Barbara Gregson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3577258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Gregson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Gregson |
| SIGNATURE | GREGSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4868-9137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Informal caregiving for frail older people at home and in long-term care institutions: Who are the key supporters
This paper describes the extent of the informal caregiving unit for older people who are physically or mentally frail living in private households or resident in long-term care institutions using cross-sectional analysis of survey data. A total of 1444 people aged 65 years or more registered with a general practitioner (GP) in four areas in England and, consenting to the study, were screened for mental or physical frailty. Of 1127 older subjects …
Costs of formal care for frail older people in England
Mental and physical frailty in older people: The costs and benefits of informal care
The financial, opportunity and social costs and benefits of providing informal support to frail older people are described within an economic framework. Mentally and/or physically frail older people were identified through screening interviews with random community samples of people aged 65 and over in four UK areas: 884 frail older people living in private households nominated key informal supporters and 650 of these supporters were interviewed.…
Issues of recruitment and maintaining high response rates in a longitudinal study of older hospital patients in England--pathways through care study
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe and discuss the methods used to recruit and maintain an unbiased sample of older discharged hospital patients in a study of the process and outcomes of hospital care. DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal interview study of consecutive patients admitted to hospital over a 12 month period and followed up for six months. Interviews took place in hospital five days after admission, at home 10 days after discharge, and six mo…
Development of a measure of professional collaboration in primary health care
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to develop indices of the degree of collaboration between district nurses, general practitioners, and health visitors. DESIGN--Semistructured interviews were conducted with each member of a pair of professionals who had patients in common. In each district a stratified random sample of six general practitioners and six community nurses was drawn, and for each a "partner" of the other profession was sampled. SETTING--A…
Evaluation of an Innovation in the Continuing Care of Very Frail Elderly People
This paper describes the theoretical and methodological perspectives adopted by a multidisciplinary research group undertaking a government-funded evaluation of a United Kingdom innovation in the continuing care of elderly people. In 1983 three experimental National Health Service (NHS) nursing homes were set up to care for patients usually cared for in NHS geriatric hospitals. Drawing on different approaches to the evaluation of health-care inno…
Costs of formal care for frail older people in England
Mental and physical frailty in older people: The costs and benefits of informal care
The financial, opportunity and social costs and benefits of providing informal support to frail older people are described within an economic framework. Mentally and/or physically frail older people were identified through screening interviews with random community samples of people aged 65 and over in four UK areas: 884 frail older people living in private households nominated key informal supporters and 650 of these supporters were interviewed.…
Informal caregiving for frail older people at home and in long-term care institutions: Who are the key supporters
This paper describes the extent of the informal caregiving unit for older people who are physically or mentally frail living in private households or resident in long-term care institutions using cross-sectional analysis of survey data. A total of 1444 people aged 65 years or more registered with a general practitioner (GP) in four areas in England and, consenting to the study, were screened for mental or physical frailty. Of 1127 older subjects …
Issues of recruitment and maintaining high response rates in a longitudinal study of older hospital patients in England--pathways through care study
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe and discuss the methods used to recruit and maintain an unbiased sample of older discharged hospital patients in a study of the process and outcomes of hospital care. DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal interview study of consecutive patients admitted to hospital over a 12 month period and followed up for six months. Interviews took place in hospital five days after admission, at home 10 days after discharge, and six mo…
Development of a measure of professional collaboration in primary health care
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to develop indices of the degree of collaboration between district nurses, general practitioners, and health visitors. DESIGN--Semistructured interviews were conducted with each member of a pair of professionals who had patients in common. In each district a stratified random sample of six general practitioners and six community nurses was drawn, and for each a "partner" of the other profession was sampled. SETTING--A…
Evaluation of an Innovation in the Continuing Care of Very Frail Elderly People
This paper describes the theoretical and methodological perspectives adopted by a multidisciplinary research group undertaking a government-funded evaluation of a United Kingdom innovation in the continuing care of elderly people. In 1983 three experimental National Health Service (NHS) nursing homes were set up to care for patients usually cared for in NHS geriatric hospitals. Drawing on different approaches to the evaluation of health-care inno…
Development of a measure of professional collaboration in primary health care
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to develop indices of the degree of collaboration between district nurses, general practitioners, and health visitors. DESIGN--Semistructured interviews were conducted with each member of a pair of professionals who had patients in common. In each district a stratified random sample of six general practitioners and six community nurses was drawn, and for each a "partner" of the other profession was sampled. SETTING--A…
Issues of recruitment and maintaining high response rates in a longitudinal study of older hospital patients in England--pathways through care study
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe and discuss the methods used to recruit and maintain an unbiased sample of older discharged hospital patients in a study of the process and outcomes of hospital care. DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal interview study of consecutive patients admitted to hospital over a 12 month period and followed up for six months. Interviews took place in hospital five days after admission, at home 10 days after discharge, and six mo…
Mental and physical frailty in older people: The costs and benefits of informal care
The financial, opportunity and social costs and benefits of providing informal support to frail older people are described within an economic framework. Mentally and/or physically frail older people were identified through screening interviews with random community samples of people aged 65 and over in four UK areas: 884 frail older people living in private households nominated key informal supporters and 650 of these supporters were interviewed.…
Informal caregiving for frail older people at home and in long-term care institutions: Who are the key supporters
This paper describes the extent of the informal caregiving unit for older people who are physically or mentally frail living in private households or resident in long-term care institutions using cross-sectional analysis of survey data. A total of 1444 people aged 65 years or more registered with a general practitioner (GP) in four areas in England and, consenting to the study, were screened for mental or physical frailty. Of 1127 older subjects …
Costs of formal care for frail older people in England
Medicine (6 works) · Business (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)