GAIL MOUNTAIN
Biographic Data
| ID | 6180667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | GAIL MOUNTAIN |
| GIVEN NAMES | GAIL |
| FAMILY NAME | MOUNTAIN |
| SIGNATURE | MOUNTAIN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5417-7691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Psychological and Social Factors Associated with Coexisting Frailty and Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review
Those living with coexistent frailty and cognitive impairment are at risk of poorer health outcomes. Research often focuses on identifying biological factors. This review sought to identify the association psychological and social factors have with coexisting physical and cognitive decline. Six databases were systematically searched in July 2020. Studies included individuals aged 60 years or older identified as being both frail and cognitively im…
Estimating the minimum important difference in the Demqol instrument in people with dementia
ISRCTN17993825 on 11th October 2016
Towards capturing meaningful outcomes for people with dementia in psychosocial intervention research: A pan‐European consultation
BACKGROUND: People with dementia are often marginalized and excluded from influence, also in relation to dementia research. There is, however, a growing requirement for inclusion through Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), but there is still limited knowledge on how researchers can fully benefit from the involvement of people with dementia in the development and testing of psychosocial interventions. This paper describes the results of a pan-Eu…
Making Telecare desirable rather than a last resort
Despite reported benefits of Telecare use for older adults, uptake of Telecare in the United Kingdom remains relatively low. Non-users of Telecare are an under-researched group in the Telecare field. We conducted 22 qualitative individual semi-structured interviews to explore the views and opinions of current non-users of Telecare regarding barriers and facilitators to its use, and explored considerations which may precede their decision to accep…
Exploring the Experiences of Living With Stroke Through Narrative: Stroke Survivors’ Perspectives
Chronic illness models are normally used to explain and predict the experience of living with a long-term condition. The aim of this study was to present the findings of narrative interviews with stroke survivors and their family carers to understand their experiences of stroke. We interviewed five people with stroke and three family carers from the United Kingdom. We used thematic analysis to generate themes from their narrative accounts and the…
A scoping review to identify the techniques frequently used when analysing qualitative visual data
Challenges were encountered when attempting to analyse video based data during a project exploring touch screen computer technology with people living with dementia. In order to inform the analytic process, a scoping review of published evidence was undertaken. Results of the scope illustrated the use of various techniques when analysing visual data, the most common of which was the transcription of video into text and analysed using conversation…
Environmental Restrictors to Occupational Participation in Old Age: Exploring Differences across Gender in Puerto Rico
Many older adults face challenges that prevent them from accomplishing common daily activities such as moving around, home maintenance, and leisure activities. There is still a need to examine and understand how environmental factors impact daily participation across gender. This study sought to make a qualitative comparison of gender differences regarding environmental barriers to participation in daily occupations from the perspectives of older…
Only available to a selected few? Is it feasible to rely on a volunteer workforce for complex intervention delivery
This paper recounts the process of undertaking a randomised controlled trial which was designed to examine the effectiveness of an intervention for socially isolated older people aged 75 years and over. It describes the reasons for early cessation of the study and raises the implications of this outcome for policy, practice and research. The intervention under investigation was designed to alleviate loneliness and foster companionship. It involve…
Using technology to help people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) increase their physical activity – the ‘SMART3' project
Introduction:There is increasing focus within healthcare on encouraging patients with long term conditions (LTCs) to become better self-managers.Effective self-management includes many factors such as symptom monitoring and the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviours.Technology is frequently used to monitor vital signs of people with LTCshowever through 24 hour availability and the ability to set and monitor goals, it may also have the potential…
Barriers and facilitators to mainstreaming telehealth in the community – exploring staff views and roles at the implementation and delivery phase
Background: The future large-scale deployment of Assisted Living Technologies crucially depends on establishing patient benefit at scale. This entails overcoming barriers to uptake, and devising viable service and business models. This current project, MALT: Overcoming Barriers to Mainstreaming Assisted Living Technologies, funded by the Technology Strategy Board through the Assisted Living Innovation Platform, aims to explore these issues with a…
Building research capacity in the allied health professions
This article discusses research capacity building and its relevance for health practitioners using allied health professionals (AHPs) as a case example. Allied health professionals is a term used to represent a diverse group of health workers, each with a discrete clinical focus, whose needs for research capacity building are likely to be similar to one another and to other medical and nursing professionals. The work of AHPs challenges many curre…
Pre-discharge home visits with older people: Time to review practice
The present review paper uses the available evidence to make a case for a reconsideration of the practice of undertaking pre-discharge home visits with frail older people as part of decisions regarding a return home. This practice is embedded into the routine activity of acute medical wards for older people and occupies a large proportion of the time of hospital employed therapy staff, with consequent financial and resource implications. Assessme…
Only available to a selected few? Is it feasible to rely on a volunteer workforce for complex intervention delivery
This paper recounts the process of undertaking a randomised controlled trial which was designed to examine the effectiveness of an intervention for socially isolated older people aged 75 years and over. It describes the reasons for early cessation of the study and raises the implications of this outcome for policy, practice and research. The intervention under investigation was designed to alleviate loneliness and foster companionship. It involve…
Making Telecare desirable rather than a last resort
Despite reported benefits of Telecare use for older adults, uptake of Telecare in the United Kingdom remains relatively low. Non-users of Telecare are an under-researched group in the Telecare field. We conducted 22 qualitative individual semi-structured interviews to explore the views and opinions of current non-users of Telecare regarding barriers and facilitators to its use, and explored considerations which may precede their decision to accep…
Pre-discharge home visits with older people: Time to review practice
The present review paper uses the available evidence to make a case for a reconsideration of the practice of undertaking pre-discharge home visits with frail older people as part of decisions regarding a return home. This practice is embedded into the routine activity of acute medical wards for older people and occupies a large proportion of the time of hospital employed therapy staff, with consequent financial and resource implications. Assessme…
Building research capacity in the allied health professions
This article discusses research capacity building and its relevance for health practitioners using allied health professionals (AHPs) as a case example. Allied health professionals is a term used to represent a diverse group of health workers, each with a discrete clinical focus, whose needs for research capacity building are likely to be similar to one another and to other medical and nursing professionals. The work of AHPs challenges many curre…
Barriers and facilitators to mainstreaming telehealth in the community – exploring staff views and roles at the implementation and delivery phase
Background: The future large-scale deployment of Assisted Living Technologies crucially depends on establishing patient benefit at scale. This entails overcoming barriers to uptake, and devising viable service and business models. This current project, MALT: Overcoming Barriers to Mainstreaming Assisted Living Technologies, funded by the Technology Strategy Board through the Assisted Living Innovation Platform, aims to explore these issues with a…
Using technology to help people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) increase their physical activity – the ‘SMART3' project
Introduction:There is increasing focus within healthcare on encouraging patients with long term conditions (LTCs) to become better self-managers.Effective self-management includes many factors such as symptom monitoring and the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviours.Technology is frequently used to monitor vital signs of people with LTCshowever through 24 hour availability and the ability to set and monitor goals, it may also have the potential…
Environmental Restrictors to Occupational Participation in Old Age: Exploring Differences across Gender in Puerto Rico
Many older adults face challenges that prevent them from accomplishing common daily activities such as moving around, home maintenance, and leisure activities. There is still a need to examine and understand how environmental factors impact daily participation across gender. This study sought to make a qualitative comparison of gender differences regarding environmental barriers to participation in daily occupations from the perspectives of older…
Only available to a selected few? Is it feasible to rely on a volunteer workforce for complex intervention delivery
This paper recounts the process of undertaking a randomised controlled trial which was designed to examine the effectiveness of an intervention for socially isolated older people aged 75 years and over. It describes the reasons for early cessation of the study and raises the implications of this outcome for policy, practice and research. The intervention under investigation was designed to alleviate loneliness and foster companionship. It involve…
Exploring the Experiences of Living With Stroke Through Narrative: Stroke Survivors’ Perspectives
Chronic illness models are normally used to explain and predict the experience of living with a long-term condition. The aim of this study was to present the findings of narrative interviews with stroke survivors and their family carers to understand their experiences of stroke. We interviewed five people with stroke and three family carers from the United Kingdom. We used thematic analysis to generate themes from their narrative accounts and the…
A scoping review to identify the techniques frequently used when analysing qualitative visual data
Challenges were encountered when attempting to analyse video based data during a project exploring touch screen computer technology with people living with dementia. In order to inform the analytic process, a scoping review of published evidence was undertaken. Results of the scope illustrated the use of various techniques when analysing visual data, the most common of which was the transcription of video into text and analysed using conversation…
Towards capturing meaningful outcomes for people with dementia in psychosocial intervention research: A pan‐European consultation
BACKGROUND: People with dementia are often marginalized and excluded from influence, also in relation to dementia research. There is, however, a growing requirement for inclusion through Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), but there is still limited knowledge on how researchers can fully benefit from the involvement of people with dementia in the development and testing of psychosocial interventions. This paper describes the results of a pan-Eu…
Making Telecare desirable rather than a last resort
Despite reported benefits of Telecare use for older adults, uptake of Telecare in the United Kingdom remains relatively low. Non-users of Telecare are an under-researched group in the Telecare field. We conducted 22 qualitative individual semi-structured interviews to explore the views and opinions of current non-users of Telecare regarding barriers and facilitators to its use, and explored considerations which may precede their decision to accep…
Estimating the minimum important difference in the Demqol instrument in people with dementia
ISRCTN17993825 on 11th October 2016
Psychological and Social Factors Associated with Coexisting Frailty and Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review
Those living with coexistent frailty and cognitive impairment are at risk of poorer health outcomes. Research often focuses on identifying biological factors. This review sought to identify the association psychological and social factors have with coexisting physical and cognitive decline. Six databases were systematically searched in July 2020. Studies included individuals aged 60 years or older identified as being both frail and cognitively im…
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works)