8 research outputs found
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Dementia in Australia: A step towards improving uptake of research findings in health and aged-care settings
This author accepted manuscript (post print) is made available following a 12 month embargo form date of publication (21 April 2016) in accordance with the publisher copyright policy
Life stories support staff and relatives to see, hear and understand people with dementia living in a nursing home as a whole person
Home care service utilisation by people with dementia—A retrospective cohort study of community nursing data in Australia
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Carer Focused and Dyadic Multicomponent Interventions for Carers of People With Dementia
Clinical practice guidelines for identification, screening and follow-up of individuals at high risk of primary cutaneous melanoma: a systematic review
Optimising health and safety of people who inject drugs during transition from acute to outpatient care: narrative review with clinical checklist.
The opioid epidemic in the USA continues to worsen. Medical providers are faced with the challenge of addressing complications from opioid use disorders and associated injection drug use. Unsafe injection practices among people who inject drugs (PWID) can lead to several complications requiring acute care encounters in the emergency department and inpatient hospital. Our objective is to provide a narrative review to help medical providers recognise and address key health issues in PWID, who are being released from the emergency department and inpatient hospital. In the midst of rises in overdose deaths and infections such as hepatitis C, we highlight several health issues for PWID, including overdose and infection prevention. We provide a clinical checklist of actions to help guide providers in the care of these complex patients. The clinical checklist includes strategies also applicable to low-resource settings, which may lack addiction treatment options. Our review and clinical checklist highlight key aspects of optimising the health and safety of PWID