Publications by authors named "L Grealish"
Article Synopsis
- Informal caregivers providing home care often face stress that can negatively impact their health-related quality of life (HRQOL).
- The study aimed to assess the impact of the Further Enabling Care at Home (FECH+) program on improving HRQOL for caregivers of older adults after hospital discharge.
- Conducted as a randomized clinical trial in Australia, caregivers in the intervention group received structured support through phone calls, while the control group only received standard care, with various outcomes tracked over 12 months.
Background: Emergency department (ED) clinicians are more frequently providing care, including end-of-life care, to older people.
Objectives: To estimate the need for ED end-of-life care for people aged ≥65 years, describe characteristics of those dying within 48 hours of ED presentation and compare those dying in ED with those dying elsewhere.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study analysing data from 177 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.
Aim: The aim of the study was to establish the feasibility of delivering a structured post-diagnosis information and support program to dyads (persons living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and family carers) in two primary care settings.
Design: A two-phase explanatory mixed-method approach guided by the Bowen Feasibility Framework focused on acceptability, implementation, adaptation, integration and efficacy of a five-part programme. In phase 1, the quantitative impact of the programme on the dyadic programme recipients' self-efficacy, quality of life, dyadic relationship and volume of care was measured.
Background: Person-centered care is critical to quality health care, but difficult to implement. This challenge is attributed to cultural factors derived from group values about work practices. Work-based educational interventions allow nurses to develop shared meanings of practice, in this case, promoting the value of person-centered care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProviding end of life care in the emergency department: A hermeneutic phenomenological study.
Australas Emerg Care
September 2024
Background: Registered nurses report the experience of delivering end of life care in emergency departments as challenging. The study aim was to understand what it is like to be a registered nurse providing end of life care to an older person in the emergency department.
Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenological study was conducted in 2021, using semi-structured interviews with seven registered nurses across two hospital emergency departments in Queensland, Australia.