Sally Lawson

ORCID: 0000-0003-0793-5645
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Research Areas
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change
  • Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Research in Social Sciences
  • Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
  • Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
  • Social and Educational Sciences

Aston University
2018-2021

University of Leeds
2019

York St John University
2013

Western Isles Hospital
2006

University of Michigan
1976

More older people are living in the community with multiple diagnoses and medications. Managing medications produces issues of unrivalled complexity for those involved. Despite increasing literature on subject, gaps remain understanding how, why whom complex medication management works, therefore how best to improve practice outcomes. MEMORABLE, MEdication Management Older people: Realist Approaches Based Literature Evaluation, aimed address these gaps.

10.1186/s12877-020-01568-x article EN cc-by BMC Geriatrics 2020-06-04

Background The number and proportion of older people in the UK are increasing, as multimorbidity (potentially reducing quality life) polypharmacy (increasing risk adverse drug events). Together, these complex factors challenging for people, informal carers, health care practitioners. Objectives MEMORABLE (MEdication Management Older people: Realist Approaches Based on Literature Evaluation) aimed to understand how medication management works propose improvements. Design A realist approach...

10.3310/hsdr08260 article EN publisher-specific-oa Health Services and Delivery Research 2020-06-01

Summary Eight female interviewers varied their interview styles in interviewing 207 adults who had been involved automobile accidents during a four-year period. A "professional" and rapport or "interpersonal" style was used. Dependent variables consisted of reporting events related to an accident which the respondent driver, for independent criterion data were available. In addition, amount health information reported also analyzed. spite respondents' more favorable attitudes towards...

10.1080/00223980.1976.9915816 article EN The Journal of Psychology 1976-07-01

Abstract Background: More older people are living in the community with multiple diagnoses and medications. Managing medications produces issues of unrivalled complexity for those involved. Despite increasing literature on subject, gaps remain understanding how, why whom complex medication management works, therefore how best to improve practice outcomes. MEMORABLE, MEdication Management Older people: Realist Approaches Based Literature Evaluation, aimed address these gaps. Methods:...

10.21203/rs.2.15433/v2 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2020-02-03

Background: The North East Neurosciences Network Workforce Innovations Programme used mentoring to develop neuro-practitioners’ specialist skills and efficacy in health social care settings. programme aimed improve services outcomes for with people living long-term neurological conditions by enhancing practice partnership building. This study action research evaluate the programme’s impact over an 18 month period, collaboration a group of 10 mentors, their mentees, steering group. Content:...

10.12968/ijtr.2013.20.8.410 article EN International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 2013-08-01

Approaches to the development of strategy within context change vary in both style and success. A participatory approach provides everyone involved process with opportunity share their experience knowledge, explore common values create something they can have shared ownership responsibility for. The challenges management are often around perceived position power, need control plan concept that ideas best generated by experts.

10.12968/ijtr.2006.13.3.21360 article EN International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 2006-03-01

<h3>Objectives</h3> Older people are major users of medication. Their use medication is increasing, over the last 20 years number older taking at least 5 medicines has quadrupled to nearly 50%. They should be that gives them more benefits than harms. As get or their health changes, balance between and harms for they take will likely change. Medication management by care practitioners (e.g. pharmacists, doctors nurses) if done well a process can help decide need on certain medications – thus...

10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111070.30 article EN Oral Presentations 2018-08-01

Preventable medication errors affect more than 7 million patients, contribute to 7000 deaths and cost nearly $21 billion every year in the USA. In particular, this impacts on older people with dementia living at home multi-morbidity polypharmacy, their carers practitioners, including GP's, nurses pharmacists. This NIHR funded study uses realist methodology understand how management works for those involved under what circumstances. It integrates evidence from literature narrative accounts of...

10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1262 article EN Alzheimer s & Dementia 2018-07-01

Abstract Background Increasing numbers of older people are living in the community with multiple diagnoses and medications. Managing medications produces issues unrivalled complexity for those involved. Despite a growing body literature on subject, gaps remain understanding how, why whom complex medication management works, therefore how best to improve practice outcomes. MEMORABLE, MEdication Management Older people: Realist Approaches Based Literature Evaluation, aimed address these gaps....

10.21203/rs.2.15433/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2019-10-01
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