Mental health advice for older people during the COVID-19 outbreak
Advice for older people from the Mental Health Foundation on keeping safe and looking after their mental health at this time.
Read the advice here
Month: May 2020
Library Bulletin
The Gosall Library, May 2020
Read this week’s library bulletin on Dementia here
Coronavirus
Three ways people are reacting to coronavirus: ‘accepting’, ‘suffering’ and ‘resisting’
There remains near-universal backing for the coronavirus lockdown among the UK public. This study shows three main clusters within the population, the “accepting”, the “suffering” and the “resisting”.
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Journal Article: Age and Ageing
‘Not safe for discharge’? Words, values, and person-centred care
The phrase ‘not safe for discharge home’ is often heard in relation to an older person in hospital, commonly due to functional limitations or risk of falls. But it remains unclear how such a standard of safety should be set in this context, or who should set it. In addition, labelling someone ‘unsafe’ to return to their own home has significant practical and ethical implications. After briefly exploring these issues, this commentary suggests that a holistic approach and shared decision-making is required in this setting.
For details of this article see here
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Library Bulletin
The Gosall Library, May 2020
Read this week’s library bulletin on Learning Disabilities here
Lockdown Singing
The science of why music helps us connect in isolation
One of the most encouraging phenomena we have begun to see in response to social distancing laws are the innovative ways that people are starting to bond with each other, particularly musically.
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Improving junior doctor medicine prescribing and patient safety: an intervention using personalised, structured, video-enhanced feedback and deliberate practice
This research investigates the effectiveness of an intervention for improving the prescribing and patient safety behaviour of Foundation Year doctors.
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Online Resources
Whilst the Gosall Library is currently unstaffed and we are not able to deal with physical books on the behalf of our members, there are plenty of resources available online via OpenAthens
Please visit the Library Information page on Trustnet for more information and links to each resource. Resources available via OpenAthens include:-
Royal Marsden Manual
Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines
BMJ Best Practice
Anatomy.tv
If you do not already have an OpenAthens account you can register here. Alternatively, if you email us at academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk with your job title we can set up an account for you.
Literature Search
How to undertake a literature search: enhancing your search
This article from the British Journal of Nursing follows on from a previous article on how to carry out a literature search (Watson, 2020) and looks at how you can enhance your search by going beyond journal databases to using search engines, websites and grey literature sources. Ways to evaluate the resources you find, the use of critical appraisal tools and factors to consider when presenting your results are also discussed.
See here for details
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