Publications by authors named "Helen Love"
Background: Individuals on peritoneal dialysis are given dietary advice to help reduce disease morbidity and mortality. However, the experience of people who have been given this advice is not well researched.
Objective: To understand the experiences of individuals on peritoneal dialysis when following dietary advice.
Background: Residential intermediate care represents an innovative model of care that facilitates early hospital discharge and avoids unnecessary hospital admission. It also represents an environment where patients may demonstrate emotional vulnerability following a period of acute illness or injury, and this may impact on the quality of the patient/physiotherapist relationship.
Objective: To gain an understanding of the negative social evaluation of patients by specialist physiotherapists, and to explore possible coping strategies in order to engage patients in appropriately designed rehabilitation programmes.