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Living alone with dementia: an interpretive phenomenological study with older women

Posted on July 22, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Living alone with dementia: an interpretive phenomenological study with older women, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 66, Issue 8, Date: August 2010, Pages: 1698-1707 Lorna de Witt, Jenny Ploeg, Margaret Black Abstract: Background. Risks and problems experienced by older women living alone have been investigated mostly through quantitative research. Balancing their safety and autonomy is a serious international community care [...]

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Bibliographic databases for social care searching

Posted on July 22, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Bibliographic databases for social care searching  SCIE, 2010 Click on the title above to access this resource About: Systematic searching is a time consuming and costly activity, both in terms of staff time and subscriptions to bibliographic databases. At the same time, the need to find key evidence means that searching should be exhaustive. Therefore [...]

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Falls Prevention – Horizon Scanning

Posted on July 22, 2010 by lancashirecarelibraryblog

Falls Prevention – Horizon Scanning Click on the title above to access the Falls prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin In a nutshell: In patient falls have dropped by 20% in 12 months at two Cumbrian Hospitals. Ward staff were given training to identify risk factors for patient falls helping to reduce the overall number of falls by [...]

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