An evaluation of the implementation of a programme to improve end-of-life care in nursing homes

An evaluation of the implementation of a programme to improve end-of-life care in nursing homes, Palliative Medicine, Vol. 23, No. 6, 502-511 (2009) F Badger School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Gold Standards Framework National Centre, Walsall Teaching PCT, Walsall; School of Health Population, University of Birmingham, Birmingham; Omega, the National [...]

Ratings of symptoms and comfort in dementia patients at the end of life: comparison of nurses and families

Ratings of symptoms and comfort in dementia patients at the end of life: comparison of nurses and families, Palliative Medicine,  2009 Jun;23(4):317-24 JT van der Steen – EMGO Institute, Department of Public and Occupational Health; Department of Nursing Home Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Abstract: After-death reporting by proxies on end-of-life outcomes is used [...]

OT – Vocational assessment: a review of the literature from an occupation-based perspective

Vocational assessment: a review of the literature from an occupation-based perspective, Scandinavian, Journal of Occupational Therapy,  2009 Aug 4:1-6 McFadden S, Macdonald A, Fogarty A, Le S, Merritt BK. School of Occupational Therapy at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Abstract: The vast majority of the currently available vocational assessments are used to measure a worker’s [...]

Implementing Recovery – Mental health services need to transform their workforce to implement recovery, says Sainsbury Centre paper

Implementing Recovery,  September, 2009, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Click on the title to gain direct full-text access Abstract: Mental health trusts should actively recruit people with personal experience of using services, according to a paper published today by Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. Implementing Recovery, by Dr Jed Boardman and Prof Geoff Shepherd, sets [...]