Publications by authors named "Alan Bevan"
Background: Patient safety for people experiencing dementia in acute hospitals is a global priority. Despite national strategies as well as safety and quality guidelines, how safety practices are enacted within the complexities of everyday work are poorly understood and articulated.
Methods: Using video reflexive ethnography, this 18-month study was conducted within an inpatient geriatric evaluation and management unit for people experiencing dementia and/or delirium in Australia.
To assess the effects of consumer engagement in health care policy, research and services. We updated a review published in 2006 and 2009 and revised the previous search strategies for key databases (The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; MEDLINE; EMBASE; PsycINFO; CINAHL; Web of Science) up to February 2020. Selection criteria included randomised controlled trials assessing consumer engagement in developing health care policy, research, or health services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFToward more mindful reporting of patient and public involvement in healthcare.
Res Involv Engagem
September 2021
Understanding of the value of patient and public involvement in research has grown in recent years, but so too has uncertainty about how best to practice and how best to report such involvement in research outputs. One way proposed to report such involvement is through checklists, such as the GRIPP2, which aims to improve quality, transparency, and consistency in such reporting. We critique the unproblematised use of such a tool because of two main concerns.
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- The study aimed to define and enhance the quality of care for dementia and delirium patients in a specialized geriatric unit, emphasizing the importance of teamwork and person-centered approaches.
- Older patients with cognitive impairments face higher risks of complications during hospital stays, making it crucial to understand effective care conditions for them and their families.
- By employing innovative research methods, including video ethnography and collaborative analysis, the findings highlighted that a supportive hospital environment and cohesive team dynamics are key to delivering high-quality care for these vulnerable patients.
Background: Contemporary health policies call for consumers to be part of all aspects of service planning, implementation, delivery and evaluation. The extent to which consumers are part of the systemic decision-making levels of palliative care appears to vary between and within services and organisations.
Aim: The aim of this systematic review is to develop understandings about consumer and carer leadership in palliative care.