“It’s Somebody else’s responsibility” - perceptions of general practitioners, heart failure nurses, care home staff, and residents towards heart failure diagnosis and management for older people in long-term care: a qualitative interview study

Close, Helen; Hancock, Helen; Mason, James M; Murphy, Jerry J; Fuat, Ahmet; de Belder, Mark; Hungin, A Pali S

doi:10.1186/1471-2318-13-69

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Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital: social capital, resistance to control, and significance for 'therapeutic landscapes' (2013)
Journal Article
Wood, V., Curtis, S., Gesler, W., Spencer, I., Close, H., Mason, J., & Reilly, J. (2013). Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital: social capital, resistance to control, and significance for 'therapeutic landscapes'. Social Science & Medicine, 97, 104-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.009

This paper reports on research framed by theories of therapeutic landscapes and the ways that the social, physical and symbolic dimensions of landscapes relate to wellbeing and healing. We focus especially on the question of how attributes of therape... Read More about Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital: social capital, resistance to control, and significance for 'therapeutic landscapes'.

Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards (2013)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., Gesler, W., Wood, V., Spenser, I., Mason, J., Close, H., & Reilly, J. (2013). Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards. Social Science & Medicine, 97, 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.015

This paper contributes to the international literature examining design of inpatient settings for mental health care. Theoretically, it elaborates the connections between conceptual frameworks from different strands of literature relating to therapeu... Read More about Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards.

Survey of venous thromboembolism incidence in mental health services for older people : survey of in-patient units (2013)
Journal Article
Van Zyl, M., Wieczorek, G., & Reilly, J. (2013). Survey of venous thromboembolism incidence in mental health services for older people : survey of in-patient units. The psychiatrist, 37, 283-285. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.112.041848

Aims and method: To establish the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in mental health services for older people (MHSOP) in-patient units, and investigate current practice in terms of assessment of risk of VTE and treatment given. We conducted... Read More about Survey of venous thromboembolism incidence in mental health services for older people : survey of in-patient units.

“It’s Somebody else’s responsibility” - perceptions of general practitioners, heart failure nurses, care home staff, and residents towards heart failure diagnosis and management for older people in long-term care: a qualitative interview study (2013)
Journal Article
Close, H., Hancock, H., Mason, J. M., Murphy, J. J., Fuat, A., de Belder, M., & Hungin, A. P. S. (2013). “It’s Somebody else’s responsibility” - perceptions of general practitioners, heart failure nurses, care home staff, and residents towards heart failure diagnosis and management for older people in long-term care: a qualitative interview study. BMC Geriatrics, 13, Article 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-69

Background: Older people in care-facilities may be less likely to access gold standard diagnosis and treatment for heart failure (HF) than non residents; little is understood about the factors that influence this variability. This study aimed to exam... Read More about “It’s Somebody else’s responsibility” - perceptions of general practitioners, heart failure nurses, care home staff, and residents towards heart failure diagnosis and management for older people in long-term care: a qualitative interview study.