Background Multidisciplinary rehabilitation is recommended for Parkinson's disease, but
evidence suggests that benefit is not sustained. Objectives (1) Implement a specialist …

Aim. The literature on nursing care in nurse clinics that focus on chronic management of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is analysed and synthesised with the …

Background Improving the health of chronically ill older adults is a major challenge facing
modern health care systems. A community-based nursing intervention developed by Health …

Aims and objectives. To evaluate the outcome of a coherent nursing practice in the form of
partnership that addresses the complexity of living with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Background: Care coordination is defined as good communication between professionals to
enable access to services based on need. Aims: To explore patients' experience of care …

Aims Recent guidelines for the care of people with Parkinson's disease within the British
National Health Service envisage a wider role in the community for Parkinson's specialist …

Objective To explore patients' views of an early supported discharge service for chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Intervention Early supported discharge service …

Aim: To assess the activities of clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), examining work patterns,
job plans and team structures, especially the balance of patient-facing and non-patient …

The aim of this narrative review is to identify strategies in use by specialist community and
public health nurses in the prevention, care and management of individuals with long-term …

This article is co-authored by five patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), and a primary care physician who has over 30 years of clinical experience and is …