important strategy to improve end-of-life communication and the quality of life of patients and their relatives. However, the frequency of advance care planning conversations in practice remains low. In... Read More about Advance care planning: a systematic review about experiences of patients with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness.

Reappraising ‘the good death’ for populations in the age of ageing (2018)
Journal Article
Pollock, K., & Seymour, J. (2018). Reappraising ‘the good death’ for populations in the age of ageing. Age and Ageing, 47(3), 328-330. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy008

This is the second in an occasional series of paired commentaries in Age and Ageing, the Journal of the British Geriatrics Society and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). The aim is to address issues of current significance and to... Read More about Reappraising ‘the good death’ for populations in the age of ageing.

A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia (2018)
Journal Article
Harwood, R. H., van der Wardt, V., Goldberg, S. E., Keamey, F., Logan, P., Hood-Moore, V., …Orrell, M. (2018). A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-018-0239-y

Background: People with dementia progressively lose abilities and are prone to falling. Exercise- and activity-based interventions hold the prospect of increasing abilities, reducing falls, and slowing decline in cognition. Current falls prevention... Read More about A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia.