Browsing Nursing and Midwifery (Scholarly Publications) by Author "MCCARRON, MARY"
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Between worlds: the experiences and needs of former family carers
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Effectiveness of gerontologically informed nursing assessment and referral interventions for older persons attending the emergency department: systematic review
MCCARRON, MARY; MCCALLION, PHILIP; CLARKE, MICHAEL (2009)AIM: This paper is a report of a literature review conducted to analyse data from published studies reporting nursing interventions targeted at older attendees of emergency departments (EDs), and to provide a critical ... -
Employing an ethnographic approach: key characteristics
MCCARRON, MARY (2011)Nulles are increasingly embracing ethnography as a useful research methodology. This paper presents an overview of some of the main characteristics we considered and the challenges encountered when using ethnography ... -
Expanding assessment of fear of falling among older adults with an intellectual disability
MCCARRON, MARY; FORAN, SINEAD MARGARET (2013)Fear of falling (FOF) has emerged as an important health concern in older adults, yet it has rarely been investigated in people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Valid and reliable measurement approaches are a particular ... -
Influence of environment, predisposing, enabling and need variables on personal health choices of adults with intellectual disability.
MCCARRON, MARY; MCCALLION, PHILIP; CARROLL, RACHEL; BURKE, EILISH; MCGLINCHEY, EIMEAR (2013)Attention to disease and risk factor management is increasingly a feature of people with intellec- tual disability (ID) as an augmented life expec- tancy also exposes a growing number of age- related diseases. An additional ... -
Patterns of multimorbidity in an ageing population of people with an intellectual disability: Results from the intellectual disability supplement to the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (IDS-TILDA)
MCCARRON, MARY; MCCALLION, PHILIP; MCGLINCHEY, EIMEAR (2013)Multimorbidity (2 or more chronic conditions) is being widely studied in older populations and this study explores both the relevance of emerging conceptualizations and the extent to which multimorbidity is a feature of ... -
Patterns of multimorbidity in an older population of persons with an intellectual disability: results from the intellectual disability supplement to the Irish longitudinal study on aging (IDS-TILDA).
MCCARRON, MARY; CARROLL, RACHEL; MCCALLION, PHILIP; MCGLINCHEY, EIMEAR; BURKE, EILISH (2013)Multimorbidity (2 or more chronic conditions) is being widely studied in older populations and this study explores both the relevance of emerging conceptualizations and the extent to which multimorbidity is a feature of ... -
Policy analysis: Palliative care in Ireland
MCCALLION, PHILIP; HYNES, GERALYN; MCCARRON, MARY; MAY, PETER (2014)Palliative care for patients with advanced illness is a subject of growing importance in health services, policy and research. In 2001 Ireland became one of the first nations to publish a dedicated national palliative care ... -
Successful research capacity building in academic nursing and midwifery in Ireland: an exemplar
MCCARRON, MARY; BEGLEY, CECILY; HIGGINS, AGNES; HUNTLEY-MOORE, SYLVIA (2014)BACKGROUND: Nursing and midwifery education have comparatively recently moved into academia in Ireland. In 2002, nurse tutors who were qualified to Master's degree level assimilated into the third-level sector. Only 11 ... -
'Visible-ness': the nature of communication for children admitted to a specialist children's hospital in the Republic of Ireland.
MCCARRON, MARY (2008)This article presents the core concept of 'visible-ness' that emerged from an ethnographic study, which explored the nature of communication, for children (for ease of reading children refers to children and young people), ...