Maria Crotty
Biographic Data
| ID | 264820 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Crotty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Crotty |
| SIGNATURE | CROTTY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2996-5135 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What Is Important to Older People When Accessing Urgent Health Care
INTRODUCTION: Emergency departments (ED) worldwide are under pressure. Older people are disproportionally represented in ED, and many of these presentations are for nonlife-threatening ailments that could be attended to elsewhere. Urgent care services have been established to relieve ED pressures and may be a better alternative for older people with urgent but nonlife-threatening health issues. The purpose of this study was to understand the need…
Health Services for Young Adults with Stroke
Despite increased incidence of stroke in young adulthood across the world, young adults report significant difficulties finding services with the expertise and experience to meet their needs. This service mapping study sought to identify and characterise the availability, accessibility, and accommodation of services to meet the needs of young adults (aged 18–44 years) with stroke in two Australian states. Methods . Relevant clinical, rehabilitati…
The decision‐making processes and preferences of older Australians purchasing home support services
Consumer‐directed care (CDC) programmes, in principle, provide consumers with choices around who provides care services to them, what services and when. However, literature around consumer behaviour of older adults, especially concerning the factors that may support home care choices, is sparse. The purpose of this study was to understand the decision‐making processes and spending preferences of community‐dwelling seniors assessed eligible for CD…
Implementing an evidence‐based dementia care program in the Australian health context
The World Health Organisation has called for the implementation of evidence-based interventions that enhance function and capability in people with dementia. In response, the Boosting Dementia Research Initiative in Australia has funded a number of projects aimed at improving such outcomes for people with dementia and their caregivers. What is not known is the economic and societal outcomes of these projects and of program implementation to the A…
Rehabilitation environments
BACKGROUND: Design of rehabilitation environments is usually "expert" driven with little consideration given to the perceptions of service users, especially patients and informal carers. There is a need to engage with consumers of services to gain their insights into what design aspects are required to facilitate optimum physical activity, social interaction and psychological responses when they are attempting to overcome their limitations and re…
Evaluating the quality of care received in long-term care facilities from a consumer perspective
The Consumer Choice Index – Six Dimension (CCI-6D) is a new instrument designed specifically to evaluate the quality of care received in long-term care from a consumer perspective. This study aims to demonstrate the construct validity of the CCI-6D. Older residents living in long-term care facilities and proxy family carers (where severely impaired cognition precluded resident consent) participated as consumers of long-term care. Data collected i…
An empirical comparison of the measurement properties of the EQ-5D-5L, Demqol-U and Demqol-Proxy-U for older people in residential care
The findings suggest that the EQ-5D-5L, DEMQOL-U and DEMQOL-Proxy-U capture distinct aspects of HRQoL for this population. The measurement and valuation of HRQoL form an essential component of economic evaluation in residential care. However, high levels of cognitive impairment may preclude self-completion for a majority. Further research is needed to determine cognition thresholds beyond which an individual is unable to reliably self-report thei…
Economic evaluations of occupational therapy approaches for people with cognitive and/or functional decline
‘Well, if the kids can do it, I can do it’
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although trials continue to emerge supporting the role of telerehabilitation, implementation has been slow. Key users include older people living with disabilities who are frequent users of hospital rehabilitation services but whose voices are rarely heard. It is unclear whether the use of technologies and reduced face-to-face contact is acceptable to these people. We report on a qualitative study of community dwelling p…
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Carer Focused and Dyadic Multicomponent Interventions for Carers of People With Dementia
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of two approaches: multicomponent interventions that focus on working with the carer and dyadic interventions that work with both the carer and the person with dementia. Method: A systematic review involving a search of Medline, EMBASE, and PsycINFO in October 2015 was performed. Randomized controlled trials involving carers of people with dementia and comparing multicomponent intervent…
Family meetings for older adults in intermediate care settings
BACKGROUND: Clinicians, older adults and caregivers frequently meet to make decisions around treatment and lifestyle during an acute hospital admission. Patient age, psychological status and health locus of control (HLC) influence patient preference for consultation involvement and information but overall, a shared-decision-making (SDM) approach is favoured. However, it is not known whether these characteristics and the presence of cognitive impa…
Important features of home-based support services for older Australians and their informal carers
In Australia, newly initiated, publicly subsidised 'Home-Care Packages' designed to assist older people (≥ 65 years of age) living in their own home must now be offered on a 'consumer-directed care' (CDC) basis by service providers. However, CDC models have largely developed in the absence of evidence on users' views and preferences. The aim of this study was to determine what features (attributes) of consumer-directed, home-based support service…
Investigating consumers' and informal carers' views and preferences for consumer directed care
An assessment of the relationship between informal caring and quality of life in older community-dwelling adults - more positives than negatives
The main objective of the study was to apply the recently developed Index of Capability (ICECAP-O) instrument to measure and value the quality of life of a representative sample of the older South Australian population (aged ≥ 65 years) according to carer status. A Health Omnibus survey including the ICECAP-O instrument, carer status (informal carer vs. non-carer) and several socio-demographic questions was administered in 2009 as a face-to-face …
Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Self-Reported Exercise and Physical Activity Behaviors and Attitudes of South Australians
A better understanding of these factors may improve uptake of and adherence to exercise programs across the ages
Perspectives of Carers on the Move From a Hospital to a Transitional Care Unit
The authors describe carers' experiences of the traditional process of moving a relative into residential care from an acute hospital admission and how a transitional care unit affected this experience. Telephone interviews (total 31) confirmed that looking for permanent care was a stressful, time-consuming, and confusing process for all carers. The transitional care unit did not make a great difference to the stress of finding a residential care…
Anthropometric indices predict physical function and mobility in older Australians
Objective: To evaluate, in terms of function and mobility, the predictive value of commonly adopted anthropometric ‘definitions’ used in the nutritional assessment of older adults, in a cohort of older Australians. Design: Prospective cohort study – Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA). Setting: Adelaide, South Australia (1992–1994). Subjects: Data were analysed from 1272 non-institutionalised (685 males, 587 females) older adults ≥70 y…
Investigating consumers' and informal carers' views and preferences for consumer directed care
Important features of home-based support services for older Australians and their informal carers
In Australia, newly initiated, publicly subsidised 'Home-Care Packages' designed to assist older people (≥ 65 years of age) living in their own home must now be offered on a 'consumer-directed care' (CDC) basis by service providers. However, CDC models have largely developed in the absence of evidence on users' views and preferences. The aim of this study was to determine what features (attributes) of consumer-directed, home-based support service…
An assessment of the relationship between informal caring and quality of life in older community-dwelling adults - more positives than negatives
The main objective of the study was to apply the recently developed Index of Capability (ICECAP-O) instrument to measure and value the quality of life of a representative sample of the older South Australian population (aged ≥ 65 years) according to carer status. A Health Omnibus survey including the ICECAP-O instrument, carer status (informal carer vs. non-carer) and several socio-demographic questions was administered in 2009 as a face-to-face …
Evaluating the quality of care received in long-term care facilities from a consumer perspective
The Consumer Choice Index – Six Dimension (CCI-6D) is a new instrument designed specifically to evaluate the quality of care received in long-term care from a consumer perspective. This study aims to demonstrate the construct validity of the CCI-6D. Older residents living in long-term care facilities and proxy family carers (where severely impaired cognition precluded resident consent) participated as consumers of long-term care. Data collected i…
Implementing an evidence‐based dementia care program in the Australian health context
The World Health Organisation has called for the implementation of evidence-based interventions that enhance function and capability in people with dementia. In response, the Boosting Dementia Research Initiative in Australia has funded a number of projects aimed at improving such outcomes for people with dementia and their caregivers. What is not known is the economic and societal outcomes of these projects and of program implementation to the A…
Perspectives of Carers on the Move From a Hospital to a Transitional Care Unit
The authors describe carers' experiences of the traditional process of moving a relative into residential care from an acute hospital admission and how a transitional care unit affected this experience. Telephone interviews (total 31) confirmed that looking for permanent care was a stressful, time-consuming, and confusing process for all carers. The transitional care unit did not make a great difference to the stress of finding a residential care…
Anthropometric indices predict physical function and mobility in older Australians
Objective: To evaluate, in terms of function and mobility, the predictive value of commonly adopted anthropometric ‘definitions’ used in the nutritional assessment of older adults, in a cohort of older Australians. Design: Prospective cohort study – Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA). Setting: Adelaide, South Australia (1992–1994). Subjects: Data were analysed from 1272 non-institutionalised (685 males, 587 females) older adults ≥70 y…
Perspectives of Carers on the Move From a Hospital to a Transitional Care Unit
The authors describe carers' experiences of the traditional process of moving a relative into residential care from an acute hospital admission and how a transitional care unit affected this experience. Telephone interviews (total 31) confirmed that looking for permanent care was a stressful, time-consuming, and confusing process for all carers. The transitional care unit did not make a great difference to the stress of finding a residential care…
Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Self-Reported Exercise and Physical Activity Behaviors and Attitudes of South Australians
A better understanding of these factors may improve uptake of and adherence to exercise programs across the ages
An assessment of the relationship between informal caring and quality of life in older community-dwelling adults - more positives than negatives
The main objective of the study was to apply the recently developed Index of Capability (ICECAP-O) instrument to measure and value the quality of life of a representative sample of the older South Australian population (aged ≥ 65 years) according to carer status. A Health Omnibus survey including the ICECAP-O instrument, carer status (informal carer vs. non-carer) and several socio-demographic questions was administered in 2009 as a face-to-face …
Family meetings for older adults in intermediate care settings
BACKGROUND: Clinicians, older adults and caregivers frequently meet to make decisions around treatment and lifestyle during an acute hospital admission. Patient age, psychological status and health locus of control (HLC) influence patient preference for consultation involvement and information but overall, a shared-decision-making (SDM) approach is favoured. However, it is not known whether these characteristics and the presence of cognitive impa…
Important features of home-based support services for older Australians and their informal carers
In Australia, newly initiated, publicly subsidised 'Home-Care Packages' designed to assist older people (≥ 65 years of age) living in their own home must now be offered on a 'consumer-directed care' (CDC) basis by service providers. However, CDC models have largely developed in the absence of evidence on users' views and preferences. The aim of this study was to determine what features (attributes) of consumer-directed, home-based support service…
Investigating consumers' and informal carers' views and preferences for consumer directed care
‘Well, if the kids can do it, I can do it’
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although trials continue to emerge supporting the role of telerehabilitation, implementation has been slow. Key users include older people living with disabilities who are frequent users of hospital rehabilitation services but whose voices are rarely heard. It is unclear whether the use of technologies and reduced face-to-face contact is acceptable to these people. We report on a qualitative study of community dwelling p…
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Carer Focused and Dyadic Multicomponent Interventions for Carers of People With Dementia
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of two approaches: multicomponent interventions that focus on working with the carer and dyadic interventions that work with both the carer and the person with dementia. Method: A systematic review involving a search of Medline, EMBASE, and PsycINFO in October 2015 was performed. Randomized controlled trials involving carers of people with dementia and comparing multicomponent intervent…
An empirical comparison of the measurement properties of the EQ-5D-5L, Demqol-U and Demqol-Proxy-U for older people in residential care
The findings suggest that the EQ-5D-5L, DEMQOL-U and DEMQOL-Proxy-U capture distinct aspects of HRQoL for this population. The measurement and valuation of HRQoL form an essential component of economic evaluation in residential care. However, high levels of cognitive impairment may preclude self-completion for a majority. Further research is needed to determine cognition thresholds beyond which an individual is unable to reliably self-report thei…
Economic evaluations of occupational therapy approaches for people with cognitive and/or functional decline
Rehabilitation environments
BACKGROUND: Design of rehabilitation environments is usually "expert" driven with little consideration given to the perceptions of service users, especially patients and informal carers. There is a need to engage with consumers of services to gain their insights into what design aspects are required to facilitate optimum physical activity, social interaction and psychological responses when they are attempting to overcome their limitations and re…
Evaluating the quality of care received in long-term care facilities from a consumer perspective
The Consumer Choice Index – Six Dimension (CCI-6D) is a new instrument designed specifically to evaluate the quality of care received in long-term care from a consumer perspective. This study aims to demonstrate the construct validity of the CCI-6D. Older residents living in long-term care facilities and proxy family carers (where severely impaired cognition precluded resident consent) participated as consumers of long-term care. Data collected i…
Implementing an evidence‐based dementia care program in the Australian health context
The World Health Organisation has called for the implementation of evidence-based interventions that enhance function and capability in people with dementia. In response, the Boosting Dementia Research Initiative in Australia has funded a number of projects aimed at improving such outcomes for people with dementia and their caregivers. What is not known is the economic and societal outcomes of these projects and of program implementation to the A…
The decision‐making processes and preferences of older Australians purchasing home support services
Consumer‐directed care (CDC) programmes, in principle, provide consumers with choices around who provides care services to them, what services and when. However, literature around consumer behaviour of older adults, especially concerning the factors that may support home care choices, is sparse. The purpose of this study was to understand the decision‐making processes and spending preferences of community‐dwelling seniors assessed eligible for CD…
Health Services for Young Adults with Stroke
Despite increased incidence of stroke in young adulthood across the world, young adults report significant difficulties finding services with the expertise and experience to meet their needs. This service mapping study sought to identify and characterise the availability, accessibility, and accommodation of services to meet the needs of young adults (aged 18–44 years) with stroke in two Australian states. Methods . Relevant clinical, rehabilitati…
What Is Important to Older People When Accessing Urgent Health Care
INTRODUCTION: Emergency departments (ED) worldwide are under pressure. Older people are disproportionally represented in ED, and many of these presentations are for nonlife-threatening ailments that could be attended to elsewhere. Urgent care services have been established to relieve ED pressures and may be a better alternative for older people with urgent but nonlife-threatening health issues. The purpose of this study was to understand the need…
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Nursing (10 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (6 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 works) · Health care (4 works) · Marketing (4 works) · Political science (4 works)