Palliative Care for the Elderly publications
Publications in Scientific Journals
Higginson IJ, Hall S. Rediscovering dignity at the bedside. BMJ 2007:335;167-168.
Hall S, Kolliakou A, Davies EA, Froggatt K, Higginson IJ. Interventions for improving palliative care for older people living in nursing care homes (protocol) Cochrane Database of Systematic. Reviews Issue 2. 2008.
Hall S, Chochinov H, Murray S, Harding R, Richardson A, Higginson IJ. Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of Dignity therapy for older people in care homes: Study Protocol. BMC Geriatrics. 2009. www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2318-9-9.pdf
Hall S, Edmonds P, Harding R, Chochinov H, Higginson, IJ. Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of Dignity therapy for people with advanced cancer referred to a hospital-based palliative care team: Study protocol. BMC Palliative Care. 2009. www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-684X-8-5.pdf
Hall S, Goddard C, Stewart F, Higginson IJ. Benefits of, and Barriers to, implementing the Gold Standards Framework to improve end of life care in Care Homes: A qualitative study. Submitted to Social Science & Medicine.
Hall S, Longhurst SL, Higginson IJ. Living and dying with dignity: A qualitative study of the views of older people in nursing homes. Age & Ageing 2009:38;411-416.
Hall S, Longhurst SL, Higginson, IJH. Challenges to conducting research with older people living in nursing homes. BMC Geriatrics 2009 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/9/38
Other dissemination
Oral Presentations
Hall S, Opio D, Higginson IJ. Assessing quality of life for older people in nursing homes using the SEIQoL. BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference. Birmingham, 2009.
Tsouros A, Hall S, Higginson IJ. WHO guidelines for better practice. IAGG Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics. Paris 2009.
Poster presentations
Hall S, Longhurst S, Higginson IJ. Maintaining Dignity at the End of Life: the Views of Older People in Care Homes. British Psychosocial Oncology Society Conference, Leeds, 2008.
Hall S, Longhurst S, Higginson IJ. Maintaining Dignity at the End of Life: the Views of Older People in Care Homes. 17th International congress of Palliative Care, Montreal, Canada, 2008.
Goddard C, Stewart F, Thompson G, Higginson IJ, Hall S. Providing end of life care in care homes for older people: a qualitative study of the views of staff, residents and their families. EAPC conference. Vienna 2009.
Hall S, Costantini M, Tsouros AD, Chattopadhyay S, Kolliakou A, Higginson. IJ. Better practice in palliative care for older people: A new WHO guide. EAPC conference. Vienna 2009.
Hall S, Opio D, Goddard C, Martin P, Speck P, Higginson IJ. Dignity Therapy for Older People Reaching the End of Life in Care Homes: A Phase II trial. COMPASS Collaborative Annual Scientific Meeting. London, 2009.