• Key stakeholders' experiences of respite services for people with dementia and their perspectives on respite service development: a qualitative systematic review 

  O'Shea, Emma; Timmons, Suzanne; O'Shea, Eamon; Fox, Siobhan; Irving, Kate (Springer Nature, 2017)

  Background: Respite services provide a break in the caregiving relationship for people with dementia and their carers, however they are often under-used and service acceptability can be low. This study aims to understand ...
• Tackling frailty and functional decline: background of the action group A3 of the European innovation partnership for active and healthy ageing 

  Cano, Antonio; Dargent, Guy; Carriazo, Ana; López-Samaniego, Luz; Apostolo, Joao; Campos, Elzbieta; Holland, Carol; Varela-Nieto, Isabel; Sánchez-Sánchez, M. Luz; Illario, Maddalena; Iaccarino, Guido; Roller, Regina E.; Goossens, Edwig; Vollenbroek-Hutten, Miriam; Pais, Sandra; Schena, Federico; Musian, Daniele; Alvino, Serena; Maggio, Marcello; Liotta, Giuseppe; Ussai, Silvia; Orfila, Francisco; O'Caoimh, Rónán; Paul, Costança; Pazzi, Stefania; Romano, Valeria; Obbia, Paola (Elsevier B.V., 2018-06-20)

  Ageing populations represent a challenge to the sustainability of current healthcare systems. The need to balance these demographic changes with gains in healthy life years and quality of life (QoL) constitutes an additional ...
• General practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and experiences of managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: protocol of a mixed methods systematic review and meta-ethnography 

  Jennings, Aisling A.; Foley, Tony; Walsh, Kieran A.; Coffey, Alice; Browne, John P.; Bradley, Colin P. (BioMed Central, )

  Background: In the context of rising dementia prevalence, the workload of general practitioners (GPs) in dementia care is set to increase. However, there are many aspects of dementia care that GPs find challenging. Behavioural ...
• Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in a subpopulation of older European clinical trial participants: a cross-sectional study 

  O'Riordan, David; Aubert, Carole Elodie; Walsh, Kieran A.; Van Dorland, Anette; Rodondi, Nicolas; Du Puy, Robert S.; Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E.; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; Sinnott, Carol; Byrne, Stephen; Galvin, Rose; Jukema, J Wouter; Mooijaart, Simon P.; Baumgartner, Christine; McCarthy, Vera J. C.; Walsh, Elaine K.; Collet, Tinh-Hai; Dekkers, Olaf M.; Blum, Manuel R.; Kearney, Patricia M. (BMJ Publishing Group:, 2018)

  Objectives: To estimate and compare the prevalence and type of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) among community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) enrolled to a clinical ...
• Patient reported outcome measures of quality of end-of-life care: a systematic review 

  Kearns, Tara; Cornally, Nicola; Molloy, D. William (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2017)

  End-of-life (EoL) care is increasingly used as a generic term in preference to palliative care or terminal care, particularly with reference to individuals with chronic disease, who are resident in community and long-term ...

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