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Care home leadership: action is needed
Clive Bowman, Julienne Elizabeth Meyer. Age and Ageing, 2017-02-21
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
As a result, the similarities of older people in residential care to those in nursing care homes greatly outweigh the differences and arguably strengthen the case for RN input to all care home residents.
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APA 7th
Bowman, C., & Meyer, J. E. (2017). Care home leadership: action is needed. Age and Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx030
Vancouver
Bowman C, Meyer JE. Care home leadership: action is needed. Age and Ageing. 2017. doi:10.1093/ageing/afx030. PMID: 28338856.
BibTeX
@article{bowman2017-28338856,
author = {Bowman, Clive and Meyer, Julienne Elizabeth},
title = {{Care home leadership: action is needed}},
journal = {Age and Ageing},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1093/ageing/afx030},
pmid = {28338856},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx030}
}
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Key findings
- As a result, the similarities of older people in residential care to those in nursing care homes greatly outweigh the differences and arguably strengthen the case for RN input to all care home residents.
Why it matters
This commentary states that older people in residential care are very similar to those in nursing care homes. It argues this strengthens the case for registered nurse input to all care home residents.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 30/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Age and Ageing) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Age and Ageing: journal h-index 231 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2017 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 2 / 7 | Cited 6 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.5 citations a year over 11 year(s) since 2017 |
| Impact for its field and year | 2 / 6 | Cited 1.2× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Julienne Elizabeth Meyer: h-index 34 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | City, University of London: institution h-index 438 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 28338856) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 30 / 100 | — |
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