The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol

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The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol

Long term institutional care in the UK is provided by care homes. Residents have prevalent cognitive impairment and disability, have multiple diagnoses and are subject to polypharmacy. Prevailing models of healthcare provision - ad hoc, reactive and co-ordinated by general practitioners - result in...

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Main Authors:	Gordon, Adam L., Goodman, Claire, Dening, Tom, Davies, Sue, Gladman, John R.F., Bell, Brian G., Zubair, Maria, Handley, Melanie J., Meyer, Julienne, Bowman, Clive, Gage, Heather, Iliffe, Steve R., Martin, Finbarr C., Schneider, Justine, Victor, Christina
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2014
Subjects:	Nursing homes homes for the aged delivery of health care frail older adults research design
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40881/

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