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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"long-term conditions"”.
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Modelling long term conditions in Canadian deep geological repository
Canada’s plan for long term (1 million years) management of high-level nuclear waste includes a deep geological repository (DGR). The DGR design involves an engineered barrier system (EBS) within a low permeability host rock (crystalline or sedimentary) that serves as a natural barrier. The EBS …
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Is there a role for the community pharmacist in the management of long-term conditions?
… services aimed at managing patients with long-term conditions. This thesis uses the approach defined by the MRC framework for developing complex interventions to ascertain whether there is a pharmacist role in this area. An initial study was conducted to determine the feasibility of a …
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From hospital to home: a mixed methods exploration of post-discharge medicines management for older people living with long-term conditions
… older people, because they live with multiple long-term conditions as well as polypharmacy, and have frequent hospital admissions. Whilst evidence of the severity and scale of these medicines-related problems exists, there is insufficient detail about the lived experience of post-discharge …
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The Value of a Person-Centred Approach to Intervention Format and Delivery in Facilitating Patient-Led Identification, Expression and the Addressing of Unmet Support Needs in Patients with Long-Term Conditions
… the unmet support needs of patients with long-term conditions. Further recommendations advocate an intervention-model to systematically assess need based around the use of a needs-assessment questionnaire or prompt completed with, or by, the patient, and a patient-HCP conversation. …
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Long term condition management: Health professionals’ perspectives
Long term conditions are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in New Zealand. The burden upon secondary health care services to manage the complications of long term conditions has prompted calls for primary health care to lead the way in early diagnosis, management and coordination of care …
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Exploring the application of Inclusive Design to the improvement of healthcare services
… healthcare services worldwide, particularly for long-term conditions. In the UK, the challenge of limited healthcare service resources and the influence of the Equality Act on services have increasingly led to the consideration of people’s access to community rehabilitation services. These …
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Knowledge of and Adherence to health advice among adults with diabetes in Libya
… is essential to prevent or minimize acute and long term conditions. Non-adherence to medical advice among people with diabetes is a common problem in every community. This study examined the diabetes knowledge (DKT), self-efficacy (CIDS) and other factors that enhance adherence to treatment and …
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Exploring nurses' experiences of using digital health technologies to deliver care within the general practice setting: a mixed method study.
… (NearMe), and digital devices to monitor conditions, electronic notes) used by nurses to deliver care and manage long term conditions (LTC) within the GP setting. The project aimed to identify strengths and limitations of existing digital technology in practice, including barriers and …
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What is the Role of a Pharmacist in a Parkinson’s Disease Interdisciplinary Team?
… shown benefits when working in MDTs for other long-term conditions (LTCs); however, their role in PD MDTs was identified as a gap in the literature. The aim of the study was to determine the role of pharmacists in a PD IDT. Patients attended a PD IDT clinic comprising PD nurse, physiotherapist, …
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What is the Role of a Pharmacist in a Parkinson’s Disease Interdisciplinary Team?
… shown benefits when working in MDTs for other long-term conditions (LTCs); however, their role in PD MDTs was identified as a gap in the literature. The aim of the study was to determine the role of pharmacists in a PD IDT. Patients attended a PD IDT clinic comprising PD nurse, physiotherapist, …
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Improving transportation access to the South Boston Seaport District
… 2014 add 10 million square feet of development. Long-term forecasts for the area estimate that an additional 21 million square feet of development will be constructed in the Seaport District by 2030. The overall objective of this thesis is to explore strategies to ensure the Seaport District will …
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Narratives of brain injury and self-management after hospital discharge
… uncertainties in supporting self-management for long term conditions like traumatic brain injury (TBI) persist, including a mismatch between patient and professional contexts, and under-theorisation of the concepts ‘self’ and ‘agency’. To better grasp these issues, I gathered accounts of …
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Identifying the health, wellbeing and social impacts in older adults using nature-based projects: a case study of care farming and community gardening interventions in Greater Manchester.
… care and natural ecosystems. Subsequently, longer life expectancies and comorbidities exacerbates pressures on health services. The Global North faces ageing populations and long-term health conditions, illustrating a need for innovation. It is acknowledged that Green Infrastructure (GI), …
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Living with a long-term condition: a grounded theory.
… and explains how people make sense of their long-term, potentially life-threatening, health condition. Thrombophilia offers an example of a little-researched condition which may not affect people significantly on a day-to-day basis, but can lead to acute illness. The second condition under …
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An Analysis of State Policy Implementation on School Consolidation: Working From the Bottom Up
… were interviewed. Questions were asked to determine the influence of state policies in aiding or impeding the districts to consolidate. Findings: The findings were that mandates from state agency levels do make a difference on how a school district may plan, but not always in the manner that …
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Reconceptualising Parkinson’s from illness to wellness: Advancing physiotherapy practice through Action Research
… and empowerment agenda for people with long-term conditions, physiotherapy education and practice can facilitate the process of self-determination for people with Parkinson’s to achieve control over their own health, decided by their own actions to support one another, and be supported …
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The effect of a long-term condition management programme on hospital presentations: A retrospective three group study
BACKGROUND The Trajectory of Long Term Care Model (TLC) provides a framework for directing appropriate care to patients depending on where they are in the trajectory of their illness. It recognises that patients with long-term conditions (LTC) frequently move between different levels of healthcare …
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Adherence therapy for people with Parkinson's disease
… medication adherence being investigated in long-term conditions, few studies have focused on PD. Adherence Therapy (AT) is a novel, patient-centred approach to maximising adherence that has shown benefit in other chronic conditions. Aim: To investigate the efficacy of AT for improving …
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The self management of heart failure: a place in practice?
… appears to be limited compared with other long term conditions. We know little about why this is the case. AIM To identify patients‟ and healthcare professionals‟ knowledge of and attitudes towards self management of chronic heart failure. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Twenty-one patients (14 …
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A grounded theory study exploring healthcare professionals' experiences of decision making when managing the care of patients diagnosed with end stage heart failure
… to improve care for those patients with long term conditions requiring palliative and end of life care. (DH 2008, DH 2010). Studies show that despite these government and local recommendations’ heart failure patients are still not being given the opportunity to access individualised end …
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