This systematic review examines the effectiveness of community-based multidisciplinary integrated care strategies with general practitioner (GP) participation for community-dwelling older adults and describes the level of care integration in each study. Open access article - no login required.
This study assesses whether English local governments’ strategies for place-based health and equity help explain why some disadvantaged areas have better mortality trends than others. Open access article - no login required.
This paper explores the impact that early-stage dementia has on everyday activities from the perspective of people living with dementia, their supporters and occupational therapy practitioners. Open access article - no login required.
The aim of this study was to explore the contribution of cognitions and metacognitive beliefs to trauma symptoms and investigate what predicts symptom burden in traumatized patients. Open access article - no login required.
This study found a potential causal association between educational attainment and rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, emphasizing the need for further investigation and potential integration of educational attainment into clinical practice to enhance treatment strategies. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study investigates the experiences of 18 caregivers of people with dementia in Black Caribbean, Black African, and South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi) communities in England. Open access article - no login required.
This study investigates the overall and sex-specific relationship between presence and severity of knee osteoarthritis with muscle composition, power, and energetics in older adults. Open access article - no login required.
This paper aims to explore the trends in academic research on elder abuse from 1990 to 2023 using bibliometric analysis. It seeks to identify research trends, hotspots and gaps and proposes future research directions. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Description of a game where nursing students work in groups to come up with a question that they can challenge the librarian to answer (and explain how to search at the same time).
This article explores the experiences of Black newly qualified social workers and student social workers in England. The research reveals a dire situation in which Black social workers are hindered by racial stereotyping, discrimination, and invisibility. Black social worker voices also highlight suggestions for best practice and guidance for the social work sector about how to improve. Open access article - no login required.
This item concludes that the delivery of health services for children and young people with neurodisability should encompass the broad needs of the family as well as meeting the clinical needs of the CYP. Open access article - no login required.
This item provides evidence-based recommendations regarding screening for interstitial lung disease (ILD) and the monitoring for ILD progression in people with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs), specifically rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, mixed connective tissue disease, and Sjögren disease. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This item provides evidence-based recommendations regarding the treatment of interstitial lung disease in adults with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aims to uncover why maggot therapy is not used more often, particularly in the context of antimicrobial resistance infections, and to determine what can be done to ensure MT is more effectively used in the future to improve patient outcomes and manage the growing problem of AMR. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
"We are refreshing our reminiscence collection, looking to create resources from more recent decades, e.g. focusing more on 1970s-90s." This was a suggestion from the OT students we hosted.
This study found strong socioeconomic gradients in 24-hour movement behaviours, with notable differences between weekdays/weekends and behaviour type/posture. These findings emphasise the need to consider socioeconomic position, behaviour type/posture and the day of the week when researching or designing interventions targeting working-age adults. Open access article - no login required.
This article supports these healthcare professionals to improve the quality of life of service users and those around them by understanding neurodivergence better and developing appropriate strategies for responding to distressed behaviour. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
When people with learning disabilities show behaviour that challenges, nurses should try to understand why it is happening and explore ways to divert from it
When people with learning disabilities and/or autism display behaviour that challenges it can be difficult for carers to provide the support the person needs – and it is also damaging to the individual’s quality of life. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
To learn about the principles of behaviour change theories and how they can be used to promote physical activity in people with learning disabilities. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.