Items where Author, Editor or other role is "Towers, Ann-Marie"
Number of items: 108.
2024
Hashem, Ferhana, Zhang, Wenjing, Mikelyte, Rasa, Rajan-Rankin, Sweta, Porumb, Ecaterina, Trapp, Olivia, Towers, Ann-Marie (2024) Our approach to developing communities of practice to foster research capacities for the adult social care workforce. NIHR Open Research, 3 (43). ISSN 2633-4402. (doi:10.3310/nihropenres.13461.2) (KAR id:102549) |
Caiels, James, Rand, Stacey, Mikelyte, Rasa, Webster, Lucy, Field, Elizabeth, Towers, Ann-Marie (2024) Enhancing quality of life measurement: adapting the ASCOT easy read for older adults accessing social care. Quality of Life Research, . ISSN 0962-9343. (doi:10.1007/s11136-024-03791-0) (KAR id:107362) |
Akdur, Gizdem, Irvine, Lisa, Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Webster, Lucy, Spilsbury, Karen, Jones, Liz, Goodman, Claire (2024) National stakeholder consultation on how to measure care home residents’ quality of life. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, . pp. 1-16. ISSN 2755-0079. (doi:10.3310/npyt7562) (KAR id:107287) |
Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Allan, Stephen, Webster, Lucy, Palmer, Sinead, Carroll, Rachael, Gordon, Adam, Akdur, Gizdem, Goodman, Claire (2024) Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff. Quality of Life Research, 33 (6). pp. 1555-1567. ISSN 0962-9343. E-ISSN 1573-2649. (doi:10.1007/s11136-024-03631-1) (KAR id:104882) |
2023
Taylor, J, Smith, Nick, Prato, L, Damant, J, Jasim, S, Toma, Madalina, Hamashima, Y, McLeod, H, Towers, Ann-Marie, Keemink, Jolie R., and others. (2023) Care planning interventions for care home residents: A scoping review. Journal of Long-Term Care, . pp. 326-337. E-ISSN 2516-9122. (doi:10.31389/jltc.223) (KAR id:103330) |
Hanratty, Barbara, Wolters, Arne, Towers, Ann-Marie, Spilsbury, Karen, Meyer, Julienne, Killett, Anne, Jones, Liz, Gordon, Adam, Burton, Jennifer Kirsty, Akdur, Gizdem, and others. (2023) Data collections in care homes for older adults: a national survey in England. Journal of Long-Term Care, . pp. 288-296. E-ISSN 2516-9122. (doi:10.31389/jltc.199) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:103092) |
Zhang, Wenjing, Greig, Julia, Towers, Ann-Marie, Darton, Robin, Saloniki, Eirini-Christina (2023) Better care moves for older people: co-production of practice guidance. In: Global Ageing Conference, 7-8 Sep 2023, Glasgow, Scotland. (Unpublished) (KAR id:103120) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Rand, Stacey, Collins, Grace, Smith, Nick, Palmer, Sinead, Cassell, Jackie (2023) Measuring quality of life in care homes when self-report is challenging: the construct validity, structural characteristics and internal consistency of the mixed-methods Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit. Age and Ageing, 52 (9). Article Number afad168. ISSN 0002-0729. E-ISSN 1468-2834. (doi:10.1093/ageing/afad168) (KAR id:102488) |
Silarova, Barbora, Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Jones, Karen C. (2023) Feasibility, validity and reliability of the ASCOT-Proxy and ASCOT-Carer among unpaid carers of people living with dementia in England. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 21 (1). Article Number 54. ISSN 1477-7525. (doi:10.1186/s12955-023-02122-0) (KAR id:101532) |
Kelly, Sarah, Cowan, A, Akdur, Gizdem, Irvine, Lisa, Peryer, Guy, Welsh, S, Rand, Stacey, Lang, I, Towers, Ann-Marie, Spilsbury, Karen, and others. (2023) Outcome measures from international older adult care home intervention research: a scoping review. Age and Ageing, 52 (5). pp. 1-10. ISSN 0002-0729. (doi:10.1093/ageing/afad069) (KAR id:100541) |
Zhang, Wenjing, Greig, Julia, Towers, Ann-Marie, Darton, Robin, Saloniki, Eirini-Christina (2023) Better care moves: older people's ‘transition’ between different care settings. In: NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference, 18-19th April 2023, London. (Unpublished) (KAR id:103119) |
Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Malley, Juliette, Silarova, Barbora (2023) Exploring the structural characteristics of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) and ASCOT-Carer [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. NIHR Open Research, 2 . Article Number 21. ISSN 2633-4402. (doi:10.3310/nihropenres.13259.2) (KAR id:93272) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Gordon, Adam Lee, Wolters, Arne Timon, Allan, Stephen, Rand, Stacey, Webster, Lucy, Crellin, Elizabeth, Brine, Richard, de Corte, Kaat, Akdur, Gizdem, and others. (2023) Piloting of a minimum data set for older people living in care homes in England: protocol for a longitudinal, mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 13 (2). Article Number e071686. ISSN 2044-6055. (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071686) (KAR id:100037) |
Blake, Margaret and Lambert, Claire and Dale, Laura and Rand, Stacey and Fox, Diane and Caiels, James and Towers, Ann-Marie and Malley, Juliette and Provenzano, Philip (2023) Annex C: ASCS & SACE Discovery Report. Technical report. Department of Health and Social Care (KAR id:100149) |
Zhang, Wenjing, Greig, Julia, Towers, Ann-Marie, Darton, Robin, Saloniki, Eirini-Christina (2023) Supporting older LGBT people’s moves in later life - Preliminary findings from Better Care Moves project. In: LGBT+ & Ageing: Supporting older and elder LGBT+ people webinars, 24. (KAR id:103121) |
2022
Towers, Ann-Marie, Almack, Kathryn, Mikelyte, Rasa, Zhang, Wenjing, Welbourne, Penelope, McDonald, Geraldine, Trapp, Olivia, Potts, John, Smith, Nick, Birks, Yvonne, and others. (2022) Written evidence: The invisibility of adult social care and its consequences. UK Parliament (KAR id:99035) |
Rand, Stacey, Silarova, Barbora, Towers, Ann-Marie, Jones, Karen C. (2022) Social care-related quality of life of people with dementia and their carers in England. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30 (5). e2406-e2418. ISSN 0966-0410. (doi:10.1111/hsc.13681) (KAR id:91883) |
Saloniki, Eirini-Christina, Turnpenny, Agnes, Collins, Grace, Marchand, Catherine, Towers, Ann-Marie, Hussein, Shereen (2022) Abuse and Wellbeing of Long-Term Care Workers in the COVID-19 Era: Evidence from the UK. Sustainability, 14 (15). Article Number 9620. ISSN 2071-1050. (doi:10.3390/su14159620) (KAR id:96144) |
Zhang, Wenjing, Greig, Julia, Darton, Robin, Saloniki, Eirini-Christina, Towers, Ann-Marie, Blurton, Philip (2022) Understanding and supporting older people’s moves into and between social care settings: a scoping review. In: British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2022, 6-8 July 2022. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:95752) |
Burton, Jennifer, Wolters, Arne, Towers, Ann-Marie, Jones, Liz, Meyer, Julienne, Gordon, Adam, Irvine, Lisa, Hanratty, Barbara, Spilsbury, Karen, Peryer, Guy, and others. (2022) Developing a minimum data set for older adult care homes in the UK: exploring the concept and defining early core principles. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3 (3). e186-e193. E-ISSN 2666-7568. (doi:10.1016/S2666-7568(22)00010-1) (KAR id:92703) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2022) Using linked health and social care data to understand service delivery and planning and improve outcomes. Age and Ageing, 51 (3). ISSN 0002-0729. (doi:10.1093/ageing/afac070) (KAR id:93404) |
Rand, Stacey and Towers, Ann-Marie and Malley, Juliette and Silarova, Barbora (2022) Exploring the structural characteristics of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) and ASCOT-Carer [version 1]. [Preprint] (doi:10.3310/nihropenres.13259.1) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:103787) |
Towers, Ann-Marie and Palmer, Sinead and Brookes, Nadia and Markham, sarah and Salisbury, Helen and Silarova, Barbora and Makela, Petra and Hussein, Shereen (2022) Quality of Life at Work: what it means for the adult social care workforce in England and recommendations for actions. Other. University of Kent and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (KAR id:97867) |
Hussein, Shereen, Towers, Ann-Marie, Palmer, Sinead, Brookes, Nadia, Silarova, Barbora, Makela, Petra (2022) Developing a Scale of Care Work-related Quality of Life (CWRQoL) for Long-Term Care workers in England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (2). Article Number 945. ISSN 1660-4601. E-ISSN 1660-4601. (doi:10.3390/ijerph19020945) (KAR id:92702) |
Musa, Massirfufulay Kpehe, Akdur, Gizdem, Brand, Sarah, Killett, Anne, Spilsbury, Karen, Peryer, Guy, Burton, Jennifer Kirsty, Gordon, Adam Lee, Hanratty, Barbara, Towers, Ann-Marie, and others. (2022) The uptake and use of minimum data sets (MDS) for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review. BMC Geriatrics, 22 . Article Number 33. ISSN 1471-2318. E-ISSN 1471-2318. (doi:10.1186/s12877-021-02705-w) (KAR id:92182) |
2021
Rand, Stacey, Silarova, Barbora, Towers, Ann-Marie, Jones, Karen C. (2021) A cross-sectional study during COVID-19 of the social care-related quality of life of people with dementia and their carers in England. In: International workshop on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care systems: What have we learnt and what policies do we need to strengthen LTC systems?, 6-7 Dec 2021, Online. (Unpublished) (KAR id:91813) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Allan, Stephen, Vadean, Florin, Collins, Grace, Rand, Stacey, Bostock, Jennifer, Ramsbottom, Helen, Forder, Julien, Lanza, Stefania, and others. (2021) Care home residents’ quality of life and its association with CQC ratings and workforce issues: the MiCareHQ mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9 (19). pp. 1-188. ISSN 2050-4349. E-ISSN 2050-4357. (doi:10.3310/hsdr09190) (KAR id:91254) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2021) The Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT). In: Kent, Surrey and Sussex Care Home Safety Network, 7th October 2021, UK. (Unpublished) (KAR id:91877) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Potts, John (2021) Public involvement in research. In: Webinar to support applications for the following funding call: Transforming care and health at home and enabling independence, 16th September 2021, UK. (Unpublished) (KAR id:91887) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Boaz, Annette (2021) The new NIHR Social Care Partnerships. In: Research Design Service Research Capacity Building Webinar, 12th July 2021, Canterbury, UK. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:91879) |
Šilarova, Barbora, Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Jones, Karen (2021) Enhancing our understanding of measuring quality of life of people with dementia who are unable to self-report. In: British Society of Gerontology 50th Annual Conference, 7-9 Jul 2021, Online. (Unpublished) (KAR id:89262) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Vadean, Florin, Allan, Stephen, Forder, Julien E. (2021) Regulator quality ratings and care home residents' social care-related quality of life. In: British Society of Gerontology 50th Annual Conference, 7-9 Jul 2021, Online. (KAR id:91890) |
Šilarova, Barbora, Brookes, Nadia, Palmer, Sinead, Towers, Ann-Marie, Hussein, Shereen (2021) Understanding and measuring the workrelated quality of life (WRQoL) among those working in adult social care: A scoping review. In: 5th Transforming Care Conference, 24-26 Jun 2021, Online. (Unpublished) (KAR id:89260) |
Šilarova, Barbora, Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Jones, Karen C. (2021) Conducting a study in adult social care during a pandemic: lessons from the Measuring outcomes of people with dementia and their carers (MOPED) study. In: Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Research Conference, 16-17 Jun 2021, Online. (Unpublished) (KAR id:89263) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2021) Conducting research in care homes and the reliability of data reported by proxy. In: NIHR Statistics Group 5th Annual Conference, 24th June 2021, London, UK. (KAR id:91886) |
Gousia, Katerina, Towers, Ann‐Marie (2021) Unmet social care needs of people living with and beyond cancer: prevalence and predictors from an English longitudinal survey. Psycho-Oncology, . ISSN 1057-9249. E-ISSN 1099-1611. (doi:10.1002/pon.5656) (KAR id:86640) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2021) Inclusion of people who cannot self-report in research. In: NIHR SSCR Capacity-building webinar, 2nd February 2021, UK. (KAR id:91888) |
Rand, Stacey, Silarova, Barbora, Towers, Ann-Marie, Jones, Karen (2021) Measuring the social care outcomes of people with dementia and carers. In: 5th Patient Reported Outcome Measures Research Conference (PROMs), 16-17 Jun 2021, Online. (Unpublished) (KAR id:88744) |
2020
Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Caiels, James (2020) Letter to the Editor re: McEwan et al (2019) Moving on from Quality Assurance: Exploring Systems — Outcomes in Disability Services. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 17 (4). pp. 376-378. ISSN 1741-1122. E-ISSN 1741-1130. (doi:10.1111/jppi.12365) (KAR id:83787) |
Musa, Massirfufulay Kpehe, Akdur, Gizdem, Hanratty, Barbara, Kelly, Sarah, Gordon, Adam, Peryer, Guy, Spilsbury, Karen, Killett, Anne, Burton, Jennifer, Meyer, Julienne, and others. (2020) Uptake and use of a minimum data set (MDS) for older people living and dying in care homes in England: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 10 . Article Number e040397. E-ISSN 2044-6055. (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040397) (KAR id:83125) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Killett, Anne, Handley, Melanie, Almack, Kathryn, Backhouse, Tamara, Bunn, Diane, Bunn, Frances, Dickinson, Angela, Mathie, Elspeth, Mayrhofer, Andrea, and others. (2020) Producing ‘Top Tips’ for care home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: rapid reviews inform evidence-based practice but reveal major gaps. Journal of Long-term Care, . E-ISSN 2516-9122. (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:83182) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Vadean, Florin (2020) Regulator quality ratings and care home residents' social care-related quality of life. In: NIHR School for Social Care Research Webinar, 13th October 2020, UK. (KAR id:91889) |
Swift, Hannah J., Towers, Ann-Marie, Babaian, Jacinta (2020) Living though Landscapes Garden Project: An evaluation of pre and post-intervention findings. Living through Landscapes (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:98950) |
Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Razik, Kamilla, Turnpenny, Agnes, Bradshaw, Jill, Caiels, James, Smith, Nick (2020) Feasibility, factor structure and construct validity of the easy-read Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT-ER). Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 45 (2). pp. 119-132. ISSN 1366-8250. (doi:10.3109/13668250.2019.1592126) (KAR id:72084) |
2019
Smith, Nick, Towers, Ann-Marie, Palmer, Sinead, Collins, Grace (2019) Quality of life in older adult care homes: Comparing office hours with out-of-office hours. Journal of Long-Term Care, (pp.153). (KAR id:77302) |
Smith, Nick, Towers, Ann-Marie, Collins, Grace, Palmer, Sinead, Allan, Stephen, Beecham, Jennifer (2019) Encouraging managers of care homes for older adults to participate in research. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 20 (3). pp. 120-129. ISSN 1471-7794. E-ISSN 2042-8766. (doi:10.1108/QAOA-04-2019-0017) (KAR id:76943) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Greenwood, Rosemary (2019) Trials methodology meets social care research: issues and opportunities. In: 5th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference, 7-9 Oct 2019, Brighton. (Unpublished) (KAR id:78501) |
Razik, Kamilla and Turnpenny, Agnes and Bradshaw, Jill and Rand, Stacey and Towers, Ann-Marie and Caiels, James and Smith, Nick (2019) ASCOT Easy Read: usability evaluation of an electronic adaptation. Project report. PSSRU, University of Kent, Kent, UK (KAR id:76820) |
Malley, Juliette, Rand, Stacey, Netten, Ann, Towers, Ann-Marie, Forder, Julien E. (2019) Exploring the feasibility and validity of a pragmatic approach to estimating the impact of long-term care: The ‘expected’ ASCOT method. Journal of Long-Term Care, . E-ISSN 2516-9122. (KAR id:73212) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Palmer, Sinead, Smith, Nick, Collins, Grace, Allan, Stephen (2019) A cross-sectional study exploring the relationship between regulator quality ratings and care home residents' quality of life in England. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 17 . Article Number 22. E-ISSN 1477-7525. (doi:10.1186/s12955-019-1093-1) (KAR id:71719) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Nelson, K, Smith, N, Razik, Kamilla (2019) Using ASCOT in care planning conversations. Australian Journal of Dementia Care, 7 (6). pp. 31-35. (KAR id:71752) |
Phillipson, Lyn, Smith, Louisa, Caiels, James, Towers, Ann-Marie, Jenkins, Susan (2019) A Cohesive Research Approach to Assess Care-Related Quality of Life: Lessons Learned From Adapting an Easy Read Survey With Older Service Users With Cognitive Impairment. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18 . pp. 1-13. ISSN 1609-4069. (doi:10.1177/1609406919854961) (KAR id:75410) |
2018
Towers, Ann-Marie, Nelson, Karn, Smith, Nick, Razik, Kamilla (2018) Integrating ASCOT in care planning. Australian Journal of Dementia Care, . pp. 31-35. ISSN 2049-6893. (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:88047) |
Smith, Nick, Towers, Ann-Marie, Palmer, Sinead, Beecham, Jennifer, Welch, Elizabeth (2018) Being Occupied: Supporting ‘meaningful activity’ in care homes for older people in England. Ageing and Society, 38 (11). pp. 2218-2240. ISSN 0144-686X. E-ISSN 1469-1779. (doi:10.1017/S0144686X17000678) (KAR id:62054) |
Collins, Grace, Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Palmer, Sinead, Naick, Madeline, Babaian, Jacinta (2018) Engaging with care home managers. In: British Society of Gerontology Conference, 4-6 Jul 2018, Manchester. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:74063) |
Collins, Grace, Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Palmer, Sinead, Naick, Madeline, Babaian, Jacinta (2018) MOOCH Symposium: Engaging with care home managers. In: BSG Conference 2018, 4-6 Jul 2018, Manchester. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:77772) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Palmer, Sinead, Collins, Grace (2018) Measuring the outcomes of care homes. In: British Society of Gerontology 47th Annual Conference, 4-6 Jul 2018, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:78505) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Palmer, Sinead, Smith, Nick, Collins, Grace (2018) The relationship between regulator quality ratings and care home residents’ care-related quality of life. In: International Long-term Care Policy Network (ILPN) Conference, 10-12 Sep 2018, Vienna, Austria. (Unpublished) (KAR id:78504) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Palmer, Sinead, Smith, Nick, Collins, Grace (2018) CQC Quality Ratings and Care Home Residents' Quality of Life. In: British Society of Gerontology 47th Annual Conference, 4-6 Jul 2018, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished) (KAR id:78502) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2018) Developing and testing a Talking Mats symbol set to support conversations about social care related quality of life with care home residents. In: NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference, 26 March 2018, London. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:78503) |
2017
Rand, Stacey, Malley, Juliette, Towers, Ann-Marie, Netten, Ann, Forder, Julien E. (2017) Validity and test-retest reliability of the self-completion Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT-SCT4) with adults with long-term physical, sensory and mental health conditions in England. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 15 (163). ISSN 1477-7525. (doi:10.1186/s12955-017-0739-0) (KAR id:62602) |
Smith, Nick, Towers, Ann-Marie, Collins, Grace, Naick, Madeline, Palmer, Sinead (2017) Engaging care home managers in research. In: NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference, 12 Apr 2017, London. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:78506) |
2016
Towers, Ann-Marie (2016) Measuring the outcomes of social care: an overview of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT). In: Arts Health Institute, 29 Oct 2016, Robertson, Australia. (Unpublished) (KAR id:44848) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2016) Measuring the outcomes of social care: why and how? In: Arts Health Institute Conference, 29 October 2016, Robertson, Australia. (Unpublished) (KAR id:78507) |
Welch, Elizabeth, Palmer, Sinead, Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick (2016) Why are relatives of care home residents reluctant to ‘rock the boat’? Is there a culture of acceptance? Working with Older People, 21 (2). pp. 124-132. ISSN 1366-3666. (doi:10.1108/WWOP-10-2016-0030) (KAR id:57942) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Palmer, Sinead, Welch, Elizabeth, Netten, Ann (2016) The acceptability and feasibility of using the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) to inform practice in care homes. BMC Health Services Research, 16 . Article Number 523. ISSN 1472-6963. (doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1763-1) (KAR id:57572) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Rider, Sinead, Smith, Nick, Welch, Elizabeth (2016) Can Feedback to care home staff help improve residents' quality of life? In: British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, 1-3 Sept 2014, Southampton. (Unpublished) (KAR id:58773) |
Peters, Michele, Potter, Caroline, Kelly, Laura, Hunter, Cheryl, Gibbons, Elizabeth, Jenkinson, Crispin, Coulter, Angela, Forder, Julien E., Towers, Ann-Marie, A’Court, Christine, and others. (2016) The Long-Term Conditions Questionnaire (LTCQ): Conceptual framework and item development. Patient Related Outcome Measures, 7 . pp. 109-125. ISSN 1179-271X. E-ISSN 1179-271X. (doi:10.2147/PROM.S104552) (KAR id:55154) |
Collins, Grace, Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Palmer, Sinead (2016) Conducting research in care homes during times of austerity: lessons learned from two research studies involving care homes for older adults in England. In: BSG Conference, July 2016, Stirling, Scotland. (KAR id:63192) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Razik, Kamilla (2016) Evaluating the use of ASCOT in aged-care services: summary of main findings. A baseline report for the Whiddon Group. Personal Social Research Services (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:59065) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Nelson, Karn (2016) Care planning conversations in aged care facilities: piloting ASCOT. In: Australian Association of Gerontology Conference, 2-4 Nov 2016, Canberra, Australia. (Unpublished) (KAR id:58774) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2016) Measuring outcomes in care homes: methodological developments. In: NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference, 12 April 2016, London. (Unpublished) (KAR id:77393) |
2015
Towers, Ann-Marie, Holder, Jacquetta, Smith, Nick, Netten, Ann, Welch, Elizabeth, Crowther, Tanya, Collins, Grace, Bass, Rosalyn (2015) Adapting the adult social care outcomes toolkit (ASCOT) for use in care home quality monitoring: conceptual development and testing. BMC Health Services Research, 15 . Article Number 304. (doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0942-9) (KAR id:44856) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2015) ASCOT developments. In: ASCOT webinar series. . (KAR id:58781) |
Van Leeuwen, Karen, Bosmans, Judith, Jansen, Aaltje PD, Rand, Stacey, Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Razik, Kamilla, Trukeschitz, Birgit, van Tulder, Maurits, van der Horst, Henriette, and others. (2015) Dutch translation and cross-cultural validation of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 13 (56). ISSN 1477-7525. (doi:10.1186/s12955-015-0249-x) (KAR id:44854) |
2014
Towers, Ann-Marie (2014) The Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT). In: Tutkimustiedolla palvelujärjestelmä paremmaksi – seminaari,, November 2014, Pieksemaki, Finland,. (Unpublished) (KAR id:58783) |
Callaghan, Lisa, Towers, Ann-Marie (2014) Feeling in control: comparing older people’s experiences in different care settings. Ageing and Society, 34 (8). pp. 1427-1451. ISSN 0144-686X. (doi:10.1017/S0144686X13000184) (KAR id:35251) |
Welch, Elizabeth, Rider, Sinead, Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick (2014) Living in a care home for older adults: the family members' experience. In: 43rd Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology: New understandings of old age and the lifecourse, 1st - 3rd September 2014, Southampton. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:44882) |
Smith, Nick, Towers, Ann-Marie, Rider, Sinead, Welch, Elizabeth (2014) Using ASCOT to inform care practice. In: The International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-term Care, 31 August to 3 September 2014, London School of Economics, London. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:44883) |
Forder, Julien E., Malley, Juliette, Towers, Ann-Marie, Netten, Ann (2014) Using cost-effectiveness estimates from survey data to guide commissioning: an application to home care. Health Economics, 28 (3). pp. 979-992. ISSN 1057-9230. (doi:10.1002/hec.2973) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35436) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Rider, Sinead, Smith, Nick, Welch, Elizabeth (2014) Can feedback to care home staff help improve residents’ quality of life? In: Margaret Butterworth Care Forum, May 2014, Kings College, London. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:44885) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Holder, Jacquetta, Smith, Nick, Crowther, Tanya, Welch, Elizabeth, Collins, Grace (2014) Developing a care home quality indicator based on social care-related quality of life. In: National Care Forum Quality Assurance Meeting, March 2014, London. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:44888) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick (2014) How the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) can help us understand quality of life and quality of care of people living with dementia in care homes. In: How do we assess the quality of mental health social care? Perspectives from different stakeholders, 8th October 2014, Kings College, London. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:44886) |
2013
Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Rider, Sinead, Welch, Elizabeth (2013) “Most people lack capacity here”. The ethical and methodological challenges of conducting research in care homes for older adults. In: 42nd British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference: 'Global Ageing: Implications for Individuals and Society', September 2013, University of Oxford. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:44889) |
Smith, Nick, Rider, Sinead, Towers, Ann-Marie, Welch, Elizabeth (2013) Researcher experience in older adult care and nursing homes. In: 42nd British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference: 'Global Ageing: Implications for Individuals and Society',, 11th - 13th September 2013, University of Oxford. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:44890) |
2012
Bäumker, Theresia, Callaghan, Lisa, Darton, Robin, Holder, Jacquetta, Netten, Ann, Towers, Ann-Marie (2012) Deciding to move into extra care housing: residents’ views. Ageing and Society, 32 (7). pp. 1215-1245. ISSN 0144-686X. (doi:10.1017/S0144686X11000869) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:32409) |
Smith, Nick, Towers, Ann-Marie (2012) Measuring outcomes in care homes using ASCOT. In: British Society of Gerontology Conference, 11-13 July 2012, Keele University. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:45006) |
Netten, Ann, Trukeschitz, Birgit, Beadle-Brown, Julie, Forder, Julien E., Towers, Ann-Marie, Welch, Elizabeth (2012) Quality of life outcomes for residents and quality ratings of homes: is there a relationship? Age and Ageing, 41 (4). pp. 512-517. ISSN 0002-0729. (doi:10.1093/ageing/afs050) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:32444) |
Netten, Ann, Towers, Ann-Marie, Smith, Nick, Beadle-Brown, Julie, Welch, Elizabeth (2012) Measuring outcomes and improving quality in English care homes. In: Nordic Congress of Gerontology, 11th-13th June 2012, Copenhagen. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:45008) |
Netten, Ann, Burge, Peter, Malley, Juliette, Potoglou, Demetris, Towers, Ann-Marie, Brazier, John, Flynn, Terry, Forder, Julien E., Wall, Beryl (2012) Outcomes of social care for adults: Developing a preference weighted measure. Health Technology Assessment, 16 (16). pp. 1-165. ISSN 1366-5278. (doi:10.3310/hta16160) (KAR id:32443) |
Malley, Juliette, Towers, Ann-Marie, Netten, Ann, Brazier, John, Forder, Julien E., Flynn, Terry (2012) An assessment of the construct validity of the ASCOT measure of social care-related quality of life with older people. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 10 (21). ISSN 1477-7525. (doi:10.1186/1477-7525-10-21) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:32435) |
Towers, Ann-Marie (2012) Measuring outcomes through observation: current uses and future developments. In: ASCOT Workshop, 9 Feb 2012, Leeds. (KAR id:58782) |
Darton, Robin, Bäumker, Theresia, Callaghan, Lisa, Holder, Jacquetta, Netten, Ann, Towers, Ann-Marie (2012) The characteristics of residents in extra care housing and care homes in England. Health & Social Care in the Community, 20 (1). pp. 87-96. ISSN 0966-0410. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01022.x) (KAR id:32421) |
2011
Beadle-Brown, Julie and Towers, Ann-Marie and Netten, Ann and Smith, Nick and Trukeschitz, Birgit and Welch, Elizabeth (2011) ASCOT Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit: Additional Care Home Guidance v2.1 PSSRU Discussion Paper 2716/2_1, University of Kent. Manual. Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, Canterbury (KAR id:35172) |
Netten, Ann and Beadle-Brown, Julie and Caiels, James and Forder, Julien E. and Malley, Juliette and Smith, Nick and Towers, Ann-Marie and Trukeschitz, Birgit and Welch, Elizabeth and Windle, Karen (2011) ASCOT Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit: Main Guidance v2.1 PSSRU Discussion Paper 2716/3, University of Kent. Manual. Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, Canterbury (KAR id:35173) |
Netten, Ann and Forder, Julien E. and Malley, Juliette and Smith, Nick and Towers, Ann-Marie (2011) ASCOT Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit: Additional guidance Scoring ASCOT v2.1. Manual. Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent,, Canterbury (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:44866) |
2010
Darton, Robin, Forder, Julien E., Netten, Ann, Bebbington, Andrew, Holder, Jacquetta, Towers, Ann-Marie (2010) Slicing up the pie: allocation of central government funding of care of older people. Social Policy & Administration, 44 (5). pp. 529-653. ISSN 0144-5596. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00728.x) (KAR id:34401) |
Caiels, James and Fox, Diane and McCarthy, Michelle and Smith, Nick and Malley, Juliette and Beadle-Brown, Julie and Netten, Ann and Towers, Ann-Marie (2010) Development studies for the National Adult Social Care User Experience Survey: technical report. Technical report. Personal Social Services Research Unit (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27225) |
Towers, Ann-Marie, Welch, Elizabeth, Beadle-Brown, Julie, Alden, Elaine, Smith, Jan E., Netten, Ann (2010) The power of observation: A reliable method for measuring outcomes in care homes? Generations Review, 20 (2). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0965-2000. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:34695) |
Malley, Juliette and Caiels, James and Fox, Diane and McCarthy, Michelle and Smith, Nick and Beadle-Brown, Julie and Netten, Ann and Towers, Ann-Marie (2010) A report on the development studies for the National Social Care User Experience Survey. Discussion paper. Personal Social Services Research Unit (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27326) |
Netten, Ann, Trukeschitz, Birgit, Beadle-Brown, Julie, Towers, Ann-Marie, Forder, Julien E. (2010) Measuring outcomes for residents of care homes. In: Gerontologist. 50 (suppl). pp. 54-55. Oxford Journals (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:34704) |
Netten, Ann, Beadle-Brown, Julie, Trukeschitz, Birgit, Towers, Ann-Marie, Welch, Elizabeth, Forder, Julien E., Smith, Jan E., Alden, Elaine (2010) Measuring the outcomes of care homes. Personal Social Services Research Unit (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27331) |
2008
Darton, Robin, Bäumker, Theresia, Callaghan, Lisa, Holder, Jacquetta, Netten, Ann, Towers, Ann-Marie (2008) Evaluation of the Extra Care Housing Funding Initiative: Initial Report (PSSRU Discussion Paper 2506/2). Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, 103 pp. (KAR id:13326) |
Forder, Julien E., Towers, Ann-Marie, Caiels, James, Beadle-Brown, Julie, Netten, Ann (2008) Measuring Outcomes in Social Care: Second Interim Report (PSSRU Discussion Paper 2542). Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, 46 pp. (KAR id:15679) |
2006
Darton, Robin, Forder, Julien E., Bebbington, Andrew, Netten, Ann, Towers, Ann-Marie, Williams, Jacquetta (2006) Analysis to Support the Development of the Relative Needs Formula for Older People: Final Report. Personal Social Services Research Unit (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27243) |
2005
Darton, Robin and Muncer, Ann-Marie (2005) Alternative Housing and Care Arrangements: The Evidence. In: Roe, Brenda and Beech, Roger, eds. Intermediate and Continuing Care: Policy and Practice. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 183-203. ISBN 978-1-4051-2033-3. (doi:10.1002/9780470774960.ch12) (KAR id:26467) |
Darton, Robin, Forder, Julien E., Bebbington, Andrew, Netten, Ann, Towers, Ann-Marie, Williams, Jacquetta (2005) Analysis to Support the Development of FSS Formulae for Older People: Interim Report. Personal Social Services Research Unit (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27244) |
2002
Maylor, Elizabeth A., Moulson, Jane M., Muncer, Ann-Marie, Taylor, Louise A. (2002) Does performance on theory of mind tasks decline in old age? British Journal of Psychology, 93 (4). pp. 465-485. ISSN 0007-1269. E-ISSN 2044-8295. (doi:10.1348/000712602761381358) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:91256) |