Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 5 Issue 4
Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice
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Do older people who self‐harm receive the hospital care they need?
Wally Barr, Maria Leitner, Joan ThomasAlthough self‐harm is most common in younger people in Britain, the risk of suicide subsequent to an initial act of self‐harm is considerably greater in older age groups. Four…
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Readmissions ‐ An evaluation of reasons for unplanned readmissions of older people: A United Kingdom and international studies literature review
Linda DobrzanskaThe measuring of emergency readmission rates to hospital following discharge is one of fifteen health outcomes the United Kingdom government monitors on an annual basis. There is…
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Measures to assess the quality of life for people with advanced dementia: Issues in measurement and conceptualisation
Lauren Thompson, Paul KingstonWith the increase in the development of treatments that aim to improve the symptoms of dementia, more attention is focussed upon the effect that these treatments have on the…
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1471-7794Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Fiona Poland