service Topic collections Notes (2008)
Email Alerting, Murna Downs, Stephen Turner, Michelle Bryans, Jane Wilcock, John Keady, ...
Effectiveness of educational interventions in improving detection and management of dementia in primary care: cluster randomised controlled study
Wilcock, Jane, Bryans, Michelle, Turner, Stephen, O'Carroll, Ronan E., Keady, John, Levin, Enid, ...
The emerging UK national research network in neurodegenerative diseases and dementias aims to promote large-scale community-based studies of therapeutic interventions, based in primary care. However,...
Explanatory models of dementia : links to end-of-life care. (2006)
Froggatt, Katherine A., Downs, Murna, Small, Neil A.
We will describe four models used to understand dementia: as a neurological condition; as a neuro-psychiatric condition; as a normal part of ageing; and seeing dementia from a person-centred...
Murphy, Joan, Tester, Susan, Hubbard, Gill, Downs, Murna, MacDonald, Charlotte
The aim of the present study was to obtain the views of frail older people with communication impairments using an innovative interviewing method, Talking Mats™. People with a communication...
What does quality of life mean for frail residents? (2004)
Tester, Susan, Hubbard, Gill, Downs, Murna, MacDonald, Charlotte, Murphy, Joan
First paragraph: This research aimed to contribute to understandings of the meaning of quality of life for frail older people, from the perspectives of these people themselves. We explored ways in...
Turner, Stephen, Iliffe, Steve, Downs, Murna, Wilcock, Jane, Bryans, Michelle, Levin, Enid, ...
Objective: to measure general practitioners' knowledge of, confidence with and attitudes to the diagnosis and management of dementia in primary care. Setting: 20 general practices of varying size and...
Meaningful social interactions between older people in institutional care settings (2003)
Hubbard, Gill, Tester, Susan, Downs, Murna
This paper is a contribution to the developing understanding of social relationships in institutional care settings. It focuses on two areas that have been neglected in research: the reasons for and...
Concluding narratives of a career with dementia: accounts of Iris Murdoch at her death (2000)
McColgan, Gillian, Valentine, James, Downs, Murna
Obituaries and other accounts of well-known people at their death offer a narrative defining identity through the life story. It is particularly poignant when the story is told of an author, and...
Downs, Murna, Turner, Stephen, Bryans, Michelle, Wilcock, Jane, Keady, John, Levin, Enid, ...
Objective To test the effectiveness of educational interventions in improving detection rates and management of dementia in primary care.
Downs, Murna, Turner, Stephen, Bryans, Michelle, Wilcock, Jane, Keady, John, Levin, Enid, ...
Objective To test the effectiveness of educational interventions in improving detection rates and management of dementia in primary care.
Caring for people with dementia
The focus should be on what can be done rather than on the lack of a cure