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Dignity in nursing care: what does it mean to nursing students? (2017)
Journal Article
MULLEN, R.F., KYDD, A., FLEMING, A. and MCMILLAN, L. 2019. Dignity in nursing care: what does it mean to nursing students? Nursing ethics [online], 26(2), pages 390-404. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733017720825

Background: Despite growing interest in the potential of nursing education to enhance dignity in nursing care, relatively little is known about what dignity means to nursing students. Research question: What meaning does dignity in nursing care have... Read More about Dignity in nursing care: what does it mean to nursing students?.

Care homes: the developing ideology of a homelike place to live. (2017)
Journal Article
FLEMING, A., KYDD, A. and STEWART, S. 2017. Care homes: the developing ideology of a homelike place to live. Maturitas [online], 99, pages 92-97. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.02.013

This paper reports on part of a doctoral study which explored stakeholder perceptions of the importance of a homelike environment in a care home and which factors contributed to this. The changes in institutional care for older people have evolved fr... Read More about Care homes: the developing ideology of a homelike place to live..

Getting care of older people right: The need for appropriate frailty assessment? (2017)
Journal Article
SMITH, G.D. and KYDD, K. 2017. Getting care of older people right: the need for appropriate frailty assessment? International journal of older people nursing [online], 12(1), e12141. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12141

Globally, health and social care is facing extraordinary challenges due to changing patterns of disease, changing expectations of patients, financial restrictions and an ever-increasing ageing population. It is estimated that globally, the number of... Read More about Getting care of older people right: The need for appropriate frailty assessment?.