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Care revolutions in the making? A comparison of cash-for-care programmes in four European countries.
TIMONEN, VIRPI; CONVERY, JANET; CAHILL, SUZANNE (Cambridge University Press, 2006)This article describes and evaluates cash-for-care programmes for older people in four European countries, namely Home-Care Grants in Ireland, Direct Payments in the United Kingdom (England), Service Vouchers in Finland ... -
Creating Excellence in Dementia Care
CAHILL, SUZANNE (2012)The estimated cost of formal and informal care for dementia worldwide is currently in excess of 600 billion dollars accounting for 1% of the world?s gross domestic product. This cost, which will grow substantially in the ... -
Dementia in older people admitted to hospital: a regional multi-hospital observational study of prevalence, associations and case recognition.
CAHILL, SUZANNE (2015)Previous studies have indicated a prevalence of dementia in older admissions of ∼42% in a single London teaching hospital, and 21% in four Queensland hospitals. However, there is a lack of published data from any European ... -
Guidelines for Nursing Homes delivering End-of-Life Care to Residents with Dementia across the island of Ireland
CAHILL, SUZANNE (2012)Purpose ? This study aims to contribute to improving quality of life for people with end stage dementia living in residential care settings by investigating the experiences of elderly spouses whose relatives died with ... -
"I hate having nobody here, I'd like to know where they all are": Can qualitative research detect differences in Quality of Life among Nursing Home Residents with different levels of Cognitive Impairment?
CAHILL, SUZANNE; DIAZ-PONCE, ANA (Taylor and Francis, 2011)Objective: To ascertain if similarities or differences exist in perceptions of quality of life (QoL) amongst nursing 10 home (NH) residents with different levels of cognitive impairment (CI). Method: Face-to-face interviews ... -
"It gives me a sense of independence" Findings from Ireland on the use and usefulness of assistive technology for people with dementia
CAHILL, SUZANNE (IOS Press, 2007)This work reports Irish data emerging from the ENABLE study which trialled assistive technologies in the homes of people with dementia across five European countries and assessed their use and usefulness. The aim of this ... -
Multiprofessional Views on Older Patients' Participation in Care Planning Meetings in a Hospital Context
O'NEILL, DESMOND; CAHILL, SUZANNE; GILLIGAN, ROBERT; CARTER-ANAND, JANET (2013)Care planning meetings (CPMs; sometimes referred to as family meetings) for older patients involve group decision-making between the multidisciplinary team, the older person and their family. However, service user participation ... -
Prevalence and Projections of Dementia in Ireland, 2011 Report prepared for Genio Ltd
CAHILL, SUZANNE (2014) -
Quality of Life of Members of a Religious Community living in Long Term Care
CAHILL, SUZANNE (2017) -
Technology in dementia care
CAHILL, SUZANNE (IOS Press, 2007)The aim of this paper is to provide a clinical overview of Alzheimer's disease and the related dementias and to detail the progressive losses ? physical, social and psychological ? experienced by the individual diagnosed ... -
The Underdetection of Cognitive Impairment in Nursing Homes in the Dublin area: The Need for on-going Cognitive Assessment
WALSH, CATHAL DOMINIC; DIAZ-PONCE, ANA; CAHILL, SUZANNE; COEN, ROBERT (Oxford University Press, 2010)Sampling of NHs: All general private and voluntary NHs belonging to the former Irish Health Service Executive East Coast Area (Dublin Mid-Leinster) were sampled. Three areas, namely 1, (Dun Laoire), 2 (Dublin South East) ...