Thomas Morris
Biographic Data
| ID | 3982407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Morris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Morris |
| SIGNATURE | MORRIS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Dementia Centre, HammondCare, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3627-6095 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Becoming ‘sound’
Improving quality in pastoral care using the Pastoral Care Activity Tracker (PCAT)
Background Activity reporting of Pastoral Care Coordinators (PCCs) is often inadequate within care settings because of suboptimal analog data collection methods. This study aims to render pastoral care activity reporting more efficient through digitizing data collection in pastoral care settings.Methods A one-year feasibility (pilot) study of a digital tool, the “Pastoral Care Activity Tracker” (PCAT) was conducted between June 1, 2020 and May 31…
Australian residential aged care home staff experiences of implementing an intervention to improve palliative and end‐of‐life care for residents
Access to high-quality and safe evidence-based palliative care (PC) is important to ensure good end-of-life care for older people in residential aged care homes (RACHs). However, many barriers to providing PC in RACHs are frequently cited. The Quality End-of-Life Care (QEoLC) Project was a multicomponent intervention that included training, evidence-based tools and tele-mentoring, aiming to equip healthcare professionals and careworkers in RACHs …
Evaluating the Clinical Impact of National Dementia Behaviour Support Programs on Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Australia
Background/Objective: People living with dementia (PLWD) in residential aged care homes (RACHs) are frequently prescribed psychotropic medications due to the high prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms, also known as behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). However, the gold standard to support BPSD is using psychosocial/non-pharmacological therapies. This study aims to describe and evaluate services and neuropsychiatric outcome…
Who pays and who benefits? How different models of shared responsibilities between formal and informal carers influence projections of costs of dementia management
These findings highlight the need to account for more than total prevalence when estimating the costs of dementia care. While the absolute values of cost of care estimates are subject to the validity and reliability of currently available data, dynamic systems modeling allows for future trends to be estimated
Activities and Appointments
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Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, Vol. 2: 1660–1696
Incarnational Anthropology
Patterns of Emotional Recovery from Hysterectomy
Three types of clinical recovery of patients having undergone hysterectomy have been described. They were observed preoperatively, immediately postoperatively, and during convalescence in the hospital. Group A was characterized by a minimum of physical discomfort and subjectively experienced emotional suffering. Group B showed intensive and prolonged physical symptoms and emotional disturbances. Group AB showed physical and psychological distress…
Australian residential aged care home staff experiences of implementing an intervention to improve palliative and end‐of‐life care for residents
Access to high-quality and safe evidence-based palliative care (PC) is important to ensure good end-of-life care for older people in residential aged care homes (RACHs). However, many barriers to providing PC in RACHs are frequently cited. The Quality End-of-Life Care (QEoLC) Project was a multicomponent intervention that included training, evidence-based tools and tele-mentoring, aiming to equip healthcare professionals and careworkers in RACHs …
Patterns of Emotional Recovery from Hysterectomy
Three types of clinical recovery of patients having undergone hysterectomy have been described. They were observed preoperatively, immediately postoperatively, and during convalescence in the hospital. Group A was characterized by a minimum of physical discomfort and subjectively experienced emotional suffering. Group B showed intensive and prolonged physical symptoms and emotional disturbances. Group AB showed physical and psychological distress…
Incarnational Anthropology
Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, Vol. 2: 1660–1696
Activities and Appointments
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Who pays and who benefits? How different models of shared responsibilities between formal and informal carers influence projections of costs of dementia management
These findings highlight the need to account for more than total prevalence when estimating the costs of dementia care. While the absolute values of cost of care estimates are subject to the validity and reliability of currently available data, dynamic systems modeling allows for future trends to be estimated
Evaluating the Clinical Impact of National Dementia Behaviour Support Programs on Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Australia
Background/Objective: People living with dementia (PLWD) in residential aged care homes (RACHs) are frequently prescribed psychotropic medications due to the high prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms, also known as behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). However, the gold standard to support BPSD is using psychosocial/non-pharmacological therapies. This study aims to describe and evaluate services and neuropsychiatric outcome…
Australian residential aged care home staff experiences of implementing an intervention to improve palliative and end‐of‐life care for residents
Access to high-quality and safe evidence-based palliative care (PC) is important to ensure good end-of-life care for older people in residential aged care homes (RACHs). However, many barriers to providing PC in RACHs are frequently cited. The Quality End-of-Life Care (QEoLC) Project was a multicomponent intervention that included training, evidence-based tools and tele-mentoring, aiming to equip healthcare professionals and careworkers in RACHs …
Improving quality in pastoral care using the Pastoral Care Activity Tracker (PCAT)
Background Activity reporting of Pastoral Care Coordinators (PCCs) is often inadequate within care settings because of suboptimal analog data collection methods. This study aims to render pastoral care activity reporting more efficient through digitizing data collection in pastoral care settings.Methods A one-year feasibility (pilot) study of a digital tool, the “Pastoral Care Activity Tracker” (PCAT) was conducted between June 1, 2020 and May 31…
Becoming ‘sound’
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Dementia (2 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (2 works) · Distress (2 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works) · Health care (2 works)