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EASYCare Publications RECENT KEY PUBLICATIONS Philip, K. E., V. Alizad, A. Oates, D. B. Donkin, C. Pitsillides, S. P. Syddall and I.

Philp (2014). "Development of EASY-Care, for Brief Standardized Assessment of the Health and Care Needs of Older People; With Latest Information About Cross-National Acceptability." J Am Med Dir Assoc 15(1): 42-46.

Olde-Rikkert, M. G., J. F. Long and I. Philp (2013). "Development and evidence

base of a new efficient assessment instrument for international use by nurses in community settings with older people." Int J Nurs Stud 50(9): 1180-1183.

Jerliu, N., E. Toçi, G. Burazeri, N. Ramadani and H. Brand (2013). "Prevalence and

socioeconomic correlates of chronic morbidity among elderly people in Kosovo: a population-based survey." BMC Geriatr 13: 22.

VALIDATION

• Development of models for using EASYCare for use in different core systems. • Links to more detailed assessment of mental functioning, carer’s assessments etc. • On-going evaluation of acceptability, costs and perceived benefits of using

EASYCare in different settings and countries. • Evaluation of training in good assessment practice, using EASYCare. • Development and evaluation of the contribution of the practitioners and service

users to decision-making and care planning during the assessment with EASYCare. • Calculating overall need and a budget for care.

COST-EFFECTIVENESS

• The initial phase of these projects includes economic and statistical modelling and then full trials of cost and benefits.

POPULATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT

• Previous studies have shown the value of EASYCare in assessing population needs. We plan to develop a database to capture EASYCare data for population needs assessment and national/international benchmarking.

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Validation Studies

Clark, D., et al. (2001). "UK geriatricians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia

and physician-assisted death." Age and Ageing 30(5). Clarkson, P., et al. (2009). "Reliability of needs assessments in the community

care of older people: impact of." J Public Health (Oxf) 31(4): 521-529. Dohner, H., et al. (1999). "Supporting clinical outcomes in primary care for the

elderly in Europe - SCOPE." Zeitschrift Fur Gerontologie Und Geriatrie 32(2).

Kane, R. L., et al. (1998). "Differences in valuation of functional status components among consumers and professionals in Europe and the United States." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 51(8).

Lowles, R., V. & Philp, I., (2001). “Simple measures for assessing the physical, mental and social functioning of older people.” Generations Review 11(2): 12-13.

McCormick, W., et al. (1999). "Assessment Eade Easy." Nurs Stand 13(22): 24-25.

Melis, R. J., et al. (2009). "The effect on caregiver burden of a problem-based home visiting programme for." Age Ageing 38(5): 542-547.

Olde-Rikkert, M. G., et al. (2012). "Development and evidence base of a new efficient assessment instrument for." Int J Nurs Stud

Parker, C. and I. Philp (2004). "Screening for cognitive impairment among older people in black and minority ethnic groups." Age and Ageing 33(5).

Parker, C., et al. (2007). "Cognitive screening for people from minority ethnic backgrounds." Nursing older people 18(12).

Philp, I. (1997). "Can a medical and social assessment be combined?" Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 90.

Philp, I., et al. (1998). "A better way to measure disability in older people." Age Ageing 27(4): 519-522.

Philp, I., et al. "Screening tools for older people at risk of adverse outcomes." Geriatric Medicine 37(8): 10-13 (17 ref).

Philp, I., (2000) "EASY-Care: EASY-Care: A systematic approach to the assessment of older people". Geriatric Medicine, 30(5), 15-10

Philp, I., et al. (2002). "Repeatability of standardized tests of functional impairment and well-being in older people in a rehabilitation setting." Disability and Rehabilitation 24(5)

Philp, I., et al. (2001). "Geriatric assessment in primary care: formulating best practice." British journal of community nursing 6(6).

Richardson, J. (2001). "The Easy-Care assessment system and its appropriateness for older people." Nurs Older People 13(7): 17-19.

van Eijken, M., et al. (2008). "Feasibility of a new community-based geriatric intervention programme" Disabil Rehabil 30(9): 696-708.

Walker, L. and K. Jamrozik (2005). "Effectiveness of screening for risk of medical emergencies in the elderly." Age Ageing 34(3): 238-242.

Walker, L., et al. (2005). "The Sherbrooke Questionnaire predicts use of emergency services." Age Ageing 34(3): 233-237.

Walker, L., et al. (2005). "Increased use of emergency services by older people after health screening." Age Ageing 34(5): 480-485.

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Wilson, K. V., et al. (2005). "Implementing the single assessment for older people." Nurs Times 101(43): 32-35.

Cost-Effectiveness Studies Melis, R. J., et al. (2008). "Cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary intervention

model…" J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63(3): 275-282 Melis, R. J., et al. (2005). "The design of the Dutch EASYcare study: a randomised

controlled trial on the..." BMC Health Serv Res 5: 65 Melis, R. J., et al. (2008). "A randomized study of a multidisciplinary program to

intervene on geriatric." J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63(3): 283-290. Perry, M., et al. (2008). "Can an EASYcare based dementia training programme

improve diagnostic assessment." BMC Health Serv Res 8: 71. Population Studies Bath, P., et al. (2000). "Standardized health check data from community-dwelling

elderly people..." Health Soc Care Community 8(1): 17-21. Bath, P. A. and I. Philp (1998). "A hierarchical classification of dependency

amongst older people using artificial neural networks.” Arnold. Sousa, L.; Figueiredo, D. (2002). “Dependence and independence among old

persons – realities and myths.” Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 12: 269-273.

Figueiredo, D.; Sousa, L. (2001). “EASYcare – um instrumento de avaliação da qualidade de vida e bem estar do idoso.” Geriatria, XIV, 130: 41-47.

Sousa, L.; Rocha, N.; Pinto, J.; Figueiredo, D. (2001). “EASY Care – um sistema de informação para avaliação de idosos.” Geriatria, XIV, 137: 32-43.

Sousa, L.; Figueiredo, D. (2000). “Facilitar os cuidados aos idosos: uma escala de avaliação da qualidade de vida e bem-estar. Psychologica.” 25: 19-24.

Sousa, L.; Galante, H.; Figueiredo, D (2002). “EASYcare: um sistema de avaliação de idosos (qualidades psicométricas).” Revista de Estatística, 1 (26): 87-102.

Sousa, L.; Figueiredo, D. (2002). “Quem são os prestadores de cuidados a idosos?” Sinais Vitais, 40: 45-48.

Sousa, L.; Figueiredo, D. (2003). “(In)dependência na população idosa – um estudo exploratório na população portuguesa.” Psychologica, (33), 109-122.

Sousa L, Galante H, Figueiredo D (2003). “Qualidade de vida e bem-estar dos idosos: um estudo exploratório na populaçãp portuguesa (Quality of life and well-being of elderly people: an exploratory study in the Portuguese population).” Rev Saúde Pública, 37(3), 364-71.

Teerenstra, S., et al. (2007). "A comparison of methods to analyse continuous data from pseudo cluster randomized." Stat Med 26(22): 4100-4115.

Wojszel, Z. B., et al. (1999). "[The assessment of the functional state of elderly people by family physician." Pol Merkur Lekarski 6(33): 167-170.

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Recent Studies Jerliu, N, Toci, E, Burazeri, G., Ramadani, N, Philp, I. & Brand, H. (2013). Cross-

cultural adaption of an instrument measuring older people''s health needs and priorities in Albania and Kosovo. Albanian Medical Journal, 109-114.

Marques, A., et al. (2013). "Linking the EASY-Care Standard to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health." Disabil Rehabil.

Politynska, B., et al. (2012). "Quality assurance in gerontological and geriatric training programs: the European." Gerontol Geriatr Educ 33(1): 39-54.

van Kempen, J. A., et al. (2013). "Development of an instrument for the identification of frail older people as a target population for integrated care." Br J Gen Pract 63(608): e225-231.

Olde-Rikkert, M. G., et al. (2012). "Development and evidence base of a new efficient assessment instrument for." Int J Nurs Stud.

Philp, I., et al. (2012). "EASY-Care Self-Assessment UK National Demonstration Project." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 60.

Sharifi, F., et al. (2012). "Older people's mortality index: Development of a practical model for prediction of mortality in nursing homes (Kahrizak Elderly Study)." Geriatrics & Gerontology International 12(1).

[Anonymous] (2010). "EASYcare: a standardized assessment for individual needs in health and social care." Journal of Clinical Nursing 19: 143-143.

Anke, P., et al. (2010). "EASYcare: recognizing needs in health and social care in vulnerable older people at home." Journal of Clinical Nursing 19: 143-143.

Leny, T., et al. (2010). "Competence-based training on the job: preconditional for comprehensive EASYcare assessments." Journal of Clinical Nursing 19: 143-143.

Melis, R., et al. (2010). "Process evaluation of a trial evaluating a multidisciplinary nurse-led home visiting programme for vulnerable older people." Disability and Rehabilitation 32(11): 937-946.

Perry, M., et al. (2010). "An EASYcare-based dementia training programme helps overcoming barriers to diagnosing dementia." Journal of Clinical Nursing 19: 144-144.

Perry, M., et al. (2010). "An EASYcare based dementia training programme improves dementia diagnosis in primary care." Journal of Clinical Nursing 19: 144-144.