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| Vari DrennanSummaryAffiliation: Kingston University Country: UK Publications
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The prevalence of incontinence in people with cognitive impairment or dementia living at home: A systematic reviewVari M Drennan
Faculty of Health and Social Care, Kingston University and St George s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom
Neurourol Urodyn 32:314-24. 2013..To investigate the prevalence of urinary and fecal incontinence in people with cognitive impairment or dementia, living at home...
Conservative interventions for incontinence in people with dementia or cognitive impairment, living at home: a systematic reviewVari M Drennan
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St, George s University of London and Kingston University, Cranmer Terrace, London SW170RE, United Kingdom
BMC Geriatr 12:77. 2012....- Addressing incontinence for people with dementia living at home: a documentary analysis of local English community nursing service continence policies and clinical guidanceVari M Drennan
Professor of Health Policy and Service Delivery, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St George s University of London and Kingston University, London, UK
J Clin Nurs 22:339-46. 2013..To establish whether the problems and issues experienced by people with dementia living at home and their carers were addressed in the clinical guidance for continence management for community nursing services in England... - Physician assistants in English primary care teams: a surveyVari M Drennan
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St George s University of London and Kingston University, London, UK
J Interprof Care 26:416-8. 2012..The scope of the survey was limited and questions remain as to patient and professional responses to a new professional group within English primary care... - Models of inter professional working for older people living at home: a survey and review of the local strategies of English health and social care statutory organisationsClaire Goodman
Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 11:337. 2011..The aim of this study was to describe how IPW for older people living at home is delivered, enacted and evaluated in England... - Establishing new nursing roles: a case study of the English community matron initiativeVari Drennan
Faculty of Health and Social Care, Kingston University and St George s University of London, London, UK
J Clin Nurs 20:2948-57. 2011..To examine the factors affecting the extent to which English policy on the introduction of community matrons for people with chronic conditions was implemented... - Sustaining innovation in the health care workforce: a case study of community nurse consultant posts in EnglandVari M Drennan
Kingston University and St, George s University of London, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 11:200. 2011..This paper considers the factors that sustain or curtail workforce innovations through the case example of a cohort of nurse consultants established in one community health service in England... - A taboo within a stigma? a qualitative study of managing incontinence with people with dementia living at homeVari M Drennan
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, Kingston University, UK
BMC Geriatr 11:75. 2011..The purpose of this study was to investigate carers' perceptions of the range of incontinence problems they helped their relative with and the strategies they employed to manage these... - Assessing the contribution of prescribing in primary care by nurses and professionals allied to medicine: a systematic review of literatureSadiq Bhanbhro
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St George s University of London and Kingston University, Grosvenor Wing, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 ORE, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 11:330. 2011.... - Physician assistants in English general practice: a qualitative study of employers' viewpointsVari Drennan
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, Kingston University and St George s, University of London, London, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 16:75-80. 2011..Our objective was to study the motivation of GPs and practice managers who employed PAs and to understand the factors that sustained their employment... - Incontinence in women prisoners: an exploration of the issuesVari Drennan
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St George s, University of London and Kingston University, UK
J Adv Nurs 66:1953-67. 2010..This paper is a report of a study exploring the extent and management of bladder and bowel problems in order to inform the provision and practice of prison nursing services and health care services in women's prisons... 
Priorities in identifying unmet need in older people attending general practice: a nominal group technique studyVari Drennan
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, University College, London, UK
Fam Pract 24:454-60. 2007..Primary care practitioners are encouraged to identify unmet need in older people, but the best mechanisms for doing this are not known...- Nurse-led case management in the National Health Service: bridging clinical and social worldsJill Manthorpe
Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King s College London, London, UK
Prim Health Care Res Dev 13:153-64. 2012.... - Entrepreneurial nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom: an integrative reviewVari Drennan
The Primary Care Nursing Research Unit, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, London, UK
J Adv Nurs 60:459-69. 2007..This paper is a report of an integrative literature review to investigate: (a) the extent of entrepreneurial activity by nurses, midwives and health visitors in the United Kingdom and (b) the factors that influenced these activities... - 'Nurse entrepreneurs' a case of government rhetoric?Michael Traynor
School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University, London, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 13:13-8. 2008.... - Dementia, dignity and quality of life: nursing practice and its dilemmasJill Manthorpe
Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Kings College London, London, UK
Int J Older People Nurs 5:235-44. 2010..This article aims to provide examples of how such ambitions may be used in practice development... - Evaluating nurse prescribing behaviour using constipation as a case studyKathy Davis
Primary Care Nursing Research Unit, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College, London, UK
Int J Nurs Pract 13:243-53. 2007..Over 60% of all nurses predominantly prescribed from one class of laxative compared with a wider range prescribed by GPs. The extent, impact and outcomes of medical prescribing need further study... - Partnership working by default: district nurses and care home staff providing care for older peopleClaire Goodman
Primary Care Nursing Research Unit, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London King s College London, London, UK
Health Soc Care Community 13:553-62. 2005.... - The effectiveness of inter-professional working for older people living in the community: a systematic reviewDaksha Trivedi
Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Health Soc Care Community 21:113-28. 2013..We need more information on the outcomes of the process of IPW and evaluations of the effectiveness of different configurations of health and social care professionals for the care of community dwelling older people... - The feasibility and acceptability of a specialist health and social care team for the promotion of health and independence in 'at risk' older adultsVari Drennan
Primary Care Nursing Research Unit, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London, UK
Health Soc Care Community 13:136-44. 2005..It also offered some key learning points for other multi-agency groups developing similar services... - Practice nurses and older people: a case management approach to careCatherine Evans
Primary Care Nursing Research Unit, King s College London, London, UK
J Adv Nurs 51:343-52. 2005..use the five cyclical elements of a case management approach when caring for people aged over 75 years? (ii) What determines or deters practice nurses' use of the cyclical elements of a case management approach in caring for older people?.. - Understanding risk and safety in home health care: the limits of generic frameworksCaroline McGraw
Islington Primary Care Trust, London, UK
Qual Prim Care 16:239-48. 2008..These are assumed to have general applicability across different healthcare settings. However, they have never been applied to home health care...